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Lead Research Engineer

$200k - $275k

Halluminate

Halluminate, a San Francisco-based applied AI and data company, seeks a lead researcher to head in-house post-training and research efforts for frontier models used in finance workloads. You will train models, publish findings, drive benchmarks, contribute to platform tooling, and help build a high-performance engineering culture from the ground up, with a focus on research quality and real-world impact. This in-person, SF-based role offers a base salary of $200–275k plus equity and relocation #J-18808-Ljbffr

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