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Basis Research Institute

Research Engineer, Operations

New York OfficefulltimemidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

Basis seeks a Research Engineer to build internal tools and automation systems that enhance researcher productivity and operational efficiency at a nonprofit AI research organization. You'll develop LLM-powered automation, analytics infrastructure, and researcher-focused productivity tools that enable the organization to scale without manual overhead.

What you'll do

  • Build researcher productivity tools including experiment tracking, literature automation, and computational environment management
  • Develop GTM and business operations automation for CRM systems, proposal generation, and customer workflows
  • Create analytics and measurement infrastructure for research progress and strategic decision-making
  • Automate operational processes including recruiting, marketing, and cross-functional coordination
  • Identify and implement high-leverage automation opportunities across research and operational workflows
  • Iterate on internal tools based on user feedback to maximize adoption and impact

What they're looking for

  • Programming expertise in Julia, Python, C++, or ML-family languages
  • LLM-powered automation using OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, LangChain, or similar frameworks
  • ML engineering with experience implementing published techniques and distributed model training
  • Software engineering to drive projects from conception to completion
  • Research workflow understanding from academic or research environments
  • User-centric design and iterative tool development
  • Full-stack programming from high-level APIs to low-level systems code
  • Ability to learn research literature from PL and ML venues independently
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Basis Research Institute

Basis Research Institute is a nonprofit AI research organization building trustworthy data infrastructure, scalable ML training systems, custom robotic platforms, and LLM-powered automation tools to support both research and commercial applications. The organization is hiring Data Engineers, ML Systems Engineers, Hardware Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, and Machine Learning Research Engineers to develop its technical infrastructure and translate research into production systems.

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Likely interview questions

  • Describe a time you built internal tooling or automation that significantly reduced manual work for a team. How did you identify the opportunity and measure its impact?
  • Walk us through your experience with LLM-powered automation systems. What frameworks or APIs have you used, and what challenges did you encounter in production?
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