Frontier AI Researcher — Deploy & Improve Models

Surge AI; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Surge AI is seeking a Forward Deployed Researcher to embed with leading AI labs and frontier model teams to explore how their models behave in the wild — and what it takes to make them work reliably at scale. You’ll lead hands‑on research to evaluate capabilities, surface subtle failure modes, and design interventions that shape model behavior and deployment outcomes.

You won’t just run tests — you’ll uncover insights that inform the next generation of model development.

Qualifications

• Curiosity about how models reason, generalize, and fail in real-world tasks.
• Strong instincts for research design and insight generation in ambiguous settings.
• Excitement to embed with partners, understand their goals, and build toward impact.

Responsibilities

• Design and run evaluations to probe model generalization and behavior under deployment constraints.
• Build data pipelines, fine-tuning workflows, or interventions to steer and improve model outputs.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external AI labs to operationalize frontier model use cases.
• Explore and address failure modes in long-context reasoning, tool use, or real-time feedback loops.

Skills

Curiosity about Model Behavior

Experimental Rigor

Customer-Centered Mindset

Job description

Surge AI is seeking a Forward Deployed Researcher to embed with leading AI labs and frontier model teams to explore how their models behave in the wild — and what it takes to make them work reliably at scale. You’ll lead hands‑on research to evaluate capabilities, surface subtle failure modes, and design interventions that shape model behavior and deployment outcomes.

You won’t just run tests — you’ll uncover insights that inform the next generation of model development.