# Research Engineer at Forus

- Company: Forus
- What the company does: Forus automates prior authorizations and medication access, helping providers get patients approved, find affordable options, and start treatment faster. Backed by Accel, General Catalyst and Redpoint.
- Company website: https://forus.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: New York office
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $170K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-04-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/forus/bf912127-f3f7-4d87-990c-46db7df333bb
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/forus-research-engineer/

## About the role

As a Research Engineer on our team, you will work on real production use cases of LLMs and other ML techniques to solve business problems and create groundbreaking AI applications. The role requires that you develop a deep understanding of our product surface area and what drives our business, such that you can operate and drive impact both cross-functionally and independently.

## What they're looking for

- Strong programming skills and general Computer Science knowledge
- Research background in ML/NLP, demonstrated through publications in top-tier conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP) or significant open-source contributions
- Experience working on complex ML problems (e.g., data-efficient learning, reasoning agents, or multi-step workflows) and deploying those solutions in production environments
- Deep understanding of modern ML methods, including transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, reinforcement learning, and multimodal models — with proficiency in deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX
- Strong written and verbal communication that allows you to be an effective participant in both internal debates and external relationships
- Track record of moving quickly, finding shortcuts, and going to unreasonable lengths to deliver on goals

Tags: Engineering