United States On-site USD 165,000 - 210,000 Yearly

Coram AI is hiring an AI Research Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Design and build autonomous agents using state-of-the-art LLMs
  • Implement tool use, retrieval pipelines, memory systems, and multi-step reasoning flows
  • Engineer prompts and system instructions for robustness, reliability, and speed
  • Optimize latency, cost, and throughput in production
  • Build evaluation frameworks to measure agent accuracy, tool correctness, and failure modes
  • Create high-quality datasets for training, fine-tuning, and benchmarking
  • Develop introspection tooling to debug reasoning chains, hallucinations, and tool misuse
  • Run structured experiments to improve agent performance through iterative testing

Requirements

  • Strong experimental mindset with a scientific approach to evaluation and iteration
  • Experience working with modern LLMs, RAG pipelines, tool calling, and agent frameworks
  • Deep understanding of failure modes in LLM systems and how to mitigate them
  • Experience building production systems in Python, Go, or TypeScript
  • Familiarity with distributed systems, APIs, and real-time infrastructure
  • Comfort shipping systems that must be reliable, observable, and measurable
  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related technical field from top University
  • 2+ years of experience building software systems (experience working with LLMs, AI agents, or ML systems highly preferred)
  • Strong programming ability in Python, with experience in Go or TypeScript a plus
  • Experience working with modern LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) and building applications powered by foundation models
  • Experience building or contributing to production systems that must be reliable, observable, and scalable
  • Ability to diagnose and mitigate LLM failure modes such as hallucinations, tool misuse, and reasoning errors
  • Strong experimental mindset with a data-driven approach to improving system performance
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) in English
  • Passion for building cutting-edge AI systems at the speed of a fast-growing startup
  • Resilient and adaptable in challenging, fast-paced environments
  • Ability to work in an onsite environment, we move faster when we're in the same room

Nice to Have

  • Experience building evaluation harnesses or LLM benchmarking systems
  • Background in machine learning, applied research, or systems performance optimization
  • Experience optimizing inference latency and cost at scale
  • Experience debugging complex agent behaviors in real-world environments

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package
  • 100% Employer-paid medical, dental, vision, and base life insurance
  • Flexible paid time off and 9 paid holidays
  • 401(k) with both Traditional and Roth options
  • Equity in a rapidly growing company
  • Referral bonuses
  • Daily team dinners and regular team off-sites to build connection and momentum
  • The latest Apple tech and unlimited tools so you can win
  • Unlimited Cursor and Claude Code credits
  • Direct exposure to our AI-native GTM machinery

Additional Information

  • Ability to work in an onsite environment, we move faster when we're in the same room
Required Skills
distributed systemsAPIsreal-time infrastructureGo or TypeScript a plus distributed systemsAPIsreal-time infrastructureGo or TypeScript a plus
About company
Coram AI
Coram AI reimagines video security for the modern world with a cloud-native platform using computer vision and AI to help businesses stay safe, make smarter decisions, and move faster. The company is backed by Battery Ventures, Mosaic, and 8VC, has raised over $30M, and was named to the CB Insights AI 100.
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Department Software Development
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Posted 2 months ago