Staff Engineer - AI Evaluation & Research Execution

METR; Berkeley (CA); Hybrid; USD 285,548 - 503,116; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Catered lunch and dinner daily

In-office gym and shower

Unlimited PTO

Relocation support

Monthly transit/parking stipend

Professional development benefit

Mental health benefit

Wellness benefit

Work equipment benefit

Job summary

METR, a nonprofit research organization in Berkeley, is seeking talented individuals for their Evaluation Execution team. This role emphasizes both research execution and software engineering skills, focused on building common infrastructure for evaluations.

The ideal candidate is highly skilled in executing frontier ML research, has a solid background in software engineering, and is comfortable with both rapid prototyping and maintainable systems. METR offers a competitive salary range along with extensive benefits including unlimited PTO and relocation support.

Qualifications

• Proven ability in executing and contributing to frontier machine learning research.
• Experience in balancing rapid prototyping with maintainable systems.
• Strong technical decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Improve and execute evaluations for the Evaluation Execution team.
• Balance innovative ML solutions with delivery of high-quality code.
• Lead large projects from ideation to delivery.

Skills

Research execution experience

Software engineering

Rapid prototyping

System architecture

Technical decision-making

Job description

METR, a nonprofit research organization in Berkeley, is seeking talented individuals for their Evaluation Execution team. This role emphasizes both research execution and software engineering skills, focused on building common infrastructure for evaluations.

The ideal candidate is highly skilled in executing frontier ML research, has a solid background in software engineering, and is comfortable with both rapid prototyping and maintainable systems. METR offers a competitive salary range along with extensive benefits including unlimited PTO and relocation support.