Strong technical expertise in evaluations, reinforcement learning, and LLMs
Experience with coding agents like Codex or Claude Code
Ability to stay current with state-of-the-art research
Demonstrated ownership mentality and resourcefulness
Creative problem-solving skills
Responsibilities
Co-design capabilities for model improvements alongside a researcher
Conduct literature review to analyze recent trends and developments
Run experiments and benchmarks using simulation tools and open source software
Gather user insights to identify performance gaps in models and agents
Support research operations by developing data pipelines
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Flexible paid time off (PTO)
Full Job Description
THE ROLE
Research PM (RPM) is a role unique to Abundant. RPMs are PMs of the model, unlike traditional PMs who own an application or a feature. RPMs design and implement model capabilities, either as part of an AI lab, data lab, or other research organization. This is a founding-level role with outsized ownership.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Co-design capabilities of the model: define areas of improvement for the model, along with the Researcher.
Perform literature review: headroom analysis, identifying recent work in academic and industry circles.
Run experiments and benchmarks: using our internal simulation stack and our open source tooling such as Oddish to define and hillclimb on the vertical.
Become the voice of the model user: Talk to individual users and/or enterprises, in order to deeply understand where models and agents are underperforming, turning these insights into evaluation and training data.
Work on data pipelines: internal tooling to support research operations.
WHO YOU ARE
Technically fluent: Deep understanding of evaluations, RL, and how LLMs and Agents work.
Research-oriented - Able to read papers and keep up with SOTA literature.
Extreme owner - You have extreme agency and a founder mentality; you are resourceful and scrappy.
Creative problem solver - You leverage creativity and research skills to design projects from the ground up.
Must be highly proficient with coding agents such as Codex or Claude Code.
COMPENSATION
Base Salary
$150,000 - $210,000
Cash Bonus
Sizable performance bonus tied to project and company milestones
