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Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon AGI
Amazon 4.7
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
The Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Principal Applied Scientist with a strong deep learning and generative AI background, to focus on the development of software development skills of Nova foundational models.
As a Principal Applied Scientist, you are a trusted part of the technical leadership. You bring business and industry context to science and technology decisions. You set the standard for scientific excellence and make decisions that affect the way we build and integrate algorithms. You solicit differing views across the organization and are willing to change your mind as you learn more. Your artifacts are exemplary and often used as reference across the organization.
You are a hands‑on scientific leader. Your solutions are exemplary in terms of algorithm design, clarity, model structure, efficiency, and extensibility. You tackle intrinsically hard problems, acquiring expertise as needed. You decompose complex problems into straightforward solutions.
You amplify your impact by leading scientific reviews within your organization or at your location. You scrutinize and review experimental design, modeling, verification and other research procedures. You probe assumptions, illuminate pitfalls, and foster shared understanding. You align teams toward coherent strategies. You educate, keeping the scientific community up to date on advanced techniques, state‑of‑the‑art approaches, the latest technologies, and trends. You help managers guide the career growth of other scientists by mentoring and play a significant role in hiring and developing scientists and leads.
Key Job Responsibilities
Define key research directions, adopting or inventing new machine learning techniques, conducting rigorous experiments, publishing results, and ensuring that research is translated into practice.
Develop long‑term strategies, persuade teams to adopt those strategies, propose goals and deliver on them.
Participate in organizational planning, hiring, mentorship and leadership development.
Serve as a key scientific resource in full‑cycle development (conception, design, implementation, testing, documentation, delivery, and maintenance).
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of hands‑on work in predictive modeling and analysis.
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
Experience working in predictive modeling and analysis.
Experience distilling informal customer requirements into problem definitions, dealing with ambiguity and competing objectives.
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
Experience leading experienced scientists as well as having a record of developing junior members from academia or industry to a career track in a business environment.
Preferred Qualifications
10+ years of relevant work in industry or academia.
Knowledge of problem solving, algorithm design and complexity analysis.
Experience creating novel algorithms and advancing the state of the art.
Peer‑reviewed scientific contributions in premier journals and conferences.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Legal Compliance Statements
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. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $179,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $309,400/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.
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$179k-309.4k yearly 1d ago
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Research Scientist - Diffusion Models
Kadence
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
Founding ResearchScientist - Generative Video
📍 Seattle, WA (Onsite, 5 days/week) | 💼 Full-time
About the Founders
Founded by a collective of PhD researchers from leading global universities (Apple, Stanford & Oxford PhD Alumni) with backgrounds at top AI labs and major technology companies, combining deep theoretical insight with proven large-scale product execution.
About the Company
Our client is a stealth-mode AI startup creating breakthrough technology at the intersection of perception, learning, and expression. The team's mission is to build intelligent systems that can observe and interpret subtle human cues - visual, vocal, and behavioral - to enable natural, emotionally aware digital interaction.
They're developing foundational models that unify multiple input streams to make communication between humans and machines feel effortless and authentic.
Role Overview
This position is ideal for a scientist who thrives at the boundary of research and product impact. As the Founding ResearchScientist for Generative Video, you'll lead experimentation on advanced video generation methods, designing architectures that model motion, timing, and realism at scale.
You'll have freedom to explore new diffusion-based approaches, define metrics for visual fidelity and consistency, and bring early-stage research into practical real-time applications.
Key Responsibilities
Design and implement generative video models that synthesize realistic movement, depth, and texture.
Develop scalable pipelines for dataset creation, model training, and system evaluation.
Explore diffusion, transformer, and temporal modeling techniques to enhance continuity and expression.
Partner with engineers and scientists across modalities (speech, text, vision) to integrate outputs into unified frameworks.
Evaluate model behavior, benchmark performance, and publish findings where appropriate.
Transition promising prototypes into production-ready, low-latency systems.
Required Background
PhD or comparable experience in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, or Graphics.
Proven expertise in video or 3D generative modeling, preferably using diffusion or transformer architectures.
Strong applied experience with PyTorch, JAX, or similar toolkits.
Understanding of data curation, distributed training, and large-scale evaluation.
Publications, patents, or open-source contributions demonstrating research excellence.
Self-directed mindset with enthusiasm for rapid iteration and open-ended discovery.
What Makes This Unique
Early technical ownership in shaping the research roadmap of a deep-tech organization.
Opportunity to work on high-impact, unexplored problems in real-time generative media.
Close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of machine learning, vision, and graphics experts.
Competitive compensation, strong equity participation, and top-tier backing from investors in applied AI.
$63k-105k yearly est. 3d ago
Research Scientist, Generative AI - Seattle
Tiktok 4.4
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
Intelligent Creation team focuses on conducting cutting-edge research and development in the area of Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, and particularly Generative AI. We continuously transfer innovative technologies to TikTok products, and inspire TikTok users' creativity. We are looking for talents at all levels to join us on this exciting journey!
Responsibilities:
* Conduct cutting-edge research and development in computer vision, generative AI and other related fields;
* Transfer advanced technologies to TikTok products;
* Explore new products with artificial intelligence technology at its core.Minimum Qualifications
1. 3+ years of research and practical experience in one or more areas of computer vision, including but not limited to (preferring candidates with publications in top-tier venues such as CVPR, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, NeurIPS):
* Generative models, diffusion models, GAN
* Image and video synthesis/manipulation/editing
* Multi-modality, vision and language
* Generative human, neural motion synthesis
* Image and video understanding
* Human modeling (2D and 3D pose estimation, hand pose estimation, human shape estimation)
* Facial analysis
2. Highly competent in algorithms and programming; Strong coding skills in C/C++ and Python.
3. Work and collaborate well with team members.
4. Ability to work independently.
We are looking for talented individuals to join us in 2026. As a graduate, you will get unparalleled opportunities for you to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas and explore limitless growth opportunities. Co-created a future driven by your inspiration with ByteDance. Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to ByteDance and its affiliates' job globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early. About the Team Join ByteDance's database development team, where you'll build and own cutting-edge database products supporting Bytedance's global infrastructure. Our diverse portfolio includes relational databases, distributed caches, key-value stores, document databases, graph databases, wide-column stores, search engines, and multi-model databases. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to enhance these services in a cloud-native environment, embracing a culture of intellectual curiosity, self-direction, and problem-solving. Responsibilities - Design and develop distributed NoSQL databases, with a focus on one of the following: distributed caches, key-value stores, document databases, graph databases, wide-column stores, search engines, or multi-model databases. - Build high-performance, low-latency, and highly available distributed systems to support mission-critical business operations with scalability and cost efficiency. - Optimize compute and storage engines for cloud-native global deployments, improving efficiency and reducing operational costs. - Provide technical guidance to internal business teams, identifying opportunities for system optimization to improve stability, functionality, and performance. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop robust database products and solutions. - Address technical challenges in cloud service architectures, ensuring scalable solutions for large-scale, high-traffic systems.
Final year or recent graduate with a background in software development, computer science, computer engineering, or related technical discipline. Minimum Qualifications: - Ph.D. in Computer Science or related fields with strong database systems or AI research experience. - Proficiency in one or more programming languages (C, C++, Java, Go, Python, Rust) with strong coding skills in a Linux environment. - Deep understanding of database principles, distributed system design, and multi-threaded programming, with hands-on experience in distributed storage and computing technologies. - Strong knowledge of distributed consensus algorithms, with experience in database kernel development. - Practical experience with large-scale cloud-native architectures and distributed system control platforms. Preferred Qualifications: - Publications at top-tier conferences (e.g., SIGMOD, VLDB, NeurIPS, MLSys, ICDE). - Familiarity with popular database systems and source code such as RocksDB, Redis, MongoDB, HBase, TiDB, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, JanusGraph, YugabyteDB, or CockroachDB.
$127k-184k yearly est. 19d ago
AGI Model Architect / Research Scientist in AGI Model Architecture
Tencent 4.5
Principal research scientist job in Bellevue, WA
We are committed to building the core architecture for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) systems that match or surpass human-level capabilities. As a key contributor to our core R&D team, you will help develop large-scale models with multimodal perception, autonomous learning, and reasoning abilities, driving their generalization to real-world applications. Our goal is to design a native multimodal system-capable of understanding and generating across vision, speech, and text-while interacting deeply with the environment to catalyze the transition from AGI to ASI (Artificial Super Intelligence).
Responsibilities:
Design unified large model architectures with integrated capabilities in multimodal perception, reasoning, memory, and generation (across vision/audio/text).
Build systems that support continual learning, hierarchical memory, autonomous exploration, and self-evolution.
Advance the development of agent-based systems with autonomous task planning, cross-modal interaction, tool usage, and self-improvement capabilities.
Contribute deeply to the design of core components such as general representation learning, synchronized audio-visual modeling, world models, and sparse modeling.
Key Research Areas:
Multimodal Unified Architecture: Native co-frequency modeling and cross-modal reasoning across vision, speech, and language.
Continual Learning & Memory Mechanisms: Architectures that separate long-term memory from the core model to enable memory recall and task transfer.
World Modeling & Causal Reasoning: Enabling models to predict environmental states, plan behaviors, and update cognitive structures dynamically.
Sparse & Modular Architectures: Scalable, efficient, and interpretable ultra-large sparse model design.
Self-Evolution & Active Data Generation: Mechanisms for self-growth through reinforcement learning, self-supervision, and environment interaction.
Cross-Modal Understanding & Generation: Strengthening joint generation and decision-making capabilities in real-world physical environments.
Intelligent Agent Capability Transfer: Systematic enhancement of task generalization and tool-composition skills.
Who We Look For
Requirements:
Expertise in Transformer-based architectures and their applications in language and multimodal domains.
Hands-on experience in building or optimizing billion-scale models; familiar with training paradigms such as SFT (Supervised Fine-tuning), RLHF (Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback), and self-supervised learning.
Preferred qualifications include deep understanding or practical experience in one or more of the following areas:
Multimodal models (e.g., vision-language models, audio-video models)
Reinforcement learning and autonomous agent systems
Complex reasoning and planning (e.g., search + LLMs, world modeling)
Sparse modeling and dynamic routing mechanisms
Strong engineering and system thinking capabilities, with the ability to translate cutting-edge research into production-level AGI model systems.
Publications in top-tier conferences/journals such as NeurIPS, ICLR, CVPR, ACL, etc., are highly desirable.
Location State(s)
US-Washington-BellevueThe expected base pay range for this position in the location(s) listed above is $134,900.00 to $253,400.00 per year. Actual pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Employees hired for this position may be eligible for a sign on payment, relocation package, and restricted stock units, which will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Subject to the terms and conditions of the plans in effect, hired applicants are also eligible for medical, dental, vision, life and disability benefits, and participation in the Company's 401(k) plan. The Employee is also eligible for up to 15 to 25 days of vacation per year (depending on the employee's tenure), up to 13 days of holidays throughout the calendar year, and up to 10 days of paid sick leave per year. Your benefits may be adjusted to reflect your location, employment status, duration of employment with the company, and position level. Benefits may also be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent
As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.
$134.9k-253.4k yearly Auto-Apply 60d+ ago
AI Research Scientist, Computer Vision - Facebook Video Intelligence
Meta Platforms, Inc. 4.8
Principal research scientist job in Bellevue, WA
The Video Intelligence team is an applied AI research team within the Facebook pillar. This role is expected is to develop advanced video generation and understanding foundation models, enabling innovative AI-driven video creation experiences and enhancing our ability to comprehend video content. The team is responsible for building state-of-the-art GenAI technology to empower video generation and understanding.
Minimum Qualifications
* Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta
* PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a relevant technical field
* Experience training multimodal, computer vision, LLM or related AI/ML models
* Programming experience in Python and hands-on experience with frameworks such as PyTorch
* Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
Preferred Qualifications
* First-authored publications at peer-reviewed conferences (e.g. ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML, KDD, CVPR, ICCV, ACL)
* Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams, including product, engineering, and research
* Experience building text-to-video generative models, image-to-video generative models, video understanding models, and/or unified native video generative models
Responsibilities
* Build a variety of multimodal foundation models such as text-to-video generative models, image-to-video generative models, video understanding models, unified native video generative models
* Design core foundation model architectures and progressive pre-train
* Post-train foundation models using techniques such as Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), Direct Preference Optimization (DPO), and Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA)
* Conduct research to develop SOTA GenAI models for the Facebook family of apps
About Meta
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. You may view our Equal Employment Opportunity notice here.
Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, fill out the Accommodations request form.
$143k-190k yearly est. 6d ago
Research Scientist II/Quantitative Research Scientist
Actalent
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
HIRING ASAP! If interested in more information/direct feedback, please reach out to me directly at ghilson@actalentservices. com and attach your resume and contact information. * BENEFITS:YES * PAY: $60-63 an hour depending on experience
* SCHEDULE: Hybrid/Remote flexibility (when converted, it is fully onsite)
Job Description:
* Design and execute research projects to improve workplace experience.
* Generate and analyze surveys; design upfront research to answer business questions.
* Triangulate sentiment-based data with operational data (sales, occupancy).
* Develop analysis plans and utilize various platforms for data analysis.
* Collaborate with other researchscientists and stakeholders.
* Work independently with flexible scheduling (minimum 30 hours/week).
Typical Tasks:
* Define core projects and hypotheses.
* Create surveys for new datasets; collaborate on existing datasets.
* Perform heavy analysis and usability testing.
* Weekly syncs with researchscientists; optional biweekly team meetings.
MUST HAVES:
* PhD or Master's degree + 4+ years of quantitative field research experience.
* Strong coding skills: SQL required; ability to use Python/R or similar for data analysis
* Experience designing and developing surveys
* Experience applying scientific principles to business problems and analyzing experimental/observational data sets
NICE TO HAVES:
* Experience with large datasets.
* Familiarity with AWS tools.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Seattle, WA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $63.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Seattle,WA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Jan 29, 2026.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.
$60-63 hourly 5d ago
Research Scientist (Experimental)
Zap Energy
Principal research scientist job in Everett, WA
As a ResearchScientist (Experimental), you'll be at the heart of our mission-designing, running, and analyzing experiments that push the boundaries of plasma physics and fusion technology. Your work will help us understand complex systems, validate models, and uncover insights that move us closer to sustainable energy.
Responsibilities
Lead or support experimental campaigns on advanced fusion devices
Design and deploy plasma diagnostics (e.g., Thomson scattering, interferometry, spectroscopy, magnetics, neutronics)
Analyze experimental and computational data, including error propagation and interpretation
Collaborate with engineers to integrate systems and optimize experimental setups
Share findings through publications and presentations
Qualifications
Required
Masters in plasma physics, fluid dynamics, turbulence, combustion or closely related field
Strong foundation in plasma physics, applied physics, or related fields
Hands-on experience with experimental design and data analysis
Creative problem solver who thrives in fast-paced, collaborative environments
Clear communicator who enjoys turning complex ideas into actionable insights
Preferred
PhD in plasma physics, fluid dynamics, turbulence, combustion or closely related field
Bonus points for expertise in:
Fusion plasma diagnostics
Pulsed power systems
High-voltage instrumentation
Liquid metal systems
Computational plasma modeling
Estimated salary range: $100,000-150,000 annual.
Zap Energy also offers the following:
Competitive compensation
Matching retirement contributions
Premium health insurance
Flexible vacation and paid company holidays
Zap Energy is building a low-cost, compact and scalable fusion energy platform that confines and compresses plasma without the need for expensive and complex magnetic coils. Zap's sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch technology offers the shortest potential path to commercially viable fusion and requires orders of magnitude less capital than traditional approaches. Zap Energy has over 60 employees in two facilities near Seattle and is backed by leading financial and strategic investors.
Please contact ************************ with any questions.
Candidates may be considered for other positions at Zap Energy and actual salary will be based on relevant education, experience, and other qualifications. Range is published in accordance with Washington Equal Pay and Opportunity Act.
Zap Energy Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.
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$100k-150k yearly Easy Apply 60d+ ago
2026 University Graduate - Research Scientist/Engineer
Adobe Systems Incorporated 4.8
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
Our Company Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe's all about. We give everyone-from emerging artists to global brands-everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We're passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.
We're on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!
Our Company
Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe's all about. We give everyone-from emerging artists to global brands- everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We're passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.
We're on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours.
The Opportunity
Initiates the design, development, execution and implementation of technology research projects. Investigates the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to potential inventions and products. Plans and executes applied research. Maintains substantial knowledge of state-of-the-art principles and theories and may contribute to scientific literature and conferences. May participate in development of patent applications. May coordinate interdepartmental activities and research efforts.
What You'll Do
* Work towards long-term results-oriented research goals, while identifying intermediate achievements.
* Contribute to research that can be applied to Adobe product development.
* Help integrating novel research work into Adobe's product.
* Lead and collaborate on research projects across different Adobe divisions
What You Need to Succeed
* PhD degree in machine learning, AI, computer science, statistics, or scene semantic understanding; or equivalent experience required with an expected graduation date of December 2026 - June 2027
* 0-1 + years of experience in specific skill/field(s)
* Experience communicating research for public audiences of peers.
* Experience working in teams.
* Knowledge in a programming language.
Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.
Adobe aims to make Adobe.com accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call **************.
Adobe values a free and open marketplace for all employees and has policies in place to ensure that we do not enter into illegal agreements with other companies to not recruit or hire each other's employees.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $120,700 -- $238,600 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. In California, the pay range for this position is $164,800 - $238,600 In Washington, the pay range for this position is $146,300 - $211,850
At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).
In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.
State-Specific Notices:
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Massachusetts:
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It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.
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$164.8k-238.6k yearly 60d+ ago
Research Scientist
Open Door 4.5
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Staff / Senior Staff ResearchScientist to push the boundaries of applied machine learning and AI at Opendoor. While this role will have a significant impact on our valuation systems - ensuring we provide the most accurate and transparent pricing possible - the scope goes well beyond pricing. You'll work across a range of challenging ML problems, from multi-modal modeling to operational optimization, helping us rethink how we use structured and unstructured data to make better decisions for our customers.
What You'll Need
Strong software engineering and coding skills in Python, with experience contributing to production codebases
9+ years of experience developing and deploying ML models end-to-end - from research and prototyping to implementation in production systems
Hands-on experience with deep learning architectures, including ConvNets, Transformers, or similar
Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in computer science, statistics, mathematics, or a related quantitative field
Solid foundation in statistics and experimental design
Strong communication and collaboration skills - you're comfortable working with cross-functional stakeholders and can communicate technical ideas clearly
Nice to Have
Familiarity with Pyspark and distributed data processing
Background in search, recommendation systems, or personalization
Experience working with large language models (LLMs) or vision-language models (VLMs)
A genuine interest in real estate - no prior experience required, but you'll engage deeply with housing data
What You'll Do
Design and deploy architectural improvements to our deep neural network (DNN)-based home valuation models
Build interpretable ML models that can help us explain pricing decisions to customers
Incorporate unstructured data - like images, videos, or text - into our forecasting and valuation pipelines using cutting-edge AI models (LLMs, VLMs, etc.)
Collaborate with Engineering and Ops to enhance our human-in-the-loop pricing systems
Improve the feature engineering and model training pipelines that power our production systems
Rethink our risk and optimization models using real-world data and domain insight
We're a small, nimble team - there's ample opportunity to work across the entire research and modeling stack.
Compensation
The base pay range for this position is $238,400 - $327,800 annually, plus RSUs and bonuses. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on your qualifications, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. We also offer a comprehensive package of benefits including unlimited PTO, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.
At Opendoor our mission is to tilt the world in favor of homeowners and those who aim to become one. Homeownership matters. It's how people build wealth, stability, and community. It's how families put down roots, how neighborhoods strengthen, how the future gets built. We're building the modern system of homeownership giving people the freedom to buy and sell on their own terms. We've built an end-to-end online experience that has already helped thousands of people and we're just getting started.
$70k-115k yearly est. Auto-Apply 12d ago
Staff Applied Scientist
Cisco Systems Canada Co 4.8
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
The application window is expected to close on: 01/16/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Meet the Team
Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer, more resilient digital world with an end-to-end, full-stack platform designed for hybrid, multi-cloud environments. Join the Code Generation group, where we work on automating the code generation process using GenAI techniques. We combine deep AI research expertise with the scale and operational excellence of Splunk and Cisco's global engineering capabilities. Our work spans networking, security, observability, and customer experience, designing and deploying foundation models that enhance reliability, strengthen security, prevent downtime, and deliver predictive insights across Splunk Observability, Security, and Platform at enterprise scale. You'll be part of a culture that values technical excellence, impact-driven innovation, and cross-functional collaboration, all within a flexible, growth-oriented environment.
Your Impact
As a Staff Applied Scientist, you will:
Design, build, and deploy advanced AI models for intelligent code generation, contributing across model architecture, experimentation, evaluation, and integration into production systems.
Push the boundaries of agentic GenAI by developing models that not only generate code but also reason, plan, self-correct, and interact with tools, APIs, and execution environments to improve reliability and usability.
Enhance code-generation capabilities for DSLs and structured languages, helping shape the next generation of developer experiences powered by LLMs in both interactive and automated workflows.
Optimize training and inference workflows through efficient data pipelines, distributed training strategies, and model-level performance improvements to ensure low latency, high accuracy, and cost-effectiveness.
Partner closely with engineering and product teams to ensure research outcomes are aligned with customer needs and translate into scalable, high-impact product features.
Contribute to the scientific culture of the team, sharing best practices in rigorous experimentation, reproducibility, evaluation design, and documentation.
Participate in long-term AI innovation by identifying emerging opportunities, proposing new directions, and shaping roadmap priorities in collaboration with research and engineering leaders.
Minimum Qualifications
PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or a related technical field with 2+ years of industry or post-doctoral research experience;
or a Master's degree with 6+ years of relevant applied ML or research experience.
Demonstrated expertise in at least one of the following:
Large language models for program synthesis, code understanding, or formal languages
Multi-step planning or agentic AI for developer workflows
Strong programming proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
Experience translating research prototypes into production systems, including deployment, optimization, and performance evaluation.
Working knowledge of experimental design, benchmarking, reproducibility, evaluation metrics, and scientific documentation.
Preferred Qualifications
LLMs for Code Generation - Experience training, fine-tuning, or adapting models such as Code-LLaMA, CodeT5, StarCoder, or GPT-based code models for program synthesis, bug fixing, refactoring, test generation, static/dynamic analysis, or domain-specific languages (DSLs).
Domain-Specialized Modeling - Experience building models for structured languages such as SQL, DSLs, configuration languages, or proprietary query/automation languages.
Agentic AI & Tool Use - Experience developing systems where models plan, call tools/APIs, self-correct, or execute code iteratively to improve output quality.
Structured Reasoning & Planning - Familiarity with techniques such as chain-of-thought prompting, constrained decoding, self-debugging, or reinforcement learning for code-centric tasks.
Large-Scale Training & Optimization - Experience with distributed training or inference optimization (quantization, LoRA, batching, caching) to improve latency, cost, and accuracy trade-offs.
MLOps & Continuous Evaluation - Exposure to automated retraining, dataset versioning/curation, evaluation harnesses, and reliability monitoring for ML models in production.
Research Visibility - Publications in top AI/ML venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AAAI, KDD) and/or meaningful contributions to the LLM/code-gen research community (open-source, tools, datasets, or benchmarks).
Why Cisco?
At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:The starting salary range posted for this position is $193,800.00 to $245,300.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$212,300.00 - $317,100.00
Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$193,800.00 - $282,100.00
* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
$106k-136k yearly est. Auto-Apply 5d ago
Machine Learning Research Scientist / Research Engineer, Post-Training
Scale Ai Inc. 4.1
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
Scale works with the industry's leading AI labs to provide high quality data and accelerate progress in GenAI research. We are looking for ResearchScientists and Research Engineers with expertise in LLM post-training (SFT, RLHF, reward modeling). This role will focus on optimizing data curation and eval to enhance LLM capabilities in both text and multimodal modalities.
In this role, you will develop novel methods to improve the alignment and generalization of large-scale generative models. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to define best practices in data-driven AI development. You will also partner with top foundation model labs to provide both technical and strategic input on the development of the next generation of generative AI models.
You will:
Research and develop novel post-training techniques, including SFT, RLHF, and reward modeling, to enhance LLM core capabilities in both text and multimodal modalities.
Design and experiment new approaches to preference optimization.
Analyze model behavior, identify weaknesses, and propose solutions for bias mitigation and model robustness.
Publish research findings in top-tier AI conferences.
Ideally you'd have:
Ph.D. or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a related field.
Deep understanding of deep learning, reinforcement learning, and large-scale model fine-tuning.
Experience with post-training techniques such as RLHF, preference modeling, or instruction tuning.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Published research in areas of machine learning at major conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, etc.) and/or journals
Previous experience in a customer facing role.
Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position, determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant. You'll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.
Please reference the job posting's subtitle for where this position will be located. For pay transparency purposes, the base salary range for this full-time position in the locations of San Francisco, New York, Seattle is:$252,000-$315,000 USD
PLEASE NOTE:
Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.
About Us:
At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Cisco, DLA Piper, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.
We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com. Please see the United States Department of Labor's
Know Your Rights poster
for additional information.
We comply with the United States Department of Labor's
Pay Transparency provision
.
PLEASE NOTE: We collect, retain and use personal data for our professional business purposes, including notifying you of job opportunities that may be of interest and sharing with our affiliates. We limit the personal data we collect to that which we believe is appropriate and necessary to manage applicants' needs, provide our services, and comply with applicable laws. Any information we collect in connection with your application will be treated in accordance with our internal policies and programs designed to protect personal data. Please see our privacy policy for additional information.
$70k-116k yearly est. Auto-Apply 7d ago
Research Scientist, Model Collaborativity
Deepmind
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
Snapshot
Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity's most useful inventions. At DeepMind, we're a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.
About Us
We aim to enhance Gemini's capabilities to become a truly
collaborative
partner. User intent is typically unveiled through an ongoing, interactive, and multi-step conversation, rather than a single, isolated prompt.
We seek for the model to be able to proactively engage by asking clarifying questions, making timely suggestions, and automatically incorporating relevant context from past interactions and personal data.
This challenge is conceptualized as an imperfect information game. The core objective is for the model to deduce a user's hidden goals and preferences through cues provided during a conversation. We plan to utilize advanced Reinforcement Learning methods to optimize for long-term user satisfaction, which necessitates solving intricate credit assignment issues within interactive, stateful environments; model robustness issues; and exploration/exploitation strategies.
The techniques you develop will have a direct impact on a wide range of Gemini applications.
Key responsibilities:
Design and implement novel multiturn RL algorithms to train collaborative LLMs. This includes exploring advanced methods for credit assignment, model robustness, and exploration/exploitation strategies.
Develop and scale our training infrastructure, building on our existing framework for training against stateful user simulators.
Formalize the problem of
collaborativity
by creating new metrics, environments, and evaluation methodologies that capture long-term user satisfaction and preference alignment.
Do cutting-edge research that pushes the boundaries of how agents learn from interactions with users, user simulators and other agents with diverse model behaviors.
Collaborate with research and product teams to integrate these capabilities into core Gemini products, improving tasks that require sustained interaction and user understanding.
To make this effort successful, we need a strong RS who can help us deliver state-of-the-art collaborative models. We are looking for a candidate with deep expertise in reinforcement learning and large-scale ML systems. You should be passionate about solving complex, long-horizon problems and excited by the challenge of building truly adaptive and intelligent agents.
About You
In order to set you up for success as a ResearchScientist at DeepMind, we look for the following skills and experience:
PhD in Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Natural Language Processing, or a related field.
Strong data analysis and synthetic data generation skills.
Strong development skills in Python and experience with deep learning frameworks like JAX, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.
Experience building and working with large-scale ML training systems.
In addition, the following would be an advantage:
Deep theoretical and practical experience in Reinforcement Learning (e.g., policy gradient methods, value-based methods, model-based RL, credit assignment, robustness).
Experience developing and training large generative models (LLMs).
Strong track record of academic publications in top-tier conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI).
Familiarity with research on game theory, multi-agent systems, or learning from human feedback (RLHF/RLAIF).
Experience building or using user simulators for RL training.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $166,000 - $291,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.
Application Deadline: December 15, 2025
At Google DeepMind, we value diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.
$63k-105k yearly est. Auto-Apply 50d ago
Research Scientist
Oumi
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
Why we exist: Oumi is on a mission to make frontier AI truly open for all. We are founded on the belief that AI will have a transformative impact on humanity, and that developing it collectively, in the open, is the best path forward to ensure that it is done efficiently and safely. By providing the safest, highest quality, and most flexible AI, we aspire to unlock positive impact for every individual, enterprise, and humanity overall.
What we do: Oumi provides an all-in-one platform to build state-of-the-art AI models, end to end; from data preparation to model training, evaluation and production deployment, empowering innovators to build cutting-edge models at any scale. Oumi also advances open foundation models in collaboration with academic collaborators and the open community.
Our Approach: Oumi is built on a foundation of open source, with open collaboration at the heart of everything we do. Our work is:
Research-driven: We conduct and publish original AI research, working closely with academic research labs and collaborators across the globe.
Community-powered: We believe in the strength of open collaboration and actively welcome contributions from researchers and developers worldwide.
Accessibility-focused: We design Oumi to help any organization-regardless of size or resources-effectively build, deploy, and benefit from AI by lowering barriers to access, experimentation, and adoption.
Role Overview
The ResearchScientist will be an integral part of Oumi's research team, focusing on advancing the state-of-the-art in large language models (LLMs), vision language models (VLMs), and related technologies. This role involves conducting cutting-edge research, contributing to open-source projects, and collaborating with other researchers and engineers. Researchers at Oumi will work on various aspects of LLM/VLM development including training, evaluation, data curation, and benchmark development.
What you'll do:
Model Development: Conduct research on training and evaluating new Large language models (LLMs), Vision Language Models (VLMs), and other AI models. This includes exploring new architectures, training techniques, and optimization methods.
Data Curation: Develop methodologies for curating high-quality datasets for training and evaluating LLMs. This may involve data synthesis and other novel techniques.
Benchmark Development: Develop evaluation benchmarks to measure the performance of LLMs across various tasks and domains.
Research and Experimentation: Design and conduct experiments to validate research hypotheses and improve model performance.
Open Source Contribution: Contribute to the Oumi open-source platform, models and projects, and other relevant tools and libraries.
Collaboration: Collaborate with other researchers, engineers, and the broader community to advance the field of open-source AI.
Publication: Publish research findings in leading conferences and journals.
Platform Evaluation: Evaluate existing models and identify areas of improvement.
Flexibility: Work with various models, including text and multimodal models, and both open and closed models.
Problem Solving: Focus on the research that matters by skipping the plumbing and moving straight to research, building on the work of others and contributing back.
What you'll bring:
Education: A Ph.D. or MSc. in computer science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or a related field is preferred. Candidates with a strong publication record, or equivalent industry experience will be considered.
Research Experience: Demonstrated experience in conducting original research in machine learning, with a strong publication record in top-tier conferences or journals.
ML Expertise: Deep understanding of machine learning and deep learning concepts, with specific knowledge of large language models (LLMs) and/or vision language models (VLMs).
Programming Skills: Strong programming skills in Python and experience using deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch).
Open Source: Familiarity with open-source projects and a passion for contributing to the open-source community.
Initiative: A self-starter who can work independently and take ownership of initiatives.
Values: Share Oumi's values: Beneficial for all, Customer-obsessed, Radical Ownership, Exceptional Teammates, Science-grounded.
Benefits
Equity in a high-growth startup
Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
21 days PTO
Regular team offsites and events
Location:
Hybrid work environment, with offices in:
San Mateo, CA
Seattle, WA
New York, NY
$63k-105k yearly est. Auto-Apply 60d+ ago
Research Scientist / Engineer - Agents
Chipstack
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
Job Description
Chips are at the center of today's tech-driven world. But how we design them has not changed in decades, while their complexity and specialization have skyrocketed due to increasing performance demands from applications like AI. We want to change that.
Our team is small, technical, and fast-moving. We've built and shipped at the intersection of AI, EDA, and systems software, with deep roots at companies like Qualcomm, Nvidia, Google, Meta, and the Allen Institute for AI. We're backed by top investors including Khosla Ventures, Cerberus, and Clear Ventures, and already deployed with 10+ innovative customers-from Fortune 100s to cutting-edge AI silicon startups.
Role Overview
You'll design, engineer, and research agentic systems-software that plans, executes, uses tools, and learns. You'll bridge LLM agent research (prompting, tool use, memory architectures) with the engineering that puts these systems in production for chip design workflows.
Key Responsibilities
Agent Research & Prototyping
Architect and iterate on agentic components: memory, context engineering, tool usage, multi-agent coordination
Experiment with prompting, finetuning, and orchestration to improve agent performance
Infrastructure Development
Build scalable infrastructure for prompt iteration/testing, benchmarking, logging, and evaluation
Assist with pipelines for fine-tuning, automated evaluation, and model deployment.
Collaboration & Integration
Work directly with chip designers and ML infra engineers to embed agentic workflows into chip design pipelines
Partner with product teams to solve core agent challenges (e.g., long-horizon planning, tool integration)
Research & Metrics
Define and evaluate performance metrics for agent systems
Design goal-oriented agentic workflows to enhance task completion
You Should Have
5+ years of combined ML research and / or software engineering experience
Hands-on with LLMs: prompting, finetuning, evaluation
Strong programming skills
Solid foundations in distributed systems, data pipelines
Cloud + on-premise infra experience involving GPUs. Familiarity with Docker
Excellent communication & a bias toward collaborative problem-solving
PhD or MS in ML, CS, or related field, or equivalent research + implementation experience
Ability to build, evaluate, and iterate LLM-based applications
Nice-to-Have
Experience in fine-tuning LLMs specifically for agentic applications
Experience designing agentic systems or multi-agent workflows
Familiarity with reinforcement learning (RLHF/RL-agent contexts)
Background in integrated ML infra and agent evaluation pipelines
Interest or experience in the chip design/EDA domain
What Makes This Role Unique
Play a key role at the intersection of agent research and real-world infra, delivering autonomous workflows for chip design
Influence both the research direction and the productionization of agentic systems
Join a tight-knit founding team, directly impacting high-stakes chip-design automation tasks
Culture
Challenge status quo
: We are innovators who can challenge the status quo and push forward our vision of the world.
Strong opinions, loosely held
: We are low on ego, but high on collaboration. We are okay to be wrong and are always open to learning.
Ship fast, ship quality
: We ruthlessly prioritize what matters. We build a few things, but at lightning speed with high quality.
Proud of our craft
: Attention to detail is in our DNA. We take pride in what we build and ensure they exceed the high standards of the semiconductor industry.
$63k-105k yearly est. 6d ago
Proactive Intelligence, Applied Research Scientist Generative AI
Career-Mover
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
Apple is seeking Applied ResearchScientists with expertise in Generative AI to join their team. The role involves leveraging state -of -the -art Generative models to enhance Apple's products and services for various devices, including the iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch, and iPad.
The team's mission is to enhance Apple platforms by understanding and adapting to user behavior through machine learning, resulting in exceptional features integrated into Apple platforms.
The ideal candidate should have industry experience in modeling areas such as Conversational Agents, Reinforcement Learning, and Large Language Models.
They should also possess strong programming skills in Python and/or C++, proficiency in ML toolkits like PyTorch and TensorFlow, and the ability to build deep -learning systems.
This role requires creative problem -solving, collaboration, and hands -on work in multi -functional teams.
Candidates should hold an M.
S.
or PhD in Computer Science or a related field with a minimum of 5 years of experience in applied ML and/or product development.
The base pay range for this role is $161,700 to $284,900, with additional benefits and stock programs offered to Apple employees.
Publications in top -tier conferences and experience in robotics, deep learning, and mobile device development are advantageous.
$63k-105k yearly est. 60d+ ago
Applied AI Research Scientist - Computer Vision & Generative AI
Personal Connect
Principal research scientist job in Bellevue, WA
Employment Type: Full -time Salary: Negotiable
About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated Applied AI ResearchScientist to join a cutting -edge AI Lab focused on generative AI and computer vision. This position is ideal for researchers passionate about advancing image and video generation, 3D reconstruction, and multi -modal modeling in real -world applications.
You will be part of a globally distributed team with backgrounds from top -tier labs and companies. The lab moves quickly, and many research concepts are tested and deployed within weeks, not years. Team members are encouraged to publish and present at top -tier conferences, while also contributing directly to product features used by millions.
This is an on -site position based in Bellevue, WA.
About the AI Lab
This AI Lab plays a central role in enhancing the AI capabilities of widely used consumer -facing creative tools. The team is focused on:
Developing state -of -the -art algorithms in computer vision and generative modeling
Conducting seminal research that advances the frontiers of image and video generation, 3D modeling, and multimodal learning
Collaborating across product and engineering teams to integrate research into real -time applications
Mentoring top -tier AI researchers and engineers to drive innovation and technical excellence
Fostering a collaborative, high -ownership culture where research excellence meets fast -paced product iteration
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
Research and develop advanced models for image and video generation, editing, 3D reconstruction, and related areas
Conduct and publish high -impact research while contributing to product -driven development
Collaborate closely with internal and external teams to push the frontier of applied generative AI
Translate innovative research into efficient, scalable solutions for deployment in production environments
Provide mentorship when necessary to support a strong and innovative technical team culture
What You'll Work On
As part of the team, you will contribute to the development of:
Diffusion and generative adversarial models for image and video synthesis and enhancement
3D face modeling and reconstruction for augmented editing and animation features
Multimodal generative models combining text, image, audio, and video signals
Real -time inference systems optimized for mobile and cloud deployment
Novel AR and visual storytelling tools leveraging generative vision models
You will work with large -scale, proprietary datasets covering diverse visual domains, and also utilize and benchmark against public datasets and challenges. The models you build will be deployed in widely used digital creative tools with millions of global users. We use PyTorch, TensorFlow, and proprietary tools for scalable model training and deployment.
Basic Qualifications
Industrial research experience, either as a full -time employee or intern, with projects in computer vision, computer graphics, or natural language processing (NLP)
For U.S. -based candidates: Must obtain work authorization at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
Preferred Qualifications
PhD in Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, NLP, or a closely related field
Three or more years of industry or academic experience in a relevant field
Strong interest in and thoughtful consideration of the product impact of AI technologies
Excellent engineering skills to implement and optimize research prototypes into scalable deliverables
Proven problem -solving skills, with the ability to evaluate alternatives and make data -driven decisions
Strong communication skills to effectively share complex ideas with technical and non -technical audiences
A track record of first -author publications in top -tier conferences such as CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, or SIGGRAPH
Benefits
Why Join
Work on high -impact projects that combine deep research and real -world application
Collaborate with world -class researchers and engineers in a fast -moving and supportive environment
Access large -scale data, high -quality infrastructure, and real users to accelerate your work
Be part of a lab that actively supports both academic contributions and production innovation
Apply now to shape the future of generative AI in products used by millions worldwide.
$63k-105k yearly est. 60d+ ago
Clinical Research Investigator (MD/DO)
DM Clinical Research
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
Clinical Research Investigator DM Clinical Research, the largest privately-owned research management organization in the Houston area and one of the top 50 in the country, is looking for an Investigator for our sites in Seattle, WA. This individual will conduct all clinical trials (studies) according to ICH, GCP, local regulations, study protocols, and company processes. Responsibilities
Ensures the medical well-being and safety of the participants through the safe performance and execution of the studies.
Assists in maintaining clinical oversight and quality on the studies registered on and delivers on study targets, thereby contributing to the commercial success of the site.
Reviews enrollment progress, pre-screening and screening success rates, screen failure rates, safety, and retention of participants.
Interprets protocols and IB and participates in initiatives to strategize for patient recruitment.
Carries out clinical evaluation and assessment of participants to ensure eligible participants are enrolled onto studies.
Ensures and protects the welfare and safety of participants through ethical conduct.
Fulfills and comply with all medical duties as per protocol, SOP/COP and ICH GCP and local regulations.
Exercises meticulous attention to detail in documentation and patient care.
Requirements
Medical License (MD, DO)
At least 2 years of experience as a Clinical Research Investigator.
Spanish Bilingual a plus.
$67k-114k yearly est. 60d+ ago
Research Scientist Engineer 4
University of Washington 4.4
Principal research scientist job in Seattle, WA
The Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine has an outstanding opportunity for a ResearchScientist/Engineer 4 to join their team.
The Raftery research group focuses on developing new methods and applications of metabolite profiling using a combination of mass spectrometry (MS) and NMR platforms which provide a broad-based approach for biomarker discovery and systems biology research. The main purpose of this position is to analyze the metabolomics data that we generate, as well as complementary, available genomic or proteomic data for several projects focused on understanding the biology of aging. The aging studies focus on numerous organisms, including humans, dogs, flies and through the Nathan Shock Center, mice or other model organisms.
The Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine has an outstanding opportunity for a ResearchScientist/Engineer 4 to join the Raftery lab to investigate the biology of aging using metabolomics, genomics, and systems biology. This position is at 100% FTE. The RSE4 will need a high level of skill in oral and written scientific communication and extensive knowledge of systems biology, statistics and computational methods. The position will focus primarily on the statistical and pathway analysis of the complex metabolite data, including generating creative and new methods of analysis of the data, but will also involve biological interpretation and assisting other researchers with study design. The Scientist will be responsible for generating draft manuscripts and in assisting with proposal writing.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Research Responsibilities = 70%
Consult and coordinate on research efforts and study design with collaborators focused on aging.
Write, develop, and modify data analysis code and workflows.
Perform data transfer, data preparation, and cleanup of high-dimensional experimental data.
Perform advanced statistical analysis of high-dimensional experimental data.
Interpret findings within the biological context.
Contribute experimental hypotheses for new scientific inquiries and novel directions of research.
Assist researchers associated with the Shock Center pilot program by providing scientific feedback to enhance their research objectives.
Participate in and contribute to scientific meetings of the Nathan Shock Center.
Prepare analytic results for reports, publications, and presentations = 30%
Initiate and/or contribute to the scientific writing of peer-reviewed publications. Contribute
to scientific writing for grant applications. Communicate
with collaborators and the larger scientific community via research presentations.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Master's degree in Genetics or Biochemistry and four years of relevant experience
Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
This position requires extensive systems biology, statistics, and computational methods knowledge as well as knowledge in the biology of aging.
A high level of skill in oral and written scientific communication, including presenting at national and international conferences, and authorship and co-authorship of publications and grants.
Extensive knowledge of statistical methods including multivariate and univariate analysis of large data sets, learning and predictive modeling, network analysis, and probabilistic approaches to test theories and develop hypotheses in systems biology.
Systems biology knowledge requires a foundation in biology ranging from a detailed understanding of genetics, biochemistry, and molecular biology to whole organism physiology, development, and population demography. Those elements are utilized in developing and testing theories of aging and other biological phenomena using high-dimensional metabolomics, genomics, knowledge-based networks, and other data type.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
· This position is best served by someone who can work independently to facilitate collaboration between investigators working across different fields of aging, biology and chemistry.
· A fundamental understanding of mass spectrometry and chemical analysis is highly desired as it greatly increases the breadth of collaborations with the UW Northwest Metabolomics Research Center.
Compensation, Benefits and Position Details
Pay Range Minimum:
$99,996.00 annual
Pay Range Maximum:
$120,000.00 annual
Other Compensation:
-
Benefits:
For information about benefits for this position, visit ******************************************************
Shift:
First Shift (United States of America)
Temporary or Regular?
This is a regular position
FTE (Full-Time Equivalent):
100.00%
Union/Bargaining Unit:
UAW Research
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$100k-120k yearly 6d ago
Scientist/ Research Associate - AI Protein Design
Systimmune
Principal research scientist job in Redmond, WA
SystImmune is a leading and well-funded clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company located in Redmond, WA and Princeton, NJ. It specializes in developing innovative cancer treatments using its established drug development platforms, focusing on bi-specific, multi-specific antibodies, and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). SystImmune has multiple assets in various stages of clinical trials for solid tumor and hematologic indications. Alongside ongoing clinical trials. SystImmune has a robust preclinical pipeline of potential cancer therapeutics in the discover and IND-enabling stages, representing cutting-edge biologics development. We offer an opportunity for you to learn and grow while making significant contributions to the company's success.
We are looking for a creative and motivated individual to execute and improve our Computational Protein Design pipeline using data-driven approaches to augment our first-in-class multi-specific biological programs. The ideal candidate will have experience applying computational methods to design novel peptides and proteins, with expertise in structural modeling, prediction, and optimization.
Responsibilities:
Execute a computational design pipeline for predicting the properties of peptides, natural ligands, de novo proteins, and antibody-based elements via data-driven approach
Drive assay validation, tech transfer, and development initiatives to maintain industry standards; Contribute within the computational protein design group to operate yeast display-based protein discovery platforms
Design new macromolecular therapeutics using structural and sequence analysis, and employ these in silico predictions to iteratively guide the lead development process
Analyze, interpret, document, and present data to the scientific and leadership team
Collaborate with our Antibody Discovery, Protein Engineering, and Immuno-oncology teams to contribute to the company's vision
Qualifications:
PhD (or equivalent) in bioengineering, biophysics, biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, or a related field
8+ years of experience using yeast libraries to generate protein binding or therapeutic antibodies required
Experience with relevant macromolecular modeling software (e.g., AlphaFold, RoseTTAFold, RFdiffusion, ProteinMPNN, Gromacs, MOE, Schrödinger)
Expertise in screening and ranking of antibodies (ELISA, multi-parametric flow cytometry, BLI/OCTET)
Proven contribution to therapeutic antibody development and selection is desirable; design and validation of novel biologically relevant antibodies are highly desirable
Compensation and Benefits:
The expected base salary range for this position is $80,000 - $180,000 annually. Actual compensation will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to a candidate's qualifications, experience, and skills.
While most offers typically fall within the low to mid-point of the range, we may extend an offer toward the higher end for exceptional candidates whose background and expertise exceeds the requirements of the role.
SystImmune is a leading and well-funded biotech company with a bright future. We offer an opportunity for you to learn and grow while making significant contributions to the company's success. SystImmune offers a comprehensive benefits package including: 100% paid employee premiums for medical/dental/vision, also STD, LTD, a 401(k) plan with a 50% company match of up to 3% and a vesting schedule of only 5 years, 15 PTO days per year, sick leave, plus 11 paid holidays and MORE.
We offer an opportunity for you to learn and grow while making significant contributions to the company's success.
SystImmune is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome diverse talent and encourage all qualified applicants to apply.
$56k-89k yearly est. Auto-Apply 60d+ ago
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