VP of AI Research and Development, Trilogy (Remote) - $200,000/year USD

Crossover is the world's #1 source of full-time remote jobs. Our clients offer top-tier pay for top-tier talent. We're recruiting this role for our client, Trilogy. Have you got what it takes? Do you find yourself frustrated by groundbreaking discoveries gathering dust in corporate archives, or by having to dilute your technical findings for non-experts? We are looking for a dynamic individual with a passion for cutting-edge AI research to join us as a thought leader in this field. In this role, you'll immerse yourself in what excites you most: coding to test emerging AI technologies, setting up automated benchmarks, and identifying the most challenging edge cases. You'll have the autonomy to publicly share your insights, influencing how over 150 enterprise software companies integrate AI, pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities, and pioneering transformative approaches. Embrace the AI-first ethos as a solo powerhouse, achieving feats that would typically require large teams, by researching and engineering groundbreaking AI solutions and architectures. Free from bureaucratic constraints, your focus will be on unlocking AI's vast potential. Your day-to-day will involve crafting prototypes, conducting experiments, and generating comprehensive technical content for engineering teams to deploy. Your research won't fade into obscurity but will directly shape AI systems' construction and deployment across industries. If the idea of discovering new AI capabilities, scrutinizing vendor claims, and crafting innovative solutions excites you—and if you thrive on sharing these insights—this role is your ideal fit. Within a year, you'll emerge as a leading authority on AI's practical boundaries and potentials. Are you ready to redefine AI's limits? Apply now. What You Will Be Doing • Engage in coding to test and evaluate AI tools and their capabilities • Develop prototype implementations to probe technical constraints • Design automated testing frameworks for systematic tool analysis • Construct proof-of-concept integrations to assess vendor assertions • Generate daily technical research documents from hands-on testing • Regularly write blog posts and Twitter updates to share your findings • Craft bold, evidence-backed perspectives on AI implementation • Grow a following of 50K+ technical professionals who trust your insights What You Won’t Be Doing • Overseeing teams or strategic roadmaps • Drafting high-level strategy documents • Developing production systems • Participating in endless meetings • Creating reports that remain unimplemented VP Of AI Research And Development Key Responsibilities Create authoritative technical research and implementation guidance that empowers portfolio companies to leverage AI capabilities and sustain a competitive edge in AI adoption. Basic Requirements • Profound knowledge of LLM architectures, capabilities, and constraints • Practical experience with prompt engineering and model assessment • Strong programming skills in multiple languages • Experience in building automated testing and benchmarking frameworks • Demonstrated ability to quickly prototype and evaluate new technologies • Proven history of clear technical writing and public engagement • Strong analytical prowess to identify patterns and derive actionable insights • Comfortable with forming and defending bold technical stances • Passionate about daily content creation and public sharing About Trilogy Hundreds of software businesses run on the Trilogy Business Platform. For three decades, Trilogy has been known for 3 things: Relentlessly seeking top talent, Innovating new technology, and incubating new businesses. Our technological innovation is spearheaded by a passion for simple customer-facing designs. Our incubation of new businesses ranges from entirely new moon-shot ideas to rearchitecting existing projects for today's modern cloud-based stack. Trilogy is a place where you can be surrounded with great people, be proud of doing great work, and grow your career by leaps and bounds. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you! Working with Crossover This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover. The compensation level for this role is $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic. What To Expect Next • You will receive an email with a link to start your self-paced, online job application. • Our hiring platform will guide you through a series of online “screening” assessments to check for basic job fit, job-related skills, and finally a few real-world job-specific assignments. Important! If you do not receive an email from us: • First, emails may take up to 15 minutes to send, refresh and check again. • Second, check your spam and junk folders for an email from Crossover.com, mark as “Not Spam” since you will receive other emails as well. • Third, we will send to whatever email account you indicated on the Apply form - by default, that is the email address you use as your LinkedIn username and it might be different than the one you have already checked. • If all else fails, just reset your password by visiting https://www.crossover.com/auth/password-recovery if you already applied using LinkedIn EasyApply. 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