Crosslake originated in 2010 with the goal to become the world’s most relevant firm for investors and management teams looking to make technology make a difference. Crosslake’s differentiated practitioner community of former CTOs, CPOs, CISOs, CIOs, architects and engineers guides actionable, business-focused decisions — underscored by objective TechIndicators® from a proprietary dataset of 6,000+ prior PE transactions. With a distinct blend of expertise and data, Crosslake teams help investors bring strategic initiatives to life across AI and data, product strategy, engineering, carve-out and integration, cybersecurity, enterprise systems and diligence. As every business becomes a “tech business,” it’s clear why Crosslake is a firm that investors rely upon. Learn more at www.crosslaketech.com.

Crosslake Technologies

(this position is US based remote)

What We Believe

In the past few years, private equity investors have invested more than a trillion dollars in software and tech-enabled companies. And in many cases, the underlying tech is the greatest enabler to the business strategy. But has the approach to govern technology value creation caught up to the magnitude of the risk?

We believe a better way is possible - a more programmatic, proactive approach to actively manage technology throughout the investment lifecycle - and that’s what we do.

Our role 

We know that technology can create truly transformative change, and its role in business is only growing. Crosslake is here to support the changemakers and help them buy, build and run better technology.

What We Value

You could be a good fit for Crosslake if you see yourself reflected in our guiding values:

Service. We effect change by empowering others.

Curiosity. We believe great advice starts with deep understanding.

Credibility. Our expertise is earned and proven.

Commitment. It’s our privilege to serve clients in their critical moments.

Creativity. We are inspired by the constant pursuit of better.

Crosslake is a diverse organization and proud of it. What unites us is our belief that technology makes a difference.

Overview

Work with technology companies to identify improvements of existing technology, organizations, processes, and tools used to develop software products and services. Work with private equity companies and other investment firms to help them understand the technology strengths, risks, and opportunities for improvement for potential investments (I.e. technical due diligence) Design and implement solutions from scratch (e.g. Agile methodology transformations), guiding and mentoring more junior software developers and other engineersCollaboratively work in partnership with internal and client technical leads and team members


Expected Results

Be an apprentice consultant for your first 2 projects and then be willing and able to drive a project on your own to successful completion, including collaboration, project management, and getting your hands dirtyParticipate in and drive AI assessment efforts on behalf of investment companies, collaborating, digging deep, and creating a report for the investors to outline technical investment risksParticipate in hands-on implementation projects using processes and technologies that are most applicable to you, producing stellar customer feedback along the wayWork with technology companies to identify improvements of existing AI technology, organizations, processes, and toolsWork with private equity companies and other investment firms to help them understand the technology strengths, risks, and opportunities for improvement for potential investmentsCollaboratively work in partnership with internal and client technical leads and team members


Requirements

In-depth expert-level experience in Data Science domain (data mining, statistics, machine learning, etc.) and AI domain:Analytical and generative AIEvaluation of available data assets and their profileCurrent knowledge of LLM landscape, commercial and open courseModel selection, training, fine-tuningModel efficacy metrics, bias managementIP considerationsML Ops and related toolingCloud hosting options and self-hosting, and related economicsMulti-modal AI (text, NLP / voice, images, video)AI-enabled software engineering


Education 

Advanced degree in computer science, statistics, advanced analytics, data science, machine learning, AI


Crosslake Technologies

AI / ML Consultant

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