Virtual Forward Deployed Engineer — Applied Research & QA

Advance frontier AI capabilities from home as a Virtual Forward Deployed Engineer — Applied Research & QA at TopChoice Recruiting (paying $300,000 - $650,000/year). Our cognitive talent team works directly on post-training alignment, reinforcement learning feedback, and domain verification across Python, LLM Systems, ML Infrastructure, RAG/AI Automation.

Key Contributions

• Build systems that help partners move from one-off AI experiments to reliable, repeatable, multi-turn agent workflows.
• Own systems across the full lifecycle, including discovery, architecture, implementation, deployment, reliability, iteration, and partner success.
• Able to operate independently in ambiguous, partner-facing settings with strong technical and product ownership.
• Strong Python engineer with experience building and shipping production systems end to end.
• Experience working with LLMs, agentic systems, multi-turn workflows, tool use, RAG, or AI automation.
• Built or maintained data pipelines, ML infrastructure, evaluation systems, or research workflows.
• Work directly with leading AI labs and enterprise partners to define research goals, technical requirements, and project direction.

Minimum Qualifications

• The national pay range for this full-time position is base salary of $180,000 –$250,000 USD. All employees are eligible for equity compensation, and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies. our AI research partner provides a comprehensive benefits package, including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(K) plan with a company match, and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce.
• Compensation Band: $300,000 - $650,000/year
• Work Location: Remote (100% Remote / Asynchronous Flexibility)
• Available Openings: 1 open position
• Core Competencies: Python, LLM Systems, ML Infrastructure, RAG/AI Automation
• Strong understanding of data quality, taxonomy design, labeling workflows, and dataset curation for AI systems.
• Comfortable working directly with technical partners, researchers, founders, and enterprise stakeholders.

Contract Rate & Schedule

• Compensation Rate: $300,000 - $650,000/year (contract specialist remuneration)
• Work Arrangement: 100% Remote / Work From Home
• Eligible Remote Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa
• Core Competencies: Python, LLM Systems, ML Infrastructure, RAG/AI Automation
• Hiring Agency: TopChoice Recruiting

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