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Michael Jaynes

@michaeljaynes

Senior AI engineer specializing in LLM evaluation, embedding pipelines, and distributed training reliability.

United States
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What I'm looking for

I seek roles focused on LLM evaluation, reliable distributed training/inference, and building developer tools to improve model rollout and observability.

I am a Senior AI Engineer focused on model evaluation, embedding pipelines, and stabilizing distributed training workflows for large language models.

At Meta I debugged LLaMA-based systems, inspected token-level divergences, resolved CUDA/PyTorch DDP instability, and tracked embedding drift using FAISS and Python tooling.

Previously at Google I developed large-scale preprocessing and training pipelines with Python, Apache Beam, and JAX/Flax on TPU pods, built gRPC model-serving components in Go, and implemented caching and monitoring layers to stabilize inference latency.

I build developer-facing tools in TypeScript and React to surface token-by-token comparisons, reasoning traces, and output-drift visualizations, and I prioritize reproducible evaluation suites, rollout validation, and robust infra debugging.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

Google

Feb 2014 - Jan 2021 (6 years 11 months)

Built large-scale training and serving pipelines for ranking and embedding models using JAX/Flax on TPU pods and gRPC/Go model-serving, improving reliability and reducing inference variance for Ads and Search.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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San Francisco State University

Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering

2009 - 2013

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering with coursework and projects focused on software development, data processing, and systems engineering.

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