Senior Researcher

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

📋 Description

• Monitor and synthesize trends in AI, machine learning research, foundation models, agents, evaluation techniques, and data enrichment strategies.

• Experiment with innovative models, tools, datasets, and methodologies.

• Develop lightweight prototypes and conduct experiments to assess concepts.

• Identify opportunities to enhance or reorganize multimodal, audiovisual, and various data assets.

• Investigate methods for generating high-quality training corpora.

• Convert research findings into opportunity briefs, experiment proposals, success criteria, and actionable recommendations.

• Lead and advance research initiatives in key data opportunity areas.

• Design and execute experiments and proofs of concept to validate hypotheses and mitigate risks.

• Collaborate with product, prototyping, and engineering teams as a research consultant.

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge bases and conduct team briefings.

• Assess emerging techniques and research papers for their relevance.

• Provide research insights to inform prioritization and long-term opportunity discussions.

• Assist business operations with ad hoc requests.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of relevant experience in applied research or machine learning research.

• Strong hands-on experimentation mindset with models, APIs, datasets, tools, and techniques.

• Extensive familiarity with large language models, multimodal models, retrieval-augmented generation, agent architectures, fine-tuning, model distillation, and evaluation frameworks.

• Ability to clearly communicate research findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• A Master’s degree in Applied Sciences, Statistics, or a related field is required.

• Proven track record focused on opportunity discovery and problem definition.

• Experience with synthetic data generation, active learning, weak supervision, and knowledge graph development.

• Capability to remain informed across research and industry sources while distinguishing valuable insights from noise.

• Experience collaborating with prototyping or applied teams is advantageous.

• Familiarity with the company’s business area or the capacity to quickly learn is beneficial.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

• Willingness to undergo a background check in compliance with local laws and regulations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% employer-paid for employees).

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO) with encouragement to utilize it.

• Paid holidays.

• Remote-first work model allowing flexibility to work from anywhere in the US.

• Annual learning stipend.

• Access to premier conferences.

• Direct mentorship from experienced founders.

• Competitive equity package with clear potential for growth.

• Budget allocated for equipment and software.

• A high-trust, low-ego culture centered on impact, transparency, and work-life balance.