Research Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Develop new agentic capabilities, including frameworks for monitoring, guardrailing, and evaluating agents, to enhance their collaboration.

• Conduct traditional ML tasks such as exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and model fine-tuning utilizing the latest frameworks.

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

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

• Contribute production-ready code and work across engineering teams to deliver scalable software solutions.

• Keep up-to-date with developments in agentic technology and explore new opportunities.

• Identify, resolve, and strengthen systems for production use.

• Partner with ML experts, security professionals, mathematicians, and software engineers.

• Publish and launch innovations that influence agentic collaboration and trust.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• In-depth knowledge of AI/ML, software engineering, or AI security.

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

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

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

• Candidates are ineligible to participate in foreign talent programs sponsored by China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea.

• A PhD in Computer Science or a related field with a focus on AI/ML or a similar area is highly preferred.

• Hands-on experience with agent orchestration, agent harnesses, agent teams, jailbreaking/prompt injection, red teaming, data poisoning or evasion attacks, secure model deployment or sandboxing, and detection and monitoring for AI misuse is highly preferred.

• Experience contributing to open source projects is highly preferred.

• Experience in a dynamic startup environment is highly preferred.

• Knowledge of cybersecurity is an advantage but not essential.

• Must have legal authorization to work in the United States.

• Must indicate whether company sponsorship or support is necessary for obtaining or maintaining a work visa or permit.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary.

• Performance-based incentives or bonuses (where applicable).

• Equity participation.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage 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.