AI Research Engineer: Build Trusted Journalism Systems

Primary; United States; On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Equity package

Annual performance bonus

New York City-based in-person role

Job summary

Primary is seeking a Research Engineer to design, build, evaluate, and deploy AI systems for automated knowledge acquisition and evaluation in a fast-paced startup environment. You will work closely with the Chief Scientist on research spanning large language models, automated reasoning, knowledge extraction, and scalable AI systems.

This in-person role in New York City offers a starting compensation of $150,000+ plus equity and a performance bonus.

Qualifications

• Strong background across artificial intelligence, machine learning or computational cognitive systems.
• Ability to independently design and build sophisticated AI systems.
• Excellent analytical and experimental skills.
• Ability to rapidly understand and extend new research.
• Strong technical judgement and intellectual independence.
• Excellent written and spoken communication.

Responsibilities

• Translate high-level research ideas into working AI systems.
• Identify relevant literature and implement or extend state-of-the-art methods.
• Design and carry out experiments to evaluate alternative approaches.
• Develop new algorithms, objectives and evaluation methods where appropriate.
• Effectively employ and critically evaluate AI-based software development tools.
• Build robust, scalable research prototypes.
• Communicate results clearly through technical reports and research papers.

Skills

Artificial intelligence

Machine learning

Computational cognitive systems

Independent AI system design

Analytical & experimental

Technical judgement

Communication skills

Education

PhD desirable

MSc or equivalent experience

Job description

Primary is seeking a Research Engineer to design, build, evaluate, and deploy AI systems for automated knowledge acquisition and evaluation in a fast-paced startup environment. You will work closely with the Chief Scientist on research spanning large language models, automated reasoning, knowledge extraction, and scalable AI systems.

This in-person role in New York City offers a starting compensation of $150,000+ plus equity and a performance bonus.