Principal Research Engineer, Post-Training

Character·Redwood City, CA·Posted 22 June 2026

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About the Role and Team As a Principal Research Engineer on the Post-Training team, you will drive the technical vision, execution, and evolution of the systems that transform foundation models into intelligent, engaging, and aligned products. Specifically, your team focuses on post-training of top-tier OSS LLMs (such as Mistral and Qwen) to power the highly immersive role-playing chat features of Character.AI http://Character.AI. You will lead initiatives spanning data, algorithms, infrastructure, and evaluation, helping define how our models learn from feedback and improve over time. This is a highly cross-functional role that combines deep technical expertise with organizational leadership. You will partner closely with researchers, engineers, product teams, and infrastructure teams to identify the highest-leverage opportunities for improving model performance and user experience. Your work will directly shape the conversational experiences of millions of users every day. At Character.AI http://Character.AI, you will have the opportunity to influence both the direction of our research and the systems that bring it into production, helping build the next generation of AI…

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