Kapa.ai (YC S23) Is Hiring an Applied AI Research Engineer (Europe Timezone)

kapa.ai is seeking a Research Engineer in Applied AI to enhance its capabilities in answering complex technical questions. The position offers a salary range of $100K to $150K and equity between 0.50% and 1.00%. The role is remote and open to candidates from various European countries. Responsibilities include collaborating with the founding team and software engineers, conducting research on advanced retrieval and search techniques, deploying machine learning models, and improving quality evaluation frameworks. Candidates should have a Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, or a related field, along with experience in training and deploying large language models, working with vector databases, and building evaluation systems for language models. Familiarity with information retrieval techniques is also required. Kapa.ai, founded in 2023, provides AI support and onboarding bots for developer-facing companies, enabling them to utilize existing technical resources to automatically answer developer queries. The company has garnered support from notable investors and has a team of eight. Kapa.ai's services are utilized by over 750,000 developers through various integrations, including website widgets and Slack bots. The company aims to improve the developer experience and reduce support needs for its clients, which include major firms like OpenAI and Mixpanel.