Research Scientist
San Francisco, CA
Factory
Factory’s mission is to bring autonomy to software engineering. More concretely, we help organizations optimize and automate their software development lifecycle. We do so through autonomous, AI-powered systems called Droids. Droids help...Factory is seeking a Research Scientist to join our team, focusing on the advancement and integration of cutting-edge AI technologies into our autonomous Droids.
What you will do and achieve:
Engage in ground-breaking research to advance the capabilities of our Droids, ranging from foundational improvements to the development of entirely new AI-native features for our platform.
Lead zero-to-one product development efforts, rapidly moving from prototyping to evaluating and integrating novel features that enhance the functionality and effectiveness of Droids in real-world software engineering tasks
Innovate in agentic design patterns, developing and improving techniques for advanced machine reasoning, tool-use, reward-design, environmental feedback, and interpretability
Design novel evaluation protocols for agentic AI systems that simulate real world scenarios
Fine-tune LLMs and domain-specific embedding models for tasks within the software development lifecycle
Qualifications:
1+ years of experience (post-PhD) or 3+ years of experience (post-BS/MS) in a machine learning research or engineering role, with a strong portfolio of research that demonstrates your expertise and contributions to the field.
Proven ability to translate complex, open-ended research questions into actionable research plans and execute them with a high level of autonomy and initiative.
Strong communication skills, capable of articulating both the technical intricacies of your work and its broader strategic implications.
A track record of maintaining high personal velocity in research activities, consistently delivering results that push the boundaries of what's currently possible.
Previous experience in software engineering or related domains is advantageous but not essential.
* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index 💰
Tags: Engineering LLMs Machine Learning PhD Prototyping Research
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