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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