Surge AI
Forward Deployed Researcher
United States - Remote · Remote · Full-time · Posted Jul 13, 2026
About the job
Embed with AI labs and frontier model teams to evaluate model behavior, identify failure modes, and develop interventions for reliable deployment.
What you'll do
- Design and run evaluations of model generalization and behavior under deployment constraints.
- Build data pipelines, fine-tuning workflows, or interventions to improve model outputs.
- Work with internal stakeholders and external AI labs to operationalize custom model use cases and address failure modes.
What they ask for
- Curiosity about model reasoning, generalization, and failure on complex real-world tasks.
- Strong research-design and insight-generation instincts in ambiguous settings.
- Excitement about embedding with partners, understanding their goals, and building toward meaningful impact.
AI focus
Evaluate frontier model capabilities and behavior; investigate failure modes in long-context reasoning, tool use, and real-time feedback; and build workflows or interventions to improve and steer model outputs.
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