NeoCognition - Member of Technical Staff – Research
Source: Paraform - https://www.paraform.com/share/neocognition/cmpejiwh000020cjykwkd1wy3
Compensation: $280,000-$350,000 base + competitive equity (likely 0.05%-0.5%).
Location: Palo Alto, CA - on-site 5 days/week; relocation supported; fully remote only for truly exceptional candidates. Visa: open to transfers and most visas; sponsorship for strong candidates willing to relocate.
About this role
As a Member of Technical Staff [Research] at NeoCognition, you'll be part of the core team advancing the frontier of LLM agents: systems that can reason, plan, and act reliably in the real world. You'll lead end-to-end research projects, from conceptualization and experimentation to building and testing product prototypes, working closely with engineers and designers.
Responsibilities
Lead research initiatives in LLM reasoning, post-training, and agentic system design
Develop new methods to improve capability, reliability, and safety of autonomous LLM agents in real-world environments
Collaborate with software and platform engineers to prototype and productionize research outcomes into sticky product experiences
Design and execute experiments, benchmark performance, and analyze model behaviors to identify failure modes and opp
