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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Applied AI Researcher - **Company:** Quince Therapeutics, Inc. - **Location:** Palo Alto, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $213,000.0 - $285,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Abstraction Layers, Artificial Intelligence, Data Structures, Automation of Marketing, Event Driven Architecture, Information Technology, Data Analytics - **Published:** September 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-staff-applied-ai-researcher-growth-quince-company-9966186 ## About the Role Required: * 8+ years of technical experience, including at least 1-2 years of corporate or industry experience. * Expert-level command of Python and SQL, with demonstrated mastery of advanced LLM integration frameworks and data serialization patterns. * Experience operating independently to untangle loose, ambiguously defined algorithmic or statistical optimization problems without relying on pre-existing abstraction layers. * Demonstrated impact shipping real-world software and observing data-driven revenue and operational outcomes. Preferred: * Experience building custom developer velocity extensions or generative asset platforms within direct-to-consumer (DTC), retail, or e-commerce environments. * Deep familiarity with advertising networks, performance marketing data structures, programmatic bidding models, or real-time event-driven architectures. * An advanced degree (Masters or PhD) in computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics or a highly quantitative field. All posted ranges are reflective of base salary and may vary depending upon experience level and location. Bonus and equity may also be provided for eligible roles. ## Description We are seeking a Senior/Staff Applied AI Researcher, Growth to serve as an architect of Quince's end-to-end agentic infrastructure for marketing execution and user growth. In this high impact individual contributor role, you will transition the company away from manual optimization loops by designing a software layer that autonomously handles creative asset generation, event-driven multi-agent workflows, and cross-platform campaign management and optimization. With 0-to-1 autonomy to deploy the frontier of LLMs and multi-agent frameworks into production financial and operational workflows, your work will directly impact the top and bottom lines of Quince as we continue to rapidly scale efficiently., * Serve as an architect and technical owner of Quince's end-to-end multi-agent event streams and automated systems driving brand category scaling. * Collaborate with the existing team of DS, DA and ML researchers to bring the vision to life. * Write clean, highly scalable service-layer code to maximize Large Language Models (such as Claude) and advanced prompt validation tools for real-time operational execution. * Design and scale custom automated content loops and multi-modal asset pipelines that autonomously synthesize high-quality marketing copy, graphics, and video layouts. * Build and refine autonomous decisioning pipelines that integrate with data matrices to dynamically model and optimize real-time asset deployment across platform networks. * Establish rigorous confidence limits, prompt versioning protocols, and automated fallback/rollback frameworks to handle complex LLM failure modes safely under heavy web scale. * Partner closely with Product Management, Data Science, and Engineering squads to define unified catalog schemas and eliminate cross-platform ingestion and data latency bottlenecks. * Improve ads delivery efficiency by 20% in the first 6 months, while scaling volume., Quince is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application or to perform the essential functions of a role at Quince, please let us know by completing this accommodation form. We review all requests individually and will work with you to determine appropriate accommodations on a case-by-case basis. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. 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