Research Engineer - Data Scaling

About Turing

Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises looking to deploy advanced AI systems. Turing accelerates frontier research with high-quality data, specialized talent, and training pipelines that advance thinking, reasoning, coding, multimodality, and STEM. For enterprises, Turing builds proprietary intelligence systems that integrate AI into mission-critical workflows, unlock transformative outcomes, and drive lasting competitive advantage.

Recognized by Forbes, The Information, and Fast Company among the world’s top innovators, Turing’s leadership team includes AI technologists from Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, McKinsey, Bain, Stanford, Caltech, and MIT. Learn more at www.turing.com

    Location: SF or Palo AltoTeam: R&D – Data Scaling

Data is the lifeblood of advanced AI. Our R&D Data Scaling team builds the foundational engines that create high-quality data at an unprecedented scale, directly fueling the next generation of AI reasoning and coding agents. We own the end-to-end data lifecycle—from pioneering new evaluation methods and synthesizing training data to advancing the reinforcement learning algorithms that bring it all together. This is a unique opportunity to solve core infrastructure challenges at the heart of AI progress.

• Design and implement pipelines to scale up RL data generation and collection.
• Develop and iterate on simulated environments to train and realistically evaluate AI agents
• Implement and refine data quality metrics to ensure our models are learning from the best possible information.
• Collaborate closely with research scientists to understand data requirements and integrate new algorithms into production systems.

• Strong engineering abilities
• Knowledge of core reinforcement learning techniques and an interest in their application.
• Extremely familiar with large language model data collection
• Proven experience building autonomous agents that leverage LLMs to automate complex software engineering and code generation tasks.

Salary range: 170-215k

Values:

• We are client first: We put our clients at the center of everything we do, because their success is the ultimate measure of our value.
• We work at Start-Up Speed: We move fast, stay agile and favor action because momentum is the foundation of perfection
• We are Al forward: We help our clients build the future of Al and implement it in our own roles and workflow to amplify productivity.

• Amazing work culture (Super collaborative & supportive work environment; 5 days a week)
• Awesome colleagues (Surround yourself with top talent from Meta, Google, LinkedIn etc. as well as people with deep startup experience)
• Competitive compensation
• Flexible working hours

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Turing is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. At Turing we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace  and celebrate authenticity, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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