Applied Research Engineer – AI Agent Research, Development, Client Implementation

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🇯🇵 Japan – Remote

💵 ¥8M - ¥15M / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧠 AI Research Scientist

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GAIDOOR RECRUIT

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2018

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

GAIDOOR RECRUIT is a Tokyo-based recruitment agency that provides tailored recruitment solutions for startups and large companies, both local and global. The agency specializes in connecting highly-skilled Japanese and foreign professionals with growth-oriented businesses, focusing on IT, consulting, and startup sectors. GAIDOOR RECRUIT fosters mutual success and development by carefully assessing candidates' skills and career visions to match them with suitable job opportunities.

📋 Description

• Research, develop, and enhance advanced AI agents utilizing LLMs, RAG, and related AI technologies • Design and improve core AI agent logic, architectures, and workflows • Design and execute PoCs to validate research findings and evaluate practical business applications • Develop and implement AI agent solutions tailored to enterprise customer requirements • Design evaluation frameworks and continuous improvement processes for production AI agents • Conduct accuracy evaluations, benchmarking, prompt optimization, and workflow improvements • Translate customer business challenges into technical requirements with Product Managers and consultants • Lead technical decision-making through experimentation, validation, and hands-on implementation • Collaborate with AI/NLP researchers, engineers, Product Managers, and consultants • Apply insights from experiments and customer implementations to improve AI products and future research initiatives

🎯 Requirements

• Research experience in AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), or Machine Learning, including academic or industry research • Knowledge of and hands-on development experience with Generative AI technologies, including LLMs, RAG, or AI agents • Strong Python programming skills, with the ability to independently conduct experiments, evaluate results, and develop prototypes • Ability to evaluate technical validation results from both product development and business value perspectives • Ability to translate experimental findings into actionable technical improvements and product development decisions • Ability to reside in Japan • Experience designing, developing, or evaluating LLM-based AI agents and agent workflows • Experience developing AI evaluation frameworks, benchmarking systems, or accuracy evaluation processes • Experience leading customer-facing PoC projects or applied AI research and development initiatives • Experience commercializing research outcomes or integrating advanced AI technologies into production products • Knowledge of statistical modeling, Bayesian inference, or probabilistic modeling • Experience publishing or presenting research at international conferences, academic journals, or domestic research conferences • Experience working in corporate R&D organizations, AI startups, or research-driven product development environments • Passion for combining advanced AI research with practical business applications • Strong ownership and ability to independently drive research, experimentation, and implementation • Ability to bridge academic research, engineering, and enterprise business requirements • Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and technical decision-making skills • Comfortable working with evolving requirements and developing solutions through hypothesis-driven experimentation • Interest in collaborating with researchers, engineers, and enterprise customers to develop innovative AI products

🏖️ Benefits

• Salary review twice a year • Primarily full remote • Work from anywhere within Japan regardless of region • Flexible combination of remote and office-based work • Flex-time system • Core hours: 10:00 - 14:00 • 123 annual holidays • Five-day workweek (Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays off) • Year-end and New Year holidays • Paid annual leave • Maternity leave • Childcare leave • Full social insurance coverage • Corporate defined contribution pension plan • Up to ¥240,000 per year in financial support for professional development and AI-related activities • Transportation expenses • Regular health checkups • Influenza vaccinations • Company-provided PC (MacBook Pro) • Five-day onboarding program after joining • Opportunities for technical knowledge sharing and collaboration with AI researchers and engineers