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Founding Research Scientist - 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 Research Scientist 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.

Client's People Analytics Research team helps senior leaders understand the employee experience, and connect that understanding to meaningful action. This close-knit, highly productive team is looking for research management support for our upcoming employee engagement surveys. The ideal candidate will have deep experience with employee surveys in medium-to-large sized organizations, and be comfortable working in a fast-paced, hands-on environment. This individual should have strong analytical, survey operations, and project management skills to handle a variety of survey program activities. Years of Experience 3-5+ years relevant experience with employee surveys or HR analytics, ideally with a focus on employee engagement. Duties Work with our team to deliver Client's employee engagement surveys, and generate insights that directly influence the employee experience. Support survey operations, including managing survey invitations and reporting access, as well as quality control and testing of online survey and reporting portal. Provide user help to People Business Partners, employees, and other teams through various support channels (e.g., Slack, email, case management). Partner with Senior Research Managers to analyze survey results (both scaled items and open text) to identify insights related to employee sentiment. Contribute to the development of new survey methodologies and research initiatives. Create reporting materials using Keynote, Pages, and other tools to share with leaders, partners, and key stakeholders. Review reports to ensure data accuracy and quality. Skills Experience supporting employee surveys end-to-end - working with cross-functional teams and vendors to manage survey fielding, as well as analyzing results (e.g., descriptive and inferential statistics, correlation, qualitative analysis) to identify key trends and actionable insights, and creating reports to a wide audience of leaders and key stakeholders. Excellent organizational skills, acute attention to detail, and ability to balance multiple tasks. Strong data visualization skills (creating charts, tables, and slides). Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively across teams. Understanding of data privacy principles in survey research. Technical Skills Proficiency with analytics and visualization platforms (e.g., R, SPSS, Tableau, or similar) Experience with survey platforms (Medallia preferred) Experience with project management tools (Wrike preferred) Experience with PowerPoint or Keynote (preferred), Excel, and collaboration tools (e.g., Box, Quip) Education & Experience Degree in organizational psychology/social sciences; statistics/economics; or business administration OR equivalent experience Russell Tobin offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors

Skills Required: • 5 years of experience in data analytics. • 5 years of experience with SQL, bonus if familiar with SparkSQL, Databricks, or Azure Data Explorer.? • 2 years of experience with dashboarding tools, PowerBI preferred.? • Proficient in Python, bonus if familiar with PySpark.?

About the Team We are the Infrastructure System Lab - a hybrid research and engineering group building the next-generation AI-native data infrastructure. Our work sits at the intersection of databases, large-scale systems, and AI. We drive innovation across: - Next-generation databases: We build VectorDBs and multi-modal AI-native databases designed to support large-scale retrieval and reasoning workloads. - AI for Infra: We leverage machine learning to build intelligent algorithms for infrastructure optimization, tuning, and observability. - LLM Copilot: We develop LLM-based tooling like NL2SQL, NL2Chart. - High-performance cache systems: We develop a multi-engine key-value store optimized for distributed storage workloads. We're also building KV caches for LLM inference at scale. This is a highly collaborative team where researchers and engineers work side-by-side to bring innovations from paper to production. We publish, prototype, and build robust systems deployed across key products used by millions. About the Role We are seeking a highly motivated and technically strong Research Scientist with a PhD in Computer Science, Database, Information Retrieval, or a related field to join our team. You will work on designing and optimizing state-of-the-art vector indexing algorithms to power large-scale similarity search, filtered search, and hybrid retrieval use cases. Your work will directly contribute to the next-generation vector database infrastructure that supports real-time and offline retrieval across billions or even trillions of high-dimensional vectors. Why Join Us - Work on problems at the frontier of AI x systems with huge practical impact. - Collaborate with a world-class team of researchers and engineers. - Opportunity to publish, attend conferences, and contribute to open-source. - Competitive compensation, generous research support, and a culture of innovation. Responsibilities - Research and develop new algorithms for approximate nearest neighbor (ANN) search, especially for filtered, hybrid, or disk-based scenarios. - Optimize existing algorithms for scalability, low latency, memory footprint, and hybrid search support. - Collaborate with engineering teams to prototype, benchmark, and productionize indexing solutions. - Contribute to academic publications, open-source libraries, or internal technical documentation. - Stay current with research trends in vector search, retrieval systems, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), large language models (LLMs), and related areas. Minimum Qualifications - PhD in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field. - Strong publication record in top-tier venues (e.g., SIGMOD, VLDB, SIGIR, NeurIPS, ICML, etc.) related to vector search, indexing, IR, or ML. - Deep understanding of ANN algorithms, quantization, graph-based indexes, and partition-based indexes. - Strong system-level thinking: ability to profile, benchmark, and optimize performance across CPU, memory, and storage layers. - Proficiency in C++ and/or Python, with experience in implementing and benchmarking algorithms. Preferred Qualifications - Experience building or contributing to vector databases or retrieval engines in production. - Familiarity with frameworks like FAISS, ScaNN, HNSWLib, or DiskANN. - Understanding of distributed systems and/or GPU-accelerated search. - Experience with hybrid search (dense + sparse), multi-modal retrieval, or retrieval for LLMs. - Passion for bridging theory and practice in production-scale systems.

NVIDIA is at the forefront of the AI and robotics revolution, and our robotics teams are on a mission to build the essential technology that can enable any company to become a robotics company. The Seattle Robotics Lab is passionate about fundamental and applied robotics research across the full robotics stack, including perception, planning, control, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, and simulation. This research strives to transform research paradigms, transfer into NVIDIA's robotics and simulation products, and build new robotics markets for the world. The Seattle Robotics Lab has led many influential works that have been presented at top robotics, AI, and computer vision conferences; these works include BayesSim, cu Robo, DeXtreme, DiSECT, Factory, GraspNet, ITPS, MimicGen, RVT, and SHAC. (See our publications page for a complete list.) The work has deeply impacted the research community and NVIDIA products, including Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, and Isaac Manipulator. Furthermore, SRL collaborates closely with other research and engineering teams to advance and use the Cosmos and GR00T-N foundation models, as well as the Newton physics simulation engine. The team is targeting several grand challenges in robotics and is aiming to achieve never-before-seen capabilities within 2-3 years. We are looking for research scientists to play a pivotal role in these efforts. These scientists must have outstanding research and engineering skills, a proven research track record, strong supporting references, and a team-first approach. What you will be doing: * Developing algorithms, models, and methods for robotic manipulation and loco-manipulation, for both industrial and household applications; * Integrating these methods into real-world robotic manipulation systems, including those consisting of collaborative robot arms, industrial robot arms, mobile manipulators, humanoids, and dexterous hands; * Contributing to multi-person research projects that require a diverse set of skills across the robotics and machine learning stack; * Engaging with the academic community through high-impact publications, conferences, workshops, and code releases; * Collaborating with product managers and engineering teams to transfer your research into NVIDIA products that will have real-world impact; * Mentoring interns joining NVIDIA during their PhD programs. What we need to see: * Completing a PhD in Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). * A strong research track record, with work published in top robotics and AI conferences and journals such as RSS, CoRL, ICRA, IROS, IJRR, T-RO, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, and EMNLP. * Exceptional programming skills in Python, as well as proficiency in modern deep learning frameworks (PyTorch or JAX), robotics frameworks (ROS or ROS2), and physics simulation frameworks (Isaac Sim/Lab or MuJoCo). Familiarity with C++, CUDA, and Warp is a plus. * Exceptional communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, with significant experience working on teams. * Comfort in working through the complexities of simulation and real-world robotics, including debugging physics simulators and renderers under rapid development; selecting, setting up, maintaining, and enhancing complex robotics hardware; debugging real-world communication systems; and designing robust workflows for model training and evaluation. The following research areas and applications are of particular interest: * Bimanual and dexterous manipulation * Mobile manipulation and humanoid loco-manipulation * Multisensory perception (e.g., vision, tactile, and force/torque sensing) * Simulation, sim-to-real, and real-to-sim * Vision-language-action (VLA) models, including architectural advancements, large-scale training, and test-time reasoning * Industrial applications, such as bin-picking, kitting, and assembly The Seattle Robotics Lab is currently located near the University of Washington and is moving to a new office in the vibrant Fremont neighborhood in 2026. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Applications for this job will be accepted at least until January 18, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Meta's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Meta are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started. Our team at Meta Reality Labs is dedicated to exploring new technologies and integrating them into custom image sensors. As an intern, you will have the opportunity to work on projects that push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of image sensors and contribute to the development of AR/VR devices. Our internships are twelve (12) to sixteen (16), or twenty-four (24) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year. Minimum Qualifications * Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree in the fields of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field * Research experience in one or more of the following aspects of Image Sensors: Device physics and fabrication, Analog/mixed signal circuit design, Imaging systems (camera, ISP, algorithm) * Experience with analog/mixed-signal circuit design CAD tools such as Cadence Virtuoso * Successful tape-out and hands-on bench testing experience * Simulation and modeling experience with scripting languages such as Python, Matlab * Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment Preferred Qualifications * 3+ years of experience in circuit design * Tape out experience with advanced technology nodes * Image signal processing experience (noise reduction, HDR processing) * Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, or fellowships, as well as first-authored publications in major conferences and journals such as IISW, IEDM, VLSI, ISSCC, JSSC, TED Responsibilities * Investigate and propose novel pixel architectures and sensor architectures * Perform pixel schematic/layout design and simulation in advanced process nodes * Architect and design readout and processing circuits to achieve ultra-low power consumption * Characterize image sensors and experiment with new image sensor operation schemes * Collaboration with and support of other researchers across various disciplines * Communication of research agenda, progress and results 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.

Immunome is a clinical-stage targeted oncology company committed to developing first-in-class and best-in-class targeted cancer therapies. We are advancing an innovative portfolio of therapeutics, drawing on leadership that previously played key roles in the design, development, and commercialization of cutting-edge therapies, including antibody-drug conjugate therapies. Our pipeline includes varegacestat, a late-clinical stage GSI; IM-1021, a clinical-stage ROR1 ADC; and IM-3050, a FAP-targeted radiotherapy that recently received IND clearance. We are also advancing a broad portfolio of early stage ADCs pursuing undisclosed solid tumor targets. Position Overview As a Research Associate III at Immunome, Inc., you will be a key contributor to our research and development initiatives, driving the optimization and delivery of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). In this role, you will design, produce, and characterize ADCs in support of program-specific objectives, while collaborating closely with cross-functional partners. Your expertise in bioconjugation will provide critical insights that help advance our therapeutic pipeline and strengthen our scientific capabilities. Responsibilities Research Design and Execution * Generate high quality ADCs to enable advancement of named programs. * Evaluate innovative bioconjugation and linker technologies. * Assess developability of discovery stage ADCs. * Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to plan experiments aimed at advancing drug development projects. * Independently perform laboratory experiments in accordance with established protocols, maintaining the highest standards of scientific rigor, documentation, and data integrity. * Continuously optimize laboratory processes to improve workflow efficiency, reproducibility, and throughput. * Manage ADC inventory and coordinate delivery of samples to cross-functional partners. * Data Analysis and Interpretation: * Characterize biophysical properties of ADCs using various techniques, such as analytical SEC, HIC, PLRP, and LC-MS. * Interpret results and draw meaningful conclusions to guide decision-making. Project Collaboration * Collaborate with colleagues from diverse scientific disciplines to achieve project goals. * Participate in project team meetings, providing expertise and insights to drive projects forward. Continuous Learning and Development * Stay informed about the latest bioconjugation advancements in the ADC field. * Proactively seek opportunities for professional development and contribute to the scientific growth of the research team. Qualifications * BS or MS in Biochemistry, Chemistry, or related field. * Minimum of 5 years of experience (or 3 years of experience for MS) in preclinical drug development in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry. * Proficiency in bioconjugation techniques and demonstrated experience in ADC pre-clinical development is a requirement. Knowledge and Skills * Proficient in analytical techniques and purification methods relevant to biologics and ADC development (SEC, HIC, PLRP, and LC-MS, etc). * Experience in antibody engineering and protein modification is a plus. * Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate scientific concepts to non-scientific stakeholders. * Proven ability to adapt to changing priorities and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. * Experience with Agilent OpenLab and Benchling is a plus. Please note, the internal title for this role is Research Scientist II, Bioconjugation Chemistry Washington State Pay Range $96,044 - $107,008 USD E/E/O Immunome, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. E-Verify Immunome, Inc. is a participant in E-Verify. Please review the following notices: E-Verify Participation Poster | Right to Work Poster (English) | Right to Work Poster (Spanish). Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at Immunome, Inc.? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. Create alert

Business Unit What the Role Entails 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-Bellevue The 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.

Talus Bioscience, a venture-backed early-stage biotechnology company, is at the forefront of developing innovative therapies for incurable cancers. Driven by the belief that "nothing is undruggable," we harness cutting-edge proteomics and AI during the initial stages of discovery to unlock previously inaccessible targets in cancer. At Talus Bio, we combine functional proteomics, automated biology, and machine learning to target hard-to-treat transcription factor proteins driving cancer. Exciting opportunities await at Talus Bio - your chance to be part of something transformative! Research Associate II Job Description Talus Bio is looking for a Research Associate II (RA II) to join our Biology / Drug Discovery team full-time in our Seattle office (this is an in-person role). This person will be naturally curious, results-driven, and eager to work in a small preclinical biotech environment. The person in this role will play a key role in supporting our drug discovery programs targeting transcription factors implicated in cancer, working closely with a multidisciplinary team of scientists to design, execute, and analyze experiments, providing critical data to advance our lead compounds through preclinical stages. This role is part of a pioneering team contributing to the development of innovative cancer therapies from the ground up. This role will assist with hit validation from our primary screens, primarily through running multiplex RT-qPCR and other assays as viability or reporter assays. It will involve extensive optimization, assay development, and medium-throughput testing and work on multiple projects simultaneously. Responsibilities Conduct laboratory experiments to support the discovery and characterization of small molecules targeting transcription factors in cancer. Perform cell-based assays (e.g., cell viability, apoptosis, and reporter assays) to evaluate compound efficacy and mechanistic effects on transcription factors. Utilize molecular biology techniques (e.g., PCR, RT-qPCR, CRISPR, RNAi) to analyze gene expression and validate targets Contribute to the design, optimization, and execution of assays for high-throughput screening and compound profiling. Maintain detailed and accurate laboratory notebooks and records in compliance with company policies. Collaborate effectively with team members to solve technical challenges and streamline workflows. Stay current on relevant literature and emerging technologies in cancer biology, transcription factor research, and drug discovery Ability to multitask and advance multiple projects at different stages simultaneously from assay development to compound screening Maintain complete, timely, and accurate records of all experiments performed, including experimental design, procedures, and data analysis Analyze/interpret experimental data and communicate the results and recommendations to other team members (oral and written formats) Must be highly-motivated and able to work independently QualificationsRequired Bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, or a related field Minimum of 3 years of laboratory experience with cell culture techniques and handling cancer cell lines, including a minimum of 2 years of hands-on research experience running RT-qPCR assays (including selection and custom-design of oligos). Alternately: Master's degree with at least 1 year of experience in a similar role Preferred Prior experience in drug discovery, especially with transcription factor targets in cancer. Familiarity with high-throughput screening assays and/or experience in hit-to-lead workflows. Familiarity with cell-based assays (e.g., cell viability, reporter assays for evaluating compound effects. Working knowledge of data analysis software (e.g., GraphPad Prism, Excel) and basic statistical methods. This position is only open to applicants that are legally authorized to work in the US. A cover letter is required to be submitted with the CV for all applicants. Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion Talus Bio is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and empowering workplace. We believe that having employees, interns, and contractors with diverse backgrounds enables Talus Bio to better meet our mission and serve healthcare communities around the world. We recognize that opportunities in the life sciences have historically excluded and continue to disproportionately exclude Black and Indigenous people, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people. We welcome all people including cisgender, transgender, agender, and intersex and are inclusive of non-binary folx. We strongly encourage individuals with these identities to apply. Salary and Benefits The salary range for this position is $80,000 - $90,000 per year. Despite being a small early-stage biotech, Talus Bio's first priority is the safety and wellbeing of all our employees and their families, both inside and outside of the lab. As part of this commitment, we have put a great deal of thought and care into developing a cost-effective and comprehensive benefits package for our team. Our benefits package includes but is not limited to the following: Medical/dental/vision insurance coverage with 100% company-paid premiums for employees and 50% company-paid for dependents $124/month commuter and transportation reimbursement program 401(k) plan with a 4% Talus Bio contribution (regardless of employee contribution) Basic Life and AD&D insurance coverage with 100% company-paid premiums Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance coverage with 100% company-paid premiums Paid sick leave (52 hours/year) 4 weeks of paid time off PLUS a paid end-of-year shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's day 10 paid holidays Weekly meals, snacks, and drinks Flexible working hours Flexible working environment and schedule Yearly company retreat and quarterly company events Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion Talus Bio is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and empowering workplace. We believe that having employees, interns, and contractors with diverse backgrounds enables Talus Bio to better meet our mission and serve healthcare communities around the world. We recognize that opportunities in the life sciences have historically excluded and continue to disproportionately exclude Black and Indigenous people, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people. We welcome all people including cisgender, transgender, agender, and intersex and are inclusive of non-binary folx. We strongly encourage individuals with these identities to apply. Talus Bioscience, Inc. 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. Job Posted by ApplicantPro

AltPep Corporation is a biomedical company based along Seattle's Lake Union developing groundbreaking disease-modifying treatments and detection tools for amyloid diseases by targeting a novel early molecular trigger: alpha sheet oligomers. Our lead programs focus on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, with other amyloid diseases on the horizon. AltPep's goal is to change the course of these debilitating diseases that affect over a billion people around the globe. AltPep draws its origins to Dr. Valerie Daggett's lab at the University of Washington's Bioengineering Department. We are looking for additional team members to join us at our state-of-the-art, headquarters located on the Eastside of Lake Union in Seattle. About this Role We are seeking a meticulous and dynamic Research Associate to join our team. You will be responsible for conducting and supporting laboratory research, including peptide synthesis, characterization (spectroscopy, biophysical, etc.), formulation activities, bioanalytical (pharmacokinetics) experiments, and stability studies, while ensuring the highest standards of quality and precision. Your contributions will be critical to the success of our research and development efforts, and you will have opportunities to work both independently and collaboratively within our innovative team. What You'll Do: Characterize peptides by UHPLC, mass spectrometry, circular dichroism, etc. Engage in chemical synthesis and peptide modifications to meet research and development objectives. Operate both manual and automated solid-phase peptide synthesis systems. Conduct (prep- and semi-prep) HPLC purification of peptides. Support novel Drug Product formulation development Support bioanalytical experiments and stability studies Troubleshoot and maintain instrumentation to ensure smooth laboratory operations. Maintain rigorous quality of experimental details outlined in Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Document research findings meticulously in lab books and records. Work both independently and collaboratively within an innovative team to achieve project goals. Prioritize and organize workflow to manage multiple tasks efficiently. Maintain a clean and orderly laboratory environment. Analyze and interpret data and generate reports Regularly communicate results, in written form and oral presentations, to the rest of the team and occasionally to senior management and in All-Company meetings. What You Bring: Must Haves: Bachelor's degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry, bioengineering, or a related field. Experience in instrumental analysis using HPLC, UHPLC, and LC-MS. Ability to conduct quantitative analysis and apply quality control criteria effectively. Meticulous record-keeping abilities and attention to detail. Flexibility to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment and responsiveness to quick changes in tasks/priorities. Ability to learn rapidly and implement new laboratory techniques as needed Strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and prioritize workflow. What Will Separate You From the Rest: 2+ years of post-graduate experience in a relevant field, with previous biotech experience being a plus. Hands-on experience with solid-phase peptide synthesis and HPLC purification. Experience with productivity and scientific software, including ChemDraw /Marvinsketch Familiarity with PubMed and other information sources for pharmaceuticals. Ability to work independently while also valuing team collaboration. Knowledge of Quality Management Systems. Ability to learn and implement new analytical and synthetic chemistry techniques. Effective communication practices with peers and senior personnel. Flexible approach to structure and workflow management. Commitment to maintaining high standards of precision and cleanliness in laboratory work. Debilitating diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's affect more than a billion people worldwide. Drawing upon decades of academic research, AltPep was founded to create groundbreaking tools to detect and treat such diseases. Although a young company, AltPep has been recognized for its scientific accomplishment and potential. While still small and nimble, we have grown to a team of thirty talented individuals dedicated to improving the lives of billions. We continue to grow and are looking for talented people to join the team and help us accomplish our mission. We offer competitive compensation to those joining our fight. The compensation range for a Research Associate is $78,000 - $88,000, depending on experience. AltPep takes care of its employees and offers generous stock options, medical, vision, and dental coverage for its employees and their dependents. We understand, and value, life outside of work and offer competitive PTO so you can rest and recharge.

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 research scientists 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 research scientists; 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.

About the Role We're looking for an experienced Staff / Senior Staff Research Scientist 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.

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. Our goal is to recruit top talent and is dedicated to promoting outstanding employee experiences where all individuals are valued and offered equitable opportunities. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours. The Opportunity Adobe is looking for a Applied Research Scientist who will apply AI and applied research techniques to big-data problems to help Adobe better understand, lead and optimize the experience of its customers. Partnering with the business units, the candidate will be building various products that address challenging business problems through our customers' full lifecycle, from customer analytics to marketing media optimization. By using statistical and econometric methods, predictive models, experimental design methods, and optimization techniques, the candidate will be working on the research and development of exciting projects like attribution, media mix modeling, budget optimization, personalization, causal analysis, time series analysis. Ideal candidates will have a strong academic background as well as technical skills including applied statistics, machine learning, data mining, and software development. Familiarity with working with large-scale datasets and big data techniques would be a plus. What You'll Do Develop predictive models on large-scale datasets to address various business problems with advanced statistical modeling, machine learning, and analytics techniques. Develop and implement scalable and efficient modeling algorithms that can work with large-scale data in production systems Collaborate with product management and engineering groups to develop new products and features. What You Need to Succeed PhD or MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Applied Math, Operations Research, Econometrics or equivalent experience required graduating between December 2025 - June 2026 0-2+ years of experience in specific skill/field(s) Deep understanding of statistical modeling, machine learning, deep learning, or data mining concepts, and a track record of solving problems with these methods. Proficient in one or more programming languages such as Python, Scala, Java and C Familiar with one or more machine learning or statistical modeling tools such as R, Matlab and scikit learn Knowledge and experience of working with relational databases and SQL Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving ability. Excellent communication, relationship skills and a strong team player. 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 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: California: Fair Chance Ordinances Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances. Colorado: Application Window Notice If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs. Massachusetts: Massachusetts Legal Notice 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. 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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.

Apple is seeking Applied Research Scientists 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.

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 Research Scientist 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

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.

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.

Why it's a great opportunity: In this Environmental Biologist role, you will apply your expertise in fisheries biology, wildlife species and habitat, wetland ecology, and environmental permitting to support Pierce County's asset maintenance, wetland mitigation program, and capital improvement projects. You will play a lead role in stewarding completed capital projects, ensuring long-term mitigation success and regulatory compliance. This position offers hands-on field involvement, including on-site construction oversight and mitigation inspections, while also providing opportunities to build and maintain strong working relationships with construction teams and contractor representatives. Through your technical expertise, field observations, and clear reporting, you will directly contribute to protecting and enhancing Pierce County's wetlands, making a tangible, lasting impact on the County's natural resources. Why it's a great department: PPW stewards a healthy and vibrant community by collaboratively planning and investing in our people, infrastructure, systems, and policies. PPW's team has more than 800 members that collaborate, innovate and inspire in performing essential services to the community. The department is responsible for the County road and levee systems, sewer systems, airports, ferries, building permits, environmental review, sustainability, community planning, and code enforcement - just to name a few! Learn more about Planning and Public Works here. How to be successful in the role: Your success will come from building strong working relationships with effective communication of scientific data to County staff, elected officials, consultants, contractors, and internal and external stakeholder groups. You will work with your knowledge of river, riparian, floodplain and watershed ecology, including fisheries biology, hydrology, water quality/water chemistry, plant and habitat areas, and geomorphology. Understanding of key natural resources and endangered species issues currently affecting Pacific Northwest rivers and floodplains will help you further succeed in this role both in the office and field. Your future in this role: You will have access to professional development through robust online learning and other training opportunities throughout your career to ensure your success. This position has multiple career growth and promotional opportunities in Pierce County to build on a great career while directly impacting the communities in Pierce County. Core daily responsibilities: * Conduct site visits to evaluate the performance of completed capital projects during their regulatory monitoring periods; identify maintenance needs and lead contractor scopes of work to address deficiencies. * Perform basic project management for consultants and contractors, including managing budgets associated with stewardship of completed capital assets. * Verify the presence of wetlands and determine wetland boundaries and categories in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations. * Prepare, review, and analyze complex wetland delineation reports, including delineations for problem or disturbed sites such as formal plats, large lots, commercial developments, and forested properties. * Verify wetland delineations in the field, including complicated delineations conducted on problem or disturbed sites. * Review and evaluate proposed wetland mitigation plans for adequacy and effectiveness in protecting wetlands from development impacts. * Provide technical input and direction to consultants preparing wetland delineations, wetland delineation reports, or non-compensatory wetland mitigation documentation. * Monitor and oversee consultants and contractors performing wetland-related work on behalf of Pierce County. * Conduct wetland delineations and prepare wetland delineation documentation in compliance with federal, state, and local guidelines and procedures. * Coordinate activities with other section staff, County departments, external agencies, and project applicants. A classification description with a more detailed list of essential functions can be found here. Qualifications * A resume and cover letter are required for this position. * Additional education may substitute for the recruiting requirements. * Graduation from a four-year college or university with a degree in botany, biology, environmental studies, fisheries, soil science, wildlife biology or a related field, AND * Three years of related work experience, INCLUDING * A minimum of one year experience delineating wetlands using the Unified Federal Manual and preparing wetland reports is required. * A valid driver's license required As a condition of employment, the applicant will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration. Supplemental Information To be considered for this opportunity please: * Complete and submit a detailed online Pierce County Employment Application by selecting "APPLY" above or go to: **************************** * If you have a question about this opportunity, please email the Recruitment Team at ****************************** and specify the Job Number and Title. * If you do not have internet access, you may visit your local public library or any WorkSource location and use their computers. * Individuals needing accommodation in the application, testing process or need this job announcement in an alternative format may call Human Resources at **************, at least two days prior to the need. This is a competitive selection process. Your application will be reviewed and evaluated for the quality and quantity of education/experience in the areas listed. Applicants whose qualifications most closely correspond to the County's needs will be eligible for further consideration. Notification of application status normally occurs 2 to 3 weeks after the closing date. Short notice may be given to applicants to participate in further selection processes which may include assessments, phone screen, and interviews. At Pierce County, diversity, equity, and inclusion means commitment, not a single step. We strive to foster an inclusive environment that supports equitable access to opportunities throughout your career. We want to recruit, develop, and maintain a talented workforce from various backgrounds, cultures, lifestyles, and perspectives, committed to our vision. Employees of the County have local, direct, and visible impact in our diverse community. Will you join us in keeping Pierce County a place people are proud to call home? We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. Employee benefits are not just about the kind of services you get, they are also about how much you may have to pay out of pocket. Pierce County offers a competitive benefits package that offers flexibility and peace of mind. We are proud to offer Employee Resource Groups, a focus on professional development in our Leadership Training Program, and a County Book Club. We understand that your life revolves around more than just your career and that your priority is making sure that you and your family maintain health and financial security. That's why choice is a key component of our benefits package. We have a selection of health and retirement plans, paid leave, staff training and other compensation benefits that you can mix and match to meet your current and future needs. Our benefits: Vacation (Annual Leave) After approximately six months, employees receive six days of vacation leave. Since we value your experience, the amount of vacation you can accrue increases the longer you work with us. Vacation accrues on a bi-weekly basis for full-time employees as follows: Vacation Accruals: During years 1-3, 12 Days During years 4-7, 16 Days During years 8-13, 20 Days During years 14-18, 23 Days During years 19, 24 Days During years 20, 25 Days During years 21, 26 Days During years 22, 27 Days During years 23, 28 Days During years 24, 29 Days During years 25 & thereafter, 30 Days A maximum of 45 days may be carried from one year into the next. Pro-Rated for Part-Time based on % of 1.0 FTE. Military Leave: Pierce County has a proud history of supporting the armed forces and provides members of the armed forces with up to 21 days paid military leave per state fiscal year. Holidays: Some full-time employees are entitled to eleven paid holidays as follows: New Year's Day - January 1 Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday - Third Monday in January President's Day - Third Monday in February Memorial Day - Last Monday in May Juneteenth - June 19 Independence Day - July 4 Labor Day - First Monday in September Veteran's Day - November 11 Thanksgiving Day - Fourth Thursday in November & Friday after Christmas Day - December 25 Personal Holidays: Regular full-time and regular part-time employees, and employees occupying limited duration positions, shall also receive two additional paid personal holidays. Paid personal holidays shall only accrue for those employees on County payroll as of January 1 of each year or the first work day following January 1 and must be taken during the calendar year in which it was accrued. Furlough: Some Pierce County employees may be designated to receive 10 "furlough" days per year in lieu of holidays. Furlough days are available for use on January 1 and must be scheduled and taken within the calendar year. Employees who leave employment with Pierce County must reimburse the employer for used furlough days based upon the number of remaining holidays. Sick Leave: Sick leave accrues on a bi-weekly basis, at the rate of one day per month. Insurance Benefits: Employees and families are covered by medical (including vision), dental and basic life insurance. There are multiple medical plans with very affordable monthly premiums that offer coverage throughout Pierce County. Employees are eligible to enroll each year in a flexible spending plan, which enables them to use tax-deferred dollars toward their health care and dependent care expenses. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in supplemental life and long term disability insurance plans. To view premium rates, summary of benefit coverage, and other information, please visit the Pierce County Health Benefits website. Retirement and Deferred Compensation: Pierce County employees are members of the State of Washington's Department of Retirement System (DRS) and depending on the position or previous DRS enrollment will be able to enroll in one of many programs DRS offers. For additional information, check out the Department of Retirement Systems' web site. Employees also have the ability to participate in the Nationwide Deferred Compensation Plan. This is a supplemental retirement savings program that allows you control over the amount of pre-tax salary dollars you defer as well as the flexibility to choose between multiple investment options. Social Security: All Pierce County employees are covered by the federal Social Security and Medicare systems. The county and the employee pay an equal amount into the system. ORCA Passport Program Pierce County employees may participate in the County's ORCA (One Regional Card for All) Passport program. Your Pierce County issued ORCA card is loaded with an annual Passport pass. The pass automatically renews every year. The pass will provide you with free transportation on regularly scheduled service on several public transit systems. Miscellaneous Benefits: Please visit Pierce County's Benefits website for more information. Telework/Remote Options: Some departments allow for telework or work-from-home options dependent on the body of work. Learn more about our telework policy here. All employees are required to be WA State residents after 30 days of employment. 01 This position requires that both a resume and cover letter be attached individually to your application for consideration. Have you verified that you have attached them both? * Yes * No Required Question Employer Pierce County Address Pierce County Human Resources 2401 S 35th St, Rm 121 Tacoma, Washington, 98409 Phone ************** For Sheriff's Department positions: ************ Website **********************************