Onton

Staff Research Engineer

Onton
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Base Salary

$195k - $230k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop the foundation of Onton’s neurosymbolic AI agent.
  • Conduct self-directed, data-driven experiments from first principles.
  • Address fundamental AI challenges including hallucination, context finiteness, catastrophic forgetting, world modeling, and logical consistency.
  • Implement and ship AI software that is correct, robust, scalable, and maintainable.
  • Collaborate on building a general problem-solving system capable of providing sufficient context for optimal decisions.

Requirements

  • Significant experience in software engineering, machine learning, or research engineering.
  • Deep, principled understanding of the current state of AI, especially neurosymbolic approaches.
  • Some experience contributing to empirical AI research projects.
  • Enjoys implementing AI systems, not only writing papers.
  • Interest in non-purely-statistical approaches to AI.
  • Ability to quickly and iteratively ship correct, robust, scalable, and maintainable code.
  • Ability to work effectively on fast-moving, collaborative projects.
  • A PhD or Master’s in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Linguistics, or a comparable field is preferred, or equivalent research experience.
  • Must be able to attend onsite final-round interviews and work in the San Francisco hybrid environment.

Benefits

  • Final-round interviews are conducted onsite at the San Francisco office.
  • The team works hybrid, three days per week, from the San Francisco office.
  • Relocation compensation is offered for candidates relocating to San Francisco.
  • After one year, team members may transition to fully remote work while operating primarily on Pacific Time.

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AI Research
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About Onton

1-10 employees

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