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Data Scientist - Agentic AI Systems - Loops

Palo Alto, California, us💼 Full-time💰 $140,000–$140,000🗓 2026-06-03 → 2026-07-31

Core

Design and run applied research initiatives to inform the behavior and learning loops of AI agents, building and evaluating models for planning, memory, retrieval, reasoning, or tool use.

Role type

Senior IC data scientist (agentic AI systems)

Builds

AI agent reasoning, planning, and action loops; internal tools and pipelines for agent behavior testing

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Agentic Systems / Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, SQL, scikit-learn, Pytorch, LangChain, LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), Reinforcement Learning, Fine-Tuning

Preferred skills

AutoGen, OpenAgents, LangGraph, decision-making models, memory systems, multi-agent coordination, vector databases, embeddings, custom RAG pipelines, LLM Post Training (SFT, DPO, RLHF, GRPO)

Technologies

Python, SQL, scikit-learn, Pytorch, LangChain, AutoGen, OpenAgents, LangGraph

Responsibilities

Design and run applied research initiatives that inform the behavior and learning loops of AI agents; Build and evaluate models for planning, memory, retrieval, reasoning, or tool use in agentic systems; Develop internal tools and pipelines to test agent behavior across different environments; Analyze structured and unstructured data from user-agent interactions, logs, and experiments; Rapidly prototype and test hypotheses to improve agent performance and reliability; Collaborate with engineering, product, and design to translate insights into deployable features

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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