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Senior / Staff SLM & VLM Engineer — Post-Training, Tool Calling & Agents

Jabil

SingaporeFull-timeOn-site

Posted 19 May 2026

About this role

Lead the R&D of Small Language Models and Vision-Language Models focusing on edge deployment and low-latency production. Develop pipelines for continuous pretraining, instruction tuning, and a production-grade tool-calling framework. Requires strong software engineering skills in Python and C++ with deep expertise in PyTorch and model efficiency techniques. Candidates must be able to reproduce research papers and communicate effectively in both English and Mandarin.

What they're looking for

PythonC++PyTorchSLMVLMKnowledge DistillationQuantizationPruning

Frequently asked questions

What does a Senior / Staff SLM & VLM Engineer — Post-Training, Tool Calling & Agents at Jabil do?

Lead the R&D of Small Language Models and Vision-Language Models focusing on edge deployment and low-latency production. Develop pipelines for continuous pretraining, instruction tuning, and a production-grade tool-calling framework. Requires strong software engineering skills in Python and C++ with…

What skills does this Senior / Staff SLM & VLM Engineer — Post-Training, Tool Calling & Agents role need?

Key skills for this role include Python, C++, PyTorch, SLM, VLM, Knowledge Distillation.

How much does a Senior / Staff SLM & VLM Engineer — Post-Training, Tool Calling & Agents at Jabil pay?

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Is this Senior / Staff SLM & VLM Engineer — Post-Training, Tool Calling & Agents role remote, hybrid, or on-site?

This role is on-site, based in Singapore.

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