Research Engineer - AI Testing - Remote

Overview

Distributional is looking for a research engineer to pursue novel research methodologies around testing of AI-powered systems. Distributional is building the modern enterprise platform for AI testing to make AI safe, reliable, and secure. AI is complex, unpredictable and constantly changing. Better AI testing is required to build confidence in non-deterministic AI-enabled applications, but AI testing is broken today. We’re building the modern AI testing stack for enterprises to fix this. We’re a Series A company with deep experience backed by the best investors.

In Short

• Explore viable paths to improve/expand our computational offerings
• Conduct experiments to understand the potential for proposed Research initiatives
• Present and discuss your findings to the Research team for rigorous review and movement into the product roadmap
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to adapt and iterate on research solutions for a robust and scalable implementation in production.
• Share Distributional values: Purpose, Humility, Optimization, Quality, Experimentation, Transparency

Requirements

• Applied research experience in Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research or related field
• 7+ years of experience, including 3+ years of industry experience conducting product-focused research, including expertise in computational experimentation with Python
• Ability to rapidly prototype research ideas into code.
• Ability to guide your own research projects, organize experimental results concisely, present them for peer review within the company, and rigorously analyze other engineers' experiments.
• Communication: Ability to operate independently and as part of a team; able to communicate outwards and upwards to keep yourself unblocked.
• Effectiveness: Ability to work as part of a fast paced and fully remote team prioritizing your own time effectively.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage (with options including 100% company-paid premiums)
• Flexible time off (in addition to two annual company-wide breaks in July and December)
• Wellness stipends
• Learning & development stipends
• Access to 401K

Compensation

We offer competitive compensation aligned to tier one markets. Our estimated salary for this role at Distributional ranges from USD $200,000 to $300,000. Actual pay is determined by multiple factors such as skills, qualifications, experience and market demand.