Staff Research Engineer - AI & Machine Learning
About Gramian
Gramian Consultancy is a boutique consultancy specializing in IT professional services and engineering talent solutions. With a strong background in software engineering and leadership, we help companies build high-performing teams by matching them with professionals who truly fit their needs.
About the Role
We are looking for a Staff Research Engineer to advance research and practical innovation in frontier AI systems. You will investigate high-impact questions, design rigorous experiments, build research-grade prototypes and tooling, and collaborate across Research, Engineering, Product, and Operations teams.
The role focuses on areas including synthetic and agentic data generation, reinforcement learning, post-training, model understanding, benchmarks, and AI evaluation. You will help translate promising research ideas into scalable applications and improvements to AI products and systems.
SENIORITY: Staff level — 7+ years
Key Responsibilities
- Investigate the capabilities, limitations, and training methods of frontier AI systems.
- Formulate research questions that inform AI products, platforms, and technical strategy.
- Explore new approaches to synthetic and agentic data generation, reinforcement learning, post-training, model understandin