Contextual AI · 5 days ago
Member of Technical Staff (Research)
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$180K/yr - $300K/yrContextual AI is revolutionizing how AI Agents work by solving AI's most critical challenge: context. As a Member of Technical Staff specializing in Research, you will work on cutting-edge AI research projects, contributing to advancements in Contextual RAG pipelines, including retrieval systems and language models.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AISoftware
Responsibilities
Drive research projects in areas such as language modeling, retrieval, alignment, retrieval augmented generation, end-to-end training, evaluation, etc
Design and implement scalable infrastructure and tooling to enable efficient and effective research and development of models and systems
Read and stay up to date with literature, latest advancements, and best practices
Contribute to the full research pipeline from ideation to experimentation, analysis, and deployment
Publish research papers with novel contributions to state-of-the-art research
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
Strong software engineering fundamentals and proven track record of building complex systems
Strong understanding of fundamental machine learning concepts, and practical experience in language modeling, retrieval, large-scale training, or evaluation
Research experience (academic or industry) is a strong plus, including familiarity with experimental design, analysis, and research methodology
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced research environment
Preferred
Master's or PhD preferred
Benefits
Equity
Benefits
Company
Contextual AI
Contextual AI specializes in customizable generative AI applications with RAG 2.0 technology for the banking and media industries.
Founded in 2023
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$100MKey Investors
GreycroftBain Capital Ventures
2024-08-01Series A· $80M
2023-06-07Seed· $20M
Leadership Team
Douwe Kiela
CEO / Co-Founder
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