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Graduate Machine Learning Research Engineer

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Machine Learning Research Engineer
Were Unitary , a fast-growing AI startup building Virtual Agents that combine deterministic code, LLM reasoning, and human expertise to automate complex operational workflows. Our technology powers trust & safety systems at scale , analysing millions of images and videos daily for enterprise customers.

Backed by Creandum and Plural , with over $25M raised , were scaling rapidly and shaping a future where AI can make safe, fair, and reliable decisions online.

Were looking for a Machine Learning Research Engineer to pioneer how Virtual Agents are built, deployed, and scaled. Youll design an Agent Factory a system that can automatically generate agents from captured workflows, combining the speed of code with the reasoning power of AI.

Working closely with platform and ML teams, youll research, prototype, and productionise capabilities that let AI autonomously build reliable software workflows.

Design and build the Agent Factory to generate and deploy Virtual Agents
Integrate LLM-based reasoning with deterministic Python systems
Benchmark and iterate on automation quality through experimentation
Contribute to Unitarys ML research community and technical direction

Expert in Python and experienced with LLMs , Agentic AI , or code-generation systems
Strong engineering fundamentals (software design, testing, DevOps, MLOps)
Curious and inventive comfortable moving between research and implementation
Bonus: experience with workflow orchestration (e.g., Temporal ), browser automation ( Playwright ), CI/CD , Terraform , or scaling ML systems in production.

Remote-first across Europe/North America
~ Competitive salary + equity
~ Flexible hours and generous parental/sick leave
~ Join us to push the frontier of agentic automation where AI learns to build and operate systems that make the internet safer.

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