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Onton · 2 months ago

Staff Research Engineer

Onton is a company focused on helping people make optimal decisions quickly, particularly in the e-commerce space. The Staff Research Engineer will work on developing a neurosymbolic AI agent that learns from user interactions to enhance decision-making capabilities.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)E-CommerceImage RecognitionMachine LearningProduct SearchSearch Engine
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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Have significant software, ML, or research engineering experience
Command a deep, principled understanding of the current state of the field of AI, especially neurosymbolic approaches
Have some experience contributing to empirical AI research projects
Enjoy implementation, not just writing papers
Be excited about non-purely-statistical approaches to AI
Prefer fast-moving collaborative projects to extensive solo efforts
Quickly and iteratively ship code that is correct, robust, scalable, and maintainable

Qualification

Neurosymbolic AIMachine LearningSoftware EngineeringEmpirical AI ResearchCollaborative ProjectsPhDMaster'sData-driven ExperimentsIterative Development

Required

Have significant software, ML, or research engineering experience
Command a deep, principled understanding of the current state of the field of AI, especially neurosymbolic approaches
Have some experience contributing to empirical AI research projects
Enjoy implementation, not just writing papers
Be excited about non-purely-statistical approaches to AI
Prefer fast-moving collaborative projects to extensive solo efforts
Quickly and iteratively ship code that is correct, robust, scalable, and maintainable

Preferred

Have a PhD or Master's in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Linguistics, or comparable (or equivalent research experience)

Benefits

Relocation compensation

Company

Onton

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Onton is an e-commerce search engine that uses knowledge graphs and language models.

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$9.3M
Key Investors
Footwork
2025-11-26Seed· $7.5M
2023-10-03Pre Seed· $1.8M

Leadership Team

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Alex Gunnarson
Co-Founder
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Zach Hudson
Co-Founder
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