4h ago

Research Engineer / Scientist, Self-Improvement

San Francisco, CA

$150k-$250k / yearest.

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🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll develop methods for self-improving AI agents that continually learn from experience, working with a world-class team on the frontier of AI. Your research will advance the field through open publishing and real-world impact at companies like 11x and Bilt Rewards.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Develop prompt optimization and system prompt learning for continuous agent learning
  • Create methods for agents to auto-generate and test hypotheses in environments
  • Improve learning efficiency from long-running agentic tasks
  • Design and run scalable experiments to measure self-improvement

📋 Requirements

  • Expertise in machine learning, particularly LLMs and continual learning
  • Familiarity with agent frameworks and prompt optimization
  • Track record of impactful research (publications or open-source contributions)

✨ Nice to Have

  • Experience with long-context models
  • Background in reinforcement learning
  • Published work in AI safety or alignment

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • 🚀 Work on cutting-edge AI research
  • 🏢 In-person collaboration in downtown SF
  • 📝 Open publishing of research and code
  • 🤝 Flat organization with no bureaucracy

📨 Hiring Process

Initial screen (30 min), technical screen (1-1.5 hours), paid in-person work trial (2 days onsite in SF).

🚩 Heads Up

  • Requires 5 days in-person (no hybrid) with no remote option
  • Culture signals a non-9-5 work expectation and ambiguity tolerance
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