Research Scientist - AI Agent Infrastructure & Tooling

Geodesiclab; Menlo Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Geodesiclab in Menlo Park is seeking a skilled software engineer to build NovaDDE agent scaffolds and tool-calling infrastructure.

You will design interfaces connecting NovaAtom and lab systems to agent workflows, and contribute to evaluation harnesses to measure scientific task performance.

This role emphasizes API design, robust engineering, and collaboration with researchers on frontier AI applications.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with experience in AI or agent systems.
• Experience designing APIs and abstractions for reuse by researchers.
• Interest in scientific applications of AI.

Responsibilities

• Design and build NovaDDE's agent scaffolds and tool-calling infrastructure.
• Create tool interfaces that connect NovaAtom and lab systems to agent workflows.
• Develop evaluation harnesses to measure and improve agent performance on scientific tasks.

Skills

Software engineering

LLM/Agent systems

API design

Research tooling

Job description

Geodesiclab in Menlo Park is seeking a skilled software engineer to build NovaDDE agent scaffolds and tool-calling infrastructure.

You will design interfaces connecting NovaAtom and lab systems to agent workflows, and contribute to evaluation harnesses to measure scientific task performance.

This role emphasizes API design, robust engineering, and collaboration with researchers on frontier AI applications.