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Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents

New York City / Seattle / San FranciscoFull-time$218k–$273k2026-11-09
No visa sponsorship

Core

Researching data types and strategies essential for building state-of-the-art autonomous AI agents, including browser and SWE agents, and creating robust data programs to improve LLM agentic capabilities.

Role type

Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist (Agents)

Builds

Foundational tools and frameworks for evaluating models as agents; data programs to improve LLM agentic capabilities.

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Autonomous Agents

Deliverable

research

Required skills

LLMs, Pytorch, Jax, Tensorflow, research literature interpretation, prototyping, published research in top ML venues, planning algorithms, data strategy, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

LLM fine-tuning, agent frameworks (OpenHands, Swarm, LangGraph), agentic reasoning methods (STaR, PLANSEARCH), cloud technology stack (AWS, GCP)

Technologies

Pytorch, Jax, Tensorflow, OpenHands, Swarm, LangGraph, AWS, GCP

Responsibilities

Explore the data landscape needed to advance intelligent, adaptable AI agents; guide the data strategy at Scale to drive innovation; contribute to impactful research publications on agents; collaborate with customer researchers; work alongside the engineering team to translate advancements into real-world, scalable solutions.

Seniority

Senior / Staff, hands-on IC