AI Research Engineer

Dropzone AI

AI Research Engineer designing and developing next-generation agentic AI systems. Leading the transition of cutting-edge research into scalable solutions for the cybersecurity field.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement advanced multi-step reasoning agents (tool use, planning, reflection, self-improvement loops)
Develop frameworks for multi-agent coordination and task decomposition
Improve reliability, latency, and cost efficiency of agent execution
Architect short-term and long-term memory subsystems (episodic, semantic, retrieval-based, hybrid)
Define and implement evaluation frameworks for agent performance (task success, reasoning quality, robustness)
Translate latest community research ideas into production-grade systems

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in software engineering, with at least 1+ year applying GenAI in production
Proven experience building or researching: Agent frameworks / tool-using LLMs Memory / retrieval systems (RAG, vector DBs, hybrid retrieval)
Expert Python developer
Familiar with openclaw and Claude Code harness architecture
Early-stage startup mindset. You thrive on ambiguity and move with lightspeed execution

Benefits

Comp & perks

company paid health insurance
401K Plan with employer match
Self-Managed PTO
parental leave
more

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Hard Skills & Tools

Pythonmulti-agent coordinationtask decompositionmemory subsystemsevaluation frameworksagent performancetool-using LLMsretrieval systemsRAGvector DBs

Soft Skills

problem-solvingadaptabilityexecution speedambiguity management