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MTS, Agent Research

Etched · San Jose

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Infrastructureonsitelead$175k–$275k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Lead research for self-improving agents tackling long-running engineering tasks.
  • Build agent environments then train specialized models from execution trajectories.
  • Scale experiments to hundreds of agents improving ASIC and inference systems.

What they offer

  • Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
  • $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
  • $2,500 per month housing subsidy for those living within walking distance of the office
  • Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
  • Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
  • Daily lunch and dinner in office
  • Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
  • Significant equity

Ideal candidate

High-agency research leader with strong judgment and engineering drive who turns ambiguous problems into reliable systems and cares about measurable impact and efficient use of compute.

Requirements

  • Strong research taste with record of turning ambiguous problems into clear hypotheses and useful systems
  • Excellent engineering ability across research exploration, debugging, and production execution
  • Experience building agents for complex, multi-step tasks including memory, tools and evaluation
  • Hands-on experience with LLM post-training including SFT and RL
  • Track record of making progress under compute and data constraints
  • High agency and ability to set technical direction with domain experts
remote policy
Fully in-person

Lab profile

About Etched

Building specialized AI chips and systems for frontier inference with best-in-class throughput and latency.

What they build

  • Sohu AI inference chip
  • AI racks and hardware systems
  • Inference software stack

Known for

  • Full-stack co-design of chips, racks, software and manufacturing
  • Best-in-class throughput and latency for prefill and decode
  • Inference-optimized architecture

Key facts

  • Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors
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