Research Fellow

The role

Fellows define and execute research projects focused on areas like data quality, post-training, and model evaluation. The work aims to develop a joint publication or public benchmark.

What you will do

• Define and execute a full-time project with an AfterQuery research mentor.
• Formulate research questions, design rigorous experiments, and analyze the results.
• Develop the datasets, methods, evaluations, or benchmark assets the project needs.
• Document methods and results clearly.
• Work with research and engineering teams to make the work reproducible.
• Co-author a paper and work toward publication.

Required qualifications

• Significant academic, clinical, legal, or industry research experience.
• Clear technical communication and strong scientific writing skills.
• A strong record of research or publication.
• Demonstrated ability to take a project from initial scoping to rigorous, reproducible results.
• A passion for advancing frontier AI and some understanding of model evaluation.
• Availability to work full time in San Francisco for 12–16 weeks.

Nice to have

• Publications at leading conferences or in peer-reviewed journals
• PhD, MD, JD, or equivalent advanced degree in a relevant field, or late-stage PhD candidate
• Deep domain expertise in medicine, finance, law, STEM, or another specialized field
• Availability of 20+ hours per week; in-person preferred

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Medical, Vision, Dental
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Daily Meals: Daily UberEats Stipend
• Monthly Wellness Stipend

About the company

AfterQuery is an applied research lab curating data solutions for foundation model development. They serve frontier AI labs to deliver data to power models.