Onton
Staff Research Engineer
$195K–$230K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 29, 2026
- Experience
- Significant experience required; no number of years stated.
About the job
Build and scale Onton’s neurosymbolic AI agent through empirical, data-driven research and hands-on software implementation.
What you'll do
- Run self-directed, data-driven experiments to advance the AI agent’s architecture and capabilities.
- Implement and iteratively ship correct, robust, scalable, and maintainable code.
- Collaborate on AI research and engineering projects.
What they ask for
- Significant software, ML, or research engineering experience.
- Deep, principled understanding of AI, especially neurosymbolic approaches.
- Some experience contributing to empirical AI research projects.
- Enjoys implementation and is excited about non-purely-statistical AI approaches.
Nice to have
- PhD or Master’s in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Linguistics, or comparable (or equivalent research experience).
Pay
$195K – $230K (USD, base salary)
AI focus
Develop a neurosymbolic AI agent and address architectural challenges in current AI systems, including hallucination, context finiteness, and catastrophic forgetting.
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