GenAI R&D Engineer

Chicago

Published 3 weeks ago

About Nexus3

Nexus3 builds and operates AI-driven businesses across industries where intelligent systems can replace entire workflows. Our operating companies, NX3 Labs and Nexus3 Capital work together to turn early research into commercial products at scale.

 

About NX3 Labs

NX3 Labs is the Nexus3 innovation and engineering division. We work at the frontier of agentic AI, developing proprietary systems, vertical knowledge graphs, and agent architectures that power real products.

 

Role Overview

You will join NX3 Labs as a core member of a small, focused engineering team working at the leading edge of AI. Track what is new, run experiments, build the prototypes that prove whether an idea has legs.

 

What You Will Do

  • Research and experiment with new AI models, tools, frameworks, and techniques as they emerge
  • Build proof-of-concept implementations and working prototypes
  • Design and build AI-powered workflows, agent systems, and automation tools
  • Share findings with engineering and business teams
  • Build functional AI applications to validate business hypotheses quickly
  • Help shape the technical direction of the company

     

Requirements

  • Strong intuition for how emerging technologies solve real business problems
  • Solid Python skills; comfortable working in unfamiliar codebases
  • Self-directed with ability to make progress on ambiguous problems
  • Clear communicator; able to explain technical work to non-technical stakeholders
  • Active GitHub with real projects we can review

 

Preferred

  • Experience building with LLMs, agents, or genAI tools
  • Actively follow AI research and industry developments as a habit
  • Background in enterprise software or B2B products

 

We Offer

  • Direct access to founders and leadership
  • Exposure to multiple industries and products
  • Competitive compensation and equity

Full time

Associate

Chicago