AI Research Engineer

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

AI Research Engineer (Document AI Vision-Language Models)

Stealthy Hyper-Growth AI Startup

San Francisco Onsite 3 days/week

$250k base 0.10.4% equity Visa Support (H1B / TN)

$27.5M Funding

This isnt your typical research gig.

Were working with a stealthy fast-growing AI startup thats redefining how enterprises understand and act on complex documents. Their platform powers 200M documents per month drives 4M open-source downloads and is trusted by Fortune 500 clients across industries.

Theyre looking for an AI Research Engineer (34 yrs experience) to join the core document understanding team someone smart adaptive and hungry to push the state-of-the-art in document AI. Bonus if youve worked on vision-language models document processing or agentic AI systems.

What Youll Own:

Build & Train Cutting-Edge Models: Vision-language models for document processing data curation synthetic data generation and benchmark creation.
Post-Training Excellence: Evaluate and fine-tune base models to meet strict performance and cost benchmarks.
Agent Innovation: Iterate on the agent layer atop base models to improve efficiency accuracy and usability.
Customer Insight: Collaborate with clients (<15% of your time) to translate real-world needs into model capabilities.
Experiment & Innovate: Push boundaries of ML research improve experimentation velocity and develop novel methods that beat the status quo.

What Theyre Looking For:

Strong ML Foundation: 37 yrs in ML engineering or applied research with experience benchmarking and training models.
Document AI / Vision Models: Hands-on experience with document understanding vision-language or agentic systems.
Python & ML Tools: Proficiency with PyTorch and modern ML frameworks.
Early-Stage / Research Pedigree: Startup academic or research lab experience (ex-founders welcome).
Soft Skills: Scrappy adaptable and able to communicate complex technical ideas clearly.

Why This Role is Special:

Impact at Scale: Build infrastructure powering 200M documents monthly shaping AI workflows for global enterprises.
Rapid Growth & Funding: $27.5M raised aggressively scaling and actively fundraisingjoin at the perfect time.
Equity & Pay: $250k base 0.10.4% equity your work grows with the company.
Pioneering AI Innovation: Drive cutting-edge research in vision-language models document AI and agentic systems.
Vibrant Open-Source Community: Engage with 110K X followers 270K LinkedIn followers and 4M monthly downloads.
Visa Support: H1B transfers & TN visas available for international candidates.

If you want to push the state-of-the-art in document AI work with cutting-edge models and see your work used by millions this is the role for you.

Required Experience:

Job DescriptionAI Research Engineer (Document AI Vision-Language Models)Stealthy Hyper-Growth AI StartupSan Francisco Onsite 3 days/week$250k base 0.10.4% equity Visa Support (H1B / TN)$27.5M FundingThis isnt your typical research gig.Were working with a stealthy fast-growing AI startup thats re...