# Machine Learning Researcher, RL & Agentic Systems at Protege

- Company: Protege
- What the company does: Protege is the trusted source for AI-ready, real world data and expertise at every stage of the AI lifecycle. Backed by a16z and CRV.
- Company website: https://withprotege.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-05-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/protege/fedd9b1f-1e8b-4ecd-84df-b9db6295af12
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/protege-machine-learning-researcher-rl-and-agentic-systems/

## About the role

We are building Protege to solve the biggest unmet need in AI — getting access to the right training data. The process today is time intensive, incredibly expensive, and often ends in failure. The Protege platform facilitates the secure, efficient, and privacy-centric exchange of AI training data.

## What they're looking for

- PhD or equivalent Master’s Degree + 4+ years industry experience in machine learning, computer science, statistics, engineering, mathematics, economics, or related quantitative fields
- Strong understanding of AI model training pipelines, evaluation methodology, and the role of data in shaping model performance
- Experience working with large, unstructured, or semi-structured datasets used to train or evaluate ML systems
- Experience with reinforcement learning, sequential decision-making, agentic systems, tool-using models, or multi-step model evaluation
- Experience designing tasks, benchmarks, environments, simulations, or evaluation frameworks for real-world model behavior
- Strong intuition for realism, coverage, difficulty, fidelity, and meaningful outcome structure in datasets

Tags: DataLab