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Research Scientist

Scientists conducting original research to advance the state of the art in AI, machine learning, and related fields.

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99open jobs
32companies hiring
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Skills

What companies are looking for in this role.

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Designing and implementing novel machine learning algorithms and architectures for specialized domains

95%

Conducting empirical research and rigorous evaluation of model performance and capabilities

92%

Publishing research findings in top-tier academic conferences and peer-reviewed journals

90%

Prototyping and iterating on research ideas with clean, maintainable code

88%

Collaborating with cross-functional engineering and product teams to translate research into production systems

87%

Developing and optimizing large-scale neural networks and foundation models

85%

Designing evaluation frameworks and metrics for assessing model quality and safety

82%

Applying reinforcement learning and post-training techniques to improve model behavior

80%

Building data pipelines and managing large-scale data processing for model training

78%

Conducting ablation studies and analyzing model scaling properties and architectural choices

75%
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Building agentic systems and orchestrating intelligent agents for complex tasks

72%

Implementing multimodal learning across text, image, audio, and video modalities

70%

Developing techniques for model interpretability and understanding internal representations

68%

Optimizing models for real-time inference and production deployment constraints

65%

Developing safety, fairness, and alignment techniques for AI systems

62%

Designing grounding and retrieval mechanisms for information-seeking tasks

58%
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Communicating technical concepts clearly through writing and presentations

85%

Translating abstract research problems into concrete technical implementations

75%

Mentoring junior researchers and fostering collaborative research environments

72%

Leading research initiatives and managing project scope across teams

68%

Conducting rapid iteration and adaptation in response to experimental results

65%

Identifying research directions aligned with business impact and user needs

60%
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Technology

The tools and technologies that define this role.

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Pythonvery high
SQLlow
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PyTorchvery high
Transformersvery high
TensorFlowhigh
Vision Transformershigh
Diffusion Modelsmoderate
JAXmoderate
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CUDAmoderate
MongoDBmoderate
Kuberneteslow
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Jupyter Notebooksmoderate
Dockerlow
Gitlow
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Generative Modelsvery high
LLMsvery high
Natural Language Processingvery high
Reinforcement Learningvery high
Agent Systemshigh
Computer Visionhigh
Distributed Traininghigh
Fine-tuninghigh
GPUhigh
Multimodal Learninghigh
Safetyhigh
Simulationhigh
3D Reconstructionmoderate
Alignmentmoderate
Autonomous Drivingmoderate
Bayesian Inferencemoderate
Code Generationmoderate
Embedding Modelsmoderate
Fairnessmoderate
Information Retrievalmoderate
Instruction Tuningmoderate
Interpretabilitymoderate
Learning from Demonstrationsmoderate
Model Distillationmoderate
Preference Optimizationmoderate
RAGmoderate
Reasoning Modelsmoderate
Recommendation Systemsmoderate
Roboticsmoderate
Synthetic Data Generationmoderate
Tool Usemoderate
Video Synthesismoderate
Context Windowslow
Query Optimizationlow
SIMDlow
Speculative Decodinglow
VLAlow
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Open Jobs

99 open Research Scientist jobs across 32 companies.

DeepMind2d
Research Scientist, Information Quality
Mountain View, California, US; San Francisco, California, US·Research & Science
Anthropic2d
Anthropic Fellows Program — ML Systems & Performance
London, UK; Ontario, CAN; Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA·Research & Science
Anthropic2d
Anthropic Fellows Program — Reinforcement Learning
London, UK; Ontario, CAN; Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA·Research & Science
Anthropic2d
Anthropic Fellows Program — AI Safety
London, UK; Ontario, CAN; Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA·Research & Science
DeepMind4d
Research Scientist, Generative Modelling for Materials and Chemistry
London, UK·Research & Science
DeepMind4d
Research Scientist, Gemini Information Tasks
Mountain View, California, US·Research & Science
OpenAI4d
Researcher, Safety & Privacy
San Francisco·Research & Science
Cerebras Systems5d
Advanced Technology: AI/ML Research Scientist
Sunnyvale, CA; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada·Research & Science
Pika1w
Real-time Video Researcher
Palo Alto HQ·Research & Science
Waymo1w
Senior Research Scientist, World Modeling
Mountain View, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US·Research & Science
DeepMind1w
Research Scientist, AnthroKrishi
Bangalore, India·Research & Science
Nebius1w
Staff / Principal Applied AI Researcher – Agentic Search
Amsterdam, Netherlands; London, United Kingdom; Remote - Europe·Research & Science
MongoDB1w
Principal Research Scientist, Database Systems
New York City; Palo Alto·Research & Science
MongoDB1w
Staff Research Scientist, Voyage AI
Palo Alto; United States·Research & Science
Nebius1w
AI Researcher (Early Talent)
Amsterdam, Netherlands; Berlin, Germany; Remote - Europe; Remote - United States·Research & Science
Waymo1w
Research Scientist, RL for Autonomous Planning & World Modeling
Mountain View, CA, USA; Remote US·Research & Science
Waymo1w
Research Scientist / Computer Vision Researcher, Map Scalability
Mountain View, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US; New York, NY, US·Research & Science
MongoDB1w
Senior Research Scientist
Sydney·Research & Science
MongoDB1w
Senior Research Scientist, Voyage AI
Palo Alto·Research & Science
Goodfire1w
Research Scientist
San Francisco, CA·Research & Science