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JAPAN AI

Research Engineer, LLM Modeling

Company
JAPAN AI
Location
Tokyo (Nishi-Shinjuku) · Hybrid (3 office / 2 remote)
Type
Full-time
Apply on the company site Posted Aug 5, 2026

Salary (published): ¥857,143–¥1,428,571 / month incl. 45h fixed overtime — approximately ¥10.29M–¥17.14M / year, plus stock options; negotiable. Languages: Business-level English or fluent Japanese.

About the role

Research-grade engineering on frontier agent systems: reasoning quality, long-term memory, and multi-agent coordination, with a direct path from research into JAPAN AI’s product teams.

Responsibilities

  • Research cutting-edge agent systems
  • Develop benchmarks and optimize inference
  • Transfer innovations to product teams
  • Work on frontier challenges: reasoning quality, long-term memory, multi-agent coordination

Qualifications

  • Master’s or PhD in CS, AI, ML, or a related field
  • Deep experience building agentic systems with LLMs
  • Strong Python implementation skills
  • Understanding of Transformer architectures

Nice to have

  • Large-scale reinforcement learning
  • Multi-agent systems
  • Top-tier conference publications
  • Alignment techniques (RLHF / DPO)
  • Multimodal models

Tech stack

Python, PyTorch, JAX, Transformer architectures, LLM systems, reinforcement learning.


External listing — the salary range is stated on the official posting (verified live 2026-07-30). The Apply button takes you to JAPAN AI’s official HRMOS page.

Working conditions

Employer
JAPAN AI
Workplace
Tokyo (Nishi-Shinjuku) · Hybrid (3 office / 2 remote)
Type
Full-time
Salary
¥10.29M–¥17.14M / year (approx.)

These working conditions are summarized from the employer's official posting, where the full and authoritative conditions are published. Please confirm the final terms directly with the employer before accepting any offer.

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