Autonomous ML Researcher — Open-Ended Experiments

MakerMaker.AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

MakerMaker.AI in San Francisco is looking for a Researcher to design and develop methods for autonomous research agents. You will explore complex ML research questions that evolve over time, collaborating with engineers to bring promising methods to production.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in ML, including published research in top conferences and a strong command of methods like RL and LLMs. This role requires comfort with ambiguity and a bias towards actionable research outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on research experience in industry or academia.
• Published research at NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, COLM, RLC, or comparable venues.
• Experience in designing experiments and running them at scale.

Responsibilities

• Identify research questions that enhance agent capabilities.
• Design and run experiments end-to-end from framing to write-up.
• Develop methods across various ML domains.

Skills

Machine Learning research

Reinforcement Learning (RL)

Large Language Models (LLMs)

Strong written communication

PyTorch

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Education

PhD in ML, statistics, computer science or adjacent

Tools

Jax

Job description

MakerMaker.AI in San Francisco is looking for a Researcher to design and develop methods for autonomous research agents. You will explore complex ML research questions that evolve over time, collaborating with engineers to bring promising methods to production.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in ML, including published research in top conferences and a strong command of methods like RL and LLMs. This role requires comfort with ambiguity and a bias towards actionable research outcomes.