Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports

Senior Research Engineer - Experimental Engineering

Yonkers, NY · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$160kDetected 20 hours ago
PythonReactReact NativeFastAPIFull-Stack DevelopmentMachine LearningData EngineeringRAGA/B TestingUX ResearchResearchProblem SolvingMentoring

About the role

  • Research engineers operate 6+ months ahead of product roadmaps.
  • Your work will be essential to identifying opportunities and pushing our technological boundaries.
  • This is a full-time remote opportunity, with hybrid work available for candidates local to Consumer Reports offices in New York or Washington, D.C. This position is not eligibale for sponsorship or relocation assistance.

Responsibilities

  • Lead exploratory spikes, proof-of-concept projects, and early-stage prototyping end-to-end to test high-impact, forward-looking ideas.
  • Serve as a technical leader on AskCR, our RAG chatbot built on Consumer Reports' product testing, journalism, and advocacy work and own architectural decisions on retrieval, evaluation, and orchestration
  • Collaborate closely on technical planning, architecture, and implementation efforts for AskCR, our RAG chatbot built on Consumer Report's product testing, journalism and advocacy work.
  • You're comfortable being a senior voice on the team and making calls on technical direction, pushing back when something isn't worth building, and knowing when to kill a project.
  • You've built and shipped applied AI products t o consumers (building data pipelines, fine-tuning models, evaluating AI tools).

Requirements

  • You have deep experience as a full-stack software engineer, with additional depth and interest in applied research, particularly within AI/ML domains.
  • You are a problem solver.
  • You can take a vague problem and return with a crisp framing, a plan, and a working prototype without needing the path defined for you.
  • You are motivated by entrepreneurial challenges, comfortable navigating ambiguity, and experienced in rapidly iterating early ideas to test feasibility and viability.
  • You have practical understanding or curiosity regarding consumer rights, consumer advocacy, product ethics, and how responsible AI can empower individuals.

Nice to have

  • You have the experience.
  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • a Swiss army knife of engineering skill with demonstrated expertise in Python (particularly FastAPI), frontend development frameworks (ideally React and React Native) and AI orchestration.
  • You have a demonstrated curiosity for solving challenging and non-straightforward engineering problems
  • this might be reflected in a prior research engineering position, contributions to open source projects, self-directed programming projects, or something you'll surprise us with.
  • You have exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to cross-functional teams.
  • You have experience mentoring other engineers or otherwise multiplying the work of a team.

Compensation

  • It is expected that most qualified candidates will fall near the middle of the posted salary range.

Benefits

  • We offer medical benefits that start on your first day as a CR employee that include behavioral health coverage, family planning and a generous 401K match.
  • Cultivate a culture of curiosity, experimentation, rapid learning, and discovery.

Company info

  • Consumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to a fair and just marketplace for all. CR is known for our rigorous testing and trusted ratings on thousands of products and services. We report extensively on consumer trends and challenges, and survey millions of people in the U.S. each year. We leverage our evidence-based approach to advocate for consumer rights, working with policymakers and companies to find solutions for safer products and fair practices.
  • Our mission starts with you. We offer medical benefits that start on your first day as a CR employee that include behavioral health coverage, family planning and a generous 401K match. Learn more about how CR advocates on behalf of our employees.
  • Consumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to a fair and just marketplace for all.
  • CR is known for our rigorous testing and trusted ratings on thousands of products and services.
  • We report extensively on consumer trends and challenges, and survey millions of people in the U.S. each year.
  • We leverage our evidence-based approach to advocate for consumer rights, working with policymakers and companies to find solutions for safer products and fair practices.
  • Our mission starts with you.
  • Learn more about how CR advocates on behalf of our employees.
  • Identify strategic opportunities in emerging technologies (notably AI/ML) and translate these opportunities into actionable prototypes
  • Work collaboratively across cross-functional teams (Digital Product, Product Testing, User Research, Data Engineering, Advocacy) to share insights and ensure learnings are leveraged broadly across Consumer Reports.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • This is a full-time remote opportunity, with hybrid work available for candidates local to Consumer Reports offices in New York or Washington, D.C. This position is not eligibale for sponsorship or relocation assistance.
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