Research Engineer

Hiverge Ltd; Town of Cambridge; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hiverge Ltd in Australia is seeking a Research Engineer to explore how agents collaborate to achieve predefined goals and to design the next generation of discovery engines. You will experiment, iterate, and align technical advances with product objectives.

Ideal candidates will have a PhD in Maths/CS/EE, strong Python engineering, and demonstrated collaboration across research and engineering teams. The role offers a competitive package and a stimulating startup environment.

Qualifications

• PhD in Maths/CS/EE or related field with publications.
• Contributed to/open source projects with strong Python software engineering skills.
• Excellent communication and ability to collaborate across research and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Investigate how research agents can work together to reach goals and iterate on ideas.
• Design and run experiments to improve system capabilities and efficiency.
• Collaborate with research engineers and leadership to align advances with product goals.
• Stay at the forefront of AI agents, language models, search, optimisation, and discovery.

Skills

GPU programming

Collaboration

Python

Education

PhD in Maths/CS/EE

Tools

Python

GitHub

Job description

Who we are

At Hiverge, our mission is to build algorithmic superintelligence: an AI discovery engine that automatically writes algorithms for the most critical optimisation problems.

Our founding team is composed of world-class researchers from Google DeepMind and University of Cambridge, having co-developed AlphaTensor, FunSearch, AlphaEvolve and Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold. At Hiverge, you will be working with the brightest minds in AI, algorithms, and mathematics.

If you’re passionate about AI and eager to shape transformative technologies, we’d love to hear from you.

About this role

We are seeking a Research Engineer. You will be in charge of researching and implementing ideas around making agents collaborate together. You will play a key role in designing the next generation of discovery engines.

You will:

• Investigate how research agents can work together to achieve a predetermined goal, and iterate quickly on these research ideas.
• Design and run experiments to improve the capabilities and efficiency of our system.
• Work together with our team of research engineers and leadership to align technical advances with product and business objectives.
• Stay at the forefront of developments in AI agents, language models, search, optimisation, and automated discovery.

Qualifications

• Having a PhD in Maths/CS/EE or related field, with a good track-record of publications.
• Having contributed to/started open source projects, demonstrating strong software engineering skills with experience building complex systems in Python.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across research and engineering disciplines.

What sets you apart

• Experience with GPU programming / optimisation.
• Experience with agentic systems, planning, or reasoning frameworks.
• Background in algorithms & optimisation.
• Experience building evaluation frameworks and experimentation platforms.
• Strong problem-solving ability and comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Having experience working in a startup environment.

We offer competitive compensation, generous benefits packages, and offer a stimulating work environment, with the opportunity to contribute to the future of generative AI.