About Traverse

Traverse is a research data lab building reinforcement learning environments for frontier AI labs. We focus on the non-deterministic, taste-dependent work that makes up most of the economy and that nobody else has figured out how to train models on. We work directly with the labs building the most capable models on earth as a thought partner. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the Role

As a Research Scientist, you will design and build RL environments that teach models to do work that has historically required years of human expertise. You'll work at the boundary of research and domain knowledge, figuring out how to formalize what good performance looks like in messy, real-world domains and turning that into training signal that actually works. We're looking for people who think carefully about what makes a good environment, not just what makes a functional one. No prior ML or AI experience is required - we care about the ability to reason r...