Founding Applied Research Engineer

Join Lucidic AI as a Founding Applied Research Engineer to develop and deploy cutting-edge optimization algorithms for enterprise AI agents. You will work directly with customers to understand their agent systems and build solutions that measurably improve accuracy, reliability, and performance.

• Design and implement optimization algorithms (RL, genetic algorithms, search-based methods) for agent systems
• Work directly with enterprise customers to understand their agent architectures and pain points
• Build evaluation frameworks and benchmarks to measure agent performance improvements
• Collaborate with the product team to translate research insights into scalable product features
• Publish technical blog posts and contribute to the broader AI community
• Help define the technical roadmap for Lucidic's optimization platform

• Strong background in machine learning, reinforcement learning, or optimization
• Experience building and deploying ML systems in production
• Proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work directly with customers
• Self-motivated with ability to thrive in an early-stage startup environment