Research Engineer, Post-Training
Cognition · San Francisco
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At a glance
Highlights
- Shape how AI agents learn from raw capability to real-world usefulness.
- Iterate training recipes, evals, and alignment for Devin and future systems.
- Scale methods with data and compute when existing approaches hit ceilings.
What they offer
- Large compute allocations with training across thousands of GPUs
- Small selective team where prototypes reach real deployment quickly
- Minimal process with autonomy, speed and technical depth
Ideal candidate
ML researcher-engineer obsessed with why training behaves as it does, with a track record advancing models via post-training and alignment. Thrives in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and cares about shipping agents that work in the real world.
Requirements
- Track record advancing ML systems through post-training, alignment, or related methods
- Strong fundamentals in probability, statistics, and ML theory
- Ability to distinguish real effects from noise and bugs in experimental data
- Evidence of original contributions via publications, open-source impact, or industry results
- Experience with large-scale distributed training and debugging
- Systems-level thinking across training pipelines, data, and evaluation
- Comfort with ambiguity and fast-moving research environments
Lab profile
About Cognition
Applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents, makers of Devin.
What they build
- Devin
Known for
- End-to-end software agents
- Talent-dense team