Forward Deployed Research Engineer

• Own technical deployment requests from frontier AI labs, data vendors, and internal teams from triage to completion
• Build RL environments and evals that satisfy the technical requirements and needs of frontier AI labs, sometimes under short timelines
• Ask the right questions to clarify ambiguous asks and identify what actually needs to be done
• Build tools and one-off pipelines to solve urgent customer or partner problems
• Balance speed and quality in situations where customers need fast turnaround and the path is not fully specified
• You may be a good fit if you have:
• Experience building on benchmarks and evals - you can reason about what makes a task realistic, a rubric reliable, an environment usable, and a trajectory useful for RL training
• Core engineering experience, preferably in a forward deployed or customer success context
• Strong debugging instincts across code, data, and environments
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently in ambiguous situations without a fully prescribed roadmap
• Strong judgment about when to move fast, when to escalate, and when correctness or security requires extra care
• Comfort working directly with technical customers, vendors, or cross-functional internal teams
• Experience in applied research engineering or forward-deployed engineering
• Experience handling urgent production, customer, or deployment issues
• Early-stage startup experience with ability to work independently in fast-paced environments
• Strong communication skills for remote collaboration across time zones
• We prioritize technical aptitude and learning potential over years of experience. Motivated candidates are encouraged to apply even if they don't meet all criteria.
• Team Size: ~25 people currently, mostly full-time in-person, but some remote.
• Our team: Our team includes 4 International Olympiad medalists (IOI, ILO, IPhO), the former #1 ranked Catan player in the world, serial AI startup founders, and researchers with publications at ICLR, NeurIPS, etc.
• Company stage: We have 8 figures in funding and are scaling profitably and quickly to meet very strong demand.
• Employment: Full-time.
• Location: We have offices in San Francisco or Singapore but are open to remote candidates who can work hours that 70-80% overlap with either San Francisco or Singapore time zones.
• Visa Sponsorship: We provide support for relocation and visas for strong full-time candidates to the US or Singapore.
• Timeline: Applications are rolling. The process is 2 technical interviews and a 2-3 day work trial.

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