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Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-Training

San Francisco, CA💼 Full-time💰 $180,600–$180,600🗓 2026-08-26 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop novel post-training techniques (SFT, RLHF, reward modeling) to optimize data curation and evaluation for large-scale generative models in text and multimodal modalities.

Role type

Research Scientist (LLM Post-Training)

Builds

High-quality data and evaluation frameworks for next-generation generative AI models

Domain

Generative AI, Large Language Models, Reinforcement Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Deep learning, reinforcement learning, large-scale model fine-tuning, post-training techniques (RLHF, preference modeling, instruction tuning), bias mitigation, model robustness analysis

Preferred skills

Published research in top-tier AI conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR), customer-facing experience

Technologies

LLMs, SFT, RLHF, Reward Modeling

Responsibilities

Research and develop novel post-training techniques; Design and experiment new approaches to preference optimization; Analyze model behavior to identify weaknesses and propose solutions; Publish research findings in top-tier AI conferences

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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