Machine Learning Research Scientist, Reasoning

Scale

San Francisco, CA, US
Base: $252,000 - $315,000 usd; equity: included ba...
On-site
Practical experience working with llms
Published research in top ml venues
Three years solving complex ml challenges
Scale AI is expanding its capabilities to set new standards for public and private evaluations while accelerating the development of Artificial General Intelligence

Job Summary

  • Scale AI is expanding its capabilities to set new standards for public and private evaluations while accelerating the development of Artificial General Intelligence.
  • The ideal candidate will study data types critical for advancing LLM-based agents, including browser and software engineering agents, to improve reasoning capabilities.
  • Our research interviews are designed to assess candidates' ability to prototype and debug ML models without conducting LeetCode-style problem-solving assessments.

Matching Summary

Scale AI is expanding its capabilities to set new standards for public and private evaluations while accelerating the development of Artificial General Intelligence.

Salary

Base: $252,000 - $315,000 USD; Equity: Included based on Board approval; Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, retirement, learning stipend, PTO

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Practical experience working with LLMs
  • Published research in top ML venues
  • Three years solving complex ML challenges
  • Proficiency in PyTorch JAX or TensorFlow
  • Ability to turn research into prototypes

Nice-to-have

  • Experience fine-tuning open-source LLMs
  • Building applications with LLM-based agents
  • Familiarity with STaR and PLANSEARCH techniques
  • Experience with OpenHands Swarm or LangGraph
  • Cloud-based ML development on AWS or GCP

Key Requirements

  • At least three years of experience in ML research or product development
  • Track record of published research in top ML and NLP venues
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

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