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Staff Research Engineer

Turing
Location
Palo Alto, California, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States
Posted
26 days ago
Department
R&D / Engineering
Salary
$250,000 to $400,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • RL & Post-training experience
  • Engineering Management experience
  • Systems thinking + Database/API design
  • Hands-on technical capability in Python and SQL
  • Operational leadership
  • Cross-functional communication skills
What the job really is

As a Staff Research Engineer at Turing, you will lead the end-to-end lifecycle of reinforcement learning (RL) environment projects tailored for AI labs and enterprise clients. This role involves designing environments, ensuring data quality, managing teams, and maintaining customer relationships while directly influencing revenue through your projects. You will also participate in client solutioning and demonstrate the value of your environments through evaluations and fine-tuning experiments.

Benefits
  • Compensation: $250,000 to $400,000 OTE + Equity
  • Work directly with leading AI labs
  • Contribute to leading-edge AI research
  • Collaborate with exceptional colleagues from top tech companies
  • High autonomy and rapid learning curve
Things to weigh
  • Role requires being in office five days a week
  • No remote work options mentioned
  • High-stakes projects with complex data pipelines
  • Fast-paced environment may require adaptability
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