Building and post-training agents for scientific research, the full-time Scientific AI Researcher will focus on creating environments for literature search, code execution, and experimental design while collaborating with research partners in a remote setting.
Key responsibilities:
Build long-horizon environments for agents to search literature, query databases, and run experiments within a defined budget
Transform research partners' workflows and datasets into trainable tasks and evaluations
Design verification methods for correctness and reproducibility, ensuring agents utilize evidence appropriately
Required qualifications:
Depth in reinforcement learning (RL), agents, or post-training systems with the ability to acquire scientific context
Hands-on experience in building and debugging model-training or evaluation loops
Strong Python programming skills to create artifacts for research and engineering use
Demonstrated experimental judgment with experience in baseline evaluation and failure attribution
Comfort with ambiguous problems and ability to keep partners informed during resolution