Innovation Lab Research Engineer
Innovation Lab Research Engineer
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Job Description
WHO WE ARE
Consumer Reports is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to a fair and just marketplace for consumers. Our team is made up of truth tellers change agents and consumer advocates who investigate and build coalitions to fight for fairness and justice in the marketplace for consumers. We leverage our evidence-based approach to demand safer products a healthier environment and equitable services for everyone.
Our mission starts with you. We offer medical benefits that start on your first day as a CR employee that include behavioral health coverage family planning and a generous 401K match.Learn more about how CR advocates on behalf of our employees.
OVERVIEW
Were looking for a creative and highly capable Research Engineer to join our Innovation Labs Experimental Engineering team and drive forward exploratory research engineering with particular focus on innovative applications of AI machine learning and emerging technologies.
In this role youll embark on ambitious early-stage engineering efforts validate concepts through building prototypes and translate timely experiments into actionable insights that will help guide the future of CR.
Research engineers operate 6 months ahead of product roadmaps. Your work will be essential to identifying opportunities and pushing our technological boundaries.
This is a remote position. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.
How Youll Make An Impact
As a Research Engineer in the Innovation Lab you will:
- Lead exploratory spikes proofs-of-concept and early-stage prototyping to test high-impact forward-looking ideas.
- Identify strategic opportunities in emerging technologies (notably AI/ML).
- Collaborate closely on technical planning architecture and implementation efforts for AskCR our pro-consumer expert-backed AI that offers advice using CRs trusted information.
- Work collaboratively across cross-functional teams (Digital Product Product Testing User Research Data Engineering Advocacy) to find opportunities solve problems and share insights.
- Establish and refine practices for documenting experiments and synthesizing research outputs.
- Mentor and potentially manage junior research engineers as the team grows.
- Cultivate a culture of curiosity experimentation rapid learning and entrepreneurial discovery.
ABOUT YOU
Youll Be Highly Rated If:
- You have the degree. A bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
- You have professional software engineering experience. 5 years of experience ideally across both backend and frontend with additional depth and interest in applied research particularly within AI/ML domains.
- Youve designed and built innovative proofs of concept prototypes and products from the ground up.
- You have a demonstrated curiosity for solving challenging and non-straightforward engineering problems.
- You bring an expertise in Python paired with strong fluency in frameworks like FastAPI and React.
Youll Be One of Our Top Picks If:
- You have a deep knowledge of AI orchestration and evaluation.
- Youve worked on consumer-focused AI applications or chatbots.
- You have a passion for entrepreneurial challenges and experience in early-stage product development
- You are a strong communicator able toclearly translate experimental findings and engineering insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- You bring a strong interest in consumer rights ethical AI and responsible development.
FAIR PAY AND A JUST WORKPLACE
At Consumer Reports we are committed to fair transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive market-informed compensation informed by location as well as the candidates particular combination of knowledge skills competencies and experience. It is expected that most qualified candidates will fall near the middle of the posted salary range. We have three locations: Yonkers NY Washington DC and Colchester CT.
Salary ranges
- NY/California: $160K-$180K annually
- DMW/Massachusetts: $150K-$170K annually
- Colchester CT and additional approved CR locations: $130K-$145K annually
Consumer Reports is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of actual or perceived race color creed religion age national origin ancestry citizenship status sex or gender (including pregnancy childbirth related medical conditions or lactation) gender identity and expression (including transgender status) sexual orientation marital status military service or veteran status protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law disability genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal state or local laws. Consumer Reports will provide you with any reasonable assistance or accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process.
Employment Type
Full-Time
