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Founding Research Scientist, Applied AI

Agentio· Engineering
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New York, NY$195k - $400kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Research-focused role building multimodal, foundation-model–driven AI systems to support campaign planning, discovery, and optimization at Agentio. Owns research from problem formulation to production, bridging academia and engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Own research problems from problem formulation through experimentation, validation, and product application.
  • Design rigorous experiments and evaluations, develop new methods where needed, and establish evidence that research advances improve product and marketplace outcomes.
  • Develop models, algorithms, training approaches, datasets, and evaluation methods when existing techniques are insufficient. Partner with engineering to turn successful research into reliable product capabilities.
  • Help define Agentio's research agenda, identify high-value research questions, and set a high bar for experimental rigor across applied ML work.

Qualifications

  • PhD in machine learning, AI, computer science, statistics, or a related field, with a track record of original ML research demonstrated through peer-reviewed publications or comparable research contributions.
  • Depth in one or more areas such as foundation models, multimodal learning, recommendation and ranking, representation learning, reinforcement learning and decision-making, causal inference, optimization, or adjacent fields.
  • Experience applying research to real products or production systems, including turning ambiguous product problems into research questions and translating successful results into measurable product improvements.
  • Strong implementation skills: you can prototype your own ideas, work directly with large datasets and modern ML stacks, and collaborate closely with engineers on productionization.
  • Strong knowledge of current AI research and the judgment to distinguish technically interesting work from approaches that will matter in practice.

Skills

Required:Multimodal learningFoundation modelsRanking and recommendationExperiment design and evaluation

Benefits

  • Flexible PTO – Take the time you need to recharge
  • Comprehensive Health Coverage – Top medical plan through Aetna
  • Dental & Vision Plans – Protect your smile and your sight with coverage from Guardian
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Invest in your future while you build your career
  • $100 Monthly Lifestyle Credit – Use it to shop with our amazing Agentio Brand Partners
  • Daily lunches and snacks in the office to keep you at your best
  • Dinner provided Monday - Thursday
  • Fully subsidized gold tier access on Wellhub (Includes LifeTime, Barry's, Solidcore, Headspace, etc)
  • Gym in the building! – Your workout, right downstairs
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Agentio

The AI-Native Platform for Creator Advertising

Agentio automates campaigns end to end, enabling advertisers to scale creator programs across Meta, YouTube, and beyond in hours, not months, while connecting creators with the world's top brands.

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