Forward Deployed Engineer, Rl Environments

Labelbox

San Francisco Bay Area, US
Base: $140,000 - $200,000 usd; bonus/equity: not s...
On-site
2+ years professional software engineering experience
Strong python and systems-level language skills
Experience with containerization and sandboxing
Labelbox is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to design and operationalize reinforcement learning environments in a high-impact, startup-like atmosphere. The ideal candidate will possess strong software engineering skills, particularly in Python and systems-level languages, with a focus on building robust, containerized environments for AI training

Job Summary

  • This role involves owning the design and development of reproducible, sandboxed execution environments for AI agents during training and evaluation.
  • The team operates with high agency and rapid execution, focusing on impact over process in a startup-like environment within a well-funded company.
  • You will build critical infrastructure that solves bottlenecks in agentic AI training by ensuring environments are robust, observable, and deterministic.

Matching Summary

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Labelbox is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to design and operationalize reinforcement learning environments in a high-impact, startup-like atmosphere. The ideal candidate will possess strong software engineering skills, particularly in Python and systems-level languages, with a focus on building robust, containerized environments for AI training.

Salary

Base: $140,000 - $200,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 2+ years professional software engineering experience
  • Strong Python and systems-level language skills
  • Experience with containerization and sandboxing
  • Familiarity with RL concepts like MDPs and reward shaping
  • Experience building developer tooling or CLI tools
  • Comfort with browser automation or terminal interaction

Nice-to-have

  • Direct experience building RL environments like Gymnasium
  • Experience with agentic AI evaluation frameworks
  • Familiarity with GCP or AWS infrastructure
  • Prior work at an AI data company or research lab
  • Contributions to open-source projects in RL or agents

Key Requirements

  • 2+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Proficiency in Python and Go, Rust, or C++
  • Production experience with Docker, Podman, or Firecracker

Work Rights

Not specified

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