Remote AI Research Engineer — Scale Cutting-Edge ML

Socket.dev; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an AI Research Engineer to bridge cutting-edge applied research and production engineering, designing and shipping advanced ML systems that solve high-impact business problems.

The role blends scientific rigor with practical software engineering, requiring deep understanding of modern ML and deep learning techniques alongside the ability to build robust, scalable production pipelines.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or closely related field; or equivalent applied experience.
• Six or more years of combined research and applied ML engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX.
• Hands-on experience training, fine-tuning, and evaluating deep learning models at non-trivial scale.
• Solid grounding in mathematics, statistics, and the theoretical foundations of modern ML.
• Experience taking ML models from research prototype to production with observability and safeguards.
• Familiarity with distributed training, mixed-precision training, and accelerator hardware.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to explain complex methods clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to read, evaluate, and adapt techniques from current research literature.
• Track record of shipping impactful applied AI projects.

Responsibilities

• Bridge cutting-edge applied research and production engineering.
• Design and ship advanced machine learning systems that solve high-impact business problems.
• Operate across the full lifecycle from problem framing and experimentation to deployment and continuous improvement.

Skills

Python programming

PyTorch/JAX

Deep learning at scale

Mathematics & statistics

Production ML with observability

Distributed training

Communication skills

Reading research literature

Applied AI shipping

Education

Master’s or PhD in CS/ML/Statistics

Tools

Python

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an AI Research Engineer to bridge cutting-edge applied research and production engineering, designing and shipping advanced ML systems that solve high-impact business problems.

The role blends scientific rigor with practical software engineering, requiring deep understanding of modern ML and deep learning techniques alongside the ability to build robust, scalable production pipelines.