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AI Research Engineer

LanceDB· Research
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United States$150k - $255kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

AI Research Engineer role at LanceDB focusing on end-to-end training flows across AI domains, publishing research, and providing feedback from a researcher’s perspective to accelerate product development.

Responsibilities

  • Show how LanceDB can be used for training models end to end from curation to modeling across industry verticals
  • Compare the LanceDB stacked workflow with existing standard training flows with well designed and replicable experiments, that may include benchmarking
  • Provide core content and work cross-function with to increase awareness for workflow specific features like blobv2, distributed indexing etc.
  • Publish models and research papers on LanceDB blog platform, social media, and in AI conferences
  • Partner closely with engineering and product to provide feedback from a researcher’s perspective

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in training deep learning models, not limited to LLM, ideally have worked with video, action, world models before
  • Proven track record of training SOTA models in an industry vertical
  • Strong experience in building and maintaining popular OSS repos.
  • Demonstrated ability to map user feedback from noise to key deliverables
  • Excellent prioritization skills and demonstrate execution efficiency
  • Strong sense of product GTM, demonstrate ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
  • Passion for staying up-to-date with SOTA AI research and trends

Skills

Required:Deep learning trainingOSS repo maintenanceExperiment design & benchmarkingCommunication & content publishing

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
  • Commuter benefits
  • Generous paid time off
  • Paid parental leave program for birthing, non-birthing, adoptive, and foster parents
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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