AI Research Resident

Maincode

AI Research Resident exploring foundational AI systems from first principles at Maincode, an AI research lab building systems that move humans forward.

Posted 4/12/2026full-time🇦🇺 AustraliaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Propose, refine, and lead a research project that complements Maincode’s mission of building foundational AI systems from first principles
Design and run experiments at scale, leveraging our compute infrastructure and state-of-the-art training pipelines
Collaborate closely with Maincode researchers to share knowledge, exchange feedback, and develop new approaches to open problems in AI
Analyse results rigorously, ensuring that findings are interpretable, reproducible, and impactful
Share insights through internal discussions, research publications or presentations at AI conferences

Requirements

What you’ll need

A PhD candidate, postdoctoral researcher or faculty member with deep expertise in machine learning, artificial intelligence, or related fields
Strong track record of publications or ongoing research projects in areas such as deep learning, optimisation, reinforcement learning, probabilistic modelling, or systems-level AI research
Curious, independent, and self-directed, yet eager to collaborate and learn from others
Comfortable working with large-scale experiments, distributed training environments, or novel algorithmic ideas
Excited by ambitious, high-risk/high-reward research that challenges current paradigms.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Maincode provides the infrastructure and computational resources for you to explore your research ideas at scale.
Collaborate with researchers within core team to investigate your proposed research project.
Opportunity to pursue exploratory, high-impact research that is adjacent to Maincode’s core mission.

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learningartificial intelligencedeep learningoptimisationreinforcement learningprobabilistic modellingsystems-level AI researchexperimental designdata analysisalgorithm development

Soft Skills

curiosityindependenceself-directioncollaborationlearning agilitycommunicationfeedback exchangeproblem-solvingcritical thinkingadaptability