Clera

Lead Research Engineer, Data Quality

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12 hours ago
Singapore, SingaporeStaff+

Base Salary

$150k - $180k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead the data quality team in building systems that evaluate tasks across reinforcement-learning environments, synthetic data, benchmarks, and domain-specific workflows.
  • Define data quality strategy through QC systems, standards, and experiments for grading agent outputs.
  • Develop scalable synthetic-data validation methods, including failure-mode analysis, task mutation checks, and trajectory auditing.
  • Partner with research engineers, domain experts, and data vendors to diagnose quality issues and improve data-generation workflows.
  • Build internal tools, dashboards, validation pipelines, and feedback loops from qualitative research insights.
  • Mentor research engineers and maintain high standards for technical rigor, clarity, and execution speed.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of engineering or research experience building AI/ML data evaluation or data-quality systems.
  • Demonstrated experience leading technical projects or teams through definition, implementation, and iteration on ambiguous problems.
  • Advanced proficiency in Python, Docker, and Linux environments.
  • Background as an ML researcher or engineer focused on evaluating AI training data at scale rather than traditional data science or analytics.
  • Experience designing metrics, experiments, and QA/QC processes.
  • Experience collaborating with subject-matter experts, vendors, and domain specialists to convert judgment into scalable review or generation systems.
  • Research-oriented understanding of AI evaluations and post-training pipelines.
  • Strong written communication skills and the ability to explain methodology to mixed audiences.
  • Early-stage startup experience, independent working ability, and strong attention to subtle inconsistencies and edge cases.

Benefits

  • Salary range of $150,000 to $180,000 USD annually.
  • Visa sponsorship is available.
  • On-site work in Singapore.
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