AI/ML Research Engineer ($150k-$350k + Equity) at Fast-growing enterprise AI startup
$150k - $350kJack and Jill AI
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She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network The next step is to speak to Jack. Job Title: AI/ML Research Engineer Salary: $150k-$350k + Equity Company Description: Fast-growing enterprise AI startup Job Description:Join an elite founding team building the next generation of intelligent agents that automate complex digital workflows. You will transition rapidly from advanced research to production, designing multi-agent systems and vision-language models that navigate software interfaces. This role offers the unique opportunity to shape the core intelligence of a high-velocity, accelerator-backed platform. Location: San Francisco, USA Why this role is remarkable:
- Ground-floor opportunity to join an elite founding team backed by a top-tier global startup accelerator.
- Your research directly impacts production systems, moving from academic theory to customer deployment in days.
- High-signal environment working alongside founders on the frontier of agentic orchestration and visual reasoning.
- Research and implement novel agentic architectures for GUI automation and multi-agent coordination.
- Develop robust reasoning pipelines and vision-language models for understanding complex software environments.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy research prototypes into production-quality enterprise systems.
- Strong research pedigree with a PhD or Master's in CS/ML and history of shipping production-level code.
- Expertise in agentic frameworks, large reasoning models, and visual understanding for digital interfaces.
- Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, and deploying machine learning models within modern cloud infrastructure.
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