AI Research Engineer

Overview

PostHog ships every product that companies need to run their business from their first day, to the day they IPO, and beyond. The operating system for folks who build software. We started with open-source product analytics and have since shipped more than a dozen products, including a built-in data warehouse, a customer data platform, and PostHog AI. Next on the roadmap are CRM, Workflow, revenue analytics, and support products. We are product-led, well-funded, and focused on building an awesome product for end users, hiring exceptional teammates, shipping fast, and being as weird as possible.

We are focused on building an awesome product for end users, hiring exceptional teammates, shipping fast, and being as weird as possible.

What makes this role unique

PostHog is working on product (and then, later, business) autonomy. When you open an editor, you shouldn't be typing "please build me X", X should already be built for you. We track more products across more dimensions than any other company, with data points across events, errors, session replays, and revenue data. The goal is to use this data to fix bugs, listen to what customers are asking for, or internal conversations, and ship those things so engineering takes the next step forward. You will have autonomy, be close to customers, work on scrappy teams, and influence what we actually ship. The job involves training, fine tuning and running models to deepen our ability to achieve product autonomy, and you will help determine priorities as there are many potential impactful areas to ship. We are building a new team for this purpose, working closely with one of the founders. You will need either a strong background in maths (and able to code) or have worked on training models previously.

On the finance side, we have around $150M in balance, we are default alive and have a history of rapid growth and strong margins. This will be fast and intense, as product autonomy is a chaotic area with rapid changes. This role requires comfort with uncertainty and a proactive, self-starting mindset.

If you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you - we're happy to accommodate.

Responsibilities

• Train, fine tune and run models to deepen product autonomy and improve how we ship and prioritize work.
• Help identify areas to prioritize, in collaboration with founders and cross-functional teams.
• Work on building a new team focused on product autonomy, operating with close collaboration to founders.
• Engage with customers and internal stakeholders to understand needs and feedback, guiding development priorities.

Qualifications

• Strong background in mathematics (and able to code) OR experience in training models previously.

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