Machine Learning Researcher

Entrepreneur First; Poland; Remote; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering research organization is seeking a talented researcher to drive innovative projects in machine learning. You will have the autonomy to explore novel architectures and collaborate globally with top-tier conferences and experts. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, with a passion for high-impact research and a strong publication record. This fully remote position offers competitive compensation, equity options, and various perks including company retreats and comprehensive health benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary + share of equity

Fully remote work

3-4 company retreats paid annually

Paid sick leave and flexible vacation

Comprehensive health insurance

Qualifications

• Demonstrated background with first author publications in machine learning.
• Experience working in applied research with high autonomy.
• Comfortable in high-pressure environments with unpredictable timelines.

Responsibilities

• Publish research in deep learning and modular architectures.
• Design and build novel neural network models.
• Collaborate with engineers and researchers to implement findings.

Skills

Novel research in machine learning

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Self-motivation

Job description

The Role

• Own and pursue novel research - building scalable, distributed models over uniquely decentralised and heterogeneous infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Publish novel research in deep learning focusing on massive scale modular/composable architectures, verifiability, and continual learning
• Research novel model architectures - design, build, test, and iterate over completely new ways of building neural networks
• Publish & collaborate - write research papers targeting top-tier AI conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR and collaborate with experts from universities and research institutes
• Partner closely with research and production engineering teams to experiment and productionise the research

Must have

• Demonstrated background with novel research in machine learning via first author publications
• Comfortable working in an applied research environment with extremely high autonomy and unpredictable timelines
• Highly self-motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred

• Existing work in modular, highly distributed, or continual deep learning

Nice to have

• Experience with cryptography applied to machine learning
• Strong public presence
• Competitive salary + share of equity and token pool
• Fully remote work- we currently hire between the West Coast (PT) and Central Europe (CET) time zones
• Visa sponsorship -available for those who would like to relocate to the US after being hired
• 3-4x all expenses paid company retreats around the world, per year
• Whatever equipment you need
• Paid sick leave and flexible vacation
• Company-sponsored health, vision, and dental insurance- including spouse/dependents [ only]
• Claim ownership of any work stream and set its goals/deadlines, rather than waiting to be assigned work or relying on job specs.
• Push & pull context on your work rather than waiting for information from others and assuming people know what you’re doing.
• Communicate to be understood rather than pushing out information and expecting others to work to understand it.
• Stay a small team - misalignment and politics scale super-linearly with team size. Small protocol teams rival much larger traditional teams.

Rejection of mediocrity & high performance

• Embrace an extreme learning rate - rather than assuming limits to your ability / knowledge.
• Don’t quit - push to the final outcome, despite any barriers.
• Be anti-fragile - balance short-term risk for long-term outcomes.
• Reject waste - guard the company’s time, rather than wasting it in meetings without clear purpose/focus, or bikeshedding.