Forward Deployed Research Engineer
Core
Hands-on engineering role building infrastructure for reinforcement learning environments and AI evaluation for frontier AI labs and data vendors.
Role type
Forward-deployed research engineer
Builds
Infrastructure for RL environments and AI evaluation pipelines
Domain
Artificial Intelligence / Reinforcement Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, Docker, Linux, debugging, benchmarking, evaluation rubrics, independent problem solving, production issue resolution
Preferred skills
early-stage startup experience, cross-functional coordination
Technologies
Python, Docker, Linux
Responsibilities
Diagnose and resolve ambiguous technical problems, build one-off tools and pipelines for urgent customer needs, coordinate with research and go-to-market teams to unblock deployments, document recurring issues to create reusable tools
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
