Founding Member of Technical Staff - Research / Post-Training

Halluminate, Inc

$200K — $275K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience in model post-training or related fields.
  • Proven track record of publishing research papers and sharing findings.
  • Expertise in building evaluations and benchmarks for AI systems.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment with agility.
  • Strong sense of product and user ownership, focusing on user needs.
  • Comfortable in client-facing situations, routinely engaging with users and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Train frontier models using in-house systems to ensure quality outputs.
  • Lead the development of public benchmark and leaderboard initiatives.
  • Publish research findings in blogs and academic papers for community sharing.
  • Participate in core engineering tasks, including AI tooling and data collection.
  • Cultivate and develop a positive engineering team culture from the start.

Benefits

  • Fully covered medical, dental, and vision healthcare for employees - subsidized for dependents.
  • Generous relocation stipend of $10k+ to assist with moving to San Francisco.
  • 401(k) plan with up to 4% employer match to support your retirement.
  • Complimentary meals provided at work, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
  • Free gym membership to promote health and wellness.
  • Transport perks including free Ubers and Waymo rides to and from the office.
  • Visa sponsorship available for international candidates, including H-1B.
Full Job Description
The role

Base: $200-275k • Equity: 0.25-0.5% • Location: San Francisco, in-person

Lead our in-house research and post-training efforts.
Responsibilities
  • Train open-source frontier models on our in-house environments to validate quality and build research insights.
  • Lead our public-facing benchmark and leaderboard efforts for frontier models.
  • Publish findings in blogs and papers to share with the broader research community.
  • Contribute to core platform engineering as needed - AI tooling, data collection pipelines, partnering with environment and reward designers.
  • Build our engineering team culture from the ground up.
You should have
  • Experience in model post-training.
  • Experience publishing papers and sharing open research.
  • Familiarity building evaluations, benchmarks, or RL for AI agents.
  • Startup speed: iterate quick, ask quick, respond quick.
  • Strong product and user ownership.
  • Client-facing comfort - you'll talk to users, customers, and SMEs.
Nice to have
  • Former founders or experience at early-stage startups.
What we offer
  • Healthcare - Fully covered medical, dental, and vision for you. Subsidized for dependents.
  • Relocation - $10k+ relocation stipend to help you get to San Francisco.
  • 401(k) - Up to 4% employer match.
  • Food - Free breakfast, lunch, and dinner while working.
  • Health - Free gym membership.
  • Transportation - Free Ubers and Waymo rides to and from the office.
  • Visa sponsorship - We sponsor visas, including H-1B.

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