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Research Scientist, RL for Coding Agents

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cursor is hiring a Research Scientist to drive research in reinforcement learning at their New York office. Candidates should have a deep background in RL, be excellent programmers, and be comfortable handling ambiguous tasks with minimal guidance. The role involves enhancing the understanding of RL, improving data quality for model training, and executing realtime RL for coding agents. This position offers significant scope and autonomy within a small, talented team. #J-18808-Ljbffr cursor

Vacancy posted 2 days ago
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