Research Engineer: AI Systems for Scientific Discovery

Altara Technologies, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Altara Technologies, Inc. in San Francisco is seeking an AI Systems Engineer to build the scientific intelligence platform for various industries. You will translate AI research into production-ready systems, develop data analysis systems, and act as a technical leader guiding the organization's vision. Applicants should have experience in AI/ML engineering, data workflows, and a strong commitment to solving meaningful challenges. This role thrives in fast-paced environments and values hands-on problem ownership.

Qualifications

• Experience translating AI research into production-grade systems.
• Product-minded with a customer-first approach.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, unstructured environments.

Responsibilities

• Translate cutting-edge AI research into production-grade systems.
• Build evaluations and benchmarks for performance measurement.
• Develop systems for data ingestion and insight extraction.
• Act as a technical leader defining engineering culture.

Skills

AI/ML engineering

Research and engineering experience

Architecting multi-agent workflows

Working with multimodal data

Building search and knowledge retrieval systems

Job description

Altara Technologies, Inc. in San Francisco is seeking an AI Systems Engineer to build the scientific intelligence platform for various industries. You will translate AI research into production-ready systems, develop data analysis systems, and act as a technical leader guiding the organization's vision. Applicants should have experience in AI/ML engineering, data workflows, and a strong commitment to solving meaningful challenges. This role thrives in fast-paced environments and values hands-on problem ownership.