Research Scientist

San Francisco, CA

Factory

Factory’s mission is to bring autonomy to software engineering. We help organizations optimize and automate their software development lifecycle.

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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.

  • The team goes into the office 5 days a week in San Francisco (walking distance to Caltrain).

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Tags: Engineering LLMs Machine Learning PhD Prototyping Research

Region: North America
Country: United States

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