# Machine Learning Researcher, RL & Agentic Systems

Hiring organization: [Protege](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/protege)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/3965a647-657a-4ff4-aba0-8071b375e0d7

Listed on Protege's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Remote
- Remote: yes

## Summary

This role involves designing datasets, environments, and evaluation frameworks to assess how well AI agents perform on realistic tasks. It suits researchers with machine learning expertise and hands-on experience in reinforcement learning or agentic systems who want to tackle the foundational problem of data quality for advanced AI.

_Our summary, not Protege's wording._

## Skills named

Agentic systems, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning

## Required

- PhD in machine learning, computer science, statistics, engineering, mathematics, economics or related quantitative field, or Master's degree with 4+ years industry experience
- Understanding of AI model training pipelines and evaluation methodology
- Experience with large unstructured or semi-structured datasets for ML training or evaluation
- Experience with reinforcement learning, sequential decision-making, or agentic systems
- Experience designing benchmarks, environments, or evaluation frameworks
- Strong experimental design and data-validation skills
- High ownership and ability to independently identify and solve high-impact problems

## Nice to have

- Experience developing evaluation frameworks or performance metrics for agentic systems
- Experience translating real-world workflows into structured tasks or environments
- Experience with RLHF, RLAIF, imitation learning, reward modeling, or offline RL
- Experience with Harbor or other agent evaluation frameworks
- Publications or open-source contributions in reinforcement learning, agents, evaluation, or data-centric AI
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, or partnership teams
- Experience with synthetic data generation, trajectory generation, or simulation-based environments

Apply on Protege's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/protege/fedd9b1f-1e8b-4ecd-84df-b9db6295af12/application