# Research - Member of Technical Staff at Simile

- Company: Simile
- What the company does: Backed by Index.
- Company website: http://simile.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $400K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-03-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/simile/fbf3ed84-26a2-489f-b62f-82f435568387
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/simile-research-member-of-technical-staff/

## About the role

As a Member of Technical Staff (MTS) in Research, you will work across the stack to train, evaluate, deploy, and monitor our models of human behavior. At Simile, we maintain a tight research-to-product pipeline. This requires intense scientific rigor; we must be able to trust our experimental methods as they are integrated into production systems that our customers use for making real high-stakes decisions.

## What they're looking for

- ML Proficiency: High proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with modern ML frameworks and AI coding tools
- Experimental Rigor: Experience running experiments on GPUs and a deep understanding of the training/fine-tuning lifecycle for large-scale models
- Research Literacy: Ability to navigate the frontier of ML research, with the technical skill to reproduce complex papers and the writing skill to document new breakthroughs
- End-to-End Ownership: A desire to own the full stack of research, from the first line of data processing code to the final deployment in a production environment

Tags: Research