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Plato, Engineering

Member of Technical Staff, Technical Account Manager at Plato

Location
San Francisco, United States
Compensation
$180k-$250k + Equity + Commission

Plato.so is solving the single biggest bottleneck in AI: reinforcement learning data. As a Member of Technical Staff and Technical Account Manager, you’ll be the primary partner for research teams at the world’s top frontier labs, running the high-fidelity environment projects that shape how next-generation models are trained and evaluated.

This is a high-stakes, hands-on role where you’ll bridge the gap between technical execution and client strategy, working directly with founders in San Francisco.

If you have a technical background and experience delivering complex data projects in operationally intense AI environments, this is your chance to own the delivery of the infrastructure powering the future of specialized AI agents.

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Role overview

As a Member of Technical Staff, you will own the end-to-end delivery of environment and data projects for the world’s leading AI labs. You will translate research needs into technical specs, coordinate domain experts, and ensure high-fidelity training signals. This hands-on role bridges technical execution and strategic account management to scale Plato.so’s impact across the frontier AI landscape.

About Plato

AI Research

Plato is an applied research lab that transforms real-world data into simulated environments for training and evaluating agents. We believe the future of model adoption belongs to organizations that can turn their data into structured systems for teaching agents new knowledge and capabilities. We actively work with a majority of the top AI labs and are actively hiring for key roles.

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What you will do

  • Lead the full lifecycle of environment projects for frontier labs, from initial research specifications to final delivery of high-fidelity training data.
  • Manage day-to-day relationships with research teams at hyperscalers, providing transparent reporting and identifying opportunities to expand technical collaboration.
  • Work closely with engineering to catch reward hacking and brittle verifiers, ensuring the training signal remains robust for complex model evaluations.

Who this is a fit for

  • Has 2+ years of experience delivering complex research or data projects at a top AI lab, data company, or operationally intense AI startup.
  • Possesses a technical degree or hands-on experience in code and ML, with the ability to credibly discuss training, inference, and RL environments.
  • Demonstrates exceptional client-facing skills and the ability to maintain high quality and responsiveness during fast-moving project crunch periods.

Why this role is remarkable

  • Directly shape the next generation of frontier AI models by managing the RL environments and training data used by the world’s top research labs.
  • Join an elite team solving the most critical bottleneck in AI scaling—reinforcement learning data—within an applied research lab environment.
  • Experience high-growth ownership with a direct line to the founders and a clear path to leading future project teams as the organization scales.

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