1. Why do you need to hire for this role?

    1. This role is a backfill for an existing member of staff.
    2. Lots of interesting technical challenges ahead. The “Engine Squad” (internal team name) is at the core of what we do at Rasa. We are building a really solid and high-performing team that can navigate this rapidly evolving technical landscape.

  2. What’s the structure of the current team?

    1. Our company is distributed between North America and Europe. We have four entities: the USA, the UK, Germany, and Serbia.
      1. The majority of our employees sit within our entities, with a few Rasas in Canada, France, and other European countries.
      2. The engineering team is primarily based in Europe to easy communication friction caused by timezone differences.
    2. This role reports to the Engineering Manager and part of a team of Staff, Senior and Mid-level Machine Learning Engineers.

  3. Is this a 100% remote role? Yes, but you must sit within / be a resident of one of our European business entities: the UK, Germany, or Serbia.

    1. Rasa was founded as a remote-first company. We offer your choice between a work-from-home stipend or expensing a local co-working space.
    2. You will be expected to work your local business hours, with very occasional early meetings for California, or afternoon meetings for Europe, where there is overlap with each other’s time zones.

  4. What’s exciting about this role? Great opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, fine-tuning and deploying LLMs, to solve real customer problems, in a welcoming, diverse, and exciting company.

  5. What are the top qualities you’re looking for in candidates?

    1. Experience building complex machine learning solutions in a product driven company with experience fine-tuning and deploying LLMs an advantage.
    2. Excellent communication skills are vital to make the most of our remote working environment.
    3. A learning mindset is a must to stay current since the fields of Generative AI and Conversational AI are evolving so quickly.

  6. **Dan Cowley’s Manger Style (Hiring manager and Engineering Manager in the Engine Squad)**

    1. I value clear and transparent communication both from the manager and the report. A great working relationship needs to be built on trust.
    2. I seek to empower my team to be autonomous and independent thinkers, who can take action on their own. Helping and supporting them where necessary and taking the shared accountability and responsibility. We are one team.

  7. What are the timeline expectations for you to make this hire?

    1. We are ready to hire this role ASAP as soon as we find the right candidate.
    2. Upcoming onboarding dates: Nov 15, Dec 1 & 15, Jan 1 & 15

Interview Processes: All interviews via Zoom

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