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Elicit

AI research assistant for automating literature reviews

aiOakland, CA51-200Series AHybridFounded 2023Salary transparent
About

Elicit builds an AI platform that searches academic papers and generates structured research reports with citations. It serves researchers in academia, pharma, policy, and industry to accelerate evidence-based discovery. This scales scientific reasoning by automating tedious workflows like summarization and data extraction.

Tech stack
PythonTypeScriptNode.jsKubernetesNext.jsTailwindDemand GenerationGoogle AnalyticsLookerSQLReactJavaScriptNodeGitHubGraphQL
Perks & benefits
Health insuranceDental insuranceVision insurance401k matchFlexible PTOPaid parental leaveHome office stipend
Open roles 9

Evaluation Engineer

Builds fast, reliable auto-evaluation infrastructure for AI research platform focused on pharma decision-making support. Owns backend systems, ML eval interfaces/dashboards, statistical reliability; requires 3+ years backend experience.

140k – 200kOakland, CABackend EngineeringRemote3+ YOEPythonAsyncio

Growth

Build and lead demand generation and field marketing for enterprise life sciences and research accounts, executing multi-channel campaigns, A/B testing, and analytics-driven optimizations to drive pipeline and revenue. Requires 5-7 years B2B marketing experience, strong quantitative skills, and startup builder mindset.

133k – 200kOakland, CAGrowth MarketingRemote5+ YOEABMCRM

Enterprise Account Executive - EMEA

Owns full-cycle enterprise sales targeting research-driven organizations in biotech, pharma, and life sciences. Translates AI capabilities into business value, closes six/seven-figure deals, expands accounts, and shapes sales strategy with founders. Requires 8+ years experience exceeding quota in complex domains.

200k – 300kUnited StatesAccount ExecutiveRemote8+ YOEAI SalesSaaS Sales

Enterprise Account Executive

Enterprise Account Executive owns full sales cycles for AI research tools targeting life sciences, biotech, and pharma enterprises. Requires 8+ years enterprise sales experience, especially in research domains, with proven quota attainment and consultative selling to technical stakeholders.

250k – 360kOakland, CAAccount ExecutiveRemote8+ YOEAI SalesSaaS Sales

ML Research Resident

Develops computational operators to enable LLMs to perform transparent, verifiable reasoning over thousands of iterations on knowledge states like scientific papers. Requires LLM experience, reasoning intuitions, and strong software engineering skills.

144k – 180kOakland, CAAI ResearchHybridLLMsPython

AI Engineer

Builds backend systems integrating LLMs for AI research tools like living documents, focusing on prompting, model management, scalability, and fault-tolerance. Requires strong backend skills in Node/Python/K8s and enthusiasm for language models.

Oakland, CABackend EngineeringHybridLLMsTrio

Senior Software Engineer

Builds and ships fullstack features for AI research assistant Elicit, focusing on language model integrations, scalable systems, and user needs. Requires senior-level experience across Node/Python backend and Next.js/TypeScript frontend with strong CS fundamentals.

185k – 305kOakland, CAFullstack EngineeringHybridPythonGitHub

Frontend Engineer

Builds and ships frontend features using React, TypeScript, Tailwind, and Chakra for an AI research assistant. Owns production quality, UX, and collaborates on system design with a few years of web app experience.

170k – 305kOakland, CAFrontend EngineeringHybrid2+ YOECSSHTML

Machine Learning Engineer

Builds product workflows and agentic systems using language models for research tasks like evidence synthesis and experiment planning. Combines ML fluency with strong software engineering to create reliable, trustworthy AI tools for scientific decision-making.

230k – 340kOakland, CAML EngineeringHybridAPIsLLMs