Staff ML Research Engineer

Permanent
Engineering
Senior
ML Research, Machine Learning
San Francisco, California
California
US$250000 - US$425000 per annum + Equity

The Company

A fast-growing, well-funded AI startup building next-generation conversational AI agents for enterprise customers. Backed by top-tier investors and trusted by leading brands across multiple industries, the company is redefining how businesses deliver customer support at scale.

The Team

You'll join a Research team focused on building the most advanced conversational AI agents in the market - systems that understand context, respond with genuine empathy, and resolve complex issues with precision.

The Role

We're looking for an AI/ML Research Engineer to build AI systems capable of previously impossible tasks or unprecedented performance levels. You'll design and implement state-of-the-art methods for instruction tuning and information retrieval, writing production-quality ML code and shaping the science behind the company's core AI agents.

Responsibilities

  • Develop models for customer support tasks that outperform closed-source alternatives
  • Experiment with small open-source models to drive significant latency reductions
  • Break down ambiguous research ideas into clear, iterative milestones

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering or research
  • Proven track record delivering AI/ML projects from concept to production
  • Hands-on experience fine-tuning and deploying LLMs in production
  • Prior experience with multi-modal models

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