Member of Research Staff

Anuvaya Labs; New Delhi; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Anuvaya Labs is building Vaya, an AI-powered Vedic astrology app used by millions. We seek a Researcher to author domain concepts and benchmarks that engineers can ship as digital personas.

You will breakdown astrologer personas into actionable metrics and map them to our AI agents, sourcing authorities and texts. Join a small team of engineers, designers, and product folks who value first principles thinking, clear writing, and evidence-based research.

Qualifications

• Ability to write documents that convey the message without any fluff.
• First principles thinking to break down obscure concepts clearly with logic.
• Published papers or articles showing depth in a domain.
• Proven skill at extracting information from transcripts and non-falsifiable texts.

Responsibilities

• Build domain authority and write documents on astrology concepts for engineers.
• Breakdown astrologer personas into metrics and map to AI agents.
• Source and vet SME’s, authorities, and texts.
• Network with practitioners and design case studies and experiments.
• Create benchmarks to evaluate persona performance.
• Discover new concepts and refine understanding until questions are answered.

Skills

Domain research

Academic writing

Transcripts analysis

Clear explanations

SME interviewing

Job description

About the Role

We're a small group of engineers, designers, and product folks building at the intersection of conversational AI and domain expertise. Making an AI agent sound human-like is hard. Making an AI an expert in a domain is also hard. We're doing both together. Our product is Vaya - an AI-powered Vedic astrology app used by millions.

The Research team owns two outcomes - First: becoming the company's authority on Vedic astrology. Second: breaking down real astrologer mechanics into fundamentals that our engineers can build digital personas on. Write benchmarks for the digital personas.

What you’ll do

• Build domain authority and write documents on astrology concepts that will help engineers ship your findings

• Breakdown astrologer personas into clear metrics - traits, modus operandi and vocabulary. Map to our AI agents

• Source & vet SME’s, modern and traditional astrological authorities and texts

• Network and engage and modern practitioners

• Design and conduct case studies and experiments with practitioners

• Create benchmarks for metrics to evaluate persona performance

• Discover new concepts and refine understanding of existing until all questions are answered
  

What we look for

• Ability to write documents that convey the message without any fluff

• First principles thinking to break down obscure and layered concepts clearly with logic at each step

• Published papers, articles showcasing your findings and depth of understanding in a domain

• Proven proficiency at extracting information from conversational transcripts, incoherent textbooks or within non falsifiable domains

• 3+ years in a research role at a startup or as a domain research consultant

Interview Procedure

Intro call: 15 minutes to get to know you, after that any questions you might have to get to know us better.

Process includes a call with a team member to -

1. Assess your fit from a culture perspective

2. Give you time to ask questions

Assignment: Candidates shortlisted after the initial call are given a take home assignment to be submitted in 48 hours.

Final Round: Process includes a call with the CEO to -

1. Discuss your approach in solving the assignment

2. Assess your fit from a technical perspective

3. Discuss past roles and responsibilities

How We Work

We care about craft obsessively. Your work gets questioned, pulled apart, and rebuilt — not because we're harsh, but because everyone here holds each other to a standard most places don't bother with. We work out of a hacker house in Vasant Kunj. We strongly encourage everyone to be in office.