Reinforcement Learning Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies; Monroe (NJ); Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Reinforcement Learning Engineer for a 100% remote role in the United States. The position requires 10+ years of RL experience, strong Python and deep learning skills, and expertise with major RL libraries and GPU training.

You will design RL solutions, build scalable training infrastructures, calibrate simulators, and implement safety and evaluation protocols. The role emphasizes collaboration with product teams and ongoing RL research translation.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field, or equivalent applied experience.
• Ten or more years of combined RL research and engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python and modern deep learning frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major RL library or in-house RL stack.
• Experience training neural network policies on GPU clusters.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement reinforcement learning solutions for sequential decision-making problems in real and simulated environments.
• Develop, calibrate, and maintain simulation environments suitable for large-scale agent training.
• Implement and evaluate modern RL algorithms including policy gradient, actor-critic, off-policy, and offline RL methods.
• Engineer reward functions and shaping strategies that align agent behavior with desired outcomes and safety constraints.
• Apply offline RL and imitation learning techniques where exploration is costly or unsafe.
• Use RLHF, DPO, and related techniques for fine-tuning large language models when relevant.
• Build scalable training infrastructure for distributed RL, including efficient experience collection and replay systems.
• Monitor deployed policies and models in production for drift, regression, and unintended behaviors, building the alerting and dashboards that surface issues before they meaningfully affect users.
• Document methodology, design decisions, and operational characteristics for internal stakeholders.
• Stay current with RL research and translate promising techniques into production-ready solutions.

Skills

Python

Deep learning

Communication skills

RL theory

Model evaluation

Education

Master’s or PhD in CS/ML

Equivalent applied experience

Tools

OpenAI Gym

Stable Baselines

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Reinforcement Learning Engineer - Remote

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.

Job Title: Reinforcement Learning Engineer

Location: 100% Remote (U.S.)

Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2

Salary Range: $100,000–$150,000 Annually

Experience Required: 10+ years

Sponsorship: U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement reinforcement learning solutions for sequential decision-making problems in real and simulated environments
• Develop, calibrate, and maintain simulation environments suitable for large-scale agent training
• Implement and evaluate modern RL algorithms including policy gradient, actor-critic, off-policy, and offline RL methods
• Engineer reward functions and shaping strategies that align agent behavior with desired outcomes and safety constraints
• Apply offline RL and imitation learning techniques where exploration is costly or unsafe
• Use RLHF, DPO, and related techniques for fine-tuning large language models when relevant
• Build scalable training infrastructure for distributed RL, including efficient experience collection and replay systems
• Optimize training stability and sample efficiency through algorithmic and engineering improvements
• Design rigorous evaluation protocols, including out-of-distribution and adversarial test cases
• Implement safety mechanisms such as constraint enforcement, conservative policies, and human-in-the-loop oversight
• Collaborate with applied scientists and product teams to identify high-value RL use cases
• Monitor deployed policies and models in production for drift, regression, and unintended behaviors, building the alerting and dashboards that surface issues before they meaningfully affect users
• Document methodology, design decisions, and operational characteristics for internal stakeholders
• Stay current with RL research and translate promising techniques into production-ready solutions

Required Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field; or equivalent applied experience
• Ten or more years of combined RL research and engineering experience
• Strong proficiency in Python and modern deep learning frameworks
• Hands-on experience with at least one major RL library or in-house RL stack
• Solid understanding of probability, optimization, and the theoretical foundations of RL
• Experience designing and tuning reward functions in non-trivial environments
• Familiarity with simulation environments and large-scale experience collection
• Experience training neural network policies on GPU clusters
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Track record of shipping or publishing impactful RL work

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with RLHF for large language models
• Familiarity with multi-agent RL or hierarchical RL
• Exposure to robotics, control systems, or autonomous driving
• Publications in RL or related research venues
• Open-source contributions to RL libraries or environments

Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Bright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall.

BV Teck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination. Any improper interference with employees' ability to perform their job duties may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.