Web AI Research Engineer, Senior

Job Description:
A global device company is looking for a Web AI Research Engineer to help define and develop Web AI Agents capable of performing complex, multi-step autonomous tasks. Join a team of forward-thinking Software Engineers who are researching and evolving the Web Platform, influencing Web Standards, and pioneering novel ways to interact with and utilize web content.
Responsibilities:
- Create quick prototypes and proof-of-concepts.
- Contribute to the research activities of our team.
- Generate creative solutions (patents) and design, develop, and evaluate AI/ML based solutions for company's services.
Required Skills:
- Practical experience with web scraping and AI-Agent projects, preferably with a focus on natural language processing, accessibility and interaction on the web.
- Understanding of HTML, CSS, and DOM is necessary for navigating and extracting data from web pages.
- Familiarity with web scraping frameworks like Puppeteer or similar framework.
- On device AI model optimization and quantization.
Desired Skills & Experience:
- Experience in Reinforcement Learning is a plus.
- Experience with integrating large language models (LLM), finetuning on LLM/VLLM, self-hosting LLMs and on-device (edge) LLM is a plus.
- ML model deployment and inferencing in Android OS.
- Demonstrated market understanding of Web AI agents with Gemini 2.0, Anthropic Computer Use or OpenAI Operator.
- First- or co-authored publications on AI-Agent at leading workshops or conferences.
- Preferred 2-5 years of industry experience.
Required Education:

-Master's/PhD degree in Computer Science or a relevant field.
Type: Contract
Duration: 12 months
Schedule: Hybrid (Mountain View, CA or Boston, MA)
Pay Range: $86.00 -$102.00