Autonomous Learning Engineer
Bright Vision Technologies · Durham, NC · 1 wk ago
RemoteRemoteEngineering$130k–$180k/yrFull-time
About the role
Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Autonomous Learning Engineer with 10+ years of experience in Artificial Intelligence, Reinforcement Learning (RL), and Deep Learning to design, train, and deploy intelligent decision-making systems for complex real-world applications. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.
Location: 100% Remote (U.S.) | Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2 | Salary Range: $130,000–$180,000 Annually
Sponsorship: U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy advanced reinforcement learning solutions for complex decision-making and autonomous systems
- Architect scalable reinforcement learning training pipelines using distributed computing and GPU-accelerated infrastructure
- Design, build, and optimize simulation environments for training and validating reinforcement learning agents
- Develop, implement, and evaluate modern RL algorithms, reward models, and policy optimization techniques
- Build autonomous learning systems leveraging RLHF, imitation learning, offline reinforcement learning, and multi-agent learning approaches
- Improve model convergence, sample efficiency, training stability, inference performance, and production scalability
- Integrate reinforcement learning models into production applications while ensuring reliability, safety, monitoring, and continuous improvement
- Collaborate with AI researchers, data scientists, software engineers, and product teams to deliver enterprise-scale AI solutions
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on reinforcement learning architecture, experimentation, and engineering best practices
- Evaluate emerging reinforcement learning frameworks, algorithms, and research to drive continuous innovation
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline
- 10+ years of professional experience in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, or Reinforcement Learning
- Expert-level programming skills in Python and extensive experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX
- Strong experience with reinforcement learning libraries such as Ray RLlib, Stable-Baselines3, CleanRL, or Acme
- Hands-on experience developing simulation environments using tools such as Gymnasium/OpenAI Gym, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Unity ML-Agents, or NVIDIA Omniverse
- Experience with distributed training, GPU acceleration, model optimization, and large-scale AI infrastructure
- Strong understanding of reinforcement learning theory, optimization, probability, stochastic processes, and decision-making algorithms
- Experience deploying AI solutions on cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Excellent analytical, communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with RLHF, multi-agent reinforcement learning, robotics, autonomous systems, or control systems
- Hands-on experience with foundation models, LLM alignment, agentic AI, or autonomous AI agents
- Experience with MLOps, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and production AI deployment
- Publications in top AI conferences, open-source contributions, patents, or recognized technical leadership in reinforcement learning
- Knowledge of Responsible AI, AI safety, model governance, explainability, and regulatory compliance
- Ph.D. or Master's degree specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Robotics, or Control Systems
Pay
$130,000–$180,000 Annually