Applied Scientist III, Amazon AWS Agentic AI, AWS AI Fundamental Research
Postdoctoral scholar job in Santa Clara, CA
Amazon is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Applied Scientist with a strong machine learning background to help build industry-leading technology in generative AI and foundational models. As part of our AI team in Amazon AWS, you will work alongside internationally recognized experts to develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to advance the state-of-the-art in generative AI. Your work will directly impact millions of our customers in the form of products and services that make use of speech, vision and language technology. You will gain hands on experience with Amazon's heterogeneous speech, text, image and structured data sources, and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in machine learning and foundation models. More specifically, you will have the opportunity to impact millions of our customers by researching and building innovative solutions using Agentic AI.
Agentic AI drives innovation at the forefront of artificial intelligence, enabling customers to transform their businesses through cutting-edge generative AI solutions. We build and deliver the foundational AI services that power the future of cloud computing, helping organizations harness the potential of AI to solve their most complex challenges. Join our dynamic team of AI/ML practitioners, applied scientists, software engineers, and solution architects who work backwards from customer needs to create groundbreaking technologies. If you're passionate about shaping the future of AI while making a meaningful impact for customers worldwide, we want to hear from you.
A day in the life
A day in the life
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc.
- Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit ********************************************************* for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $150,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $260,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit ******************************************************** This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Applied Scientist, AWS Neuron Science Team
Postdoctoral scholar job in Santa Clara, CA
The AWS Neuron Science Team is looking for talented scientists to enhance our software stack, accelerating customer adoption of Trainium and Inferentia accelerators. In this role, you will work directly with external and internal customers to identify key adoption barriers and optimization opportunities. You'll collaborate closely with our engineering teams to implement innovative solutions and engage with academic and research communities to advance state-of-the-art ML systems. As part of a strategic growth area for AWS, you'll work alongside distinguished engineers and scientists in an exciting and impactful environment. We actively work on these areas:
- AI for Systems: Developing and applying ML/RL approaches for kernel/code generation and optimization
- Machine Learning Compiler: Creating advanced compiler techniques for ML workloads
- System Robustness: Building tools for accuracy and reliability validation
- Efficient Kernel Development: Designing high-performance kernels optimized for our ML accelerator architectures
A day in the life
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services. Additionally, this role may involve exposure to and experience with Amazon's growing suite of generative AI services and other cloud computing offerings across the AWS portfolio.
About the team
AWS Neuron is the software of Trainium and Inferentia, the AWS Machine Learning chips. Inferentia delivers best-in-class ML inference performance at the lowest cost in the cloud to our AWS customers. Trainium is designed to deliver the best-in-class ML training performance at the lowest training cost in the cloud, and it's all being enabled by AWS Neuron. Neuron is a Software that include ML compiler and native integration into popular ML frameworks. Our products are being used at scale with external customers like Anthropic and Databricks as well as internal customers like Alexa, Amazon Bedrocks, Amazon Robotics, Amazon Ads, Amazon Rekognition and many more.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Experience using Unix/Linux
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Experience in investigating, designing, prototyping, and delivering new and innovative system solutions
- Experience in state-of-the-art deep learning models architecture design and deep learning training and optimization and model pruning
- Experience with popular deep learning frameworks such as MxNet and Tensor Flow
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit ********************************************************* for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit ******************************************************** This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Machine Learning Researcher
Postdoctoral scholar job in San Francisco, CA
SUPERCOMPUTING AI LAB W/ MULTIMODAL GENERAL AGENT AI STARTUP - SERIES A $1.2B VALUATION
Goliath Partners has exclusively teamed up with an early stage startup AI Lab in SF currently valued at over $1B just after announcing their Series A. The firm has fundamental research bets on next-gen model architectures for long term memory and continual learning. Have lots of GPUs and are planning to get to frontier soon on the model side.
Funding wise, their Series A was led by none other than Jann Tallinn. Jann has only led two other Series A's in the past - DeepMind and Anthropic! The team includes ex-DeepMind, Nvidia, Anthropic and Twitter professionals, and they are operating at the cutting edge of the AI space.
They're hiring an ML Research Engineer to:
Design and implement autonomous agents that can code, reason, and self-verify across real software environments
Build full-stack infrastructure for prompt routing, task planning, retrieval, and sandboxed execution
Apply post-training techniques (SFT, DPO, RLHF) and build eval benchmarks for multi-step reasoning and coding tasks
Total Comp: $300-325k from a base perspective. Equity will also be involved at anywhere from .1% - 1% (equaling $1-10M in equity).
If this sounds interesting, I'd love to share more. Please apply with an updated copy of your resume and Goliath will get in touch!
Research Scientist
Postdoctoral scholar job in San Francisco, CA
About the Company
We are a seed-stage AI company building the industry standard for evaluating and benchmarking large language models on real enterprise tasks.
About the Role
As a Research Scientist, you will develop new benchmarks, methodologies, and evaluation pipelines that shape how cutting-edge models are assessed, compared, and deployed in production environments. Your work will directly influence model selection and safety decisions across foundation model labs, high-growth AI product companies, and Fortune-scale enterprises.
Responsibilities
Benchmarking & Model Analysis
Evaluate newly released models as they launch (e.g., Gemini, DeepSeek, etc.)
Run large-scale assessment workflows using internal evaluation infrastructure
Compare model performance across enterprise-grade task categories
Design New Benchmarks from Scratch
Identify high-value model application domains through research exploration
Construct datasets, including labeling strategy and workforce coordination
Write short “white-paper-style” summaries explaining benchmark purpose, method, and findings
Advance Automated Evaluation Methodologies
Improve systems for scoring generated text beyond standard metrics
Explore research in reference-free, rubric-based, and human-aligned evaluation
Develop new techniques for reliability, consistency, and repeatability
Cross-functional Collaboration
Work closely with engineering to scale evaluation infra
Partner with customers to refine evaluation relevance and task fit
Influence product direction through research insights
Qualifications
0-3 years post-grad experience (Master's, PhD, or equivalent applied research)
Publications, preprints, or demos showing cutting-edge work
Experience with diffusion models, NLP, multimodal, or benchmarking work
Ability to operate independently with ambiguity
Clean, maintainable research codebases
Candidates from:
top engineering/research universities
applied AI startups
well-regarded research internships
Required Skills
Built or contributed to a benchmark or evaluation methodology
Experience in enterprise task model evaluation
Stanford / top lab adjacency (per their historical hiring success)
Preferred Skills
Wants to publish as primary motivation
Purely academic with slow timelines
Big-tech culture fit concerns (Meta / Google / Salesforce specifically noted-but case-by-case)
Pay range and compensation package
Base Salary: up to $250K depending on background
Equity: typically 0.3% - 0.5%, flexibility for exceptional candidates
Rapid equity refresh possible based on impact
Equal Opportunity Statement
Visa sponsorship available. Relocation support. Health & dental coverage. Lunch + dinner provided, snacks & coffee. Unlimited PTO. Weekly happy hours with community guests. Team events (bowling, hiking, rock climbing, etc.). Swag program (hats, etc.).
Work Environment & Culture
In-person, San Francisco HQ (required). Core hours: 9-5, some teammates extend voluntarily. Most team members work 1 weekend day per week (flexible). High-ownership, low-ego, collaborative. Live demos Mondays, team lunch Thursdays, community Fridays. Early-stage pace, applied focus-not academic publishing.
Tech Environment
(while research-focused, exposure beneficial) Backend: Python / Django. Frontend: React + TypeScript. Infra: AWS. Evaluation frameworks + internal tooling.
Why This Role Is Unique
The company already collaborates with foundation model labs, high-growth AI vertical product companies, and Fortune 500 enterprises (not publicly facing). ChatGPT Vals AI $5M seed raised, runway of 2+ years at current burn. Only one research scientist is being hired-true founding impact. Opportunity to define industry standards for model trust, reliability, and certification. Positioned to become the rating agency for generative AI.
research scientist - RL
Postdoctoral scholar job in San Francisco, CA
Join a Leading Applied Research Lab Pushing the Boundaries of Reinforcement Learning
Are you passionate about advancing the frontiers of reinforcement learning (RL)? An innovative AI research lab is seeking talented and ambitious scientists to shape the next generation of RL techniques-especially where they intersect with large models and environment generation.
About the Role
As an AI Research Scientist focused on RL, you will:
Develop novel optimization-based methods for automated RL environment generation
Establish baselines for evaluating the quality and diversity of RL environments
Design infrastructure to create dynamic environments from historical datasets and agent evaluations
Drive your own research agenda, contributing directly to the progress of our platform and the broader AI community
What We're Looking For
PhD (or equivalent experience) in machine learning, computer science or a related field
Strong publication record and/or evidence of research impact (open source, deployed systems, etc.)
Deep expertise in reinforcement learning and machine learning fundamentals
Proficient in Python and at least one modern ML framework (such as PyTorch or JAX)
Bonus Points
Experience with post-training large language models (LLMs)
Demonstrated software engineering skills
Ability to communicate research findings effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
Research scientist (Robotics, AI)
Postdoctoral scholar job in Santa Clara, CA
Job Title: Research scientist (Robotics, AI)
Position Type: Full-Time / Permanent
Salary range: $200,000/yr - $270,000/yr
Job Description:
We are an early-stage robotics startup working on building multi-purpose mobile robots that can do complex manipulation tasks. We are looking for a creative, skilled, and motivated research scientists to join our founding team in advancing robot manipulation capabilities. We are looking for people with proven expertise in machine learning and/or robotics. You will collaborate with a team of talented researchers and engineers, and drive ongoing innovation and technological advancements within the company. This is a full-time on-site role in Santa Clara, CA.
Responsibilities:
Develop new algorithms and methods for training AI models for enhancing the robot dexterity.
Conduct cutting edge research across multiple disciplines (Robotics, RL/IL, control, perception, LLM, VLM, etc.).
Work with large-scale ML systems and large-scale model training/fine-tuning.
Design and implement state-of-the-art learning-based manipulation/navigation/control algorithms on real robots.
Work with other teams to develop a diverse set of robust manipulation skills for robots.
Requirements:
Ph.D. degree in Robotics, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, etc., or equivalent research experience.
Passionate about working with robots and building robot products.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
At least 3 years of experience conducting independent research.
Deep understanding of the SOTA robot learning techniques (reinforcement learning, imitation learning, etc.)
A track record of research excellence with your work published in top conferences and journals such as Science Robotics, IJRR, RSS, CoRL, ICRA, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, etc.
Proficient with Python.
Proficient with deep learning libraries such as PyTorch/TensorFlow/Jax.
Experience with real robot experiments.
Experienced with robot simulators such as Isaac Gym/ Isaac Sim/ SAPIEN/ MuJoCo/Drake, etc.
About Us:
Founded in 2009, IntelliPro stands as a global leader in talent acquisition and HR solutions. Our commitment to delivering unparalleled service to clients, fostering employee growth, and building enduring partnerships sets us apart. With a dynamic presence in the USA, China, Canada, Singapore, Philippines, UK, India, Netherlands, and Germany, we continue to lead the way in global talent solutions.
IntelliPro is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We also ensure that all applicants have access to accommodations throughout the hiring process. Learn more at ***************************
Compensation:
The compensation offered will depend on various factors, including location, experience, education, and job-related skills. This role includes a competitive base salary, bonus, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility.
Research Scientist - Vision Data Infrastructure
Postdoctoral scholar job in San Francisco, CA
⚡ Research Scientists/Engineers (all levels)
🔍 Focus on Vision Data Infrastructure
🤖 Fundamental AI Research Institute
🌎 San Francisco Bay Area, USA
💸 $250,000 - $600,000 salary + annual bonus
Come join one of the only research institutions globally with resources to compete with top AI companies =>10s of 1000s of GPUs to explore state-of-the-art research in LLMs, Multimodal and Agentic AI.
Currently seeking AI talent with expertise in building scalable pipelines for vision data to support both image/video generative training and multi-modal alignment. You'll design high-performance pipelines for large-scale image and video datasets, enabling efficient pretraining, alignment, and simulation-based data generation.
Responsibilities:
Vision Data Sourcing & Curation
Collect and organize image and video data from open datasets and the web.
Handle data cleaning, filtering, deduplication, and metadata generation.
Ensure ethical and compliant data collection at scale.
Processing & Augmentation
Build high-throughput pipelines for vision data preprocessing (frame extraction, resolution normalization, format conversion, latent caching).
Implement GPU-accelerated augmentation and distributed data loading (WebDataset, TFRecords, Parquet).
Synthetic & Simulation-Based Data Generation
Use simulation tools (e.g., Unreal Engine 5, Isaac Sim, Unity) to generate high-quality synthetic vision data.
Create specialized datasets for VLM training, visual reasoning, and agent interaction.
Requirements:
Strong experience with data engineering, computer vision, or machine learning infrastructure.
Expertise in building and scaling ETL/data pipelines for large unstructured datasets.
Proficiency with Python, PyTorch, and distributed data frameworks (e.g., Ray, Spark, Dask).
Experience with WebDataset, TFRecords, Parquet, or similar high-throughput data formats.
Familiarity with GPU-accelerated preprocessing, NVIDIA DALI, or equivalent systems.
Understanding of image/video codecs, data compression, and cloud storage optimization.
Preferred Experience:
Prior work with simulation-based or synthetic data generation using Unreal Engine, Isaac Sim, or Unity.
Experience curating datasets for multimodal or vision-language model training.
Knowledge of data ethics, privacy, and compliance frameworks for large-scale AI datasets.
Experience contributing to open datasets or data-centric AI research.
Why apply:
Opportunity to join a fast-growing core team that are already pushing AI breakthroughs
Highly competitive salary package
Work alongside ambitious and bright superstars from tech and academia
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
Relocation package available
🌎 San Francisco Bay Area, USA
📧 Interested in applying? Please click on the ‘Easy Apply' button or alternatively email me your resume at
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Founding Research Scientist (MARL)
Postdoctoral scholar job in San Francisco, CA
Series A company looking to hire a Sr. Applied RS with a good background in multi-agent reinforcement learning. The related challenge is figuring out how to use feedback from an objective function on (consumer) pricing to reinforce a multi-agent enterprise system (many components).
Qualifications:
Applied Research with MS or PhD in a technical field and 4
+
years relevant industry experience
Successful track record as a self-starter in 0->1 scenarios with a proven ability to take SOTA models into production
Please note:
Due to the selective nature of this service and the volume of applicants we typically receive from our job postings, a follow-up email will not be sent until a match is identified with one of the startup investments in our portfolio.
About Us:
Greylock is an early-stage investor in hundreds of remarkable companies including Airbnb, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Workday, Cloudera, Facebook, Instagram, Roblox, Coinbase, Palo Alto Networks, among others. More can be found about us here: *********************
We are full-time, salaried employees of Greylock who provide free candidate referrals/introductions to our active investments to help them grow/succeed (as one of the many services we provide).
Scientist: In Vivo Pharmacology
Postdoctoral scholar job in Palo Alto, CA
Scientist, In Vivo Pharmacology - Permanent - Palo Alto, CA
Where curiosity meets purpose-join us in shaping the future of science.
Primary Responsibilities: Proclinical is seeking a highly motivated, dynamic Scientist to support in vivo research on our cutting-edge pipeline and discovery programs. You will be involved in the preparation and execution of murine animal experiments and the collation of data.
The Scientist of In Vivo Pharmacology will:
Preparation for and execution of translational experiments such as in vivo pharmacology and disease model experiments, including experiments in knockout and transgenic mice
Animal handling during murine experiments, and handling of murine tissues resulting from animal experiments
Management of relationships with third-party vendors on mouse breeding and shipping
Identification, ordering, organization, storage, and proper disposal of laboratory reagents required for studies
In collaboration with the Laboratory Biology team, aid in maintaining laboratory space and inventory
Recording and filing data, preparing technical reports, and study summaries
Report progress of projects in a timely and concise manner to supervisor
May independently lead the development and implementation of new assays to support research projects; may independently execute experiments and perform data analyses of moderate complexity; may have responsibility for specific method or study.
Occasionally provides assistance to and/or mentoring other technical staff, new research staff or interns
Manages personal experimental timelines to meet project and personal goals
Presents findings at the scientist, department, and site-level.
Function as part of a collaborative team to support research needs
Contribute to the optimal functioning of the research team, including implementation of new tools and technologies.
Skills & Requirements:
S. and 7+ years of laboratory experience (academic and/or industry) or M.S. with 5+ years of laboratory experience (academic and/or industry)
Degree must be in a life sciences discipline, preferably cellular and/or molecular biology, biochemistry, and/or microbiology/immunology
3+ years of hands-on experience with in vivo murine research required, with mouse pharmacology and inflammation disease model experiments highly desired
Experience in experimental techniques such as handling of animal tissue, cell culture, qRT-PCR, flow cytometry, and ELISAs/MSDs is required
Experience in immunology research, including research with primary immune cells, would be valuable
Must be highly organized, punctual, and precise both in regards to performing laboratory experiments as well as maintenance of the laboratory space.
Ability to work independently and occasionally during non-traditional work hours as may be required by some experiments and will need to be comfortable in a laboratory and animal facility setting.
Possesses effective problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills
Experience with Microsoft software suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and other commonly used computer applications (Zoom, MS Teams, Box, etc.)
Clear and effective communicator across verbal, written, and interpersonal settings
If you are interested in applying to this exciting opportunity, then please click 'Apply' or to speak to one of our specialists please request a call back at the top of this page.
Proclinical is a leading life sciences recruiter focused on finding exceptional people and matching them with the finest positions across the globe. Proclinical is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
By submitting this application, you confirm that you've read and understood our privacy policy, which informs you how we process and safeguard your data - https://www.proclinical.com/privacy-policy
Decision Scientist
Postdoctoral scholar job in Sunnyvale, CA
Senior Decision Scientist
Fractal is a strategic AI partner to Fortune 500 companies with a vision to power every human decision in the enterprise. Fractal is building a world where individual choices, freedom, and diversity are the greatest assets. An ecosystem where human imagination is at the heart of every decision. Where no possibility is written off, only challenged to get better. We believe that a true Fractalite is the one who empowers imagination with intelligence. Fractal has been featured as a Great Place to Work by The Economic Times in partnership with the Great Place to Work Institute and recognized as a ‘Cool Vendor' and a ‘Vendor to Watch' by Gartner.
Please visit Fractal | Intelligence for Imagination for more information about Fractal
Position Overview:
Fractal is looking for a proactive and driven Senior Decision Scientist to join our Decision Science Consulting team in the San Francisco, CA area. In this role, you will help power measurable outcomes for leading technology organizations, leveraging cutting edge GenAI, Data Science, Engineering and Behavioral Science capabilities
This is a perfect opportunity for someone, who is looking to combine best-in-class data science and analytics skills, strong problem-solving, effective communication and thought leadership to help our clients solve their most strategic business problems
Responsibilities:
Drive business decision making by deeply analyzing clickstream and other structured data, building machine learning/ statistical models to uncover actionable insights, and developing presentations to communicate the findings and recommendations
Manage project roadmap by discussing potential analytics ideas, prioritizing based on estimated benefit vs. effort, documenting and planning for risks and blockers and periodically sharing status updates
Contribute to the analytical foundations by documenting data and business understanding, sharing knowledge with broader team and coming up with new opportunities such as automating repetitive tasks, researching and applying new approaches/ techniques and bringing in ideas from other disciplines such as consumer psychology, brand, economics, competitive analysis, etc.
Qualifications:
Bachelors or equivalent experience in statistics, computer science, engineering, informatics, data science, or related field; additional business degree is a plus
8+ years of data science/ analytics experience with demonstrable hands-on expertise
3+ years of leading complex projects working with (or supervising) analysts, data scientists, AI engineers, designers, etc.
Familiarity or natural interest towards management activities (project management, product management, team management) is strongly preferred
Excellent communication and presentation skills are a must
Strong proficiency with data manipulation is required (SQL + Python)
Strong familiarity with ML development and testing in Python is required
Must display strong learning agility to know the latest and greatest techniques across Statistics, ML and GenAI
(Preferred) Demonstrated experience working with digital marketing functions e.g. purchase funnel optimization, digital product enhancement, email/ push marketing, etc.
Hands-on experience in one, or more of the following is strongly preferred: regression, classification, clustering, time series forecasting, NLP
Familairity with Adobe Analytics and Snowflake is a plus
Salary Range: $130,000 - $155,000 (bonus and benefit eligible)
Fractal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Scientist II
Postdoctoral scholar job in Oakland, CA
Pay Rate Range: $50.00/hr. - $55.24/hr.
Target Pay Rate: $55.24/hr.
Duration: 3 Months
Onsite
Shift (if applicable): M-F 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
JOB DESCRIPTION
SUMMARY/JOB PURPOSE:
The Scientist II will be joining the Biotherapeutics Translational Pharmacology team to support our research programs. This position is primarily responsible for developing, optimizing and reporting out data for Bioanalytical assays for Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADC) to include ELISA, LC-MS and hybrid LC-MS techniques. This job will require the candidate to have excellent organization, communication, and teamwork skills, as well as flexibility and versatility, to meet tight deadlines in a dynamic, fast-moving environment.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Responsible for running analytical samples from nonclinical PK studies using ELISA, LC-MS and hybrid LC-MS techniques
* Operation and troubleshooting of automated instrumentation
* Collaborates with Biotherapeutics team members to support project advancement.
* Maintains electronic laboratory notebook in a complete, consistent, and timely manner in accordance with company intellectual property policies and practices.
* Prepares and organizes data for presentation. May present data and status reports at individual, group, and departmental research meetings under general supervision.
* Adherence to excellent health and safety practices and compliance with applicable EH&S safety rules and participates in mandatory safety training programs.
* Other responsibilities as assigned
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
* No supervisory responsibilities
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
Education:
* Bachelor's degree in related discipline and a minimum of four years of related experience; or
* Master's degree in related discipline and a minimum of two years of related experience; or,
* Equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience:
* Drug discovery experience is necessary with hands-on bioanalytical assay development with an excellent understanding of fundamental processes.
* Experience with ELISA, LC-MS and Hybrid LC-MS is required
* Experience using WinNonlin and PRISM applications are preferred.
Knowledge/Skills:
* Highly self-motivated with exceptional attention to detail is required.
* Thorough knowledge of activities related to bioanalytical assay development and data generation
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to follow written instructions and SOPs.
* Ability to multi-task and excellent time management skills.
* Excellent work ethic, working effectively in both a team environment and independently.
* Thorough proficiency in MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel is required.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
* Primarily working in laboratory and office environment.
* Potential handling of hazardous materials, and brief periods of working in both 4°C and -20°C environments.
* May be required to work weekends as needed.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county, to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.
Traveling Embryologist
Postdoctoral scholar job in Walnut Creek, CA
Kindbody is the leading fertility clinic network and global family-building benefits provider for employers offering the full-spectrum of reproductive care from preconception to postpartum through menopause. Kindbody is the trusted fertility benefits provider for 132 leading employers, covering almost 2.9 million lives. As the fertility benefits provider, technology platform, and direct provider of care, Kindbody delivers a seamless, integrated experience with superior health outcomes at lower cost, making fertility care more affordable and accessible for all. Kindbody has raised $315 million in debt and equity funding from leading investors including Perceptive Advisors, JP Morgan Chase's Morgan Health, GV (formerly Google Ventures), RRE Ventures, Claritas Health Ventures, Rock Springs Capital, Distributed Ventures, Whatif Ventures and TQ Ventures. Visit ***************** and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Linkedin.
Kindbody's clinically-managed program covers the full-spectrum of reproductive health, including both female and male fertility, which encompasses fertility assessments and education, fertility preservation, genetic testing, in vitro fertilization (IVF), donor and surrogacy services, and adoption, as well as a full continuum of reproductive care including physical, mental, and emotional support.
About the Role
As an experienced Senior Embryologist reporting to our Lab Managers in various locations, you will be working in a fast-paced, rapidly growing environment where you will be relied on for your expertise, professionalism, and collaboration. Proposed Schedule: 18 days per week in lab (travel day included) and 1 week remote admin work, subject to change based on the needs of the business.
Responsibilities
Perform assisted reproductive technology methods including, but not limited to, semen preparation, oocyte identification conventional IVF, ICSI, embryo culture and grading, laser assisted hatching, trophectoderm biopsy, sperm, oocyte and embryo cryopreservation (vitrification).
Maintain accurate laboratory records
Perform quality control procedures and monitor KPIs
Participate in the laboratory's quality management program
Coordinate with reproductive endocrinologists and OB/GYNs to assist their patients with reproductive health issues and clinical research.
Educate patients on infertility evaluations, medications, treatment protocols and procedures
Provide patient/couple counseling, procedure teaching, communicates physician orders and instructions
Ensure all patient information is documented appropriately in our EMR according to our procedures
Works independently to assure the program goals are achieved
Support and promote excellence in customer service
Provide feedback to HQ on process improvement and job specifications to help gain efficiencies in the day to day
Who You Are
Willingness to be flexible and travel nationwide to any of our 20 clinics
6+ years experience in clinical embryology {3-4 of which are micromanipulation}
Able to work independently with minimal supervision
Proficiency in all IVF laboratory methods including micromanipulation techniques and vitrification
Detail oriented, meticulous record-keeping
Strong communication skills & a team player
Familiarity with all state and local regulations including tissue bank licensing
Experienced in EMR and G-Suite
Open Rank - Director of Clinical Laboratory Science and Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist Training Program
Postdoctoral scholar job in San Jose, CA
The Department of Biological Sciences at San José State University invites applications for an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in the area of Clinical Laboratory Science. We are a team of dedicated teacher-scholars recognized for our commitment to excellent teaching, engaging students in research projects, and promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion in CLS, Biology, and in STEM disciplines. The incumbent will serve as Director for both the Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) Training Program and the Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist (CGMBS) Training Program, and will be expected to teach in these programs in their area of specialty.
The Department of Biological Sciences offers degrees in Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Systems Physiology, General Biology, Marine Biology, and is the home department for both the Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) Training Program and the Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist (CGMBS) Training Program. There are approximately 1000 undergraduate majors, 65 Master's students enrolled in Biology, 59 CLS students, and 16 CGMBS students enrolled. Facilities include: a new, state of the art Interdisciplinary Science Building, molecular and microbiology research and teaching labs (BSL2 capable); imaging with confocal laser microscope (Zeiss 700), flow cytometry (FACSCalibur & FACScan); cell culture; Proteomics (QTOF LC/MS/MS, 2D Gel, TYPHOON Imager, and AKTA FPLC systems); anatomy and physiology research and teaching labs; bioinformatics and general computing labs; greenhouses, herbarium, plant growth chambers, and museums. There is technical support for laboratory courses and equipment maintenance. Opportunities for collaboration with biotechnology companies and local research-intensive universities are supported.
The Department of Biological Sciences and San José State University value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our excellence in research, teaching, and service can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. SJSU enrolls more than 36,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved, and around 45% are first-generation and 38% are Pell-recipients. SJSU is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) Serving Institution. The university's commitment to social justice extends from its vibrant, inclusive campus to an international network of over 275,000 alumni. As such, San José State is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students, and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives.
Successful candidates will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and inclusion through their research, teaching, and/or service. We invite all applicants to include a Statement of Inclusive Excellence (or incorporate it into your cover letter) to share how your lived and professional experiences will contribute to the SJSU community-particularly in relation to student success and inclusive education. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Inclusive Excellence Statement Guidelines.
Required Qualifications
Insert required qualifications here. Includes terminal degree requirement and other qualification items. Be specific and clear, carefully considering how these qualifications contribute to student success and how candidates will demonstrate these in their application materials and interviews. Please note that hire decisions must be based primarily on the items denoted as required. Fewer, broader required qualifications lead to more diverse applicant pools.
* Doctoral degree in education, microbiology, or a related field. M.S. in biology or a related field may be considered with appropriate experience.
* Current CA CLS Generalist license
* Current (ASCP or ASCPi) Generalist certification as a medical laboratory scientist
* Three years of teaching experience
* Knowledge of education methods and administration as well as current NAACLS accreditation procedures and certification procedures
* Applicants must demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Priority will be given to candidates who possess one or more of the following:
* Expertise or teaching experience in one or more of the following: Hematology, Medical Microbiology, or Immunology
* Five years of practical experience in clinical laboratory work
* Management/supervisory experience leading and supervising personnel and projects
* Budgeting/fiscal experience
Key Responsibilities
* The successful candidate is expected to manage the operations of the CLS and CGMBS programs, including budget and fiscal activities, evaluation of applications, academic personnel, recruitment of teaching staff, facility coordination, promotion of the program, and curriculum planning and development.
* The candidate will ensure accreditation, licensing, safety and risk management requirements are met, update changes in standards for accreditation, and track all required statistics annually for accreditation purposes.
* Teaching duties may include hematology, medical microbiology, or immunology modules in the CLS/CGMBS curriculum.
* The candidate will participate in shared governance, usually in department, college, and university committees and other service assignments.
* The candidate must demonstrate awareness and experience understanding the needs of a student population of great diversity - in age, abilities, cultural background, ethnicity, religion, economic background, primary language, sexual orientation, gender identity, and academic preparation - through inclusive course materials, teaching strategies and advisement.
Other Duties
Note that all San José State University employees are considered mandated reporters under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and are required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment. Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) and CSU systemwide policy, some faculty duties may lead to designation as a Campus Security Authority (CSA). CSAs are required to complete Clery Act training and to immediately report Clery incidents to the institution.
Faculty employees must complete CSU employee training as assigned and required based on their role (e.g., Data Security, FERPA, Preventing Discrimination and Harassment, Title IX, Health and Safety). The President may recommend or require compliance with safety measures that decrease the likelihood of COVID-19 transmission or illness and allows the core mission and activities of the campus to continue.
Application Procedure
Select Apply Now to complete the SJSU Online Employment Application and attach the following documents:
* letter of interest
* curriculum vitae
* Optional statement of inclusive excellence (limit two pages)
* Statement of teaching interests/philosophy (limit 2 pages) that describes the applicant's pedagogical approach, teaching experiences, and their view of the role of faculty in student success
* Names and contact information for three references who are willing to provide letters of reference upon request.
Inquiries may be directed to the Department Chair or Search Committee Chair: Dr. Rachael French (***********************)
Conditional Offer
The work for this faculty position is located in the State of California and requires commuting to the campus Employment is contingent upon US residence and proof of eligibility to work in the United States. Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) is required for employment. SJSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current employee who was conditionally offered the position.
San José State University: Silicon Valley's Public University
Located in the heart of Silicon Valley - one of the most innovative regions in the world - San José State University is the founding campus of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system and the first public university in the West. Recognized as a leading transformative educational institution, San José State is an essential partner in the technological, economic, cultural, and social development of Silicon Valley, the Bay Area, and California. SJSU is a top-200 school nationally in research funding and second highest in research productivity in the CSU system. Cutting-edge research, world-class scholarship, student-centered learning, diverse communities, and commitment to social justice, allow SJSU to provide life-changing opportunities and advance the public good locally and globally.
Equal Employment Statement
San José State University prohibits discrimination on the basis of Age, Ancestry, Caste, Color, Disability, Ethnicity, Gender, Gender Expression, Gender Identity, Genetic Information, Marital Status, Medical Condition, Military Status, Nationality, Race, Religion, Religious Creed, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Sex Stereotype, and Veteran Status. This policy applies to all San José State University students, faculty, and staff as well as University programs and activities. Reasonable accommodations are made for applicants with disabilities who self-disclose.
Campus Security and Fire Safety Notification
Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, the Annual Security Report (ASR) is also now available for viewing at **************************************************************** The ASR contains the current security and safety-related policy statements, emergency preparedness and evacuation information, crime prevention and Sexual Assault prevention information, and information about drug and alcohol prevention programming. The ASR also contains statistics of Clery crimes for San José State University locations for the three most recent calendar years. A paper copy of the ASR is available upon request by contacting the Office of the Clery Director by phone at ************ or by email at ************************.
Pursuant to the Higher Education Opportunity Act, the Annual Fire Safety Report (AFSR) is available at ******************************************************************* The purpose of this report is to disclose statistics for fires that occurred within SJSU on-campus housing facilities for the three most recent calendar years, and to distribute fire safety policies and procedures intended to promote safety on Campus. A paper copy of the AFSR is available upon request by contacting the Housing Office by phone at ************ or by email at **********************.
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Easy ApplyResearch Scientist
Postdoctoral scholar job in San Jose, CA
About the Company
We are a seed-stage AI company building the industry standard for evaluating and benchmarking large language models on real enterprise tasks.
About the Role
As a Research Scientist, you will develop new benchmarks, methodologies, and evaluation pipelines that shape how cutting-edge models are assessed, compared, and deployed in production environments. Your work will directly influence model selection and safety decisions across foundation model labs, high-growth AI product companies, and Fortune-scale enterprises.
Responsibilities
Benchmarking & Model Analysis
Evaluate newly released models as they launch (e.g., Gemini, DeepSeek, etc.)
Run large-scale assessment workflows using internal evaluation infrastructure
Compare model performance across enterprise-grade task categories
Design New Benchmarks from Scratch
Identify high-value model application domains through research exploration
Construct datasets, including labeling strategy and workforce coordination
Write short “white-paper-style” summaries explaining benchmark purpose, method, and findings
Advance Automated Evaluation Methodologies
Improve systems for scoring generated text beyond standard metrics
Explore research in reference-free, rubric-based, and human-aligned evaluation
Develop new techniques for reliability, consistency, and repeatability
Cross-functional Collaboration
Work closely with engineering to scale evaluation infra
Partner with customers to refine evaluation relevance and task fit
Influence product direction through research insights
Qualifications
0-3 years post-grad experience (Master's, PhD, or equivalent applied research)
Publications, preprints, or demos showing cutting-edge work
Experience with diffusion models, NLP, multimodal, or benchmarking work
Ability to operate independently with ambiguity
Clean, maintainable research codebases
Candidates from:
top engineering/research universities
applied AI startups
well-regarded research internships
Required Skills
Built or contributed to a benchmark or evaluation methodology
Experience in enterprise task model evaluation
Stanford / top lab adjacency (per their historical hiring success)
Preferred Skills
Wants to publish as primary motivation
Purely academic with slow timelines
Big-tech culture fit concerns (Meta / Google / Salesforce specifically noted-but case-by-case)
Pay range and compensation package
Base Salary: up to $250K depending on background
Equity: typically 0.3% - 0.5%, flexibility for exceptional candidates
Rapid equity refresh possible based on impact
Equal Opportunity Statement
Visa sponsorship available. Relocation support. Health & dental coverage. Lunch + dinner provided, snacks & coffee. Unlimited PTO. Weekly happy hours with community guests. Team events (bowling, hiking, rock climbing, etc.). Swag program (hats, etc.).
Work Environment & Culture
In-person, San Francisco HQ (required). Core hours: 9-5, some teammates extend voluntarily. Most team members work 1 weekend day per week (flexible). High-ownership, low-ego, collaborative. Live demos Mondays, team lunch Thursdays, community Fridays. Early-stage pace, applied focus-not academic publishing.
Tech Environment
(while research-focused, exposure beneficial) Backend: Python / Django. Frontend: React + TypeScript. Infra: AWS. Evaluation frameworks + internal tooling.
Why This Role Is Unique
The company already collaborates with foundation model labs, high-growth AI vertical product companies, and Fortune 500 enterprises (not publicly facing). ChatGPT Vals AI $5M seed raised, runway of 2+ years at current burn. Only one research scientist is being hired-true founding impact. Opportunity to define industry standards for model trust, reliability, and certification. Positioned to become the rating agency for generative AI.
Machine Learning Researcher
Postdoctoral scholar job in San Jose, CA
SUPERCOMPUTING AI LAB W/ MULTIMODAL GENERAL AGENT AI STARTUP - SERIES A $1.2B VALUATION
Goliath Partners has exclusively teamed up with an early stage startup AI Lab in SF currently valued at over $1B just after announcing their Series A. The firm has fundamental research bets on next-gen model architectures for long term memory and continual learning. Have lots of GPUs and are planning to get to frontier soon on the model side.
Funding wise, their Series A was led by none other than Jann Tallinn. Jann has only led two other Series A's in the past - DeepMind and Anthropic! The team includes ex-DeepMind, Nvidia, Anthropic and Twitter professionals, and they are operating at the cutting edge of the AI space.
They're hiring an ML Research Engineer to:
Design and implement autonomous agents that can code, reason, and self-verify across real software environments
Build full-stack infrastructure for prompt routing, task planning, retrieval, and sandboxed execution
Apply post-training techniques (SFT, DPO, RLHF) and build eval benchmarks for multi-step reasoning and coding tasks
Total Comp: $300-325k from a base perspective. Equity will also be involved at anywhere from .1% - 1% (equaling $1-10M in equity).
If this sounds interesting, I'd love to share more. Please apply with an updated copy of your resume and Goliath will get in touch!
Research Scientist - AI for Chip Design
Postdoctoral scholar job in Palo Alto, CA
Join the Frontier of AI-Driven Hardware Design
Are you passionate about pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence and eager to see your research power the next generation of computational hardware? We're a stealth-mode AI research and product lab on a mission to revolutionize chip design. Our team is reimagining how custom silicon is created-using advanced AI to dramatically accelerate and optimize the process, making ultra-efficient, domain-specific chips a reality.
About Us
Founded by leading minds from top universities and industry labs, our team brings together AI researchers and engineers from organizations like DeepMind, Meta, Apple, and Intel. We're backed by world-class investors, including renowned scientists, professors, and founders in the hardware and AI space. Here, you'll work alongside pioneers at the intersection of machine learning and hardware, building the intelligence layer for tomorrow's computing revolution.
Your Role: Founding AI Researcher (ML)
As a founding member of our technical team, you'll be at the heart of developing and deploying AI models that transform chip design. You'll tackle challenges like code generation, verification, architectural exploration, and multimodal reasoning-building multi-agent systems that can design, optimize, and verify real silicon. This is a hands-on, 0→1 opportunity: you'll own the full ML lifecycle, from data pipelines and model training to deployment and iteration, collaborating closely with hardware and product experts.You'll experiment at the bleeding edge of LLMs, reinforcement learning, and graph-based methods for EDA, defining how AI will shape the future of hardware
What We're Looking For
Academic Background: PhD in Computer Science, EECS, Mathematics, or a related field (or BS/MS with strong research engineering experience at leading labs or startups).
AI/ML Expertise: Deep experience building end-to-end ML pipelines, including data curation, model training, and post-training using RL. Proven ability to take models from research to real-world deployment.
Technical Skills:
Hands-on with LLM/VLM deployment (vLLM, sg Lang, LM Studio, Ollama, etc.) and distributed training (QLoRA, ZeRO, CUDA, PyTorch Parallelism).
Experience with RL post-training workflows, reward modeling, and environment design.
Track record in code generation, reasoning, and tool use-especially in structured domains.
Builder Mindset: Fast-moving, able to prototype, benchmark, and productionize ML pipelines with tight feedback loops.
Passion: Excited to push the state-of-the-art in AI for real-world engineering challenges.
Bonus Points:
Experience at leading AI labs (OpenAI, DeepMind, Anthropic, etc.).
Publications in top ML or EDA conferences.
Background in hardware design or verification (not required).
Why Join Us?
Impact: Shape the future of AI-driven chip design from the ground up.
Ownership: Significant autonomy and a meaningful equity stake.
Growth: Work with a world-class team on cutting-edge challenges.
Culture: Fast-paced, collaborative, and mission-driven environment.
Ready to help define how AI will design the hardware of tomorrow? Apply now and join us at the frontier of AI and hardware innovation!
Founding Applied Research Scientist (RL)
Postdoctoral scholar job in San Francisco, CA
Early-stage (vertical RL) company looking to hire a Sr. Applied RS with a strong background in reinforcement learning.
Qualifications:
Applied Research with MS or PhD in a related field and 4
+
years industry experience in deep learning and 2+ years with reinforcement learning
Successful track record as a self-starter in 0->1 scenarios with a proven ability to take SOTA models into production
Please note:
Due to the selective nature of this service and the volume of applicants we typically receive from our job postings, a follow-up email will not be sent until a match is identified with one of the startup investments in our portfolio.
About Us:
Greylock is an early-stage investor in hundreds of remarkable companies including Airbnb, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Workday, Cloudera, Facebook, Instagram, Roblox, Coinbase, Palo Alto Networks, among others. More can be found about us here: *********************
We are full-time, salaried employees of Greylock who provide free candidate referrals/introductions to our active investments to help them grow/succeed (as one of the many services we provide).
Please note: We are not recruiting for any roles within Greylock at this time. This job posting is for direct employment with a startup in our portfolio.
Research Scientist
Postdoctoral scholar job in Fremont, CA
About the Company
We are a seed-stage AI company building the industry standard for evaluating and benchmarking large language models on real enterprise tasks.
About the Role
As a Research Scientist, you will develop new benchmarks, methodologies, and evaluation pipelines that shape how cutting-edge models are assessed, compared, and deployed in production environments. Your work will directly influence model selection and safety decisions across foundation model labs, high-growth AI product companies, and Fortune-scale enterprises.
Responsibilities
Benchmarking & Model Analysis
Evaluate newly released models as they launch (e.g., Gemini, DeepSeek, etc.)
Run large-scale assessment workflows using internal evaluation infrastructure
Compare model performance across enterprise-grade task categories
Design New Benchmarks from Scratch
Identify high-value model application domains through research exploration
Construct datasets, including labeling strategy and workforce coordination
Write short “white-paper-style” summaries explaining benchmark purpose, method, and findings
Advance Automated Evaluation Methodologies
Improve systems for scoring generated text beyond standard metrics
Explore research in reference-free, rubric-based, and human-aligned evaluation
Develop new techniques for reliability, consistency, and repeatability
Cross-functional Collaboration
Work closely with engineering to scale evaluation infra
Partner with customers to refine evaluation relevance and task fit
Influence product direction through research insights
Qualifications
0-3 years post-grad experience (Master's, PhD, or equivalent applied research)
Publications, preprints, or demos showing cutting-edge work
Experience with diffusion models, NLP, multimodal, or benchmarking work
Ability to operate independently with ambiguity
Clean, maintainable research codebases
Candidates from:
top engineering/research universities
applied AI startups
well-regarded research internships
Required Skills
Built or contributed to a benchmark or evaluation methodology
Experience in enterprise task model evaluation
Stanford / top lab adjacency (per their historical hiring success)
Preferred Skills
Wants to publish as primary motivation
Purely academic with slow timelines
Big-tech culture fit concerns (Meta / Google / Salesforce specifically noted-but case-by-case)
Pay range and compensation package
Base Salary: up to $250K depending on background
Equity: typically 0.3% - 0.5%, flexibility for exceptional candidates
Rapid equity refresh possible based on impact
Equal Opportunity Statement
Visa sponsorship available. Relocation support. Health & dental coverage. Lunch + dinner provided, snacks & coffee. Unlimited PTO. Weekly happy hours with community guests. Team events (bowling, hiking, rock climbing, etc.). Swag program (hats, etc.).
Work Environment & Culture
In-person, San Francisco HQ (required). Core hours: 9-5, some teammates extend voluntarily. Most team members work 1 weekend day per week (flexible). High-ownership, low-ego, collaborative. Live demos Mondays, team lunch Thursdays, community Fridays. Early-stage pace, applied focus-not academic publishing.
Tech Environment
(while research-focused, exposure beneficial) Backend: Python / Django. Frontend: React + TypeScript. Infra: AWS. Evaluation frameworks + internal tooling.
Why This Role Is Unique
The company already collaborates with foundation model labs, high-growth AI vertical product companies, and Fortune 500 enterprises (not publicly facing). ChatGPT Vals AI $5M seed raised, runway of 2+ years at current burn. Only one research scientist is being hired-true founding impact. Opportunity to define industry standards for model trust, reliability, and certification. Positioned to become the rating agency for generative AI.
research scientist - RL
Postdoctoral scholar job in Fremont, CA
Join a Leading Applied Research Lab Pushing the Boundaries of Reinforcement Learning
Are you passionate about advancing the frontiers of reinforcement learning (RL)? An innovative AI research lab is seeking talented and ambitious scientists to shape the next generation of RL techniques-especially where they intersect with large models and environment generation.
About the Role
As an AI Research Scientist focused on RL, you will:
Develop novel optimization-based methods for automated RL environment generation
Establish baselines for evaluating the quality and diversity of RL environments
Design infrastructure to create dynamic environments from historical datasets and agent evaluations
Drive your own research agenda, contributing directly to the progress of our platform and the broader AI community
What We're Looking For
PhD (or equivalent experience) in machine learning, computer science or a related field
Strong publication record and/or evidence of research impact (open source, deployed systems, etc.)
Deep expertise in reinforcement learning and machine learning fundamentals
Proficient in Python and at least one modern ML framework (such as PyTorch or JAX)
Bonus Points
Experience with post-training large language models (LLMs)
Demonstrated software engineering skills
Ability to communicate research findings effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
Machine Learning Researcher
Postdoctoral scholar job in Fremont, CA
SUPERCOMPUTING AI LAB W/ MULTIMODAL GENERAL AGENT AI STARTUP - SERIES A $1.2B VALUATION
Goliath Partners has exclusively teamed up with an early stage startup AI Lab in SF currently valued at over $1B just after announcing their Series A. The firm has fundamental research bets on next-gen model architectures for long term memory and continual learning. Have lots of GPUs and are planning to get to frontier soon on the model side.
Funding wise, their Series A was led by none other than Jann Tallinn. Jann has only led two other Series A's in the past - DeepMind and Anthropic! The team includes ex-DeepMind, Nvidia, Anthropic and Twitter professionals, and they are operating at the cutting edge of the AI space.
They're hiring an ML Research Engineer to:
Design and implement autonomous agents that can code, reason, and self-verify across real software environments
Build full-stack infrastructure for prompt routing, task planning, retrieval, and sandboxed execution
Apply post-training techniques (SFT, DPO, RLHF) and build eval benchmarks for multi-step reasoning and coding tasks
Total Comp: $300-325k from a base perspective. Equity will also be involved at anywhere from .1% - 1% (equaling $1-10M in equity).
If this sounds interesting, I'd love to share more. Please apply with an updated copy of your resume and Goliath will get in touch!