Frontier AI Research Engineer

Turing; Palo Alto, San Francisco, Seattle (CA, CA, WA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work at frontier of AI

Conferences publications opportunities

Equity

Job summary

Turing seeks Research Engineers to advance frontier AI systems and develop practical innovations in data, algorithms, evaluation, and training. You’ll work at the intersection of research and engineering, translating ideas into scalable applications for real-world use.

You will design and run rigorous experiments, build research-grade tooling, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to push the boundaries of AI capabilities in enterprise contexts.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master's in AI, ML, CS or equivalent research experience.
• Strong foundation in machine learning and practical experience designing experiments, training or evaluating models, and working with modern AI tooling.
• Demonstrated research experience in synthetic or agentic data generation, reinforcement learning or post-training, AI understanding, evaluation, or benchmarks.
• Strong programming skills for research prototyping and experimentation.
• Scientific judgment regarding experimental rigor, data quality, reproducibility, and evidence-based decision-making.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across research and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on frontier AI systems and formulate questions informing product strategy.
• Build and evaluate research datasets, experiments, prototypes, tooling, and evaluation frameworks.
• Translate research findings into improvements for products and platforms, and communicate outcomes.
• Contribute to research community through reports, publications, or open-source work.

Skills

Strong programming skills

Research experience in AI

Experiment design

Communication skills

Education

PhD or Master's in AI/CS

Tools

Modern AI tooling

Job description

Turing seeks Research Engineers to advance frontier AI systems and develop practical innovations in data, algorithms, evaluation, and training. You’ll work at the intersection of research and engineering, translating ideas into scalable applications for real-world use.

You will design and run rigorous experiments, build research-grade tooling, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to push the boundaries of AI capabilities in enterprise contexts.