Forward Deployed Researcher
Remote • United States - Remote • FullTime
Posted 2mo ago
Remote Work Policy
Fully remote
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
AI Research Engineer
About the job
Surge is building a platform to power the next generation of AI, partnering with leading AI labs and frontier model teams. As a Forward Deployed Researcher, you will embed directly with these teams to understand how their models behave in real-world applications and ensure their reliability at scale. This role involves leading hands-on research to evaluate model capabilities, identify subtle failure modes, and design interventions that improve model behavior and deployment outcomes. You will uncover insights that inform future model development, working collaboratively to turn complex real-world challenges into actionable breakthroughs.
Responsibilities
- Design and run evaluations to probe model generalization and behavior under deployment constraints.
- Build data pipelines, fine-tuning workflows, or interventions to steer and improve model outputs.
- Partner with internal stakeholders and external AI labs to operationalize custom frontier model use cases.
- Explore and address failure modes in long-context reasoning, tool use, or real-time feedback loops.
Requirements
- Curiosity about model behavior, including how models reason, generalize, and fail in complex real-world tasks.
- Strong instincts for research design and insight generation in ambiguous settings.
- Excitement to embed deeply with partners, understand their goals, and build towards meaningful impact.