AI Research Engineer

1 month, 2 weeks ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Dropzone AI

Dropzone AI

Dropzone AI is a Seattle-based cybersecurity startup founded in February 2023 by CEO Edward Wu. The company focuses on Security Operations Center (SOC) automation and develops autonomous AI agents. Its flagship product, the Dropzone AI SOC Analyst, is recognized as the world's first AI SOC analyst, designed to independently manage Tier 1 security alert investigations without human intervention. The platform automates the investigation of security alerts, actively hunts for threats, responds to attacks, and generates detailed reports. It operates continuously, integrating seamlessly with existing security tools to enhance team efficiency and reduce analyst burnout. Dropzone AI serves over 100 enterprise customers, including notable organizations like UiPath and Zapier, and has raised approximately $57.35 million in funding to support its innovative solutions in the cybersecurity sector.

computer & network security
51-200
Founded 2023
$57M raised

Description

  • Design and implement multi-step reasoning agents with tool use, planning, reflection, and self-improvement loops.
  • Develop multi-agent coordination and task-decomposition frameworks.
  • Improve agent execution reliability, latency, and cost efficiency.
  • Architect short-term and long-term memory systems, including episodic, semantic, retrieval-based, and hybrid approaches.
  • Build context-compression, retrieval, grounding, continual-learning, and state-persistence mechanisms.
  • Define evaluation frameworks, automated evaluation pipelines, metrics, and production benchmarks for agent performance.
  • Translate current AI research into production-grade systems through experimentation, analysis, and rapid iteration.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams and contribute to internal knowledge sharing and technical direction.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 1 year applying generative AI in production.
  • Experience building or researching agent frameworks, tool-using LLMs, memory systems, or retrieval systems such as RAG, vector databases, and hybrid retrieval.
  • Expert-level Python development skills.
  • Familiarity with OpenClaw and Claude Code harness architecture.
  • Ability to design context and harness systems beyond model development.
  • Strong curiosity about making nondeterministic LLM outputs reliable and replicating expert human judgment.
  • Strong ownership and ability to drive ambiguous problems to clarity in an early-stage startup environment.
  • Experience with agent orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph, AutoGen, or custom systems preferred.
  • Familiarity with AI safety guardrails, hallucination mitigation, structured output enforcement, and LLM evaluations preferred.
  • Publications, open-source contributions, customer-facing context or harness engineering, or founder/early-stage startup experience preferred.

Benefits

  • $200,000–$250,000 USD base salary range.
  • 100% remote work from home with company-provided equipment.
  • Company-paid health insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with employer match.
  • Self-managed PTO and parental leave.
  • Potential bonuses and additional benefits.
  • Semi-frequent local and national travel, including some overnight travel.

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