Research Engineer
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What you will do and achieve:
- Design, develop, and deploy AI-driven agentic systems that enhance Factory’s core AI capabilities, focusing on retrieval systems, code generation evaluation, agentic user experience development, and agent backend architecture.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to incorporate emerging AI research findings into practical, customer-centric solutions.
- Engage in iterative development processes, rapidly prototyping and refining AI functionalities based on real-world feedback to meet the evolving needs of developers and enterprises
- Take the initiative in identifying and addressing product stability and scalability challenges, ensuring our platform reliably support large-scale operational demands
Qualifications:
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in AI/ML engineering roles post-acquisition of a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI, or a related technical field.
- Demonstrated proficiency with LLMs and a track record of applying AI/ML techniques to solve complex, unstructured problems, ideally within the domain of software engineering or related areas.
- Self-motivated and autonomous, with a proven ability to navigate ambiguous research projects from conception to impactful deployment.
- Strong communication skills that enable you to articulate technical concepts and strategies clearly at all levels, coupled with a strategic mindset oriented towards innovation.
- Experience with data-intensive applications and familiarity with the software development lifecycle are highly desirable, though not mandatory.
- The team goes into the office 5 days a week in San Francisco (walking distance to Caltrain).
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