Research Engineer/ Applied Scientist

About the role

We are WisdomAI, dedicated to helping people unlock clarity from complexity through AI-powered analytics. Our platform surfaces insights and explains the 'why' behind them, enabling teams to make decisions swiftly, confidently, and with context.

What You'll Do

• Design and run rigorous experiments, including ablations, benchmarking, and error analysis, to improve NL-to-SQL generation, retrieval, ranking, and agentic reasoning.
• Advance multi-turn conversational understanding through improved context retention, entity resolution, conversational memory, and intelligent clarification strategies.
• Build robust evaluation frameworks, including automated benchmarks, regression suites, and LLM-as-a-judge methodologies to measure and improve model quality.
• Prototype, validate, and productionize ML techniques, including fine-tuning, distillation, retrieval optimization, and agent architectures.
• Evaluate emerging foundation models and AI research, rapidly translating promising advances into production experiments.
• Contribute to the broader AI community through technical reports, or conference talks.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in applied machine learning, NLP, large language models, or AI research, with a proven track record of shipping production AI systems.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, NLP, or a related field required; PhD is a strong plus.
• Deep experience with modern LLMs and agent architectures.
• Strong software engineering skills with production-quality Python and experience using modern AI frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to design rigorous evaluation frameworks, benchmark models, and make data-driven decisions balancing quality, latency, cost, and reliability.
• Demonstrated ability to improve model cost/quality through experimentation—including retrieval optimization, fine-tuning, distillation, inference optimization, and agent design.

Nice to Have

• Publications at leading AI or NLP conferences (ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, NAACL, CVPR) or meaningful contributions to open-source AI projects.
• Experience adapting foundation models and deploying production-scale LLM systems.

Additional Details

Compensation: The expected starting base salary for this role is $280,000+, in addition to equity and benefits. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, technical depth, interview performance, and overall alignment with the role.

Craft: C — Customer trust. R — Relentless on outcomes. A — Authenticity. F — First principles, grounded in reality. T — Transparency.

Equal opportunity employer: WisdomAI is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive team where everyone can do their best work.