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Join Tether and Shape the Future of Digital Finance

At Tether, were not just building products, were pioneering a global financial revolution. Our cutting?edge solutions empower businessesfrom exchanges and wallets to payment processors and ATMsto seamlessly integrate reserve?backed tokens across blockchains. By harnessing the power of blockchain technology, Tether enables you to store, send, and receive digital tokens instantly, securely, and globally, all at a fraction of the cost. Transparency is the bedrock of everything we do, ensuring trust in every transaction.

Innovate with Tether

Tether Finance: Our innovative product suite features the worlds most trusted stablecoin, USDT, relied upon by hundreds of millions worldwide, alongside pioneering digital asset tokenization services.

Tether Power: Driving sustainable growth, our energy solutions optimize excess power for Bitcoin mining using eco?friendly practices in state?of?the?art, geo?diverse facilities.

Tether Data: Fueling breakthroughs in AI and peer?to?peer technology, we reduce infrastructure costs and enhance global communications with cutting?edge solutions like KEET, our flagship app that redefines secure and private data sharing.

Tether Education: Democratizing access to top?tier digital learning, we empower individuals to thrive in the digital and gig economies, driving global growth and opportunity.

Tether Evolution: At the intersection of technology and human potential, we are pushing the boundaries of what is possible, crafting a future where innovation and human capabilities merge in powerful, unprecedented ways.

Why Join Us?

Our team is a global talent powerhouse, working remotely from every corner of the world. If youre passionate about making a mark in the fintech space, this is your opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest minds, pushing boundaries and setting new standards. Weve grown fast, stayed lean, and secured our place as a leader in the industry.

If you have excellent English communication skills and are ready to contribute to the most innovative platform on the planet, Tether is the place for you.

Are you ready to be part of the future?

About the job

Were looking for a Pre?Training Lead to own and scale our pre?training efforts. This is a senior role at the heart of our model development pipeline, working on the systems and methods that transform public data into SOTA and powerful products. You will play a critical role in driving the technical directions on our pre?training strategies and products. As a member of the team, you will have the opportunity to drive fundamental capabilities, lead teams to work on ambitious projects and collaborate broadly across Tether with world?class engineers and researchers to advance open?source development and the global AI community.

We are a fast?paced group focusing on model, data and applied research.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy and execution of all pre?training activities including dataset building and pre?training experiments
• Building LLM and multimodal foundation models from scratch.
• Design robust evaluation pipelines to measure model quality, performance and user experience.
• Work closely with researchers and engineers to translate cutting?edge pre?training ideas into production?ready methods.
• Build and manage a team of engineers/researchers to scale pre?training infrastructure.
• Collaborate across infra, data, and product teams to ensure fast iteration cycles and smooth deployment.
• Monitor advancements in pre?training research and pre?training strategies, and incorporate novel techniques to improve model capabilities and performance.
• Contribute to the AI research community, including publications, open?source contributions, and participation in conferences.
• Establish best practices and standards for coding, model evaluation, and experimentation within the team.
• Lead and manage complex projects, ensuring timely delivery, quality outcomes, and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Communicate technical insights and updates effectively to executive leadership, stakeholders, and external collaborators.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence, maintaining high team morale and accountability.

In this role, youll have the opportunity to drive roadmaps, propose your own research plan to advance open?source pre?training methods and products. Youll provide technical mentorship and guidance to the team and drive execution. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with broader teams across Tether.