Forward Deployed Researcher is open at Surge AI in United States - Remote. The posting gives no salary; similar roles in the United States advertise a median of $172K. Posted on Jul 13, 2026, and still on Surge AI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
As a Forward Deployed Researcher, you’ll embed directly with leading AI labs and frontier model teams to explore how their models behave in the wild — and what it takes to make them work reliably at scale. You’ll lead hands-on research to evaluate capabilities, surface subtle failure modes, and design interventions that shape model behavior and deployment outcomes. You won’t just run tests — you’ll uncover insights…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Surge AI’s careers page.
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