AI Researcher: Build Autonomous Agents for SRE (NY)

Traversal; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Startup equity

Flexible time off

In-office snacks

Job summary

A leading AI research firm in New York is seeking an AI Researcher to advance innovative AI agents for root cause analysis in high-pressure environments. You will leverage your PhD-level expertise in machine learning to prototype strategies that handle large-scale observability data and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive impactful research. With competitive salary and equity packages, this full-time role values growth and meaningful contributions to the future of AI-powered software maintenance.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Strong foundation in deep learning and reinforcement learning.
• Hands-on experience with fine-tuning large language models.

Responsibilities

• Prototype and evaluate novel prompting strategies for AI agents.
• Explore and apply fine-tuning techniques to align AI behavior.
• Design pipelines to generate synthetic incidents for scalable training.

Skills

Deep learning

Reinforcement learning

Collaboration skills

Experiment design and analysis

Education

PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

A leading AI research firm in New York is seeking an AI Researcher to advance innovative AI agents for root cause analysis in high-pressure environments. You will leverage your PhD-level expertise in machine learning to prototype strategies that handle large-scale observability data and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive impactful research. With competitive salary and equity packages, this full-time role values growth and meaningful contributions to the future of AI-powered software maintenance.