Lead Research Engineer - Applied AI

Level AI
Full-time
Bay Area, California
Posted on 5 months ago

Job Description

Lead Applied AI Researcher to spearhead advancements in agentic AI systems, building intelligent, decision-making agents powered by reinforcement learning, LLM fine-tuning, and multi-agent frameworks to enhance the AI-native CX platform.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build agentic systems for multi-step tasks
  • Apply and adapt reinforcement learning techniques
  • Fine-tune and optimize large language models for dialog management
  • Lead rapid prototyping and applied research on intelligent agent behavior
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and data teams
  • Stay current with advancements in open-source LLMs and RL frameworks
  • Publish internal whitepapers and influence long-term AI strategy

Requirements

  • Experience in CS, Machine Learning, or a related field
  • 5-10+ years in applied AI roles
  • Expertise in Reinforcement Learning, Agentic systems, and LLM fine-tuning
  • Proficiency with PyTorch, Hugging Face, Ray RLlib, or similar libraries
  • Experience shipping research to production
  • Strong publication record or open-source contributions a plus
  • Experience with dialog agents, retrieval-augmented generation, or multi-agent collaboration frameworks a bonus
  • Background in building or scaling tool-using agents in enterprise contexts a bonus

Benefits

  • No benefits