Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Personal AGI, Personalization
Researches and develops memory and personalization improvements for frontier models through post-training, reinforcement learning, dataset creation, and evaluations. The role requires strong machine-learning expertise, research craftsmanship, and the ability to work across a large codebase with research and product teams.
295k – 555k/yr
HybridAI Research
About the role
Responsibilities
Own and pursue a research agenda for improving memory use and personalization in frontier models.
Build robust evaluations for tracking modeling improvements.
Design, implement, test, and debug code across the research stack.
Collaborate closely with research and product teams to influence technical solutions in the product.
Requirements and Qualifications
Passion for personalization and building personalized assistants.
Experience working with user signals and human data to turn feedback into reliable signals for training and evaluation.
Deep understanding of frontier model post-training and machine learning applications.
Principled approach and strong research craftsmanship.
Comfort diving into a large machine-learning codebase to debug.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and technically complex environment.
Compensation and Benefits
Hybrid work model with 3 days per week in the office.
Relocation assistance is available to new employees.
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