Forward Deployed Engineer — AI Infrastructure & Operations (Remote AI Evaluation Contract)

Join Jobtacular as a remote Forward Deployed Engineer — AI Infrastructure & Operations (Remote AI Evaluation Contract) ($300,000 - $650,000/year). We partner with leading AI research laboratories across major English-speaking markets to evaluate complex responses, design realistic domain scenarios, and calibrate next-generation foundation models using deep professional expertise in Python, LLM Systems, ML Infrastructure, RAG/AI Automation.

What You Will Do

• Build large-scale data intelligence systems for collecting, organizing, evaluating, and improving training and evaluation data.
• Implement ML pipelines for data curation, model training, evaluation, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
• Design data taxonomies, labeling systems, and quality frameworks that improve dataset structure, model performance, and research outcomes.
• Develop LLM applications, including multi-agent systems, tool-using agents, RAG workflows, evaluation harnesses, and human-in-the-loop systems.
• Partner with research and engineering teams to translate ambiguous AI problems into scoped technical projects and production systems.
• Develop infrastructure for model inference, experimentation, evaluation, and deployment across frontier AI platforms.
• Build systems that help partners move from one-off AI experiments to reliable, repeatable, multi-turn agent workflows.

Who We Are Looking For

• Background at a startup, AI infrastructure company, applied AI company, or research-focused engineering team.
• Experience building systems for multi-turn agents, agent evaluation, workflow automation, or human-in-the-loop AI.
• Experience designing data taxonomies, annotation systems, evaluation rubrics, or dataset quality pipelines.
• Experience acting as a technical partner to external customers, research teams, or strategic enterprise accounts.
• Working knowledge of modern LLM tooling, agent frameworks, model evaluation stacks, and ML experimentation platforms.
• Compensation & Benefits Notice
• The national pay range for this full-time position is base salary of $180,000 –$250,000 USD. All employees are eligible for equity compensation, and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies. our AI research partner provides a comprehensive benefits package, including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(K) plan with a company match, and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce.

Compensation & Remote Structure

• Compensation Rate: $300,000 - $650,000/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: Python, LLM Systems, ML Infrastructure, RAG/AI Automation
• Hiring Agency: Jobtacular

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