AI Applied Researcher at hellopatient | Sift Talent | SiftAI Applied Researcher
Posted Mar 17, 2026
What You'll Do
AI Architecture Experimentation
- Design and run structured experiments to evaluate new AI approaches in a development/prototype environment
- Take a scientific approach — produce clear findings with evidence that supports which approach is better
- Stay current on the latest AI research and bring relevant ideas to the team for exploration
Prompting & Optimization
- Act as the team's expert prompter, reviewing and improving prompts written by the agent platform team
- Step in on the hardest prompting challenges when iterations aren't landing
- Help the team become more productive by unblocking complex prompting problems quickly
Research & Recommendations
- Translate experimental findings into clear reports that the product engineering team can act on
What We're Looking For
Must Have
- 2+ years of experience with a PhD; will consider candidates without a PhD at 4+ years of relevant experience
- Strong hands-on experience with LLMs and generative AI (not traditional ML/deep learning)
- Proven ability to design and run AI experiments — not just build to spec, but explore and problem-solve independently
- Expert-level prompting skills with real examples of improving AI outputs
- Ability to take a high-level business problem and design creative AI architectures to solve it
- Strong written communication — you'll be producing research reports and documentation regularly
Preferred
- PhD in a relevant field (especially with LLM-focused research)
- Startup experience — you're used to wearing multiple hats and moving fast
- Familiarity with agentic AI systems, multi-step planning, or adaptive decision-making architectures
- Experience reading and applying findings from AI research papers
Compensation
Base salary: $125,000 - $160,000
Equity: Meaningful ownership in a fast-growing healthtech startup
Apply nowPostedMar 17, 2026
Work typeOn-site
LocationAustin, Texas
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