AI Agent Researcher

at  Vastai

Los Angeles, California, USA -

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Immediate03 May, 2025Not Specified03 Feb, 2025N/ALearning Theory,Knowledge BaseNoNo
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Description:

ABOUT US

Vast.ai’s cloud powers AI projects and businesses all over the world. We are democratizing and decentralizing AI computing—reshaping our future for the benefit of humanity.
We are a small, growing and highly motivated team dedicated to an ambitious technical plan. We operate with a flat mobile organizational structure where all contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is earned by those who show initiative and deliver excellence.
We seek engineers/researchers with strong intrinsic drive, a true passion for advancing the state of the art, and a mix of excellent research, coding, and communication skills.
LOCATION: On-site at our office in San Francisco or Westwood, Los Angeles.

IDEAL EXPERIENCE

  • Deep expertise in systems engineering across the tech stack
  • Strong holistic background in machine learning theory and practice
  • Diverse knowledge of neural architectures/circuits: transformers etc
  • Published research at top AI conferences

As an Agent Research Engineer, you will help advance the highest levels of the tech stack to imbue AI systems with true agency. Collaborating directly with our technical founder and diverse team, we will build the next generation of general learning agents. Possessing and maintaining a wide, deep and holistic knowledge base of cutting-edge research is crucial for advancing the mission. Many are called, but few are chosen.

  • Full-Time
  • On-site at either our SF or LA office

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Responsibilities:

ABOUT THE ROLE

As an Agent Research Engineer, you will help advance the highest levels of the tech stack to imbue AI systems with true agency. Collaborating directly with our technical founder and diverse team, we will build the next generation of general learning agents. Possessing and maintaining a wide, deep and holistic knowledge base of cutting-edge research is crucial for advancing the mission. Many are called, but few are chosen.

  • Full-Time
  • On-site at either our SF or LA offices

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Lead cutting-edge research in AI agents, focusing on memory, reliability, and reasoning
  • Prototype and evaluate novel state-of-the-art methods/models


REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)

Information Technology/IT

IT Software - Application Programming / Maintenance

IT Support

LLM

Proficient

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Los Angeles, CA, USA