Member of Technical Staff [Research] (AI)

Location: Palo Alto, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global is an AI research lab developing reliable, grounded, and accessible LLM agents for users, developers, and enterprises.

What you will do

• Lead research initiatives in LLM reasoning, post-training, and agentic system design.
• Develop methods to improve the capability, reliability, and safety of autonomous LLM agents in real-world environments.
• Design and execute experiments, benchmark performance, and analyze model behaviors to identify failure modes.
• Collaborate with software and platform engineers to prototype and productionize research outcomes.
• Contribute to research culture, technical direction, publications, and open-source efforts where appropriate.

Requirements

• Strong background in machine learning, natural language processing, or AI systems, with experience in large language models.
• Deep knowledge of agentic system design, LLM post-training, data pipeline design, or model evaluation.
• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.
• Ability to design, execute, and analyze research experiments from idea to implementation.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in a fast-paced, cross-disciplinary environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with open-weight models such as Llama or Mistral and training infrastructure.
• Publications in top-tier AI venues including NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, or ACL.
• Experience turning research prototypes into usable tools or products.

Culture & Benefits

• Work as an early member of the core R&D team.
• Collaborate across research, engineering, and design.
• Help shape the research culture and technical roadmap.