# Forward Deployed Researcher at Prolific

- Company: Prolific
- What the company does: Prolific helps AI developers, researchers, and organizations easily access the highest-quality human data. Sign up for free. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.prolific.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote, US
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-02-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/prolific/jobs/4772448101
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/prolific-forward-deployed-researcher/

## About the role

Prolific AI Research (PAIR) is the AI research group at Prolific ( https://labs.prolific.com/ ). We're seeking a Forward Deployed Researcher to serve as Prolific's technical research partner to AI labs and enterprise customers. You'll work directly with customers on AI evaluation and data collection projects - advising on methodology, designing frameworks, and delivering research engagements end-to-end as part of our services team.

## What they're looking for

- Serve as Prolific's technical research partner on customer engagements with AI labs and enterprise AI teams
- Advise and prototype bespoke solutions like evaluation methodology, rubric design, data collection approaches, quality frameworks, verifiers and validation frameworks, as well as RL environments
- Own methodology for projects—from scoping through delivery—working alongside our services team
- Build trusted relationships with customer research and engineering teams
- Surface patterns from customer work that should become platform capabilities, partnering with Product and Engineering to shape roadmap priorities
- Work with Services and Account teams to qualify opportunities and shape proposals

Tags: Data & AI