Founding AI Systems Research Engineer

present of AI

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 260,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Raindrop is seeking a founding research engineer to bridge research and production, focusing on how AI systems behave in real use and how to detect silent failures. You will design honest experiments, choose impactful questions, and contribute to building observability for production AI stacks.

Ideal candidates bring depth in ML or systems research, comfort with rapid experimentation, and sound judgment about which problems matter. This role sits close to product improvements in AI reliability.

Job description

Raindrop is seeking a founding research engineer to bridge research and production, focusing on how AI systems behave in real use and how to detect silent failures. You will design honest experiments, choose impactful questions, and contribute to building observability for production AI stacks.

Ideal candidates bring depth in ML or systems research, comfort with rapid experimentation, and sound judgment about which problems matter. This role sits close to product improvements in AI reliability.

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