Join the Ensemble

We're looking for exceptional researchers and engineers who believe intelligence is built through practice.

We're a small, focused team with outsized ambition. Everything we build is open-source and shared with the community. Based in Ontario, Canada, we work remote-friendly across North America.

Small team, big impact Open-source first Ontario, Canada Remote-friendly
I

Rigor

We hold ourselves to the highest scientific standards. Every claim is backed by evidence, every benchmark is reproducible.

II

Curiosity

We follow questions wherever they lead. The best research comes from genuine wonder about how intelligence works.

III

Craftsmanship

Like a musician perfecting a passage, we care deeply about the quality and elegance of our work, from code to papers.

IV

Openness

Our research, tools, and data are shared freely. We believe open science accelerates progress for everyone.

Find Your Part

Every voice in the ensemble matters. We're looking for people who bring both precision and passion.

5 roles available
Full-time Ontario / Remote

Research Scientist — Evaluation

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Design and build next-generation AI evaluation frameworks and benchmarks. You'll develop metrics that reveal true model capabilities beyond surface-level performance, working at the intersection of measurement science and machine learning.

Requirements: PhD or equivalent experience in ML/AI; publications in top venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL); strong Python and experiment design skills; deep interest in evaluation methodology.

Full-time Ontario / Remote

Research Engineer — Agents

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Build autonomous agents that learn from practice and structured self-improvement. You'll bridge cutting-edge research with production-quality engineering, creating systems that iterate, evaluate, and refine their own capabilities.

Requirements: Strong software engineering fundamentals; experience building or evaluating LLM-based agents; proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks; comfort with ambiguity and rapid prototyping.

Full-time Ontario / Remote

Research Scientist — Vision

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Advance multimodal understanding and visual reasoning research. You'll work on problems at the frontier of how AI systems perceive, interpret, and reason about the visual world, bridging computer vision with language understanding.

Requirements: PhD in computer vision, multimodal ML, or related field; publications at top venues (CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS); experience with vision-language models; strong experimental methodology.

Full-time Ontario / Remote

Software Engineer — Infrastructure

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Build the scalable evaluation infrastructure and open-source tooling that powers our research. You'll design systems that handle large-scale model evaluation, data pipelines, and developer-facing APIs that the community depends on.

Requirements: Strong systems programming (Go, Rust, or Python); experience with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure; track record of building reliable, well-documented open-source tools.

Internship · 12–16 weeks Ontario / Remote

Research Intern — Summer 2026

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A 12–16 week research program for PhD students working on evaluation, agents, or vision. You'll collaborate closely with our team on a focused research project with the goal of producing publishable work and open-source contributions.

Requirements: Currently enrolled in a PhD program in ML, AI, or related field; strong research track record; familiarity with at least one of our focus areas (evaluation, agents, vision).

The Ensemble's Benefits

Everything you need to do your best work, with room to grow.

Compensation & Equity

Competitive salary with meaningful equity. We share the upside with everyone who helps build Etude AI.

Health Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.

Flexible Work

Remote-friendly across North America with flexible hours. We care about output, not where you sit.

Conference Travel

Budget for attending and presenting at top research conferences worldwide.

Publication Support

We actively support and encourage publishing your research in top-tier venues.

Learning Stipend

Annual stipend for courses, books, workshops, and anything that helps you grow.

Don't see your role?

We're always looking for exceptional people. If you share our passion for rigorous AI research and open science, we'd love to hear from you.

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