# Model Optimization

Skill · Data Science, Analytics and AI/ML

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/model-optimization

A set of techniques for improving a machine learning model's efficiency, speed, or accuracy, including methods like quantization, pruning, distillation, and hyperparameter tuning. ML engineers apply these techniques to reduce a model's memory footprint and inference latency, particularly for deployment on constrained hardware like mobile devices or edge servers. It balances trade-offs between model size, computational cost, and predictive performance.

## Model Optimization in the job market

- Open roles: 7
- Employers hiring: 7
- Last checked: September 13, 2026

## Roles that use Model Optimization

- [Research Scientist](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/research-scientist) — 2
- [Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineer) — 2
- [Machine Learning Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/machine-learning-engineer) — 1

## Employers hiring for Model Optimization

- [Cohere](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cohere) — 1 open role
- [Deepgram](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/deepgram) — 1 open role
- [Eight Sleep](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/eight-sleep) — 1 open role
- [Modal](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/modal) — 1 open role
- [NIO](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nio) — 1 open role
- [Topaz Labs](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/topaz-labs) — 1 open role

Related skills: [Hyperparameter Tuning](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/hyperparameter-tuning), [Model Compression & Quantization](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/model-compression-quantization)

## Open roles requiring Model Optimization (7)

- [Research Staff, Voice AI Foundations](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/05abe1e3-38fc-4cf7-96d0-9e9784ddc9b0/research-staff-voice-ai-foundations-at-deepgram) at [Deepgram](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/deepgram) — San Francisco, CA · Remote, $150,000 – $250,000
- [Staff Machine Learning Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/b77c39d3-f386-4c2f-bb5c-409ae412e5c0/staff-machine-learning-engineer-at-unity) at [Unity](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/unity) — Full-time, $218,400 – $283,900
- [AI Infrastructure Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/5e309978-beb7-4669-b798-d163844ce25a/ai-infrastructure-engineer-at-nio) at [NIO](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nio) — Full-time, San Jose, CA, $192,100 – $249,600
- [Member of Technical Staff - Research, Post-Training](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/55a50e95-cafb-455d-b977-906b3f4d53d2/member-of-technical-staff-research-post-training-at-modal) at [Modal](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/modal) — New York, NY, $150,000 – $350,000
- [Software Engineer, AI Inference / HPC](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/84f9e238-b562-4f1b-baae-c6bae241a63b/software-engineer-ai-inference-hpc-at-topaz-labs) at [Topaz Labs](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/topaz-labs) — Full-time, Dallas, TX, $110,000 – $150,000
- [ML Research Scientist (Health & Sensing)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/459a59a7-867c-434c-af59-841f7515990a/ml-research-scientist-health-sensing-at-eight-sleep) at [Eight Sleep](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/eight-sleep) — Full-time, San Francisco, CA
- [Staff Research Engineer, Model Efficiency](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cohere/c80f0fe9-3fc4-49fe-9f26-a7115350b1fc/application) at [Cohere](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cohere) — Full-time, New York, NY · Remote, CA$250,000 – CA$535,000 (listed on Cohere's own careers site)