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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in applied research and machine learning, with a strong focus on experimentation, model evaluation, and data enrichment techniques. Capable of translating complex research findings into actionable insights and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Applied Research ExperienceMachine Learning ResearchLarge Language ModelsExperimentation MindsetMaster's Degree in Applied Sciences
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Hard Skills
Machine LearningData EnrichmentModel EvaluationSynthetic Data GenerationKnowledge Graph ConstructionActive LearningWeak SupervisionFine-TuningModel DistillationRetrieval-Augmented Generation
Soft Skills
Clear CommunicationCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
APIsDatasetsEvaluation Frameworks
Certifications & Qualifications
Master's Degree
Industry Keywords
AIMultimodal ModelsResearch ProgramsOpportunity DiscoveryPrototyping
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Monitor and synthesize trends across AI, machine learning research, foundation models, agents, evaluation techniques, and data enrichment methods
- Experiment with emerging models, tools, datasets, and techniques
- Build lightweight prototypes and run experiments to evaluate ideas
- Identify opportunities to enrich or restructure multimodal, audiovisual, and other data assets
- Explore approaches for generating high-quality training corpora
- Translate research into opportunity briefs, experiment proposals, success criteria, and recommendations
- Own and advance research programs around priority data opportunity areas
- Design and run experiments and proofs of concept to validate hypotheses and reduce risk
- Partner with product, prototyping, and engineering teams as a research advisor
- Maintain living knowledge bases and team briefings
- Evaluate emerging techniques and research papers for relevance
- Contribute research perspectives to prioritization and longer-term opportunity discussions
- Support business operations through ad hoc requests
Requirements
What you’ll need- 5+ years of relevant experience in applied research or machine learning research
- Strong hands-on experimentation mindset with models, APIs, datasets, tools, and techniques
- Deep familiarity with large language models, multimodal models, retrieval-augmented generation, agent architectures, fine-tuning, model distillation, and evaluation frameworks
- Clear communication of research findings to technical and non-technical audiences
- Master’s degree in Applied Sciences, Statistics, or a related field required
- Track record centered on opportunity discovery and problem definition
- Experience with synthetic data generation, active learning, weak supervision, and knowledge graph construction
- Ability to stay current across research and industry sources while separating signal from noise
- Experience collaborating with prototyping or applied teams is a plus
- Domain familiarity with the company’s business area or ability to ramp quickly is valuable
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
- Willingness to undergo a background check in accordance with local law/regulations
Benefits
Comp & perks- Medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% employer-paid for employees)
- Unlimited PTO with encouragement to use it
- Paid holidays
- Remote-first work from anywhere in the US
- Annual learning stipend
- Access to top conferences
- Direct mentorship from experienced founders
- Competitive equity package with clear growth potential
- Budget for equipment and software
- High-trust, low-ego culture focused on impact, transparency, and work-life balance
