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Reinforcement Learning Engineer
Trains AI agents that learn through trial, error and reward
£65k–£130k AI-driven
What it involves
Designs reward functions and training environments so AI agents learn complex behaviour — from game-playing to robotics to content recommendation.
Skills & knowledge needed
RL algorithmsSimulation environmentsReward designPythonPyTorch/JAX
Why it's emerging now
RLHF powers the best LLMs; RL drives robotics, autonomous vehicles and industrial automation.
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