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Applied Research Engineer, Agents

Hebbia · NYC · On-site

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About Hebbia

The leading AI platform for finance, used by the world's leading asset managers, investment banks, law firms and Fortune 500 companies. Backed by Index, a16z and GV.

About the role

As an Applied Research Engineer, you will be the bridge between research, industry, and application shaping the future of our core natural language processing systems. You will be responsible for enabling agentic capabilities across the Hebbia product suite. You will own experiments and POCs focused on combining the latest research findings with specific high value problems that our customers encounter each and every day.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning or a related field is a plus
  • 7+ years software development experience at a venture-backed startup or top technology firm, with a focus on applied machine learning systems
  • Strong programming skills in Python
  • Experience with NLP and text processing libraries such as NLTK, SpaCy, or Apache Tika
  • Experience with Search and Indexing technologies
More about this role

The AI platform for investors and bankers that generates alpha and drives upside.

Founded in 2020 by George Sivulka and backed by Peter Thiel and Andreessen Horowitz, Hebbia powers investment decisions for BlackRock , KKR , Carlyle , Centerview , and 40% of the world’s largest asset managers. Our flagship product, Matrix, delivers industry-leading accuracy, speed, and transparency in AI-driven analysis. It is trusted to help manage over $30 trillion in assets globally.

We deliver the intelligence that gives finance professionals a definitive edge. Our AI uncovers signals no human could see, surfaces hidden opportunities, and accelerates decisions with unmatched speed and conviction. We do not just streamline workflows. We transform how capital is deployed, how risk is managed, and how value is created across markets.

Hebbia is not a tool. Hebbia is the competitive advantage that drives performance, alpha, and market leadership.

Hebbia enables leading finance and legal firms with advanced reasoning, copiloting and retrieval capabilities - unlocking meaningful insights for meaningful use cases. The Agents team builds everything from core document understanding capabilities to...

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