AI Research Engineer - Reinforcement Learning in Turkey at Jobgether
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Job Description
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for an AI Research Engineer - Reinforcement Learning in Turkey.
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of artificial intelligence research, developing advanced reinforcement learning systems designed for real-world applications. The role focuses on building intelligent, adaptive AI models capable of optimizing decision-making across dynamic and complex environments. As part of a globally distributed research team, you will contribute to cutting-edge experimentation involving large-scale reinforcement learning, multi-modal architectures, and resource-efficient AI systems. You will collaborate closely with researchers, engineers, and cross-functional teams to design, test, and deploy innovative RL algorithms that push the boundaries of model performance and scalability. The position combines deep technical research with hands-on implementation, making it ideal for professionals passionate about solving complex AI challenges. This role offers the opportunity to shape next-generation AI capabilities within a highly innovative, remote-first environment.
- Design, develop, and implement advanced reinforcement learning algorithms to optimize decision-making processes across simulated and real-world environments.
- Build, execute, monitor, and evaluate large-scale reinforcement learning experiments while tracking key performance indicators and benchmark results.
- Develop and curate high-quality simulation environments and training datasets tailored to domain-specific reinforcement learning challenges.
- Optimize reinforcement learning pipelines by identifying and resolving issues related to exploration strategies, policy divergence, reward signal instability, and computational efficiency.
- Improve policy performance, convergence stability, and sample efficiency through advanced optimization techniques and iterative experimentation.
- Collaborate with engineering and research teams to integrate reinforcement learning agents into production systems and real-world applications.
- Define measurable success metrics and continuously monitor deployed RL systems to ensure robustness, scalability, and sustained performance improvements.
- Contribute to ongoing AI research initiatives by exploring innovative RL methodologies, model architectures, and training frameworks.
- Document experimental findings, technical approaches, and research outcomes to support knowledge sharing and continuous innovation.
- Degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field; PhD preferred.
- Strong research background in reinforcement learning, machine learning, NLP, or AI-related disciplines with proven contributions to advanced AI research initiatives.
- Hands-on experience conducting large-scale reinforcement learning experiments, including online RL methods such as Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO).
- Deep understanding of reinforcement learning concepts including policy gradients, actor-critic methods, GRPO, exploration-exploitation tradeoffs, and policy optimization techniques.
- Strong expertise in PyTorch and reinforcement learning frameworks, including experience building end-to-end RL pipelines.
- Experience developing, training, evaluating, and deploying reinforcement learning systems in production or large-scale research environments.
- Proven ability to solve complex RL challenges such as sample inefficiency, training instability, reward optimization, and convergence issues.
- Experience working with multi-modal AI systems and resource-efficient model architectures is considered a strong advantage.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and experimentation skills with a research-driven mindset.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities within distributed and cross-functional teams.
- Fully remote work environment with global collaboration opportunities.
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI and reinforcement learning technologies.
- Exposure to advanced multi-modal architectures and large-scale AI research initiatives.
- Flexible and innovation-focused work culture that encourages experimentation and continuous learning.
- Collaboration with highly skilled international AI researchers and engineers.
- Opportunity to contribute to impactful AI systems with real-world applications.
- Career growth opportunities within a rapidly evolving global technology environment.
- Dynamic and fast-paced setting focused on innovation, research excellence, and technical ownership.