Phaidra
AI Research Engineer
Phaidra
$93k - $168k
Remote, UK, USA, or Canada
Python
PyTorch
Ray

AI Research Engineer

Overview

Phaidra is building the future of industrial automation by creating AI-powered control systems for the industrial sector, enabling facilities to automatically learn and improve over time.

Job Description

Phaidra is a company focused on industrial automation using AI. They create AI-powered control systems that enable industrial facilities to learn and improve over time. The company is 100% remote and hires internationally.

Responsibilities

  • - Building robust ML pipelines for training, evaluation, and deployment of control algorithms
  • - Working with researchers to implement cutting-edge methods in Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning
  • - Collaborating with software engineers to integrate models into real-time systems
  • - Designing tools and infrastructure to support large-scale experimentation and iteration
  • - Performing rigorous evaluations on simulation and real-world data, and tuning models for safety, performance, and robustness
  • - Supporting reproducibility and code quality across the team

Required Skills

  • - 1+ years of prior experience in applied machine learning or software engineering
  • - Bachelor''s or Master''s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
  • - Proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX
  • - Strong foundations in supervised learning, reinforcement learning, or control systems
  • - Familiarity with common tools for experimentation (e.g., Ray, MLFlow, WandB, or similar)
  • - Ability to write high-quality, testable, and maintainable code
  • - Share our company values: Collaboration, Transparency, Operational Excellence, Ownership, and Empathy

Benefits

  • - Fast-paced and team-oriented environment
  • - Competitive compensation & equity
  • - Outsized responsibilities & professional development
  • - Training is foundational; functional, customer immersion, and development training
  • - Medical, dental, and vision insurance (exact benefits vary by region)
  • - Unlimited paid time off, with a minimum of 20 days off per year requirement
  • - Paid parental leave (exact benefits vary by region)
  • - Home office setup allowance, coworking space stipend, and company MacBook

About the company

Phaidra provides artificial intelligence controls to optimize mission critical facilities. Our closed-loop AI control service helps your operations team deliver step function improvements in plant stability, energy efficiency and sustainability.


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