At Q.ANT, we are building photonic processing systems that compute with light-delivering a scalable,
energy-efficient alternative to transistor-based architectures for next-generation AI and HPC
(High-Performance Computing) applications. Large language models (LLMs) represent one of our prime workloads and our biggest opportunity.
As our Senior LLM Algorithm Developer, your mission is to rethink how LLMs compute from the ground up. Operating deep within the LLM architecture, you will explore how photonic compute capabilities can be best employed for AI workloads. This is a highly creative, research-driven role where your insights and inventions will directly shape our future hardware architecture, driving Q.ANT's ultimate success in the market.
Your Responsibilities
- Algorithmic Innovation: Rethink, design, and create new algorithms for LLMs tailored to photonic capabilities, optimizing existing algorithm layers to achieve breakthrough performance.
- Modeling & Simulation: Project, model, and simulate the performance and scalability of advanced LLM architectures to ensure future systems can leverage them with maximum confidence.
- Hardware-Software Co-Design: Inform and collaborate tightly with the PIC (Photonic Integrated Circuit) and Systems Architecture teams to define the design points of future hardware generations based on algorithmic requirements.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the vital link bridging software and hardware architecture discussions, aligning closely with the overall vision and direction of the algorithms and applications team.
- Ownership & Initiative: Drive your research with a high degree of freedom, moving from first principles to concrete, inventive solutions that push the boundaries of what is possible in analog/digital electronics and photonics.