# AI Research Engineer at Poly

- Company: Poly (YC S22)
- What the company does: Intelligent Personal Cloud Storage. Backed by Y Combinator and Felicis.
- Company website: https://poly.app
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $350K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2024-09-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/poly/jobs/q4bpvDS-ai-research-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/poly-ai-research-engineer/

## About the role

We are looking to grow from a team of three (we've accomplished a lot as just two engineers and one designer!) to a clan of around eight, so you'll be anywhere from engineer #3 to #7. You'll be tasked with bringing Poly to life as a robust platform, shaping our cloud architecture to store files at breathtaking speed and scale, and improving our AI architecture to become the "search engine for your life".

## What they're looking for

- Extensive experience with modeling / inference tools such as pytorch and CUDA
- Pragmatic and product focused mindset, with the passion to see any developments make it into customer hands as quickly as possible
- Familiarity with modern LLM-based development fundamentals including prompting, function calling, and agentic workflows
- Knowledge of Python is a must, and enthusiasm for Rust is highly encouraged
- An extreme appetite for learning that you've honed through recursive self-improvement. You should be able to demonstrate an exceptional aptitude for automating your own development processes
- You thrive in independent, inter-disciplinary environments, and you are skilled at collaborating across domains and for productively engaging with people of all kinds

Tags: Engineering