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Post-Training and Reinforcement Learning Engineer

Sustainability Economics.ai

  • Bengaluru, India
  • Competitive Package
  • Fresher (0-1 Yrs)
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About the role

About the company

SustainabilityEconomics.ai is a Singapore- and US-based company with a large development center in Bengaluru. The company is building AI agents that are paid on the results they deliver. The first is Clem.ai, an Energy-Mix Agent that plans, contracts and operates the power supply mix for large electricity consumers such as data centers.

Its objective is power that is lower in cost than grid supply, at least as reliable, and carbon-free around the clock.

The company does not pre-train models. It takes open models and post-trains them on narrow energy tasks where a program can verify the result. Solvers, calculators and simulators perform the arithmetic, and the models are trained to use them correctly.

The position

We are looking for a Post-Training and Reinforcement Learning Engineer to join the platform team in Bengaluru. The engineer will help train, evaluate and improve the open models behind Clem.ai.

This is an early-career position reporting to the Post-Training Lead. The engineer will work alongside senior post-training engineers, applied AI engineers and the company’s energy experts. An independent assurance team approves every model release.

Scope of work

  • Prepare, clean and verify training data for tasks such as bill and invoice extraction, contract clause tagging and optimization template completion.
  • Run supervised fine-tuning of open models using low-rank adapters (LoRA) on company GPU infrastructure.
  • Develop reinforcement learning environments and reward functions in which a validator, solver, calculator or simulator scores the model output.
  • Evaluate every model before and after training on the company’s energy-domain benchmark, and report the results accurately.
  • Convert operator corrections and overrides from live operation into new training examples and evaluation cases.
  • Generate and validate synthetic data where real examples are limited.
  • Support the distillation of larger models into smaller, lower-cost models.
  • Maintain reproducible experiments, including configurations, data versions, run logs and written summaries.
  • Use coding agents for first drafts of code, tests and data preparation, and review all output before use.
  • Comply with data governance requirements, including keeping customer data used for per-site tuning within that customer’s sandbox.

Required qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics or a related discipline.
  • Up to two years of relevant experience, including internships and research projects.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and working knowledge of PyTorch.
  • Demonstrated experience fine-tuning at least one open language model, for example with Hugging Face Transformers and LoRA.
  • Sound understanding of machine learning fundamentals, including data splits, overfitting and evaluation metrics.
  • Working knowledge of reinforcement learning fundamentals, including policies, rewards and environments.
  • Proficiency with Git, Linux and GPU-based training jobs.
  • Rigor in data handling and evaluation, and the ability to report results objectively.
  • Clear written communication in English.

Prior experience in the energy sector is not required.

Preferred background

  • Practical experience with preference-based or reinforcement learning methods for language models, such as DPO or GRPO-style training.
  • Familiarity with reinforcement learning algorithms such as PPO or SAC, and tools such as Gymnasium.
  • Experience writing reward functions or automated graders.
  • Experience with distillation or synthetic data generation.
  • Experience with structured outputs and tool calling in language models.
  • Exposure to optimization solvers or time-series forecasting.
  • Interest in power markets, renewable energy or data center operations.
  • Open-source contributions, competition results or published research.

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Personal attributes

  • Leadership skills, including the ability to take ownership of work and guide it to completion.
  • Strong self-motivation and the initiative to work with limited supervision.
  • Eagerness to learn new methods and a new domain quickly.
  • Effective teamwork with engineers, energy experts and the assurance team.
  • Accountability for results and integrity in reporting them.
  • Ability to manage time and deliver to agreed deadlines.

Location and application

The position is based in Bengaluru.

Interested candidates should apply directly through LinkedIn, including their CV and a link to one fine-tuning or reinforcement learning project.

Eligibility & process

Who can apply

Seniority: Entry level. Employment type: Internship

Skills & stack

Python Git Linux Machine Learning PyTorch Data Structures & Algorithms Python/Java System Design

Selection process

Details are shared by the recruiter after shortlisting.

Prep kit

19 resources
Study material 4
Company-specific guides 4
Likely coding questions 4
Round-wise strategy 4
Round 1: Online Assessment (OA) Aptitude, Quantitative Logic & 2 Coding Problems Focus on accuracy and speed. Practice arrays, strings, and standard arithmetic puzzles.
Round 2: Technical Interview 1 Core Tech Stack (Python, Git, Linux, Machine Learning, PyTorch, Data Structures & Algorithms, Python/Java, System Design) & Live Code Tracing Explain your thought process aloud. Analyze time & space complexities before coding.
Round 3: System Design & Problem Solving Database Schemas, APIs & Architecture Basics Clarify edge cases, diagram schemas cleanly, and discuss scalability trade-offs.
Round 4: HR & Cultural Fit Discussion Sustainability Economics.ai Core Values, Learning Agility & Offer Terms Demonstrate passion, strong communication, and readiness for full-time collaboration.
Technical questions 4
What is the bias-variance tradeoff and how do you prevent overfitting? Answer
Model answer: High bias leads to underfitting (oversimplified model), high variance leads to overfitting (captures noise). Mitigate using L1/L2 Regularization, Dropout, Cross-Validation, and data augmentation.
Explain the difference between Precision, Recall, and F1-Score. Answer
Model answer: Precision = TP / (TP + FP) (correctness of positive predictions). Recall = TP / (TP + FN) (coverage of actual positives). F1-Score is the harmonic mean of Precision and Recall.
How does Gradient Descent work and what is the role of Learning Rate? Answer
Model answer: It optimizes loss functions by iteratively moving weights in the direction of negative gradient. A large learning rate may overshoot the minimum; a small rate causes slow convergence.
What is the difference between Supervised, Unsupervised, and Self-Supervised learning? Answer
Model answer: Supervised uses labeled data (X -> y). Unsupervised finds hidden patterns in unlabeled data (clustering/PCA). Self-supervised generates labels from input data (e.g. masked language modeling in BERT/Transformers).
Behavioural & HR questions 3
Why do you want to join Sustainability Economics.ai as a Post-Training and Reinforcement Learning Engineer?
Highlight Sustainability Economics.ai's market reputation, recent tech innovations, and how your skills in Python directly solve their team's objectives.
Describe a challenging bug or academic project roadblock and how you resolved it.
Use the STAR method: Situation (project context), Task (what needed solving), Action (specific tools/logic applied), Result (quantifiable positive outcome).
How do you handle strict deadlines or sudden scope changes?
Explain your prioritization strategy, proactive communication with mentors/peers, and agile mindset.
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