# Careers Role Catalog

Use this catalog to explain what early Edxperimental Labs roles actually ship. The current hiring stance is selective and artifact-led.

| Role | Owner | Status | Readiness | Trial project |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| AI research analyst | Sanjay Prasad | Open to exceptional candidates | 82 | Publish a short research note on an AI benchmark, model release, or cost curve with one original chart and a weakest-claim note. |
| Benchmark engineer | Sanjay Prasad | Project-based first | 78 | Design one benchmark task and artifact bundle for an agent, browser, support, security, or Indian-workflow suite. |
| Sales engineer | Saujas | Selective outreach | 76 | Write a discovery memo for a hypothetical buyer and convert it into a one-week benchmark sprint with owner routing. |
| Studio product builder | Sanjay Prasad | Project-based first | 72 | Build a small Studio interface that makes one benchmark, cost curve, or service decision easier to inspect. |

## Role Details

### AI research analyst

- Owner: Sanjay Prasad
- Status: Open to exceptional candidates
- Mission: Turn primary sources, model releases, benchmark papers, and pricing changes into buyer-readable research.
- First artifacts: Source-backed research note; Chart-ready source table; Model/provider decision memo
- Proof signals: Primary-source discipline; Clear uncertainty labels; One useful visual; Buyer decision
- Readiness: 82/100
- Trial project: Publish a short research note on an AI benchmark, model release, or cost curve with one original chart and a weakest-claim note.

### Benchmark engineer

- Owner: Sanjay Prasad
- Status: Project-based first
- Mission: Convert messy workflows into task packets, trace schemas, scoring rubrics, replay artifacts, and inspection pages.
- First artifacts: Task packet; Scoring rubric; Trace schema; Replay checklist
- Proof signals: Task realism; Leakage control; Reviewer-friendly scoring; Runnable verification
- Readiness: 78/100
- Trial project: Design one benchmark task and artifact bundle for an agent, browser, support, security, or Indian-workflow suite.

### Sales engineer

- Owner: Saujas
- Status: Selective outreach
- Mission: Translate buyer problems into the smallest benchmark sprint, demo path, and evidence request that can answer the decision.
- First artifacts: Discovery memo; Buyer question map; Sprint scope; Demo handoff
- Proof signals: Client diagnosis; Scope discipline; Technical translation; Next-action quality
- Readiness: 76/100
- Trial project: Write a discovery memo for a hypothetical buyer and convert it into a one-week benchmark sprint with owner routing.

### Studio product builder

- Owner: Sanjay Prasad
- Status: Project-based first
- Mission: Turn repeated research and consulting workflows into usable Studio demos, calculators, dashboards, and product packets.
- First artifacts: Interactive demo; Product packet; Verification screenshot; Demo readiness notes
- Proof signals: Useful interface; Responsive polish; Evidence-linked controls; Clear handoff
- Readiness: 72/100
- Trial project: Build a small Studio interface that makes one benchmark, cost curve, or service decision easier to inspect.