Whoop
Principal AI/ML Researcher
Boston, MA. Posted 3 months ago
The role
This person will own the technical execution of foundation modeling workstreams. They will set architectural direction for large-scale models spanning wearable sensor data, text, biomarkers, and behavioral signals.
What you will do
- Set the architectural direction for the development of large-scale models.
- Identify research bets in self-supervised and representation learning.
- Drive ambiguous and unproven research from thesis to production capability.
- Contribute to the broader AI strategy and standards at WHOOP.
- Partner across research, product, and engineering.
- Raise the technical bar across the team.
- Represent WHOOP's technical work externally.
Required qualifications
- Advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) or equivalent depth.
- Extensive experience in large-scale machine learning and AI research.
- Track record of owning technical direction for a significant area and making architectural decisions.
- Ability to take ambiguous, high-risk research directions to production impact.
- Deep expertise in modern deep learning (transformers, state space models).
- Deep expertise in multimodal training, self-supervised and representation learning.
- Deep expertise in RL-based post-training (PPO/DPO/GRPO).
- Deep expertise in large-scale distributed training (data, model, and context parallelism).
- History of being a technical authority that teams defer to.
- Excellent communication and the ability to influence engineering and senior leadership.
- Publications and evidence of community building at top-tier machine learning venues.
- Passion for WHOOP's mission to improve human performance and extend healthspan.
Benefits
- Competitive base salaries
- Meaningful equity
- Generous equity package
Before you apply
- Must be prepared to relocate to the Boston, MA office if necessary.
- Participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility.
About the company
WHOOP is on a mission to unlock and inspire performance for life. They provide members with a deep understanding of their bodies, behaviors, and daily lives.