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Director, Research - Human Data Systems

San Francisco💼 Full-time💰 $300,000–$300,000🗓 2026-06-30 → 2026-07-31

Core

Leading a team to develop human-in-the-loop systems and data-centric methods that guide experts on complex tasks to power frontier AI models.

Role type

Director of Research (Applied AI / Data Systems)

Builds

Human-in-the-loop systems, experimental POCs for workflow efficiency, and programmatic solutions for AI data bottlenecks.

Domain

Artificial Intelligence, Data-Centric AI, Human-in-the-loop systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Applied AI research, team leadership, LLMs, agentic workflows, coding, research-to-product translation

Preferred skills

Data annotation workflows, internal tooling for annotation

Technologies

LLMs, agentic workflow frameworks

Responsibilities

Recruit and lead a team of applied researchers; bridge Research, Product, and Engineering to integrate experimental POCs; anticipate and solve bottlenecks in AI data (e.g., automated RLHF, agentic evaluation); validate research-driven workflows in production environments.

Seniority

Director, hands-on IC with management

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