# Research Engineer, Evals at Variance

- Company: Variance (YC W23)
- What the company does: AI Agents for Fraud Review and Investigations. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.variance.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-04-20
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/variance/jobs/Eok2YSs-research-engineer-evals
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/variance-research-engineer-evals/

## About the role

Build proprietary benchmarks and datasets to evaluate models and model systems on fraud, identity, and risk workflows Design and run offline and online evals that measure model performance on real customer tasks, not just abstract benchmarks

## What they're looking for

- US citizen/visa only
- Full-time Engineering role

Tags: Engineering