We're hiring a researcher/engineer to solve deep AI challenges.
Join us in building state-of-the-art agent systems for previously unsolved domains. You'll work on diverse AI challenges that push the boundaries of what's possible with current models.
Your mission:
Work on building and constantly improving a SOTA Agent for our domain
Design robust learning pipelines (e.g. RLHF, RL) and build any custom environments needed for feedback signal
Set up a durable eval strategy
Train smaller models for scoped tasks
Leverage a variety of open source text and image models
Stay abreast of research — we will have budget for you to attend conferences
Shape our technical and hiring strategy alongside the founding team
You:
Have experience with AI agents, RLHF or reinforcement learning (even in academic projects/internships)
Are extremely comfortable in Python and ML frameworks
Have a builder mindset, whether through research projects, internships, side projects, or production systems
Can make independent progress on shipping user-facing features
(Bonus) Have an advanced degree
(Bonus) Have started a company or been early at a startup
A note on seniority: We believe in slope over y intercept, and are open to a broad range of experiences and seniority.
Why us?
Learning & Growth: Direct mentorship from founders who've built Dover (raised $23M) and Heap ($960M valuation, acquired). You'll learn how to build and scale transformative products from people who've done it.
Impact: The team is small and will stay small. We aspire to a very high revenue to headcount ratio. Every engineer directly shapes the product and company trajectory. No layers, no politics, just building.
Ownership: We're a high-trust environment where you'll own significant projects from day one, with support when you need it.
Ambition: We're redefining who can use design tools and how they work, with a massive potential audience and the technical challenges to match.
Speed: We move incredibly quickly. You'll ship more in a month here than most engineers ship in a year.
Skills Required
- Experience with AI agents, RLHF, or reinforcement learning
- Extremely comfortable in Python and ML frameworks
- Builder mindset demonstrated via research projects, internships, side projects, or production systems
- Ability to make independent progress on shipping user-facing features
- Advanced degree
- Started a company or been early at a startup
What We Do
Moda is an AI-powered design agent that helps professionals and teams create beautiful, brand-aligned slides and visual assets on a fully editable canvas. By leveraging AI agents and a real-time rendering engine, the platform enables users to develop high-quality visual content that adheres to brand guidelines, significantly increasing design velocity for teams and individual professionals.
