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idler · San Francisco, CA
$125k–400kOn-siteFull-timeTypeScript · React
idler

Research Engineer

idler · 🇺🇸 San Francisco, CA · posted today
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Base
$125,000 – $400,000
Equity
Meaningful equity (no figures stated)
Remote
In-person only, San Francisco
Funding
$9m seed round led by Paradigm
Eng team
Small team, no headcount given
Visa
Relocation assistance
Stack
TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL

TL;DR

Build scalable systems that generate RL environments and agentic QA systems that validate environment quality and fairness, plus petabyte-scale ETL and orchestration of millions of concurrent jobs. Stack: TypeScript, React, NodeJS, Postgres, Redis, Vercel, AWS, Modal, Daytona, GRPO. The team is small and in-person in San Francisco.

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About idler

idler is a frontier data research lab. We build the evals and environments that the world's leading frontier labs use to measure and train their models.

After raising a $9m seed round led by Paradigm, we spent the last year developing coding evals for top coding models you know and love. At the same time, we've expanded into other domains besides coding: RSI & Auto-Research, Law, Enterprise Business, Cybersecurity, and others. Now, we are facing more lab demand for our data than we can serve, and are rapidly scaling the team to grow the business.

Our approach to creating training data scales using technology, and all of our data products are built on a unified self-reinforcing platform that learns through experience.

You would be joining a close-knit team that has reached product market fit, and your work would directly help to multiply our revenue.

You can see some of our work here: https://idler.ai/collections


About the role

As a Research Engineer at idler, you’ll build the systems and infrastructure that our entire company relies on. You will solve open-ended, technical challenges with focus on performance, scale, and simplicity. In the era of AI-coding, systems-level thinking and attention to detail is more important than experience with a particular framework or language.


Examples of what you'll do

  • Design and build scaleable systems that generate RL environments
  • Create agentic QA systems to validate environment quality and fairness
  • Work directly with AI researchers at leading labs to understand what makes training data effective
  • Handle petabyte scale ETL and orchestrate millions of concurrent jobs
  • Support new product lines as we expand beyond coding environments
  • Manage our security posture and compliance requirements


What we’re looking for

  • 1-10 years of experience writing excellent production software (new grads OK)
  • Experience with full-stack applications in a popular programming language
  • A meticulous problem solver who creates robust systems under time pressure


Tech stack

Typescript, React, NodeJS, Postgres, Redis, Vercel, Cursor/Claude Code/Codex, Tinker, Modal, AWS, Daytona, GRPO


Details

  • In-person in San Francisco
  • Competitive salary + meaningful equity
  • Free meals in office
  • Healthcare, 401(k), 15 days of PTO per year
  • Relocation assistance
  • Small, ambitious team

This is an in-person role in San Francisco. We're a tight-knit founding team and we play to win. Join us if you like to win too.

Compensation: $125K - $400K