Surge AI
RL Environments Architect
United States - Remote · Remote · Full-time · Posted Jul 13, 2026
About the job
Designs and governs simulated environments, reward systems, and evaluation standards for training and testing AI agents.
What you'll do
- Build a modular environment framework with APIs, curriculum scaffolds, and configurable reward and termination schemas.
- Define quality standards, coverage metrics, invariance checks, trace audits, and rollout telemetry.
- Work with researchers to turn real-world tasks into simulations, synthetic data generators, and evaluation suites.
What they ask for
- Experience building RL environments or simulators, such as custom physics, multi-agent systems, or tool APIs.
- Ability to design reward functions, scenario taxonomies, and QA pipelines.
- Ability to collaborate across research and engineering to deliver testable environments.
AI focus
Builds reinforcement-learning environments and evaluation systems for training and testing agentic AI, with attention to simulation fidelity, reward integrity, and safety.
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