# Research Scientist at Autonomous Technologies Group

- Company: Autonomous Technologies Group (YC F25)
- What the company does: Superintelligent financial advisor. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://becomeautonomous.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York City
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-07-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/autonomous-technologies-group/jobs/XoXpFWN-research-scientist
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/autonomous-technologies-group-research-scientist/

## About the role

You’ll drive original research at the boundaries of AI, working on new models, algorithms, and architectures for reasoning in complex environments. Your work will shape the scientific agenda of the lab and inform everything we build. You’ll have autonomy to pursue fundamental research and see your ideas deployed in real-world settings. Formulate and explore open questions in deep learning, reinforcement learning, and agent-based AI.

## What they're looking for

- Demonstrated track record of impactful AI/ML research (e.g., papers, open-source, or novel deployments)
- Deep expertise in at least one of: LLMs, RL, agent-based systems, generative modeling, theory of intelligence
- Strong mathematical background (probability, optimization, statistics)
- Proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, JAX)
- Ability to turn theory into robust, practical code
- Up-to-date on the latest research in LLMs from reading papers, articles, or re-implementing breakthroughs

Tags: Operations