Consumer Reports was founded in 1936 with a vision to create a safer, healthier, and more transparent marketplace by empowering consumers with trustworthy infor
Senior Research Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
8 days ago
Salary
$115K - $160K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Research Engineer
Consumer Reports
Role Description The Experimental Engineering team leads the engineering R&D efforts in new and emerging products at Consumer Reports. We're seeking a highly capable Senior Research Engineer to join our team and drive forward exploratory research engineering with particular focus on innovative applications of AI, machine learning, and emerging technologies. In this role, you’ll embark on ambitious early-stage engineering efforts, validate concepts through rapid prototypes, and translate timely experiments into actionable insights that guide Consumer Reports' strategic initiatives. 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 eligible for sponsorship or relocation assistance. How You'll Make An Impact: - Lead exploratory spikes, proof-of-concept projects, and early-stage prototyping end-to-end to test high-impact, forward-looking ideas. - Identify strategic opportunities in emerging technologies (notably AI/ML) and translate these opportunities into actionable prototypes. - 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. - 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. - Establish and refine practices for documenting experiments and synthesizing research outputs to maximize their organizational impact. - Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across the team. - Cultivate a culture of curiosity, experimentation, rapid learning, and discovery. Qualifications - Deep experience as a full-stack software engineer, with additional depth and interest in applied research, particularly within AI/ML domains. - Strong problem-solving skills. - Ability to take a vague problem and return with a crisp framing, a plan, and a working prototype without needing the path defined for you. - Motivated by entrepreneurial challenges, comfortable navigating ambiguity, and experienced in rapidly iterating early ideas to test feasibility and viability. - Comfortable being a senior voice on the team and making calls on technical direction. - Effective communication of experimental findings and engineering insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Understanding of the balance between near-term product delivery and longer-term investment in innovation. - Practical understanding or curiosity regarding consumer rights, consumer advocacy, product ethics, and how responsible AI can empower individuals. Requirements - 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. - Experience building and shipping applied AI products to consumers (building data pipelines, fine-tuning models, evaluating AI tools). - Demonstrated curiosity for solving challenging and non-straightforward engineering problems. - Track record of designing and building innovative prototypes from the ground up. - Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to communicate technical concepts to cross-functional teams. - Experience mentoring other engineers or otherwise multiplying the work of a team. Benefits - Medical benefits that start on your first day as a CR employee, including behavioral health coverage and family planning. - A generous 401K match. Company Description 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.
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