Applied Research Engineer, Agents at Hebbia

About Hebbia

Hebbia is an AI platform for finance professionals, founded in 2020. Backed by Peter Thiel and Andreessen Horowitz, the company powers investment decisions for major clients including BlackRock, KKR, and Carlyle, managing over $30 trillion in assets globally.

About the team

The Agents team builds document understanding, copiloting, and retrieval capabilities. They've developed custom multi-agent frameworks and distributed systems infrastructure for handling enterprise-scale data.

Responsibilities

Analyze complex data types to implement cutting edge insight generation systems

Explore new LLM and NLP techniques to maintain industry leadership

Develop and deploy data-driven models using statistics and machine learning

Collaborate cross-functionally to improve NLP and LLM capabilities

Integrate agentic capabilities into production systems

Stay current with research advancements

Requirements

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

7+ years software development at startups or top tech firms (ML focus)

Strong Python proficiency

NLP library experience (NLTK, SpaCy, Apache Tika)

Search and indexing technology knowledge

Foundation model and API experience

Statistical analysis skills

Preferred

Master's degree in CS, Mathematics, or ML

Agentic systems or LLM product experience

Regular use of AI development tools (Cursor, Claude Code)

Compensation

Salary Range: $160,000 - $300,000 USD

Benefits

Unlimited PTO, medical, dental, vision insurance, 401K, daily catered lunch, parental leave (3-4 months), $15K fertility benefits, competitive equity.