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Idler

Idler

San Francisco, CA

Reinforcement learning environments for AI coding training

About

Idler builds reinforcement learning environments that teach AI models to code at expert human levels. They create training environments based on real-world coding scenarios to prepare models for production challenges. This enables frontier AI labs to train more capable coding agents.

Tech stack

TypeScript, React, Node.js, Postgres, Redis, Vercel

Perks & benefits

Health insurance, 401k, Free lunch, Relocation assistance

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Idler

Idler

San Francisco, CA

Special Projects Operator
$125k+/yrOn-site1+ YOEBusiness Operations

Own the recruitment, operations, and tooling that connect a network of experts to data-production projects. The role suits resourceful operators with 1–4 years of experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to build lightweight tools independently.

Idler

Idler

San Francisco, CA

Research Scientist
No salary listedOn-site1+ YOEAI Research

Research Scientist responsible for measuring and improving how frontier models learn from tasks, designing post-training experiments, validating data quality, and creating datasets and evaluation systems. Requires production reinforcement-learning experience at a frontier lab and end-to-end LLM post-training experience.

Idler

Idler

San Francisco, CA

Design Engineer
No salary listedOn-site2+ YOEFullstack Engineering

Design Engineer responsible for shaping the user experience and building performant full-stack applications for complex reinforcement-learning environments. The role requires product experience, strong React/TypeScript/Node.js skills, design judgment, and rapid user-driven iteration.

Idler

Idler

San Francisco, CA

Forward Deployed Engineer
No salary listedOn-siteSolutions Architecture

Own customer-facing technical delivery for AI labs and partner organizations, translating real-world workflows into reusable evaluation and reinforcement-learning infrastructure. The role requires strong production engineering, communication, judgment, and ownership in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment.

Idler

Idler

San Francisco, CA

Software Engineer
$100k+/yrOn-siteFullstack Engineering

Build UI components, backend services, and QA workflows for reinforcement learning environments that train AI models to code. Work with TypeScript, React, Node.js stack alongside founding team in fast-scaling AI startup.