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Sesame

ML Scientist

SesameSan Francisco, CA +2

Research-oriented Machine Learning Scientist developing multimodal ML models (NLP, Speech, Computer Vision) for lifelike voice agents. Requires published papers in large-scale deep learning and familiarity with SOTA AI.

190k – 320k
On-siteAI Research
OpenRouter

Research Scientist

OpenRouterUnited States

Conduct original research on LLM evaluation, routing optimization, and model behavior using billions of real-world generations. Design novel benchmarks, run large-scale empirical studies, and develop statistical foundations for intelligent routing. Requires MS/PhD, publication track record, deep stats/ML expertise, and Python/SQL skills.

Salary not listed
RemoteAI Research
hud

Research Engineer, Benchmarks

hudSan Francisco, CA

Build high-quality, domain-specific benchmarks and infrastructure to rigorously evaluate frontier AI agents on realistic workflows. Requires strong Python/Docker/Linux skills, experience with evals or benchmarks, and a deep understanding of what makes a benchmark reliable and useful.

Salary not listed
On-siteAI Research
Figma

Director, Research

FigmaSan Francisco, CA +1

Lead AI evaluation for Figma's AI-powered products. Define quality metrics, build human + automated eval frameworks (rubrics, golden datasets, LLM-as-judge), manage a small team, and deliver decision-ready insights to Product, Design, and Engineering stakeholders.

258k – 348k
Hybrid10+ YOEAI Research
Ai2

Predoctoral Young Investigator, Open Ecosystem

Ai2Seattle, WA

Predoctoral Young Investigator role on the AllenNLP team at Ai2, collaborating on open language models and NLP research. Ideal for recent bachelor's/master's graduates preparing for PhD programs, involving mentorship, cutting-edge research, and co-authoring papers.

113k – 113k
On-siteEntry levelAI Research
Spotify

Research Scientist

SpotifyNew York, NY

Research Scientist advancing generative audio models (diffusion/flow matching) for music, focusing on vocal synthesis, post-training alignment (DPO/RLHF), or audio editing. Requires PhD, top publications, and PyTorch expertise to turn research into artist-first Spotify products.

Salary not listed
RemoteAI Research
Greptile

Research Engineer

GreptileSan Francisco, CA

Research Engineer building autonomous AI agents that review GitHub PRs, catch bugs, learn coding standards, and improve signal-to-noise for 7,000+ customers. Requires CS degree, research experience with ML/LMs/agents, strong programming, and product intuition.

180k – 280k
On-siteEntry levelAI Research
Anthropic

Research Scientist, Life Sciences

AnthropicSan Francisco, CA

Founding Research Scientist on Anthropic's Life Sciences team, designing and executing wet-lab experiments in molecular biology and biochemistry. Partners with computational biologists and uses Claude AI for hypothesis generation, experimental planning, and rapid iteration to drive AI-accelerated biological discoveries.

300k – 320k
HybridAI Research
Anthropic

Researcher, Education Labs

AnthropicSan Francisco, CA +1

As the first dedicated education researcher at Anthropic's Education Labs, design and run mixed-methods studies on AI skill development, build/validate learning measures and instruments, and translate insights into product, curriculum, and model improvements. Requires research background in learning sciences or related fields, strong mixed-methods expertise, Python/LLM technical skills, and comfort with ambiguity.

300k – 405k
HybridAI Research
Scale AI

ICML 2026

Scale AISan Francisco, CA

Research intern role for ICML 2026 attendees interested in advancing machine learning and building reliable AI systems at Scale AI's data foundry. Requires strong ML research background and passion for generative AI, defense, and autonomous applications.

Salary not listed
On-siteEntry levelAI Research
Baseten

Base Labs Fellowship

BasetenSan Francisco, CA

3-month full-time research fellowship at Base Labs focused on open-source LLMs and frontier AI. Fellows receive 1:1 senior mentorship, $15k stipend, full support, and a path to full-time roles while producing publishable research from the San Francisco office.

60k – 60k
HybridAI Research
Modal

Member of Technical Staff

ModalNew York, NY +1

Conduct hands-on post-training research on LLMs including RL, distillation, and routing models. Collaborate with customers, labs, and engineering to turn techniques into production products and shape the research agenda. Requires proven research background in post-training LLMs and ability to ship impactful work.

150k – 350k
On-siteAI Research
Ataraxis AI

Member of Technical Staff, Computational Pathology

Ataraxis AINew York, NY

Design, implement, and evaluate novel ML models for computational pathology to predict patient outcomes. Requires PhD in ML, computer vision or statistics, strong publication record, and expertise in PyTorch.

100k – 300k
On-siteEntry levelAI Research
Ataraxis AI

Member of Technical Staff, Foundation Models

Ataraxis AINew York, NY

Design, implement, and evaluate novel self-supervised foundation models for clinical multi-modal data and precision medicine. Requires PhD in ML/statistics, strong publication record in top venues, and expertise in PyTorch/deep learning.

100k – 300k
On-siteEntry levelAI Research
Ataraxis AI

Member of Technical Staff, Translational Science

Ataraxis AINew York, NY

Member of Technical Staff generating clinical insights from multi-modal AI models for precision medicine in oncology. Requires MD/PhD, lead authorship on high-impact papers, ML knowledge, and Python skills.

100k – 300k
On-siteAI Research
Granica

Research Scientist

GranicaMountain View, CA

Research Scientist developing novel diffusion models and generative algorithms for Large Tabular Models (LTMs) on enterprise data. Requires PhD and strong track record in generative ML; experience with diffusion models and PyTorch/JAX preferred.

Salary not listed
HybridAI Research
Snowflake

Staff Applied Research Scientist

SnowflakeMenlo Park, CA

Lead applied research applying formal methods, automated reasoning, and AI (incl. LLMs) to improve correctness, reliability and velocity of Snowflake's cloud data platform and distributed systems. Translate ideas into production capabilities; requires PhD + 8+ years experience and track record of impact.

236k – 339k
On-site8+ YOEAI Research
OpenAI

Researcher, Alignment CoT Monitorability

OpenAISan Francisco, CA

Researcher designing and running experiments on chain-of-thought monitorability in frontier LLMs to support scalable oversight and alignment. Requires strong empirical ML expertise with LLMs, deep interest in model behavior/alignment/interpretability, and ability to translate ambiguous questions into concrete experiments.

250k – 445k
HybridAI Research
Databricks

Staff Research Engineer, Data Agents

DatabricksSan Francisco, CA

Develop post-training recipes and build enterprise data agents for autonomous planning, code generation, and multi-step workflows. Requires 2+ years applied research experience shipping prototypes, plus expertise in LLMs, agents, and RL.

190k – 270k
On-site2+ YOEAI Research
OpenAI

Agent Post-Training, Frontier Evals and Environments Research

OpenAISan Francisco, CA

Researcher building frontier RL environments, evaluations, and training signals to steer OpenAI's largest agent training runs and measure model capabilities.

295k – 445k
On-site7+ YOEAI Research
Duolingo

Staff AI Research Engineer

DuolingoNew York, NY +1

Build and deploy AI systems (LLMs, bandits) for monetization, balancing revenue and retention. Requires advanced ML degree or equivalent, applied large-model experience, and leadership skills.

221k – 331k
On-site7+ YOEAI Research
Parallel

Research Scientist

ParallelCalifornia

Conduct research on training and scaling models for web indexing, focusing on convergence of search, recommendations, and transformer architectures. Requires deep intuition in modern ML models and a focus on applied research.

150k – 300k
On-site7+ YOEAI Research
Astera

Research Scientist - Computational Neuroscience

AsteraEmeryville, CA

Develop computational models of neural circuits and brain function. Requires Python, scientific computing libraries, and research experience in computational neuroscience. PhD or equivalent required.

90k – 200k
HybridAI Research
Anthropic

Research Engineer, Rule of Law

AnthropicSan Francisco, CA +1

Conduct technical and sociotechnical research at the intersection of AI and democratic institutions, focusing on legal alignment, institutional analysis, and AI applications to support civic life and accountable government. Requires deep AI expertise plus substantive knowledge in law, government, or public policy.

320k – 485k
Hybrid5+ YOEAI Research
Kargo

Agentic AI Engineer

KargoSan Francisco, CA

Build and deploy autonomous AI agents that navigate websites, execute workflows, and integrate with APIs and SaaS platforms using LLMs and browser automation tools.

Salary not listed
On-site3+ YOEAI Research
Luma AI

Applied Research Scientist / Engineer

Luma AINew York, NY +1

Work as a fullstack applied researcher adapting multimodal video foundation models for production. Focus on controllability, personalization, and end-user quality using SFT, RL, and data-driven refinement.

200k – 450k
Hybrid7+ YOEAI Research
Writer

Staff AI Research Scientist

WriterSan Francisco, CA +2

Lead high-impact research on LLMs and agentic systems, driving post-training, reasoning, and evaluation to power enterprise AI deployments. Requires 7+ years ML research experience, PhD or equivalent, and strong publication record.

234k – 296k
Hybrid7+ YOEAI Research
Snowflake

AI Research Scientist, New Grad – Agents & Reinforcement Learning

SnowflakeBellevue, WA

Conduct research on autonomous AI agents and reinforcement learning to build self-improving systems that reason, code, and learn at scale within the Snowflake Data Cloud. Requires a PhD (or equivalent) and strong expertise in RL and agentic AI.

176k – 230k
On-siteEntry levelAI Research
Together AI

Frontier Agents Intern

Together AISan Francisco, CA

Research intern on the Agents team building and aligning frontier AI systems for complex agentic and scientific tasks. Focus on post-training methods, evaluation frameworks, self-learning, and scalable agent infrastructure.

121k – 131k
On-siteEntry levelAI Research
Snowflake

Post-Doctoral Researcher

SnowflakeBellevue, WA

Post-doctoral researcher conducting independent and collaborative AI/ML research focused on high-impact domains like medicine, finance, and law. Requires a recent or imminent PhD and publications in top venues.

160k – 220k
HybridEntry levelAI Research
Invisible Tech

Head of AI Training Research

Invisible TechUnited States

Lead applied AI research practice delivering client outcomes through benchmarking, data strategy, and RL environments. Drive revenue impact, scope engagements, and lead cross-functional teams of researchers and engineers.

Salary not listed
Remote8+ YOEAI Research
Square

Applied Research Intern, Proactive Intelligence & Customer World Models

SquareUnited States

Graduate research intern (MS/PhD) building Customer World Models and proactive intelligence systems using representation learning, RL, and agentic decision-making. Own research end-to-end from framing to production deployment.

Salary not listed
RemoteAI Research
Snowflake

Staff Research Scientist, Exotic AI

SnowflakeBellevue, WA

Build next-generation training infrastructure for physical AI models that perceive, reason, and act in structured environments. Lead development of representation models, latent world models, and policy optimization systems.

236k – 339k
On-site8+ YOEAI Research
Datology AI

Research Engineer

Datology AIRedwood City, CA

As a Research Engineer, you will conduct and enable cutting-edge research, translating it into the core product pipeline. You will develop and improve state-of-the-art data curation strategies, accelerating research and ensuring product innovation.

180k – 300k
On-site4+ YOEAI Research
Pindrop

Senior Research Scientist

PindropUnited States

As a Senior Research Scientist on the Video team, you will drive research initiatives and translate advanced computer vision and deepfake detection models into scalable enterprise solutions. You will focus on audio-visual deepfake detection, synthetic media identification, and real-time video processing.

185k – 215k
Remote5+ YOEAI Research
Upstart

Principal Applied Scientist

UpstartUnited States

As a Principal Applied Scientist, you will define the technical direction for offer optimization and conversion modeling systems, working across teams to integrate models and optimization systems. This role involves structuring ambiguous problems, designing solutions, and providing technical oversight to ensure a coherent long-term vision.

220k – 330k
Remote8+ YOEAI Research
Anthropic

Research Scientist, Life Sciences

AnthropicSan Francisco, CA

Anthropic is seeking a Research Scientist to join their Life Sciences team. This role involves building and shipping agentic tools, designing evaluation benchmarks, and partnering with external users to improve model capabilities on scientific tasks.

300k – 320k
Hybrid5+ YOEAI Research
Pindrop

Research Scientist II

PindropUnited States

As a Research Scientist II on the Video team, you will drive core research initiatives, deliver reproducible experimental results, and help translate machine learning models into real-world product solutions, focusing on real-time video processing and deepfake detection.

160k – 185k
Remote3+ YOEAI Research
Luma AI

Simulation Researcher/Engineer

Luma AILos Angeles, CA +2

As a Simulation Researcher/Engineer, you will design and build simulation environments for training general-purpose robot policies. This role involves working with generative models and classical physics simulation, developing differentiable pipelines, and driving asset generation.

250k – 450k
HybridAI Research
Luma AI

Research Scientist - World Model

Luma AILos Angeles, CA +2

As a Research Scientist on the World Models team, you will invent next-generation world model architectures with a focus on controllability and physical consistency, develop controllability mechanisms, and define and own metrics for physical fidelity and action-following.

250k – 450k
HybridAI Research
Airbnb

Principle Engineer -In Bayesian, Large Foundational Systems, and Distributional Reinforcement Learning

AirbnbUnited States

Lead advanced research and development of cutting-edge AI models with deep expertise in Bayesian Learning and Distributional Reinforcement Learning. This role involves architecting and integrating foundational Bayesian frameworks with advanced architectures and large language models to redefine personalization and decision-making.

296k – 370k
Remote15+ YOEAI Research
Airbnb

Principal AI/ML Researcher / Engineer Reasoning, Planning, and Decision-making systems

AirbnbUnited States

Seeking a Principal AI/ML Researcher/Engineer to invent, scale, and operationalize intelligent decisioning systems. This role focuses on integrating Large Reasoning Models with Knowledge Graphs and applying Reinforcement Learning for adaptive planning and control in multi-agent systems.

296k – 370k
Remote15+ YOEAI Research
Adaption Labs

Senior Research Scientist

Adaption LabsSan Francisco, CA +2

This is a research role focused on building models that continuously evolve with the world, with a focus on efficiency, gradient-free exploration, real-time learning, and interface design. The role requires strong programming skills and expertise in model optimization techniques.

Salary not listed
Remote4+ YOEAI Research
AE Studio

Alignment Scientist/Engineer

AE StudioLos Angeles, CA

Join the alignment research team to work on high-impact, under-resourced projects focused on AI alignment. This role requires strong ML research and Python skills to build, train, or evaluate deep learning models.

180k – 240k
RemoteAI Research
The Voleon Group

Member of Research Staff, Reinforcement Learning

The Voleon GroupBerkeley, CA +1

Voleon Securities is seeking an experienced and creative reinforcement learning researcher to join their ML research group. This role focuses on applying state-of-the-art AI/ML techniques to construct market-making strategies and optimize trading models.

250k – 275k
HybridAI Research
Datadog

Distinguished Architect, AI

DatadogNew York, NY +1

As a Distinguished Architect, AI, you will be a technical multiplier for leading AI labs and AI-native companies, bridging their infrastructure aspirations with Datadog's technology roadmap. You will ensure the platform solves unique observability challenges for training and deploying foundational models at scale.

300k – 484k
Hybrid10+ YOEAI Research
OpenAI

RE/RS, Data Understanding - Foundations

OpenAISan Francisco, CA

This role focuses on advancing how OpenAI builds and understands pretraining data at scale. The individual will treat data quality and curation as core research problems, developing new methods to select, combine, and transform data to improve model capabilities.

445k – 555k
On-siteAI Research
OpenAI

RE/RS, Data Understanding

OpenAISan Francisco, CA

OpenAI is seeking a Research Engineer/Research Scientist to advance how the company prepares, curates, synthesizes, and understands multimodal data at scale. This role involves working on research and production problems related to synthesizing multimodal content, improving data pipelines, and building quality filters.

445k – 555k
HybridAI Research
Datadog

Staff Applied Scientist - Agentic Interfaces

DatadogNew York, NY

As a Staff Applied Scientist, you will define and build measurement systems for AI agent interfaces at Datadog, focusing on evaluation strategy, metric definition, and dataset creation to improve agent performance on customer workflows.

276k – 345k
On-site10+ YOEAI Research
Scale AI

Head of Policy & Security Research Lab

Scale AISan Francisco, CA +2

Lead Scale’s Policy Research Lab, setting strategy and managing research on AI safety, benchmarks, and frontier risk evaluations while collaborating with government institutes and academia. Requires 6+ years experience, strong technical/policy background, and proven team leadership.

198k – 247k
On-site6+ YOEAI Research