LLM Engineer

About primeNumber

We are a data technology company whose vision is to "turn any data into business power." In an era of explosive data growth, we build an environment where anyone can use data quickly and easily, and optimize the process of data utilization. We support businesses around the world through various products and services, including the development and provision of data management SaaS such as TROCCO®, which is becoming the de facto standard in Japan.

 

Services provided by primeNumber

• "TROCCO®", a comprehensive support service for data infrastructure
• "COMETA®", a data catalog that promotes data discovery, understanding, and utilization
• "PROFESSIONAL SERVICES", which supports from the perspective of data engineering and consulting, from building a data utilization environment to realizing data utilization

TROCCO®, our main business, is used by more than 1,000 companies and organizations as of March 2024, including CyberAgent, Recruit, Mercari, and Osaka Gas.

We are also promoting global expansion, supporting all companies around the world to create value from data.

 

Target market size of approximately 2 trillion yen

In Japan, the data management market will be 18 billion yen in 2024, and in North America, the data integration market is expected to exceed 2 trillion yen in 2026. In response to this, we aim to increase the number of companies that use TROCCO® by more than five times the current number in three years in the domestic market and to 2,000 companies in the overseas market in five years, and are developing our business with the aim of becoming the de facto standard on a global scale.

 

Recruitment background

As the need for data utilization rapidly increases, the number of companies that use TROCCO® is increasing. Our customers come from a wide range of industries and business types, and we are currently receiving more inquiries about comprehensive support from companies that contact us. To meet these needs, primeNumber provides services that enable customers to build a fast and secure data infrastructure and operate it for the long term through TROCCO® and COMETA®.

On the other hand, there are still few data workers in the Japanese market, and there are certain hurdles to overcome before creating business value from data. By incorporating AI into TROCCO® and COMETA®, we hope to make the service accessible to more users and provide new experiences to users.

We have previously launched R&D projects within the company, exploring how to utilize LLM in products, creating prototypes, and conducting PoC to implement them in products. However, as the evolution and possibilities of generative AI expand, multiple themes and ideas are being born within the company, so we have decided to hire our first full-time LLM engineer in order to work more quickly.

 

Job Description

We are looking for someone who can communicate with internal members to catch up on the seeds of plans and work with project managers to handle everything from planning to development. We aim to make planning and prototyping a regular activity, and ultimately become an organization that can release 4 to 5 functions and services per year.

If you are interested in driving the business further both globally and domestically from the R&D organization and contributing to users and businesses, please let's talk.

Specific work examples:

• Planning, designing, developing, and prototyping products related to large-scale language models (LLMs)
• Various papers, market trends, and technical research related to the above
• Technical support for the in-house development team after implementation, etc.

 

Attractions of working in this position

• Flat communication with other departments
  At primeNumber, there are no barriers with the business side such as sales and CS, and communication is lively. In addition, there are many employees with high IT literacy, including those with engineering backgrounds, and one of the attractions is that we can communicate smoothly with each other at the same level.
  
  
• A team that values ​​independence and has a strong culture of improvement
  We have members who can think about what to do to make things better. When any issues or problems arise, our strength is our culture of constructive discussion about how to prevent them with a system. As the organization expands in the future, we will be able to challenge ourselves to maintain this culture while developing the organization.
  
  
• Be involved in a product for engineers, which is rare in Japan
  With an eye on overseas expansion, we are serious about delivering valuable products to our customers that can be used by engineers around the world.

 

Required skills

Experience that meets all of the following

• Experience developing applications using LLM
• Development skills with TypeScript or Python
• Development experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.
• Communication skills across teams and job types

We envision the skills to build your first demo app (2-3KS) in about 2 days using your first framework and cloud platform.

 

Preferred skills

• Experience in prototyping using large-scale language models
• Experience in project management
• Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate with customers
• Knowledge of machine learning (classification, regression, search, recommendation, LLM, etc.)
• Experience promoting product development as a PdM or PO

 

Desired personality

• Someone who can empathize with primeNumber's vision and values ​​(8 Elements)
• Logical thinking skills
• Someone who is highly motivated to learn, such as catching up on new technologies and trends
• Someone who enjoys an environment with high uncertainty and can act independently