Remote Staff Research Engineer - Frontier AI & Evaluation

Crossing Hurdles; Turkey; Remote; TRY 2,387,000 - 5,115,000; Part time

Job summary

Crossing Hurdles is seeking a Staff Research Engineer specializing in frontier AI, RL, and evaluation. The role is remote as a short-term contract, with 10-40 hours per week. You will conduct research on frontier AI systems, formulate questions, and develop datasets, experiments, and evaluation frameworks to inform product strategy.

Strong ML research experience and Python proficiency are required. This contract offers competitive US and non-US hourly rates, with an emphasis on translating

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s in AI, ML, CS or related field.
• Strong research engineering experience in ML or frontier AI systems.
• Experience designing experiments and training models.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on frontier AI systems and evaluate capabilities and limitations.
• Formulate research questions to inform product and technical strategy.
• Develop research-grade datasets, experiments, prototypes, and evaluation frameworks.
• Collaborate with teams to translate research findings into scalable applications.
• Share findings through technical reports, publications, and conferences.

Skills

Python programming

Research engineering

Experimental design

ML frameworks

Reinforcement learning

Education

PhD or Master's in AI/ML/CS

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Crossing Hurdles is seeking a Staff Research Engineer specializing in frontier AI, RL, and evaluation. The role is remote as a short-term contract, with 10-40 hours per week. You will conduct research on frontier AI systems, formulate questions, and develop datasets, experiments, and evaluation frameworks to inform product strategy.

Strong ML research experience and Python proficiency are required. This contract offers competitive US and non-US hourly rates, with an emphasis on translating