MTS, Agent Research
Etched · San Jose
CHECKED 7H AGO
Infrastructureonsitelead$175k–$275k
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