# Research Engineer at Outset

- Company: Outset
- What the company does: Get the depth of qualitative interviews at the speed and scale of a survey with the power of AI-moderated research. Make better, faster decisions for your business. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://outset.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $200K to $240K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-22
- Apply by: 2026-12-06
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/outset/f27ab616-7298-45cc-96a3-8161f356deea?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/outset-research-engineer/

## About the role

Own the evaluation infrastructure that tests competing modeling approaches, so that new tests can be set up quickly, run concurrently and automatically, and be monitored. Implement measurement pipelines exactly as specified by the scientists, with deterministic and traceable outputs. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Several years of software engineering experience, including experience supporting researchers in a lab or comparable setting
- Experience translating specific scientific requirements and experiment designs into code
- Experience building and operating large-scale data pipelines on human behavior data, and confirming that the pipelines matched the criteria and design the researchers specified
- Strong Python, including the ability to read and audit code produced by agentic coding tools
- Fundamentals of computing: file systems, software libraries, databases, SQL, tabular data, and Git-based workflows
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and with running many jobs concurrently

Tags: Science

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