Michael Jaynes
@michaeljaynes
Senior AI engineer specializing in LLM evaluation, embedding pipelines, and distributed training reliability.
What I'm looking for
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
Senior AI Engineer
Meta
Mar 2021 - Present (4 years 9 months)
Led model-evaluation and embedding pipelines for LLMs, debugging LLaMA-based systems and stabilizing PyTorch/JAX distributed training to reduce rollout failures and surface token-level regressions for reviewers.
Senior Software Engineer
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.
Software Intern
Oct 2013 - Feb 2014 (4 months)
Implemented data-quality checks and developer tooling for Ads-ranking pipelines, adding tests and benchmarking scripts that improved validation before training jobs.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
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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