idler
Reinforcement Learning · AI Agents
3open roles
1backers · Y Combinator
50+team · employees, estimated range
2025founded
Overview
Push the frontier of your model. Reinforcement learning environments built from real production work.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 3 open roles at idler. idler is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. It was founded in 2025.
- Open roles
- 3Its careers board, read on Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Founded
- 2025Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 50+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Technologies in its job postings
- 15Named in its job postings
Funding and backers
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
3
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
Y Combinator
Momentum
13/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Jobs
$200k – $500k per year · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · San Francisco
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$400k
Typical range
$400k – $500k
Open positions
3
2
Jobs
Junior
50%
Middle
50%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $400k | $400k |
| Middle | 1 | $500k | $500k |
Highest paying role
Offensive Security RL Researcher
$500k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
43/100
Stable
Open positions
3
0 opened / 4 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
71 days
faster than 17% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
17% ▼
Security
17% ▲
Administrative
17% ▲
Field & Service
17% ▼
Industrial Engineering
17% ▼
Solutions
17% ▼
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at idler over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
15
Postings analysed
4
Stack modernity
83/100AI adopter
Languages
TypeScript
Node JS
Python
JavaScript
Frameworks & libraries
React.js
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
Cloud & platforms
AWS
Vercel
AI & ML
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Full idler tech stack
15 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Connections
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Graph
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Shared investors
Y CombinatorVia a fund
6310 portfolio companies
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Owner
Same company
Same group
Likely
Shared investors
News
Report
Idler's has been a Central Coast icon for 70 years. Here's how the store got its start
The family business grew from one small shop to a chain of full-service home and appliance stores.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
HQ
3 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 50-200 est. staff $433k Avg Salary
hires for AI/ML, Security, Field & Service
How to cite this page
Alion, "idler: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/idler-2
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