Research Engineer: RL Environments & Domain Data Strategy

Menlo Ventures; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 350,000 - 850,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Lovely office space

Job summary

Menlo Ventures is seeking an individual for a unique role in their Domain Scaling team focused on improving AI systems for real-world applications. You will own the end-to-end data strategy for knowledge work, manage relationships with external data vendors, and collaborate closely with domain experts. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree and experience in fine-tuning language models, reinforcement learning, and vendor management.

The compensation ranges from $350,000 to $850,000 annually with competitive benefits and a flexible hybrid working policy.

Qualifications

• Experience with fine-tuning large language models for real-world use cases.
• Comfortable managing technical vendor relationships.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the data strategy for knowledge work verticals end‑to‑end.
• Manage technical relationships with external data vendors.
• Collaborate with domain experts to design data pipelines.

Skills

Fine-tuning large language models

Reinforcement learning

Reward design

Technical vendor relationship management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Menlo Ventures is seeking an individual for a unique role in their Domain Scaling team focused on improving AI systems for real-world applications. You will own the end-to-end data strategy for knowledge work, manage relationships with external data vendors, and collaborate closely with domain experts. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree and experience in fine-tuning language models, reinforcement learning, and vendor management.

The compensation ranges from $350,000 to $850,000 annually with competitive benefits and a flexible hybrid working policy.