16h ago

VP of Research, Machine Learning

China

$215k-$330k / yearest.

full-timevp Remoteai-ml

🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll define the research direction for a proactive AI chat app, owning context representation, memory, and reasoning. You'll guide evaluation frameworks and shape product intelligence with a small, top-tier team.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Set research direction for core intelligence including memory and reasoning
  • Decide on model architectures vs leveraging frontier models
  • Define evaluation frameworks for real-world usefulness
  • Own alignment, safety, and guardrail strategy

📋 Requirements

  • Deep experience building or evolving real ML systems in production
  • Strong technical judgment around model behavior and failure modes
  • Builder's mindset with high ownership mentality
  • Obsession with evaluation and long-term system behavior

✨ Nice to Have

  • Experience with retrieval-augmented training
  • Experience with multi-agent orchestration
  • Experience with multimodal systems

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • 🏖️ Remote-first work environment
  • Small high-talent-density team
  • 🌍 Global impact with billions of users

📨 Hiring Process

3-4 interviews via virtual or onsite, with prompt decision.

🚩 Heads Up

  • Role mixes research with engineering and product decisions, may not suit pure researchers.
  • Expectation of founder-like ownership without explicit equity or compensation details.
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