Investigations Engineer - NYC

GPTZero is on a mission to restore trust and transparency on the internet. As the leading AI detection platform, we empower educators, students, journalists, marketers, and writers to navigate the evolving landscape of AI-generated content. With millions of users and institutions relying on us, we’re building a category-defining company at the intersection of AI and information integrity.

Our team comes from high-performing engineering cultures, including Meta, Perplexity, AWS, Affirm, and leading AI research labs, including Princeton, Caltech, and Vector Institute.

 

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Ready to work at the intersection of investigative journalism and AI? We're looking for software engineers to help us find and publish groundbreaking, front-page investigations on the rise and threat of AI slop. You’ll work on building and running the research engine that we used to find undisclosed hallucinations and AI-generated content on the web. Our work so far has produced widely covered reports examining published output from the world’s top consulting firms, and academic publishing venues, earning front-page coverage in the Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/a61cbcae-95e4-4449-86e1-ef40fb306f4e?syn-25a6b1a6=1, Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelwells/2026/07/31/pwc-reports-caught-with-ai-slop-is-a-warning-to-every-worker-right-now/, The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/08/03/consultants-face-backlash-over-ai-plans/, Bloomberg https://news.bloombergtax.com/financial-accounting/pwc-middle-east-reports-slammed-for-irresponsible-ai-use, The Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/europes-big-4-cant-stop-making-embarrassing-ai-mistakes-pwcs-thought-leadership-report-forgets-chatgpt-cannot-be-a-source/articleshow/132734570.cms, and other notable media. The ideal candidate is adept at building pipelines for processing web-scale content, skilled at creating polished reports and visuals, and has a strong in...