Telecommute Member of Technical Staff, Research Engineering — Distributed Talent Network

Partner with SMR Talent Collective from anywhere in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, or Ireland as a remote Telecommute Member of Technical Staff, Research Engineering — Distributed Talent Network ($400,000 - $800,000/year). This specialist role focuses on evaluating AI model outputs, authoring domain-specific rubrics, and validating technical workflows involving Reinforcement Learning, ML-Oriented Data Design, RL Environments, RL Workflows.

Project Responsibilities

• Architect self-contained RL environments that capture complex, real-world tasks, including reward functions, verifiers, and evaluation logic.
• Design and scale episode pipelines and multi-component training processes (MCPs) to support reproducible experimentation.
• Build automated data generation systems, leveraging synthetic data to accelerate training cycles without compromising quality.
• Develop and integrate AI-driven evaluation and quality assurance systems for automated grading, validation, and feedback loops.
• Fine-tune and optimize open-source RL models using internally generated datasets and custom training strategies.
• Establish benchmarking frameworks to measure model capability, robustness, and data quality across tasks.
• Contribute to the release and analysis of evaluations on internal and external benchmark platforms (e.g., our AI research partner benchmarks).

Required Expertise

• Experienced in fine-tuning and evaluating open-source ML models.
• Clear, concise communicator with strong technical writing skills.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, research-driven, and highly collaborative environments.
• Experience publishing benchmarks, evaluations, or research artifacts.
• Working knowledge of evaluation ecosystems (e.g., our AI research partner benchmarks or similar frameworks).
• Background in scalable infrastructure for large-scale RL experimentation.
• Compensation & Benefits Notice

Rate Structure & Remote Benefits

• Compensation Rate: $400,000 - $800,000/year (contract specialist remuneration)
• Work Arrangement: 100% Remote / Work From Home
• Eligible Remote Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa
• Core Competencies: Reinforcement Learning, ML-Oriented Data Design, RL Environments, RL Workflows
• Hiring Agency: SMR Talent Collective

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