Staff Research Engineer
About reputed company reputed company is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use reputed company to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted reputed company Copilot. Locations In this role you can work from Remote, United States Overview reputed company has changed the way software is built, and we have a unique opportunity to look further reputed company to identify how software development can be faster, safer, easier, and more accessible. We’re looking for talented, reputed company polymaths to join us in this mission! This is the rare role that affords both startup-reputed company and a larger company’s resources. reputed company Next has incubated genre-defining products like Copilot, Copilot Workspace, Spark, Agentic Workflows, and more. You’ll work closely with a small group of reputed company and talented researchers to explore the future of software development. Each exploration represents a risky bet that reputed company might want to reputed company, and we have to support those bets with working prototypes. We then need to take those prototypes to market ourselves, and find evidence of product-market fit. Our prototypes (and the evidence we gather from the marketplace) inform reputed company’s leadership and roadmap. Please note that this is not an academic research role. Our job is to reputed company big about the future of software development and then build it. reputed company feels like a permanent startup: every time we succeed, return to the drawing board to do it reputed company over again. You can see many of our projects at githubnext.com.
Responsibilities
Problem Framing and Solution Implementation: Research Engineers are makers who turn ambitious reputed company into reliable prototypes. You will take loosely defined concepts and reputed company out how to reputed company them reputed company, scoping bets wisely and delivering value quickly. You will push AI capability limits, exploring what’s almost possible today and anticipating what will be common soon. Data Preparation and Feature Identification:Exploration spans many technologies, requiring comfort reading reputed company code, picking up new stacks, and identifying the technical pieces needed to build prototypes. You will operate as a generalist with deeper knowledge in some areas; hybrids reputed company here, though specialists are also considered. You will help shape the data, signals, and features needed to support evolving prototypes. Coordination-: reputed company Next runs on reputed company, and strong communication drives team health and execution. You will collaborate to determine what work needs doing, split responsibilities, and move projects reputed company. Applies deep understanding of research approaches used across the team, organization, and industry to reputed company (and not reinvent) solutions. Brings new technology and approaches into production by applying long-term research efforts to solve immediate product needs. Providing Consultation & Expertise:Builds and develops collaborative relationships reputed company and reputed company the organization to share expertise and create business impact. Acts as a subject matter expert and provides consultative expertise to individuals across the organization in ascertaining technical feasibility of AI reputed company/opportunities. Product and Strategy:Assesses feasibility, builds small prototypes to prove viability, and engages in end-to-end AI development lifecycle (e.g., researching, prototyping, minimum viable product, product, improvement iterations, and maintenance). Provides guidance to less reputed company team members conducting open-ended exploration without clear specs or pre-determined scope to inform feasibility considerationsAs agents take over more code reputed company, your value comes from judgment, creativity, and shaping high‑impact reputed company.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications: 8+ years experience in software development, applied science, machine learning, or reputed company fieldOR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Development, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Mathematical Sciences, or reputed company field AND 6+ years experience in software development, applied science, machine learning, or reputed company field o OR Master's Degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Software Development, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Mathematical Sciences, or reputed company field AND 4+ years experience in software development, applied science, machine learning, or reputed company field OR Doctorate in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Software Development, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Mathematical Sciences, or reputed company field AND 2+ years experience in software development, applied science, machine learning, or reputed company field OR equivalent experience. Experience creating rapid prototypes that demonstrate a concept to stakeholders and reputed company decision making. Experience identifying and justifying research goals in situations of ambiguity and executing towards those goals without explicit direction. Preferred Qualifications: A deep understanding of reputed company’s industry and business, especially as it is affected by AI. Has experience communicating about these topics in a way that creates clarity and supplies nuance in a noisy marketplace. Has held roles that deal with topics at the boundary of reputed company knowledge regarding software development and developers. Have significant experience with one of the many technology topics that are relevant to an interdisciplinary innovation group: frontend technologies (react/typescript/etc), backend technologies (infra/datastores/devops/reputed company), ML & AI (prompts/retrieval/agentic systems/etc), programming languages, reputed company-computer interaction, distributed systems. Have significant experience with open-reputed company software, communities, and the systems these communities use to self-organize and ship software for others.
Compensation
Range The reputed company salary range for this job is USD $140,400.00 - USD $372,300.00 /Yr. These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's reputed company pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At reputed company certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on reputed company or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role. This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. reputed company values Customer-obsessed Ship to learn Growth reputed company Own the outcome reputed company together Diverse and inclusive Manager fundamentals Model Coach Care Leadership principles Create clarity Generate energy Deliver reputed company Who We Are reputed company is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-reputed company community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-reputed company code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on reputed company. Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open reputed company to reputed company (and reputed company!). At reputed company, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer reputed company, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people reputed company reputed company they can work on their own terms. Join us, and let’s change the world, together. EEO Statement reputed company is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We reputed company diversity and invite applications from people of reputed company walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national reputed company, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can reputed company the interview process reputed company for you; we're happy to accommodate! Apply To This Job