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Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Personal AGI, Memory

Develops reinforcement learning, memory, and personalization capabilities for frontier models, including long-horizon evaluations and research code. The role requires strong RL research experience, rapid iteration, and the ability to translate rigorous research into product impact.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Own and pursue a research agenda for improving long-horizon memory 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

  • Background in reinforcement learning research.
  • Ability to iterate quickly and translate scientific rigor and long-term research into product impact.
  • Interest in cutting-edge reinforcement learning and frontier model research.
  • Commitment to principled approaches and research craftsmanship.
  • Passion for long-horizon tasks, memory, and applying research to products.
  • Comfort working in a large machine learning codebase and debugging it.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and technically complex environment.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with 3 days per week in the office.
  • Relocation assistance for new employees.

Skills

Reinforcement Learning, Machine Learning, Frontier Models, Memory Systems, Personalization, Python, Model Evaluation, Debugging

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