Design Your Own Role at Idler (S25)

Idler builds reinforcement learning environments that teach AI models to code like top engineers, based on real-world coding scenarios. They have secured a multimillion-dollar contract and are rapidly scaling to meet demand for training data for frontier AI. The company is a tight-knit founding team in San Francisco, seeking sharp, creative, and eager-to-learn individuals to design their own role and contribute to building real-world coding scenarios for AI.

Must Have

• US citizen/visa only
• Work in-person in San Francisco

Good to Have

• Sharp
• Creative
• Hungry to learn

Perks & Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• 15 days PTO
• Meals, coffee, and snacks covered during working days
• Latest MacBook Pro and equipment
• Relocation assistance available

About Idler

Idler builds reinforcement learning environments that teach AI models to code like 0.01% engineers. Our training environments are based on real-world coding scenarios that frontier models will actually encounter.

We've closed a multimillion-dollar contract with a leading foundation lab (the largest they've issued to date), and demand is outpacing our capacity to deliver. We're scaling fast to build the training data layer for frontier AI. Every breakthrough model will need environments like ours to learn real-world skills at scale.

We're a tight-knit founding team in San Francisco. We move quickly, think deeply about what makes good training data, and play to win. Join us if you want to win too.

About the role

Design Your Own Role

If you're sharp, creative, and hungry to learn, but you don't see a role listed that fits your background or interests, feel free to get on our radar by submitting your resume below.

If we think there could be a mutual fit, we will reach out!

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• 15 days PTO
• Meals, coffee, and snacks (that you will actually enjoy) covered during working days
• Latest MacBook Pro and equipment
• Relocation assistance available

This is an in-person role in San Francisco. We're a tight-knit founding team and we play to win. Join us if you like to win too.

Technology

TypeScript, React, NextJS, Postgres, NodeJS, various AI completions