This role serves as a technical founder and visionary for the newly formed Workday AI Research Team dedicated to advancing agentic enterprise capabilities
Job Summary
This role serves as a technical founder and visionary for the newly formed Workday AI Research Team dedicated to advancing agentic enterprise capabilities.
The successful candidate will define research roadmaps for agentic reasoning, long-horizon planning, and model alignment while bridging groundbreaking theory with massive-scale application.
Workday offers a flexible work approach requiring at least 50% time in-office or field, along with competitive compensation including base salary, bonus plans, and stock grants.
Matching Summary
This role serves as a technical founder and visionary for the newly formed Workday AI Research Team dedicated to advancing agentic enterprise capabilities.
Salary
Base: $228,000 - $342,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: Eligible for Workday Bonus Plan and annual refresh stock grants; Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package available
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
8+ years AI/ML research experience
PhD or Master's in CS or Math
Deep expertise in LLMs and VLMs
Experience with RLHF and DPO alignment
Proven track record of SOTA publications
Nice-to-have
Background in reinforcement learning
Multi-agent systems expertise
Strong communication with executives
Commitment to ethical and safe AI
Ability to lead technical strike teams
Key Requirements
8+ years professional AI/ML research experience
PhD or Master's degree in Computer Science
4+ years using PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow
2+ years deep expertise in LLM training and alignment