Research Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Develop new agentic capabilities, encompassing frameworks for monitoring, guiding, and assessing agents.

• Enhance collaboration among agents for improved effectiveness.

• Conduct exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and model optimization using cutting-edge frameworks.

• Partner with Product and Research teams to convert AI research into practical features and software engineering initiatives.

• Swiftly iterate on prototypes and features in response to feedback and changing product requirements.

• Contribute production-ready code across engineering to ensure scalable software delivery.

• Keep abreast of advancements in agentic technology and investigate new opportunities.

• Break, repair, and fortify systems for production use.

• Collaborate with machine learning experts, security specialists, mathematicians, and software developers.

• Publish and deploy innovations that enhance agentic collaboration and trust.

⛳️ Requirements

• MSc in Computer Science or a related field with exposure to AI/ML.

• Extensive expertise in AI/ML, software engineering, or AI security.

• Proficient programming skills in Python and familiarity with relevant ML and/or agentic frameworks.

• Proven ability to work collaboratively across functions with a strong sense of end-to-end ownership, achieving real-world results.

• Capability to learn additional programming languages and technologies as needed to deliver scalable and reliable software.

• Practical experience with at least one of the following: agent orchestration, agent harnesses, agent teams, jailbreaking/prompt injection, red teaming, data poisoning or evasion attacks, secure model deployment or sandboxing, detection and monitoring for AI misuse.

• Experience contributing to open-source projects.

• Background in a fast-paced startup environment.

• PhD in Computer Science or a related field with a focus on AI/ML or similar (highly preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary.

• Performance-related incentives or bonuses (if applicable).

• Equity participation.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents, with generous employer premium contributions.

• Retirement savings plan with company matching.

• Paid parental leave.

• Inclusive family-building benefits.

• Flexible paid time off.

• Company-wide seasonal breaks.

• Support for flexible work arrangements.

• On-the-job development opportunities.

• Cross-functional collaboration.

• Access to internal learning and development programs.