AI Research Engineer - Personalization Engine Builder

Come Near; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Come Near is building a personalized digital experience to help neighbors find content that meets them where they are. We need someone who can build the technical systems that make that possible, with a strong mindset of iterating toward a working solution.

This role is for a builder who takes well-formed concepts and early prototypes and develops them into functional systems, rapidly iterating until they perform.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree or equivalent research experience in a technical field.
• Experience shipping ML systems to production.
• Alignment with Come Near’s mission and values.

Responsibilities

• Take AI-powered systems from early prototype to functional, iterating until they work well enough to ship or hand off to engineering
• Run experiments, read the results, and use what you learn to make the next version better
• Instrument systems so the right things are being measured, and so results are legible enough to act on
• Own the diagnosis when something breaks or underperforms, in your own work or the systems around it
• Current focus areas include the personalization engine and Come Near Intelligence (CNI), our internal AI knowledge system

Skills

Ambiguity decision-making

Troubleshooting

Data pipelines & modeling

AI-powered workflow

Education

Master's Degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Equivalent research experience (2+ years)

Job description

Come Near is building a personalized digital experience to help neighbors find content that meets them where they are. We need someone who can build the technical systems that make that possible, with a strong mindset of iterating toward a working solution.

This role is for a builder who takes well-formed concepts and early prototypes and develops them into functional systems, rapidly iterating until they perform.