We are looking for an outstanding Senior Agentic AI Applied Researcher to build groundbreaking mutli-modal agentic AI solutions for data science and machine learning. As a member of the team, you will develop new agentic AI solutions to automate part or all of data science pipelines, including data elicitation, data curation, iterative experimentation, workflows for model training and evaluation, diagnostics, and ablation studies. You will apply this to various enterprise data science projects as well as machine learning competitions. You will collaborate closely across internal teams and organizations and see your work used in products all over the world.
What you'll be doing:- Collaborate with software and solutions teams to identify high-impact opportunities for applying agentic AI technologies.
- Lead the design, development, and optimization of agentic AI solutions that address challenges in data science and machine learning workflows
- Develop and maintain agentic AI benchmarks to evaluate performance across diverse use cases.
What we need to see:- Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience); MS or PhD preferred.
- 5+ years of industry or academia experience with AI data science systems development; exposure to fine tuning models, reinforcement learning, agents, or orchestration frameworks; hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks and inference stacks.
- Proficiency in Python and at least one of Pytorch or JAX/TensorFlow.
- Experience in using coding agents like claude code, codex, cursor, to develop and maintain advanced codebases.
- Experience developing agentic or automated systems that communicate with external storage and reporting tools.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:- Familiarity with safety, guardrails, and policy enforcement for autonomous systems
- Deep expertise in building, training, and fine-tuning models.
- Experience designing, executing, and analyzing autonomous AI systems for data science and machine learning applications..
- Open-source leadership in agentic AI systems for data science.
- Good results on machine learning competitions and on machine learning benchmarks.
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until August 7, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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