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Anthropic

Anthropic

San Francisco, CA

Research Scientist, Interpretability
$350k+/yrHybridAI Research

Conducts mechanistic interpretability research to reverse-engineer language models, developing methods to understand neural network algorithms for AI safety. Requires scientific research background, Python proficiency, and collaborative engineering mindset.

Anthropic

Anthropic

San Francisco, CA
Research Engineer, Pre-training
$350k+/yrHybridAI Research

Develops next-generation large language models through research, experimentation, and engineering on pre-training team. Requires strong Python/PyTorch skills, ML expertise, and MS/PhD in related field.

Anthropic

Anthropic

San Francisco, CA

Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment Science
$350k+/yrHybridAI Research

Conducts experimental ML research on AI alignment and safety for powerful systems, focusing on scalable oversight, control, and stress-testing. Requires strong software/ML engineering, empirical research experience, and Python proficiency.

Anthropic

Anthropic

San Francisco, CA
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
$500k+/yrHybridAI Research

Research Engineer builds and optimizes reinforcement learning infrastructure for advancing AI capabilities like agentic models, tool use, and reasoning. Requires Python proficiency, ML frameworks experience, and ability to blend research with scalable engineering.

Astera

Astera

Research Scientist - Simplex
$140k+/yrOn-siteAI Research

Develops theories of intelligence grounded in neural network internal structures, focusing on belief geometries in LLMs and biological brains. Conducts experiments bridging mathematics, ML interpretability, and safety research; requires PhD-level quantitative depth and hands-on coding.

Nuro

Nuro

Mountain View, CA

Machine Learning Research Scientist, Behavior Planning and Prediction
$160k+/yrOn-siteAI Research

Develops scalable ML-based planning and prediction systems for autonomous driving trajectories. Requires expertise in sequential decision making, deep RL, imitation learning, generative modeling, and robotics; M.Sc./Ph.D. preferred with top conference publications.

Nuro

Nuro

Mountain View, CA

Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for Planning
$194k+/yrOn-siteAI Research

Develop and scale generative models like diffusion and flow-matching for autonomous driving plan generation. Collaborate across teams to productize models for real-world deployment, requiring PhD/MSc + 3+ years in generative modeling and strong Python/C++ skills.

Nuro

Nuro

Mountain View, CA

Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for Planning
$160k+/yrOn-site2+ YOEAI Research

Develops state-of-the-art generative models like diffusion and flow-matching for autonomous planning in self-driving tech. Requires PhD or MSc with 2-3 years experience in generative modeling for robotics, strong Python/C++ skills, and top research publications.

Together AI

Together AI

San Francisco, CA

Systems Research Engineer, GPU Programming
$160k+/yrRemoteAI Research

Develops and optimizes GPU-accelerated kernels and algorithms for ML/AI applications, co-designing with modeling, hardware, and software teams. Requires strong GPU programming expertise in CUDA/Triton and knowledge of ML models.

Databricks

Databricks

San Francisco, CA

PhD GenAI Research Scientist Intern
$54+/hrOn-siteAI Research

PhD intern researches and develops techniques to adapt LLMs and AI systems for enterprise domains, including method design, evaluation, and efficient post-training. Requires deep learning proficiency, PyTorch skills, and ongoing PhD studies.

Cursor

Cursor

San Francisco, CA
Software Engineer, ML Research
No salary listedOn-siteAI Research

Builds distributed training, inference, and data systems for frontier coding models, working with researchers to enable fast iteration. Requires strong infrastructure background and intuitions about language models.

Quadric

Quadric

Pune, India

AI Kernel Engineer
No salary listedOn-site5+ YOEAI Research

Develops and optimizes AI and LLM inference kernels for Quadric’s neural processing platform, profiling performance across hardware configurations and improving compiler and runtime components. Requires 5+ years of kernel optimization experience, strong C/C++ and Python skills, and familiarity with CUDA, DSP, NEON, or Triton.

Datadog

Datadog

New York, NY
AI Research Scientist – Datadog AI Research (DAIR)
$140k+/yrOn-siteAI Research

Conducts cutting-edge research in Generative AI, building foundation models and autonomous agents for cloud observability, SRE, and code repair. Requires PhD in ML or related field, publications at top conferences, and expertise in PyTorch/TensorFlow distributed training.

Docker

Docker

London, United Kingdom

Principal Software Engineer, Docker Agents
No salary listedRemote10+ YOEAI Research

Leads the technical vision and implementation of Docker’s containerized AI agent platform, including runtime infrastructure, distributed systems, evaluation, and operational excellence. The role requires 10+ years of software engineering experience, principal-level technical leadership, and practical experience with Go, Docker, and LLM-based agent development.

Deepgram

Deepgram

San Francisco, CA
Research Staff, LLMs
$150k+/yrRemoteAI Research

Conduct cutting-edge research on Large Language Models, focusing on transformer optimization, distributed training, data curation, and RL. Collaborate on experiments, deploy models to production, and drive voice AI innovations.

Deepgram

Deepgram

San Francisco, CA
Research Staff, Voice AI Foundations
$150k+/yrRemoteAI Research

Pioneers Latent Space Models to solve core challenges in voice AI, developing neural audio codecs, generative speech models, and scalable multimodal systems. Requires strong expertise in statistical learning, foundation models, and bridging theory to efficient deployment.

Cerebras Systems

Cerebras Systems

United Arab Emirates

Applied AI/ML Scientist
No salary listedOn-siteAI Research

Develops and customizes large language and deep learning models for customer-specific applications, owning training, fine-tuning, evaluation, and agentic-system development. Requires advanced graduate education, hands-on experience with 1B+ parameter models, Python, PyTorch, and distributed training.

Shield AI

Shield AI

Melbourne, Australia

Computer Vision Engineer
No salary listedOn-siteAI Research

Develops novel C++ computer vision algorithms and real-time perception pipelines for autonomous platforms. The role requires strong computer vision, image processing, machine learning, and high-performance systems expertise, with deep learning and robotics experience advantageous.

OpenAI

OpenAI

San Francisco, CA

Researcher, Synthetic RL
$295k+/yrHybridAI Research

Develops novel reinforcement learning techniques using synthetic environments and feedback to enhance large-scale AI models. Designs experiments, analyzes dynamics, and integrates research into production systems; requires strong RL/ML background and engineering skills.

Runway

Runway

Remote

Member of Technical Staff, Research Engineer
$270k+/yrRemote4+ YOEAI Research

Research Engineer develops and experiments with multimodal world models, focusing on data strategies, training techniques, evaluations, and production deployment for AI simulation technologies. Requires 4+ years in ML research/engineering and proficiency in PyTorch or JAX.

Unsiloed AI

Unsiloed AI

San Francisco, CA

Founding ML Researcher
$200k+/yrOn-siteAI Research

Founding ML Researcher shapes ML research direction for document AI, owns end-to-end lifecycle from research to production deployment. Requires expertise in VLMs, computer vision, unstructured data parsing; PhD preferred.

Arena

Arena

San Francisco, CA

Machine Learning Scientist - Open Source Lead
No salary listedHybridAI Research

Leads open-source ML research by designing experiments, developing evaluation methodologies, analyzing preference data, and releasing datasets/code to advance AI model transparency. Requires PhD-level expertise in ML/LLMs and hands-on experience with RLHF/DPO fine-tuning.

Arena

Arena

San Francisco, CA

Machine Learning Scientist
No salary listedHybridAI Research

Designs and conducts experiments to evaluate AI models using human preference data, develops new metrics and methodologies, and analyzes large-scale interaction data to advance model reliability and alignment.

OpenAI

OpenAI

San Francisco, CA

Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Post-Training
$295k+/yrHybridAI Research

Research and develop improvements to pre-trained models for deployment in ChatGPT and API using reinforcement learning and product-driven approaches. Requires strong ML engineering, research experience with novel models, and ability to debug large codebases.

Layer Health

Layer Health

Boston, MA
ML Scientist
$200k+/yrOn-siteAI Research

Pioneers innovative ML techniques and builds foundation models for clinical information extraction and synthesis from medical records. Requires PhD in CS/math with NLP/ML focus, high-impact publications, and experience with large-scale model training using PyTorch/JAX.

Fundamental Research Labs

Fundamental Research Labs

Barcelona, Spain

ML Researcher
No salary listedOn-siteAI Research

Researches, develops, evaluates, and optimizes machine learning models across the full research lifecycle, with a focus on novel methods, scalable training, and efficient inference. Requires strong Python, software engineering, machine learning fundamentals, and experience with GPUs or TPUs and distributed training.

Kepler

Kepler

New York, NY

Head of AI Research
$400k+/yrOn-site5+ YOEAI Research

Lead AI research defining the agenda for trustworthy agentic systems, memory, retrieval, and evaluation frameworks. PhD required with 5+ years focused on LLMs/agents and a strong publication record; work ships directly to production for high-stakes financial users.

Cohere

Cohere

San Francisco, CA
Senior Research Scientist, Model Evaluation
No salary listedHybrid5+ YOEAI Research

Conducts research and builds benchmarks, methods, and infrastructure to evaluate the capabilities and progress of large language models. The role requires strong software engineering, prototyping, data-quality review, and rigorous measurement skills.

Rad AI

Rad AI

San Francisco, CA

Staff ML Research Scientist
$190k+/yrOn-site7+ YOEAI Research

Leads end-to-end applied ML research in NLP, LLMs, retrieval, and multimodal models for healthcare AI, driving from experimentation to production deployment with rigorous evaluation and clinician collaboration. Requires 7+ years experience, MS/PhD, and depth in ML areas like PyTorch tooling.

Distyl AI

Distyl AI

San Francisco, CA
Applied AI Researcher, System Discovery
$150k+/yrHybridAI Research

Applied AI Researcher on System Discovery team explores new AI system architectures, prototypes human-AI collaborations, and draws cross-domain insights to redefine enterprise workflows. Requires proven research track record, expertise in compound AI systems and agentic techniques, strong programming for rapid prototyping.

Distyl AI

Distyl AI

San Francisco, CA
Applied AI Researcher, System Self-Construction
$150k+/yrHybridAI Research

Designs self-constructing AI systems that autonomously generate, assemble, and refine subsystems using meta-learning, program synthesis, and evolutionary methods. Requires proven research in modular AI architectures, daily AI tool usage, and strong prototyping skills.

Distyl AI

Distyl AI

San Francisco, CA
Applied AI Researcher, System Self-Improvement
$150k+/yrHybridAI Research

Designs feedback-driven AI architectures for system self-improvement, enabling autonomous evolution through reflection, retraining, and adaptation. Requires proven research in compound AI systems, daily AI tool usage, and strong prototyping skills.

Distyl AI

Distyl AI

San Francisco, CA
Applied AI Researcher, AI Systems
$150k+/yrHybridAI Research

Designs and researches compound AI systems integrating LLMs, agents, and execution components for reliable enterprise workflows. Requires proven AI research track record, daily AI tool usage, strong prototyping skills, and expertise in agentic techniques.

Distyl AI

Distyl AI

San Francisco, CA
Applied AI Researcher, Post-Training
$150k+/yrHybridAI Research

Develops and evaluates post-training techniques like supervised fine-tuning, RLHF/DPO, and continual adaptation to align foundation models with enterprise systems. Requires expertise in adapting LLMs/SLMs, compound AI systems, and strong prototyping skills.

Distyl AI

Distyl AI

San Francisco, CA
Applied AI Researcher, Benchmarking
$150k+/yrHybridAI Research

Designs and constructs AI benchmarks and evaluation frameworks to measure reasoning, reliability, and real-world impact of intelligent systems. Requires experience with model evaluations, statistical rigor, building with AI models, and strong programming for prototypes.

Eightsleep

Eightsleep

San Francisco, CA

AI/ML Research Internship
No salary listedHybridAI Research

AI/ML research intern building prototypes for sleep fitness applications like multimodal activity understanding, time-series forecasting, and personalized thermoregulation. Works with cross-functional team on data-driven solutions; requires student status in CS/data science/ML-related field, prefers research experience and ML proficiency.

character.ai

character.ai

Redwood City, CA

Research Engineer, AI Safety & Alignment
$225k+/yrOn-siteAI Research

Develops evaluation methods, alignment techniques, and adversarial testing for large language models to ensure safety and alignment with human values. Requires PhD in ML/CS, production code skills, GPU experience, and transformers/RL expertise.

Perplexity

Perplexity

San Francisco, CA
AI Researcher
$220k+/yrOn-site2+ YOEAI Research

Advances AI products through post-training SOTA LLMs using supervised and reinforcement learning techniques on rich query datasets. Owns data pipelines, training frameworks, and model integration while collaborating across teams. Requires 2-6+ years in large-scale LLMs and Python/PyTorch expertise; PhD preferred.

Cohere

Cohere

New York, NY
Member of Technical Staff, Agent Code
No salary listedHybridAI Research

Researches and engineers code-generating LLMs and autonomous agent systems for enterprise automation. The role requires deep code-model expertise, strong Python and deep-learning framework skills, scalable systems experience, and a PhD with relevant publications.

Collate

Collate

San Francisco, CA

AI Research Scientist
No salary listedOn-siteAI Research

AI Research Scientist explores novel LLM modeling, NLP, and reasoning approaches for healthcare applications, prototypes capabilities, and deploys them into production with engineering and product teams. Requires strong ML/NLP background with publications and hands-on deep learning experience.

Letta

Letta

San Francisco, CA

Research Engineer / Scientist, Memory
No salary listedOn-siteAI Research

Designs long-term memory architectures for LLMs, builds multi-type memory systems, researches agent memory sharing and context management, and runs evaluations. Requires deep LLM/retrieval expertise and impactful research track record.

Standard Template Labs

Standard Template Labs

New York, NY

Staff Software Engineer
$160k+/yrOn-site7+ YOEAI Research

Leads hands-on development of AI-native, distributed systems that integrate LLMs, retrieval, and graph intelligence into enterprise IT workflows. Requires 7+ years of software engineering experience, strong architecture and API expertise, modern programming skills, and experience mentoring engineers.

Spellbrush

Spellbrush

San Francisco, CA
AI Anime Researcher - LLM
No salary listedOn-siteAI Research

Conducts advanced LLM research for post-training, roleplay, and real-time integration into an anime-style 3D adventure game AI companion. Requires deep LLM expertise, anime passion, and ability to build scalable infrastructure on a small onsite team.

Spellbrush

Spellbrush

San Francisco, CA
AI Anime Researcher - Motion Generation Models
No salary listedOn-siteAI Research

Researches and develops motion generation models (text-to-motion, audio-to-motion, facial animation) for real-time AI anime companions in narrative-driven 3D games. Requires hands-on AI model training experience and anime passion; on-site in SF or Tokyo.

Luma AI

Luma AI

Palo Alto, CA

Research Engineer - Evaluations
No salary listedHybrid5+ YOEAI Research

Designs and scales infrastructure for evaluating multimodal generative AI models, including pipelines, metrics, and integration into training loops. Requires 5+ years in ML evaluation systems, expertise in visual data, Python, and ML frameworks like PyTorch.

OpenAI

OpenAI

San Francisco, CA

Research Engineer, Codex
$295k+/yrHybridAI Research

Advances AI coding models through research, experimentation, and system optimization on the Codex team. Collaborates to improve code generation, reasoning, and performance for real-world deployment.

Wispr Flow

Wispr Flow

San Francisco, CA

ML Scientist
$185k+/yrOn-siteAI Research

Develops scalable voice interface features through prototyping, infrastructure building, and R&D. Requires PhD in ML or related field, top conference publications, Python/LLM fluency, and strong engineering skills.

Luma AI

Luma AI

Palo Alto, CA
Research Scientist / Engineer - Controllability, Personalization & Productization
$188k+/yrHybridAI Research

Develops controllability, personalization, and productization for video foundation models using fine-tuning, RL, and evaluation techniques. Requires deep expertise in visual generative models, PyTorch, and product-focused research for creative workflows.

Datology AI

Datology AI

Redwood City, CA

Research Scientist, Post-Training
$180k+/yrOn-site3+ YOEAI Research

Leads research on post-training data curation for foundation models, designing algorithms to generate/improve instruction and preference datasets, and unifying pre/post-training optimization. Requires 3+ years deep learning research, post-training experience with vision/language/multimodal models, and PyTorch proficiency.

Abridge

Abridge

San Francisco, CA
Machine Learning Scientist (All Levels)
$205k+/yrHybridAI Research

Conducts machine learning research in medical NLP for conversation summarization, evidence extraction, and outcome prediction. Publishes at top AI conferences, deploys models to production, and requires MS/PhD plus strong PyTorch/TensorFlow experience.