Founding Research Engineer

New York | Permanent

$175,000 – $250,000 + equity (0.4% – 1.4%)

Industry

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Supply Chain

About the company

We’re working with a stealth startup building AI-driven supply chain agents in reinforcement learning environments. The company is focused on automating one of the most complex and inefficient problems in global commerce: moving goods from point A to point B. What currently takes weeks is being compressed into seconds through applied AI.

The team operates more like an applied research lab than a traditional SaaS startup. People who work close to the models play a direct role in shaping the product roadmap. The company has raised a $5M seed round from top-tier VCs, is currently a team of four, and is based out of a dedicated space in SoHo.

About the role

We’re working with a stealth startup building AI-driven supply chain agents in reinforcement learning environments. The company is focused on automating one of the most complex and inefficient problems in global commerce: moving goods from point A to point B. What currently takes weeks is being compressed into seconds through applied AI.

The team operates more like an applied research lab than a traditional SaaS startup. People who work close to the models play a direct role in shaping the product roadmap. The company has raised a $5M seed round from top-tier VCs, is currently a team of four, and is based out of a dedicated space in SoHo.

Perks:

  • Close collaboration with leading AI research talent in New York
  • Early-stage equity with early exercise
  • Fully covered health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Unique office space in a historic SoHo brownstone

Requirements:

  • 3+ years of experience in ML/AI, ideally in applied research labs or early-stage vertical AI startups
  • Strong Python skills with a product and backend engineering mindset (not purely data science)
  • Experience or strong interest in reinforcement learning
  • Applied-over-theoretical approach, with motivation to solve real-world, operational problems

Sounds good?

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Drew Batteria

Recruitment Consultant

NYC recruiter focused on early AI and data hires for early-stage startups.