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# AI Agent Researcher

- **Company:** VAST, INC.
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $320,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Machine Learning, Large Language Models, Virtual Agents
- **Published:** July 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=85a4b90bca0eb1a0

## About the Role

We seek engineers with strong intrinsic drive, a true passion for advancing the state of the art, and a mix of architecture, coding, and communication skills., * Deep expertise in systems engineering across the tech stack

 * Strong holistic background in machine learning theory and practice
 * Diverse knowledge of neural architectures/circuits: transformers etc
 * Published research at top AI conferences

## Description

As an Agent Research Engineer, you will help advance the highest levels of the tech stack to imbue AI systems with true agency. Collaborating directly with our technical founder and diverse team, we will build the next generation of general learning agents. Possessing and maintaining a wide, deep and holistic knowledge base of cutting-edge research is crucial for advancing the mission. Many are called, but few are chosen.

 * Full-Time
 * On-site at either our SF or LA offices, * Lead cutting-edge research in AI agents, focusing on memory, reliability, and reasoning
 * Prototype and evaluate novel state-of-the-art methods/models, After submitting your application, our technical team reviews your credentials. If selected, you'll proceed through the following stages:
 * Initial screening (virtual 15 minutes)
 * Quick dive into Vast, systems and architectures (virtual 30 minutes)
 * LLM assisted coding assessment (virtual 1 hour)
 * Meet and greet with coding assessment (on-site 2 hours)


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