Electrical Engineer (Data Centers) JobotElectrical Engineer (Data Centers)New York, NY$125,000–$165,000 / yearInformation collected and processed as part of your Jobot candidate profile, and any job applications, resumes, or other information you choose to submit is subject to Jobot's Privacy Policy, as well as the Jobot California Worker Privacy Notice and Jobot Notice Regarding Automated Employment Decision Tools which are available at jobot.com/legal. With experience spanning Mission Critical Facilities, Data Center, Healthcare, and Research & Technology, we are constantly evolving with the latest advancements to deliver forward-thinking solutions and a strong commitment to client services.
Mechanical Engineer (Data Centers) JobotMechanical Engineer (Data Centers)New York, NY$110,000–$155,000 / yearThis role involves full-cycle project work, including existing conditions assessments, design development, production of construction documents, and construction administration for complex facilities such as Data Centers, Critical Infrastructure Buildings, and Mission Critical Healthcare Facilities. Information collected and processed as part of your Jobot candidate profile, and any job applications, resumes, or other information you choose to submit is subject to Jobot's Privacy Policy, as well as the Jobot California Worker Privacy Notice and Jobot Notice Regarding Automated Employment Decision Tools which are available at jobot.com/legal.
NewSoftware Development Engineer JobotSoftware Development EngineerBayonne, NJ$65–$80 / hourDevelopers at this level are building greater independence, taking ownership of small to medium-sized work items, and strengthening their core engineering skills across multiple application layers, including user interfaces, services, APIs, and data. Our teams include professionals across software engineering, product development, clinical informatics, research, and healthcare technology who share a commitment to reducing complexity and improving outcomes for patients and providers.
Senior AI Engineer JobotSenior AI EngineerNew York, NY$225,000–$280,000 / yearInformation collected and processed as part of your Jobot candidate profile, and any job applications, resumes, or other information you choose to submit is subject to Jobot's Privacy Policy, as well as the Jobot California Worker Privacy Notice and Jobot Notice Regarding Automated Employment Decision Tools which are available at jobot.com/legal. The product sits at the intersection of AI, automation, and real world impact, using LLMs and agentic systems to replace hours or weeks of manual work with intelligent, scalable software.
Product Engineer Battery Additives JouléProduct Engineer Battery AdditivesFranklin Township, NJ$28–$36 / hourCandidates from battery materials, specialty chemicals, paints & coatings, inks, adhesives & sealants, polymers, ceramics, catalysts, nanomaterials, composites, semiconductors, electronic materials, conductive inks, carbon materials, fuel cells, solar materials, cosmetics, food science, additive manufacturing, mining/mineral processing, powder metallurgy, or other powder-, slurry-, dispersion-, or coating-based manufacturing environments are encouraged to apply. Ideal for candidates with academic research (batteries / chemistry oriented), internships, co-ops, or industry experience involving formulation development, powder processing, slurry preparation, coatings, materials characterization, and process scale-up.
NewApplications Engineer - Manufactured Products System OneApplications Engineer - Manufactured ProductsButler, NJ$28–$30 / hourTo a lesser degree, the Applications Engineer will assist in processing orders (received via mail, fax, phone or e-mail) and handling quotations, lead-time requests and estimated delivery requests. Talk through and understand typical applications of manufactured products as explained by customers and provide potential solutions based on product performance knowledge and published information.
Specialty Software Engineer 3 - Contingent Pinnacle Technical ResourcesSpecialty Software Engineer 3 - ContingentIselin,, New JerseyContractorWe are seeking a Lead Protocol Engineer to help build a cutting-edge Digital Asset Platform focused on solving one of the biggest challenges in institutional finance—delivering regulatory compliance while preserving transaction confidentiality. This role sits at the intersection of cryptography, blockchain infrastructure, and high-performance distributed systems, offering the opportunity to design and develop core protocol components from the ground up.
NewStaff Engineer System OneStaff EngineerParsippany, NJ$50,000–$70,000 / yearCoordinates the planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering projects within area of assigned responsibility by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors. Coordinate the planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of geotechnical engineering projects within the assigned responsibility area.
Software Engineer Java EKS SQL Github Kforce Inc.Software Engineer Java EKS SQL GithubJersey City, NJ$65–$75Providing business requirements and translate them into detailed designs, consider the best strategy to ensure design meets performance, security, usability, and reliability and scalability requirements. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs.
NewCivil Engineer/Drafter LeidosCivil Engineer/DrafterBreezy Point, NY$59,150–$106,925The National Airspace Systems Integration Support (NISC) program at Leidos is seeking a Drafting Engineer to provide support to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Central Service Area - Engineering Services Group located in the FAA’s Jamaica New York Office. Knowledge of National Airspace System Equipment Tower (NASET), National Airspace System Equipment Building (NASEB), Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC), power, general building construction techniques, Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT)s, fire detection, security, site work.
NewProject Engineer Oerlikon Surface SolutionsProject EngineerWestbury, NY$75,000–$100,000 / yearli>Generates project proposal activities including quotations, scheduling, and specifying the required project tasks and goals; inclusive of designing test plans and performing thermal spray processing. The perks and benefits of working at Oerlikon include the following: Comprehensive medical and prescription drug plan with low premiums, company sponsored HSA contributions and without cumbersome waiting periods to keep you going strong.
Sr. Cloud Engineer EclaroSr. Cloud EngineerNew York, NY$80–$94 / hourFull timeMust have at least 5 years of solid hands on knowledge of Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM tools (HDL, HCM Extracts, BIP Reports, OTBI Reports, Fast Formulas, HCM REST APIs, Workflows, Page & Application Composers & Visual Builder Studio). The role involves hands on development in Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM and needs solid experience with HCM Extracts, HCM BI Publisher Reports, HCM HDL, Fast Formulas, HCM OTBI reports, HCM Workflows & ESS and other HCM tools.
Area Project Engineer II Linde North AmericaArea Project Engineer IIMurray Hill, NJFull timeLead development of customer and project specific documentation for the project; installation drawings, risk assessment/HAZOPs, Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR), commissioning procedures, customer presentations/progress reports, customer turnover manual, Lessons Learned/project close-out reports, etc. Messer is the world's largest privately held industrial gases company and what we do matters because it is woven into every part of life, from the medical gases that patients rely on to the essential elements needed to safely and sustainably produce the goods our communities depend on.
Research Engineer NYU Langone HealthResearch EngineerNew York, NY$84,577.92–$130,000Full timeem>For more information, go tomed.nyu.edu, and interact with us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Facebook, TwitterandInstagram. Under the mentorship of internationally renowned leaders Dr. Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, Dr. Sommer Gentry, PhD, and Dr. Michal Mankowski, PhD the Research Engineer will join a multidisciplinary team committed to addressing critical challenges in organ transplantation and improving patient outcomes.
Research Engineer NYU Langone Medical CenterResearch EngineerNew York, NY$84,577.92–$130,000 / yearUnder the mentorship of internationally renowned leaders Dr. Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, Dr. Sommer Gentry, PhD, and Dr. Michal Mankowski, PhD the Research Engineer will join a multidisciplinary team committed to addressing critical challenges in organ transplantation and improving patient outcomes. Since you will be working in an interdisciplinary team of engineers, clinicians, and scientists, it is imperative that you have the ability to articulate complex technical concepts in a way that they are understood by a non-technical audience.
Senior AI/ML Research Engineer CACISenior AI/ML Research EngineerFlorham Park, New JerseyPay Range: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Research and develop innovative capabilities that incorporate machine learning and other advanced concepts in areas such as federated learning, network analysis, resource allocation & planning, and robust communications in challenging networking environments.
Research Engineer - Plasma Equipment Princeton NuEnergyResearch Engineer - Plasma EquipmentMonmouth Junction, NJBuilt on a proprietary closed-loop platform PNEs high-performing technologies span multiple high-growth materials businesses including Rejuvenation Cathode-to-Cathode direct recycling Advanced Black Mass production Upcycled CAM and more - strengthening the domestic battery supply chain and supporting U.S. energy independence and national security priorities. Princeton NuEnergy PNE is an advanced materials manufacturing and technology company with the most cost-effective and capital-efficient process for the production of battery-grade cathode active material CAM for lithium-ion batteries.
Senior Research Engineer - Experimental Engineering Consumer ReportsSenior Research Engineer - Experimental EngineeringYonkers, New YorkRemoteWork 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. 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.
Research Engineer New York University School of MedicineResearch EngineerNY$84,577.92–$130,000 / yearUnder the mentorship of internationally renowned leaders Dr. Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, Dr. Sommer Gentry, PhD, and Dr. Michal Mankowski, PhD the Research Engineer will join a multidisciplinary team committed to addressing critical challenges in organ transplantation and improving patient outcomes. For 175 years, NYU Grossman School of Medicine has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history and enrich the lives of countless people.
NewSenior Lead Research Engineer – Hawthorne, NY Charles Kriston GroupSenior Lead Research Engineer – Hawthorne, NYHawthorne, NY$90,000–$120,000 / yearLocated at a premier corporate campus in central Westchester County, working in Hawthorne offers the ultimate blend of lifestyle, convenience, and accessibility: The Perfect Commute: Skip the grueling gridlock and parking costs of New York City while remaining just a short drive or an easy Metro-North train ride away from Manhattan. Prime Accessibility: Situated immediately off major transit arteries (Sprain Brook Parkway, Saw Mill River Parkway, and I-287), making it a low-stress, highly reverse-commutable drive from anywhere in New York, Connecticut, or northern New Jersey.
Applied Research Engineer Salesforce IncApplied Research EngineerNY$197,300–$313,700 / yearp>Salesforce AI is looking for talented software and platform engineers to embed in our AI team to bridge the gap between frontier AI technology and customer-facing reality. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.
Principal Research Engineer AEC Data - Generative AI, East Coast United States Autodesk IncPrincipal Research Engineer AEC Data - Generative AI, East Coast United StatesNJul>Collaborate with other engineers and scientists to develop scalable data pipelines for diverse AEC data sources used in production ML systems, including BIM, CAD, and infrastructure design data. Work with large-scale, multi-modal datasets including text and geometric data, to design novel preprocessing, augmentation, analysis and content understanding.
Research Engineer, Pre-Training Jump Trading, LLCResearch Engineer, Pre-TrainingNew York, NY$300,000–$350,000 / yearYou''ll own and drive the entire training stack: building fault-tolerant infrastructure that scales across thousands of GPUs and TPUs with near-linear performance, engineering data pipelines that stream terabytes per second as our models train on petabytes of data from every corner of the global markets, and designing custom kernels that unlock 10x efficiency gains. Co-designing novel architectures with researchers and pioneering cutting-edge approaches to mixed-precision training and model parallelism, you''ll have the latest generation hardware at your disposal.
RESEARCH ENGINEER I Inteplast Group CorpRESEARCH ENGINEER ILivingston, NJIf you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at applicantaccommodation@inteplast.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Capable of effectively managing job-related stress and fostering productive workplace interactions.
AI Research Engineer, Inference Hudson River Trading LLCAI Research Engineer, InferenceNY$250,000–$300,000 / yearul>Strong engineering skills, especially any of: CUDA/Triton/Pallas/CuTe DSL kernel development, lower-level PyTorch/JAX/XLA development, CUDA Graphs, FPGA/ASIC experience. HAIL (HRT AI Labs) is the team at HRT responsible for developing and maintaining our most powerful models, which are used by our trading teams to drive a significant fraction of our trading.
Senior AI/ML Research Engineer CACI International IncSenior AI/ML Research EngineerFlorham Park, NJ$113,200–$237,800 / yearPay Range: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Research and develop innovative capabilities that incorporate machine learning and other advanced concepts in areas such as federated learning, network analysis, resource allocation & planning, and robust communications in challenging networking environments.
AI Research Engineer, Pre-Training Hudson River Trading LLCAI Research Engineer, Pre-TrainingNY$250,000–$300,000 / yearul>Strong engineering skills, especially any of: CUDA/Triton/Pallas/CuTe DSL kernel development, lower-level PyTorch/JAX/XLA development, CUDA Graphs, FPGA/ASIC experience. HAIL (HRT AI Labs) is the team at HRT responsible for developing and maintaining our most powerful models, which are used by our trading teams to drive a significant fraction of our trading.
Adversarial AI & Research Engineer Salesforce IncAdversarial AI & Research EngineerNY$148,500–$223,900 / yearli>Innovate in AI attack techniques by combining cutting-edge academic research with proven offensive security methods to establish new Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures, and operationalize emerging research to keep assessments aligned with the state of the art. Proven experience leading complex technical projects and/or mentoring security teams, with exceptional ability to communicate high-stakes technical risks to both engineering and executive audiences.
NewResearch Engineer, Rule of Law Anthropic PBCResearch Engineer, Rule of LawNew York City, NY$320,000–$485,000 / yearAlthough our work will evolve over time, it currently spans three broad areas: Assuring that our AI agents rigorously obey the law: evaluations and fine-tuning to assess and improve how models process legal constraints, including alignment work in settings where defining the optimization objective is hard and novel techniques may needed. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.
Research Engineer, Machine Learning RL Velocity Anthropic PBCResearch Engineer, Machine Learning RL VelocityNew York City, NY$500,000–$850,000 / yearThis research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences. As a Research Engineer on the team, you'll build and improve the core platform that underpins how we do RL at Anthropic, removing bottlenecks that slow down research and making it easier for the broader org to ship better models faster.
Research Engineer, Code RL Reinforcement Learning Anthropic PBCResearch Engineer, Code RL Reinforcement LearningNew York City, NY$500,000–$850,000 / yearYou''ll design RL environments and coding tasks, build the reward signals and verifiers that capture what "good code" means, run training experiments on frontier models, diagnose why a model does (or doesn''t) get better at a class of software-engineering work, and improve the speed and reliability of the pipelines that make all of that iterate fast. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.
Senior Research Engineer Zebra Technologies CorporationSenior Research EngineerMorris Plains, New JerseyWe are committed to providing our employees with a benefits program that is comprehensive and competitive – including healthcare, wellness, inclusion networks, and continued learning and development offerings. To protect candidates from falling victim to online fraudulent activity involving fake job postings and employment offers, please be aware our recruiters will always connect with you via @zebra.com email accounts.
Machine Learning Research Engineer Optiver Holding BVMachine Learning Research EngineerNYMotivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you'll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions.
Senior Specialist, Security Research Engineer L3Harris Technologies IncSenior Specialist, Security Research EngineerNYRemote$111,500–$207,500 / yearWith customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. Job Description: Working at Trenchant means working alongside the best security researchers and product engineers from across the security research and intelligence communities.
Research Engineer Thomson Reuters CorpResearch EngineerNew York, NY$101,600–$188,700 / yearFinally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan. About You A Bachelor of Science degree, computer science or related field At least 2 years software engineering experience, ideally in the context of machine learning and natural language processing Experience and understanding of Python software development stacks and ecosystems, ideally also experience with other programming languages and ecosystems.
Security Research Engineer PensarSecurity Research EngineerNew York, NY$120,000–$175,000You'll be on the front lines of customer engagements — using our open source tool Apex to run pentests, curate and present findings, and stand up our platform inside customer environments. In parallel, you'll drive original offensive and open source security research, and feed everything you learn in the field back into the product so Pensar keeps getting sharper as a pentesting platform.
Research Engineer, Model Evaluations Anthropic PBCResearch Engineer, Model EvaluationsNew York City, NY$320,000–$485,000 / yearStand up a new eval that tests a specific reasoning capability from scratch - define the task, build the dataset, implement the scoring, validate against known signals, and ship a dashboard that makes the result legible. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.
Research Engineers, Agents Distyl AI IncResearch Engineers, AgentsNY$150,000–$250,000 / yearAs a result, Distyls technologies affect some of the worlds largest operations - from hundreds of millions of consumer interactions to tens of millions of supply chain transactions and millions of patient journeys. Experience Building Agentic Systems: You have built AI systems that use models, tools, retrieval, planning, memory, or multi-step execution to complete real tasks.
Research Engineers, Data Distyl AI IncResearch Engineers, DataNY$150,000–$250,000 / yearThis role is for engineers who are excited to investigate how AI systems should be designed, rapidly prototype new ideas, and turn promising concepts into reliable systems that work inside real customer environments. As a result, Distyls technologies affect some of the worlds largest operations - from hundreds of millions of consumer interactions to tens of millions of supply chain transactions and millions of patient journeys.
Research Engineers, Post-Training Distyl AI IncResearch Engineers, Post-TrainingNY$150,000–$250,000 / yearThis role is for engineers who are excited to investigate how AI systems should be designed, rapidly prototype new ideas, and turn promising concepts into reliable systems that work inside real customer environments. As a result, Distyls technologies affect some of the worlds largest operations - from hundreds of millions of consumer interactions to tens of millions of supply chain transactions and millions of patient journeys.
NewStaff AI Research Engineer Duolingo IncStaff AI Research EngineerNew York, NY$220,800–$331,200 / yearAt Duolingo, you'll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems, running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record as an AI research engineer, with extensive experience across various machine learning techniques including large language models, multi-armed bandits, and more.
NewSenior Applied AI Research Engineer MonstroSenior Applied AI Research EngineerNew York City, New YorkThis is a deeply technical role with real scope: you'll architect and ship systems that power AI-driven financial analysis, build the tooling and infrastructure that domain experts rely on, and set the engineering bar for how we build AI systems responsibly in a regulated industry. Final compensation will depend on a variety of factors, including experience, skills, internal leveling, and market conditions, and will be offered within the stated range in accordance with applicable pay transparency laws.
AI Research Engineer: Vision AI / VLM / Physical AI Centific Global Solutions IncAI Research Engineer: Vision AI / VLM / Physical AINY$140,000–$150,000 / yearWe harness the power of an integrated solution ecosystem-comprising industry-leading partnerships and 1.8 million vertical domain experts in more than 230 markets-to create contextual, multilingual, pre-trained datasets; fine-tuned, industry-specific LLMs; and RAG pipelines supported by vector databases. You'll explore innovative techniques like those used to transform real-world spaces into immersive 3D models-such as the 3D Reconstruction projects -and work with cutting-edge architectures like VGG-T (Visual Geometry Grounded Transformers), known for advancing deep learning in vision tasks.
Senior LLM Research Engineer - Artificial Intelligence Bloomberg LPSenior LLM Research Engineer - Artificial IntelligenceNY$165,000–$260,000 / yearCollaborate with colleagues on building and applying LLMs for production systems and applications Write test and maintain production quality code Train, tune, evaluate, and continuously improve LLMs using large amounts of high-quality data to develop state-of-the-art financial NLP models Demonstrate technical leadership by owning cross-team projects Stay current with the latest research in AI NLP and LLMs and incorporate new findings into our models and methodologies Represent Bloomberg at scientific and industry conferences and in open-source communities Publish product and research findings in documentation, whitepapers, or publications to leading academic venues. We are expanding our group and seeking highly skilled individuals who will be responsible for contributing to the team or teams of Machine Learning (ML) and Software Engineers that are bringing innovative solutions to AI-driven customer-facing products.
NewSenior Research Data Engineer (US) PointClickCare Technologies IncSenior Research Data Engineer (US)NYRemote$178,800–$198,600 / yearTransform messy, silver tables into curated, semantically rich, clean and documented gold datasets suitable for AI model development, including datasets and features reusable for AI development across projects. What you build will be a highly leveraged asset, relied on by multiple AI model system creators across the full R&D lifecycle: EDA, experiments, model development, evaluation, and operational sustaining--supporting AI work ranging from classical ML to the latest generative and agentic approaches.
Senior Security Research Engineer Automattic IncSenior Security Research EngineerNYRemote$70,000–$170,000 / yearClassification of protected categories is as follows: A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability. An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.
Experienced Research Engineer Hudson River Trading LLCExperienced Research EngineerNew York, NY$200,000–$300,000 / yearExamples include: • Designing highly customized quantitative systems that enable Algo Developers to easily express and backtest new predictive signals. Optimize both the mechanics and ergonomics of Algo Developer research workflows; this requires developing a deep intuition for research methodologies.
Research Engineer, Safeguards Labs Anthropic PBCResearch Engineer, Safeguards LabsNew York City, NY$350,000–$850,000 / yearWe prototype new approaches to safe models, usage safeguards, and production safety - pressure-testing ideas through offline analysis and subsets of traffic before they graduate into production systems run by our partner Safeguards teams. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.
Research Engineer, Domain Scaling Anthropic PBCResearch Engineer, Domain ScalingNew York City, NY$350,000–$850,000 / yearThis research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences. You''ll own the end-to-end process of creating RL environments for new capabilities: identifying high-value tasks, designing reward signals, managing vendor relationships, and measuring impact on model performance.