Machine Learning Research Engineer
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About SandboxAQ
SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the worlds greatest challenges. The companys Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences financial services navigation cybersecurity and other sectors.
We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI chemistry cybersecurity physics mathematics medicine engineering and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent growth capital-backed company in 2022 funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders.
At SandboxAQ weve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity collaboration and impact. By investing deeply in our people were building a thriving global workforce poised to tackle the worlds epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission in a community of like-minded people who value entrepreneurialism ownership and transformative impact.
About the Role
The SandboxAQ R&D team is looking for a ML Research Engineer to help us bring more AI to the domain of cybersecurity. This includes applying AI in the domain of traditional cybersecurity (AI for security) as well as securing AI-first developer workflows (Security for AI).
A successful candidate will be comfortable building models from scratch finetuning existing ones and running inference efficiently (both generative and quantitative). They will be able to design software systems around those models in close collaboration with our engineering department. Candidates should be familiar with the AI development process and be able to identify potential pitfalls and (security) issues.
They will be part of a diverse team consisting of ML experts cryptographers mathematicians and physicists where they will play a key role in efficient and effective enablement of the cutting-edge technologies being developed at SandboxAQ.
What Youll Do
- Conduct research in the cross-section of AI and cybersecurity and translate this research into projects and features
- Perform exploratory data analysis and feature engineering on vast quantities of data
- Train models and build agents using the latest ML frameworks
- Work with the engineering team to integrate research outcomes into the product portfolio
About You
- Msc or PhD in Machine Learning Data Science Computer Science or related field with a strong focus on Machine Learning
- Strong experience in Python and ML frameworks such as Huggingface Transformers LangChain Tensorflow or PyTorch
- Successful track record in the field of ML ideally through a mix of research and production projects
Nice to Have
- Experience with agentic frameworks such as OpenAI agents Google ADK or MCP
- Experience contributing to open source projects
- Experience in another object-oriented language i.e. Java C Kotlin Rust JS
- Experience with the evaluation of models
- Experience in the cybersecurity domain is a plus but not essential
- Experience with static analysis
SandboxAQ welcomes all.
Key Skills
- Industrial Maintenance
- Machining
- Mechanical Knowledge
- CNC
- Precision Measuring Instruments
- Schematics
- Maintenance
- Hydraulics
- Plastics Injection Molding
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Manufacturing
- Troubleshooting
About Company
SandboxAQ leverages the compound effects of AI and advanced computing to address some of the biggest challenges impacting society. SandboxAQ technologies include AI simulation, cryptography management for cybersecurity, and AI sensing for global organizations.
