Research Scientist

Autonomous Technologies Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Autonomous Technologies Group in New York, NY, seeks a senior researcher to drive original AI research at the boundaries of reasoning systems. You will explore new models, algorithms, and architectures for complex environments, with autonomy to pursue fundamental research and see ideas deployed in real-world settings.

You will collaborate with engineers to publish, mentor, and shape the lab's scientific agenda, contributing to a small, elite team backed by strong investors.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated impactful AI/ML research with publications, OSS, or novel deployments.
• Deep expertise in LLMs, RL, agent-based systems, generative modeling, or theory of intelligence.
• Strong math background: probability, optimization, statistics.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, JAX).
• Ability to translate theory into robust, practical code.
• Up-to-date with the latest LLM research via papers or re-implementations.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to boost productivity while maintaining code quality.

Responsibilities

• Formulate open questions in deep learning, RL, and agent-based AI.
• Develop novel architectures, algorithms, and theoretical insights.
• Collaborate with engineers to implement, experiment, and iterate rapidly.
• Publish and present work to the broader research community.
• Mentor and support the next generation of technical talent.

Skills

AI/ML research

Deep learning

Reinforcement learning

Agent-based AI

Mathematics

Python

PyTorch

JAX

Code quality

Reading papers

Tools

Cursor

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

About us

ATG (Autonomous Technologies Group) is an AI lab deploying frontier reasoning systems within financial markets. Autonomous is an agentic wealth manager built on this foundation.

Founders: Early GPU cloud (9 figure exit).

Investors: Led by Garry Tan / YC with participation from one of the most successful quant funds, BoxGroup (Plaid, Ramp, Stripe), and other top-tier angels.

About the Role

You’ll drive original research at the boundaries of AI, working on new models, algorithms, and architectures for reasoning in complex environments. Your work will shape the scientific agenda of the lab and inform everything we build. You’ll have autonomy to pursue fundamental research and see your ideas deployed in real-world settings.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and explore open questions in deep learning, reinforcement learning, and agent-based AI.
• Develop novel architectures, algorithms, and theoretical insights.
• Collaborate with engineers to implement, experiment, and iterate rapidly.
• Publish, present, and contribute to the broader research community.
• Mentor and support the next generation of technical talent.

Requirements

• Demonstrated track record of impactful AI/ML research (e.g., papers, open-source, or novel deployments).
• Deep expertise in at least one of: LLMs, RL, agent-based systems, generative modeling, theory of intelligence.
• Strong mathematical background (probability, optimization, statistics).
• Proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, JAX).
• Ability to turn theory into robust, practical code.
• Up-to-date on the latest research in LLMs from reading papers, articles, or re-implementing breakthroughs.
• Expertise in leveraging the latest AI tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, etc) to increase productivity & code output while maintaining high code quality, maintainability, and structure.

Why Join ATG

We're building a small, elite team. If you're excited by AI, markets, and building from first principles, we’d love to meet you.

• Work on AI with a massive market opportunity
• Early team of repeat founders backed by top investors
• High agency, talent dense, zero bureaucracy