Member of Technical Staff
Tokyo-based frontier AI R&D company that develops nature-inspired AI research and commercial AI products for enterprises and users.
Maintainer signals as of 9/23/2026
Funding history
About Sakana AI K.K.
Sakana AI develops frontier AI research inspired by collective intelligence and self-evolution, alongside AI products and applied solutions for enterprises and Japan’s public sector.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will research and develop nature-inspired foundation AI models, explore novel AI approaches, and showcase relevant projects or publications. The available positions are four-month internships or part-time student researcher roles for graduate students already based in Japan.
Requirements
- Evolutionary computation
- Generative AI
- Open-endedness
- Collective intelligence
- Artificial life
- Autonomous agent
- AI research
- Publication
- Code
- Open-source software
- Japan residency
Benefits
- Visa application assistance
Hiring Process
Find a role; email careers@sakana.ai with a brief introduction and the role; submit the Google Form with a CV and English cover letter.