Enterprise AI Research Engineer

As a Member of Technical Staff within the Enterprise AI Core team, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing enterprise AI systems by embedding directly into live workflows. This position offers the opportunity to identify real-world failure modes and drive rapid experimental cycles aimed at improving system performance. Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate as a research partner within enterprise AI workflows, working alongside domain experts and client teams.
• Identify, formalize, and prioritize system failure modes in real-world deployments.
• Design high-signal datasets and evaluation protocols to address identified weaknesses.
• Conduct tight experimental loops to validate hypotheses and quantify improvements.
• Produce clear, decision-oriented analyses of system behavior and performance.
• Develop and benchmark agentic workflows, focusing on robustness and scalability.
• Create lightweight tools to support evaluation, data curation, and rapid iteration.
• Contribute to internal and external research artifacts, including reports and benchmarks.

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or a related technical field.
• Strong judgment regarding research signal quality, including data selection and evaluation design.
• Experience in designing datasets and evaluation frameworks for machine learning systems.
• Ability to translate ambiguous operational issues into structured research problems.
• Familiarity with reinforcement learning environments and/or agentic system evaluation.
• Clear and concise communicator with a focus on actionable insights.
• Proven ability to execute in fast iteration cycles and high-ambiguity settings.
• Collaborative mindset with experience working across research, product, and domain teams.

• Strong client-facing experience, particularly in technical or research-driven environments.
• Experience building internal research or evaluation tooling.
• Contributions to benchmarks, research publications, or open research initiatives.
• Exposure to enterprise AI deployments or forward-deployed research models.

This is a full-time, remote position.

The compensation for this role ranges from $250, 000 to $500, 000 annually, with eligibility for equity compensation and performance-based bonuses, subject to company policies.

micro1 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations, and ordinances.