# Research Engineer, Judgment Systems 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/o2Qfu8N-research-engineer-judgment-systems
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/variance-research-engineer-judgment-systems/

## About the role

Train, fine-tune, and improve models for fraud, scams, abuse, and other high-stakes judgment workflows Own research threads focused on improving agent capability, reliability, and decision quality

## What they're looking for

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

Tags: Engineering