Member of Research Staff

About the Role

We're a small group of engineers, designers, and product folks building at the intersection of conversational AI and domain expertise. Making an AI agent sound human-like is hard. Making an AI an expert in a domain is also hard. We're doing both together. Our product is Vaya - an AI-powered Vedic astrology app used by millions.

The Research team owns two outcomes - First: becoming the company's authority on Vedic astrology. Second: breaking down real astrologer mechanics into fundamentals that our engineers can build digital personas on. Write benchmarks for the digital personas.

What you’ll do

Build domain authority and write documents on astrology concepts that will help engineers ship your findings

Breakdown astrologer personas into clear metrics - traits, modus operandi and vocabulary. Map to our AI agents

Source & vet SME’s, modern and traditional astrological authorities and texts

Network and engage and modern practitioners

Design and conduct case studies and experiments with practitioners

Create benchmarks for metrics to evaluate persona performance

Discover new concepts and refine understanding of existing until all questions are answered

What we look for

Ability to write documents that convey the message without any fluff

First principles thinking to break down obscure and layered concepts clearly with logic at each step

Published papers, articles showcasing your findings and depth of understanding in a domain

Proven proficiency at extracting information from conversational transcripts, incoherent textbooks or within non falsifiable domains

3+ years in a research role at a startup or as a domain research consultant

Interview Procedure

Intro call: 15 minutes to get to know you, after that any questions you might have to get to know us better.

Process includes a call with a team member to -

Assess your fit from a culture perspective

Give you time to ask questions

Assignment: Candidates shortlisted after the initial call are given a take home assignment to be submitted in 48 hours.

Final Round: Process includes a call with the CEO to -

Discuss your approach in solving the assignment

Assess your fit from a technical perspective

Discuss past roles and responsibilities

• How We Work
• We care about craft obsessively. Your work gets questioned, pulled apart, and rebuilt — not because we're harsh, but because everyone here holds each other to a standard most places don't bother with. We work out of a hacker house in Vasant Kunj. We strongly encourage everyone to be in office.