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About Rad AIAt Rad AI, we’re on a mission to transform healthcare with artificial intelligence. Founded by a radiologist, our AI-driven solutions are revolutionizing radiology—saving time, reducing burnout, and improving patient care. With one of the largest proprietary radiology report datasets in the world, our AI has helped uncover hundreds of new cancer diagnoses and reduced error rates in tens of millions of radiology reports by nearly 50%.Rad AI has secured over $140M in funding, including a recently oversubscribed Series C ($68M round) led by Transformation Capital, bringing our valuation to $528M. Our investors include Khosla Ventures, World Innovation Lab, Gradient Ventures, Cone Health Ventures, and others—all backing our mission to empower physicians with cutting-edge AI.Our latest advancements in generative AI are used by thousands of radiologists daily, supporting more than one-third of radiology groups and healthcare systems and nearly 50% of all medical imaging in the U.S. at partners including Cone Health, Jefferson Einstein Health, Geisinger, Guthrie Healthcare System, and Henry Ford Health.Recognized as one of the most promising healthcare AI companies by CB Insights and AuntMinnie, and ranked by Deloitte as the 19th fastest-growing company in North America, we are building AI-powered solutions that make a real impact. Most recently, Rad AI was named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list, highlighting the innovation and momentum behind our mission.If you’re ready to shape the future of healthcare, we’d love to have you on our team!Why Join Us?We're looking for a Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist to help define and drive Rad AI's next generation of applied research in NLP and clinical AI.The ideal candidate brings deep experience in cutting-edge ML techniques (Transformers, LLMs, Agentic systems) and their application to the healthcare domain. You should be comfortable with medical literature, clinical terminology, and the nuanced decision-making criteria doctors use every day.You'll collaborate closely with clinicians, engineers, and product leaders to translate foundational research into production-scale systems that improve outcomes for doctors and patients alike.What You'll Do:Lead high-impact ML research projects from concept to deployment, focused on clinical NLP and reasoning systems.Define the technical direction of research initiatives within your product area; identifying opportunities to apply state-of-the-art models to real-world radiology workflows.Collaborate deeply with radiologists and clinical experts to understand diagnostic reasoning patterns, report structures, and clinical decision-making criteria—then encode that understanding into robust ML systems.Architect and evaluate models that integrate structured and unstructured medical data (clinical notes, diagnostic criteria, patient context) to enhance diagnostic reasoning and reporting accuracy.Build NLP systems that can parse, reason over, and generate clinically accurate content using medical terminology and ontologies.Mentor and guide other researchers in experimental design, model reproducibility, and technical communication.Advance research infrastructure by contributing to data pipelines, training frameworks, and model evaluation tooling.What We're Looking For:MS or PhD (or equivalent research experience) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computational Linguistics, Biomedical Informatics, or related quantitative field.6+ years of applied ML research experience (industry or academia).Proven experience building NLP or ML systems for healthcare, clinical documentation, or biomedical applications— You should have shipped models that work with clinical text, radiology reports, EHRs, medical literature, or similar medical data.Demonstrated fluency with medical terminology and clinical reasoning—you should be able to read and understand radiology reports, parse diagnostic criteria, and grasp how radiologists formulate clinical decisions.Track record of successful collaboration with clinicians—you've worked directly with physicians, radiologists, or clinical researchers to understand requirements, validate models, and iterate based on medical domain expertise.Deep expertise in NLP and modern deep learning architectures—particularly transformers and large language models.Strong engineering skills with modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch.Demonstrated ability to take ML models from research to production in complex, data-rich environments.Exceptional written and verbal communication skills—able to explain complex technical ideas to cross-functional partners and synthesize clinical domain knowledge into research directions.Preferred QualificationsExperience with medical named entity recognition, clinical text classification, information extraction, report generation, or diagnostic reasoning systems.Prior work modeling clinical decision-making logic, differential diagnosis, or impression synthesis.Familiarity with medical data standards (DICOM metadata, HL7/FHIR) and healthcare NLP corpora.Clinical background (MD, DO) or formal training in medical informatics, computational biology, or health systems.Experience working specifically in radiology, diagnostic imaging workflows, or medical reporting systems.Track record of technical mentorship and contribution to broader research culture.Experience in regulated or privacy-sensitive domains (HIPAA, FDA, etc.).Publications in healthcare AI, clinical NLP, or biomedical informatics venues.Why This Matters:Radiologists are the invisible backbone of modern medicine. Every diagnosis, every surgery, every treatment plan begins with their interpretations. Yet they're often overwhelmed by cognitive load, repetitive tasks, and administrative overhead.At Rad AI, we're using ML to change that—building intelligent systems that understand medical context, streamline documentation, and amplify human expertise.You've already seen how AI can transform healthcare. Now help us push it further.Join us in shaping how AI supports the next generation of medical professionals.Join our world-class team as we build and deploy AI solutions that empower physicians and transform patient care—making a meaningful impact on millions of lives. Driven by our mission,  we prioritize transparency, inclusion, and close collaboration, bringing together exceptional people to revolutionize healthcare. If you're passionate about driving innovation and delivering impactful healthcare solutions, we'd love to hear from you!To learn more about what it's like to work at Rad AI, visit https://www.radai.com/life-at-rad-aiFor US-Based Full-Time Roles, Rad AI offers a variety of benefits, including:Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision & Life insuranceHSA (with employer match), FSA, & DCFSA 401(k)11 Paid Company HolidaysLocation Flexibility (Remote-first company!)Flexible PTO policyAnnual company-wide offsitePeriodic team offsitesAnnual equipment stipendFor roles based outside the US, your recruiter can share more detailsAt Rad AI, we value diversity and provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Please be vigilant regarding job scams. We advise all candidates to apply directly through our official careers page. Our recruiters will use email addresses with the domain @radai.com or no-reply@ashbyhq.com.

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About Xaira Therapeutics Xaira is an innovative biotech startup focused on leveraging AI to transform drug discovery and development. The company is leading the development of generative AI models to design protein and antibody therapeutics, enabling the creation of medicines against historically hard-to-drug molecular targets. It is also developing foundation models for biology and disease to enable better target elucidation and patient stratification. Collectively, these technologies aim to continually enable the identification of novel therapies and to improve success in drug development. Xaira is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and London.About the Role We are seeking a highly motivated Scientist/Senior Scientist to join our dynamic team at Xaira Therapeutics. In this role, you will spearhead the design and execution of cutting-edge experiments aimed at accelerating our drug discovery and development efforts by applying functional genomics approaches, developing high-throughput screens and driving new technology initiatives. The successful candidate should possess strong technical expertise & laboratory skills, have excellent written and oral communication skills, work productively in a collaborative cross-functional team environment, and keep current with the field of expertise, including literature and technology development.    Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and scale high-throughput functional screening strategies for binder discovery and lead characterization in mammalian systems. Evaluate and pilot emerging technologies and experimental workflows.  Develop and optimize automated workflows, ensuring data quality, reproducibility, and process efficiency Partner with drug discovery, computational biology, and AI-based protein design teams to analyze, interpret, and share insights from screening data. Independently manage multiple projects, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality data and adherence to team goals. Maintain accurate records of experiments, protocols, and findings, and contribute to internal and external scientific presentations. Qualifications Ph.D. in Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Functional Genomics, or related field, with 1-3 years of postdoctoral or industry experience.  Proficiency with molecular biology techniques, complex library construction, flow cytometry and cell line engineering  Experience with high throughput antibody display technologies, including yeast, phage or mammalian display is a plus Strong analytical skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex experimental issues independently. Strong data analysis capabilities, including proficiency with visualization and statistical software (e.g., GraphPad Prism, R, Python). Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to present scientific findings clearly and concisely to diverse audiences. Enthusiastic team player who can work effectively across interdisciplinary teams.   Compensation The base pay range for this contract temp position is expected to be $75-95 hourly; however, the base pay offered may vary depending on the market, job-related knowledge, skills and capabilities, and experience.  Xaira Therapeutics an equal-opportunity employer. We believe that our strength is in our differences. Our goal to build a diverse and inclusive team began on day one, and it will never end. TO ALL RECRUITMENT AGENCIES: Xaira Therapeutics does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or employees. XairaTherapeutics is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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Distyl AI develops AI native technologies for humans & AI to collaborate to power the operations of the Global Fortune 1000.In just 24 months, we’ve rapidly grown to partner with some of the world’s largest enterprises—including F100 telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, and retail companies—delivering multiple AI deployments with $100M+ impact. Our platform, Distillery, along with our team of AI Engineers, Researchers, and Strategists, is pioneering AI-native systems of work, solving the most complex, high-stakes challenges at scale.Distyl is founded and led by proven leaders from companies like Palantir, Apple, and top national laboratories. We work in deep partnership with OpenAI, jointly going-to-market at the largest enterprises and collaborating evaluating and testing the latest models. Backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, industry leaders like Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), as well as board members of over 20+ F500s, Distyl is building the future of AI-powered enterprise operations.What We Are Looking ForAt Distyl we’re pushing the envelope of AI utilization in enterprise. This requires creative researchers who don’t just want to drive incremental improvements on benchmarks or optimize an existing process but instead are looking to creatively redefine how software is used.Our researchers come from many academic backgrounds but have strong research track records, operate in an AI-native way, and would be bored staying on the rails of a traditional research org.Key ResponsibilitiesAnalogous to hypothesis generation in the space of AI for scientific discovery, the System Discovery team focuses on identifying entirely new classes of AI systems. Researchers explore a wide range of architectures, modalities, and compositions to uncover how AI can most effectively reshape work.Draw connections across disparate domains to uncover new system archetypes. Experiment with unconventional problem definitions and develop prototypes that reveal new categories of human–AI collaboration.What We RequireExperience Building a Wide Breadth of Systems: You’ve built across many paradigms—retrieval pipelines, reasoning agents, evaluation harnesses, multimodal integrations, or workflow graph systems—and can abstract what makes each effective.Experience Building with Models, Not Just Building Models: We develop intelligent systems using models rather than training or fine-tuning them. Ideal candidates have expertise in compound AI systems, agentic collaboration, and associated techniques (ensembling, ReAct, graph-of-thoughts, etc.).Proven Track Record of Research Results: Whether you’ve published in top journals, posted amazing work on twitter, or somewhere else we want to see what you've done.Uses AI Every Day: Before you can revolutionize someone else’s workflow, you need to revolutionize yours. You should be using tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, and Perplexity to accelerate your workflow.Strong Programming and Data Analysis Skills: While you might not consider yourself a software engineer you need to be able to build prototypes of your ideas and then perform the experiments to prove the effectiveness to a F500 Head of AI.Biases Towards Showing vs Telling: Our customers want to see the power of AI today vs discuss the most elegant idea that will take 5 years to realize.What We OfferAn opportunity to advance the cutting edge of LLM research and directly revolutionize work in the enterprise space.Ownership of high-impact research projects, with the autonomy to explore novel approaches and solutions.Access to state-of-the-art AI models, real business problems, and proprietary data sets across a diverse range of real-world industries.Competitive salary and benefits package, including equity options, medical/dental/vision covered at 100% for you and your dependents, 401K plan, and perks such as commuter benefits and lunch provided in office. Be part of a mission-oriented company to create practical adoption during the biggest revolution in human productivity.A collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment that encourages innovation and personal growth.If you are an innovative, ambitious, and driven individual looking to make a difference in the world of AI, we want to hear from you. Apply now to join our team as an Applied AI Researcher and help us shape the future of AI-driven solutions for enterprises across the globe.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in SF and NYC

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Distyl AI develops AI native technologies for humans & AI to collaborate to power the operations of the Global Fortune 1000.In just 24 months, we’ve rapidly grown to partner with some of the world’s largest enterprises—including F100 telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, and retail companies—delivering multiple AI deployments with $100M+ impact. Our platform, Distillery, along with our team of AI Engineers, Researchers, and Strategists, is pioneering AI-native systems of work, solving the most complex, high-stakes challenges at scale.Distyl is founded and led by proven leaders from companies like Palantir, Apple, and top national laboratories. We work in deep partnership with OpenAI, jointly going-to-market at the largest enterprises and collaborating evaluating and testing the latest models. Backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, industry leaders like Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), as well as board members of over 20+ F500s, Distyl is building the future of AI-powered enterprise operations.What We Are Looking ForAt Distyl we’re pushing the envelope of AI utilization in enterprise. This requires creative researchers who don’t just want to drive incremental improvements on benchmarks or optimize an existing process but instead are looking to creatively redefine how software is used.Our researchers come from many academic backgrounds but have strong research track records, operate in an AI-native way, and would be bored staying on the rails of a traditional research org.Key ResponsibilitiesThe System Self-Improvement team builds architectures that continuously evaluate and enhance their own performance. Researchers design feedback-driven systems capable of detecting weaknesses, generating corrective hypotheses, and implementing their own improvements through reflection, retraining, or workflow adaptation. The goal: build AI systems that compound in capability through use.Researchers in Self-Improvement study how systems can form self-models—understanding when, why, and how they succeed or fail. They explore reflective reasoning, reward modeling, and self-evaluation techniques to enable autonomous evolution. This work bridges reinforcement learning, interpretability, and meta-optimization to pioneer continuously learning enterprise systems.What We RequireExperience Building Feedback-Driven Systems: You’ve built or studied systems that monitor, score, and adapt—evaluators, retrievers, iterative refinement loops, or performance dashboards that close the feedback loop.Experience Building with Models, Not Just Building Models: We develop intelligent systems using models rather than training or fine-tuning them. Ideal candidates have expertise in compound AI systems, agentic collaboration, and associated techniques (ensembling, ReAct, graph-of-thoughts, etc.).Proven Track Record of Research Results: Whether you’ve published in top journals, posted amazing work on twitter, or somewhere else we want to see what you've done.Uses AI Every Day: Before you can revolutionize someone else’s workflow, you need to revolutionize yours. You should be using tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, and Perplexity to accelerate your workflow.Strong Programming and Data Analysis Skills: While you might not consider yourself a software engineer you need to be able to build prototypes of your ideas and then perform the experiments to prove the effectiveness to a F500 Head of AI.Biases Towards Showing vs Telling: Our customers want to see the power of AI today vs discuss the most elegant idea that will take 5 years to realize.What We OfferAn opportunity to advance the cutting edge of LLM research and directly revolutionize work in the enterprise space.Ownership of high-impact research projects, with the autonomy to explore novel approaches and solutions.Access to state-of-the-art AI models, real business problems, and proprietary data sets across a diverse range of real-world industries.Competitive salary and benefits package, including equity options, medical/dental/vision covered at 100% for you and your dependents, 401K plan, and perks such as commuter benefits and lunch provided in office. Be part of a mission-oriented company to create practical adoption during the biggest revolution in human productivity.A collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment that encourages innovation and personal growth.If you are an innovative, ambitious, and driven individual looking to make a difference in the world of AI, we want to hear from you. Apply now to join our team as an Applied AI Researcher and help us shape the future of AI-driven solutions for enterprises across the globe.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in SF and NYC

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Distyl AI develops AI native technologies for humans & AI to collaborate to power the operations of the Global Fortune 1000.In just 24 months, we’ve rapidly grown to partner with some of the world’s largest enterprises—including F100 telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, and retail companies—delivering multiple AI deployments with $100M+ impact. Our platform, Distillery, along with our team of AI Engineers, Researchers, and Strategists, is pioneering AI-native systems of work, solving the most complex, high-stakes challenges at scale.Distyl is founded and led by proven leaders from companies like Palantir, Apple, and top national laboratories. We work in deep partnership with OpenAI, jointly going-to-market at the largest enterprises and collaborating evaluating and testing the latest models. Backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, industry leaders like Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), as well as board members of over 20+ F500s, Distyl is building the future of AI-powered enterprise operations.What We Are Looking ForAt Distyl we’re pushing the envelope of AI utilization in enterprise. This requires creative researchers who don’t just want to drive incremental improvements on benchmarks or optimize an existing process but instead are looking to creatively redefine how software is used.Our researchers come from many academic backgrounds but have strong research track records, operate in an AI-native way, and would be bored staying on the rails of a traditional research org.Key ResponsibilitiesThe AI Systems team focuses on designing compound, end-to-end architectures that orchestrate perception, reasoning, planning, and execution. Researchers integrate diverse components (LLMs, retrievers, evaluators, memory systems, and execution agents) into robust, scalable systems that perform reliably across dynamic enterprise workflows. Researchers in AI Systems investigate the governing principles behind complex system interactions. They study coordination, information flow, and emergent behavior across multiple agents and models. Their work identifies the underlying mechanics of robustness, composability, and alignment, in effect establishing the design language for how intelligent systems should be built.What We RequireExperience Building with Models, Not Just Building Models: We develop intelligent systems using models rather than training or fine-tuning them. Ideal candidates have expertise in compound AI systems, agentic collaboration, and associated techniques (ensembling, ReAct, graph-of-thoughts, etc.).Proven Track Record of Research Results: Whether you’ve published in top journals, posted amazing work on twitter, or somewhere else we want to see what you've done.Uses AI Every Day: Before you can revolutionize someone else’s workflow, you need to revolutionize yours. You should be using tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, and Perplexity to accelerate your workflow.Strong Programming and Data Analysis Skills: While you might not consider yourself a software engineer you need to be able to build prototypes of your ideas and then perform the experiments to prove the effectiveness to a F500 Head of AI.Biases Towards Showing vs Telling: Our customers want to see the power of AI today vs discuss the most elegant idea that will take 5 years to realize.What We OfferAn opportunity to advance the cutting edge of LLM research and directly revolutionize work in the enterprise space.Ownership of high-impact research projects, with the autonomy to explore novel approaches and solutions.Access to state-of-the-art AI models, real business problems, and proprietary data sets across a diverse range of real-world industries.Competitive salary and benefits package, including equity options, medical/dental/vision covered at 100% for you and your dependents, 401K plan, and perks such as commuter benefits and lunch provided in office. Be part of a mission-oriented company to create practical adoption during the biggest revolution in human productivity.A collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment that encourages innovation and personal growth.If you are an innovative, ambitious, and driven individual looking to make a difference in the world of AI, we want to hear from you. Apply now to join our team as an Applied AI Researcher and help us shape the future of AI-driven solutions for enterprises across the globe.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in SF and NYC

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Distyl AI develops AI native technologies for humans & AI to collaborate to power the operations of the Global Fortune 1000.In just 24 months, we’ve rapidly grown to partner with some of the world’s largest enterprises—including F100 telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, and retail companies—delivering multiple AI deployments with $100M+ impact. Our platform, Distillery, along with our team of AI Engineers, Researchers, and Strategists, is pioneering AI-native systems of work, solving the most complex, high-stakes challenges at scale.Distyl is founded and led by proven leaders from companies like Palantir, Apple, and top national laboratories. We work in deep partnership with OpenAI, jointly going-to-market at the largest enterprises and collaborating evaluating and testing the latest models. Backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, industry leaders like Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), as well as board members of over 20+ F500s, Distyl is building the future of AI-powered enterprise operations.What We Are Looking ForAt Distyl we’re pushing the envelope of AI utilization in enterprise. This requires creative researchers who don’t just want to drive incremental improvements on benchmarks or optimize an existing process but instead are looking to creatively redefine how software is used.Our researchers come from many academic backgrounds but have strong research track records, operate in an AI-native way, and would be bored staying on the rails of a traditional research org.Key ResponsibilitiesThe Post-Training team focuses on adapting foundation models to real-world performance and alignment requirements. Researchers develop and evaluate techniques such as supervised fine-tuning, preference optimization (DPO, RLHF, RLAIF), and continual adaptation to align models with Distyl’s enterprise systems. The goal is to bridge raw model capability with trustworthy, contextually aligned system behavior.Researchers in Post-Training investigate new methods for aligning large models with human and system-level objectives. They explore trade-offs between generalization and specialization, data efficiency and robustness, capability and controllability. Their work informs how Distyl leverages foundation models safely, effectively, and at scale across industries.What We RequireDeep Understanding of Post-training Techniques: Familiarity with supervised fine-tuning, preference optimization (RLHF/DPO), LoRA/PEFT, and instruction-tuning pipelines.Experience Adapting Frontier Models: You’ve tuned or adapted LLMs/SLMs to specialized domains or behaviors through data curation, reward modeling, or continual pretraining.Experience Building with Models, Not Just Building Models: We develop intelligent systems using models rather than training or fine-tuning them. Ideal candidates have expertise in compound AI systems, agentic collaboration, and associated techniques (ensembling, ReAct, graph-of-thoughts, etc.).Proven Track Record of Research Results: Whether you’ve published in top journals, posted amazing work on twitter, or somewhere else we want to see what you've done.Uses AI Every Day: Before you can revolutionize someone else’s workflow, you need to revolutionize yours. You should be using tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, and Perplexity to accelerate your workflow.Strong Programming and Data Analysis Skills: While you might not consider yourself a software engineer you need to be able to build prototypes of your ideas and then perform the experiments to prove the effectiveness to a F500 Head of AI.Biases Towards Showing vs Telling: Our customers want to see the power of AI today vs discuss the most elegant idea that will take 5 years to realize.What We OfferAn opportunity to advance the cutting edge of LLM research and directly revolutionize work in the enterprise space.Ownership of high-impact research projects, with the autonomy to explore novel approaches and solutions.Access to state-of-the-art AI models, real business problems, and proprietary data sets across a diverse range of real-world industries.Competitive salary and benefits package, including equity options, medical/dental/vision covered at 100% for you and your dependents, 401K plan, and perks such as commuter benefits and lunch provided in office. Be part of a mission-oriented company to create practical adoption during the biggest revolution in human productivity.A collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment that encourages innovation and personal growth.If you are an innovative, ambitious, and driven individual looking to make a difference in the world of AI, we want to hear from you. Apply now to join our team as an Applied AI Researcher and help us shape the future of AI-driven solutions for enterprises across the globe.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in SF and NYC

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Distyl AI develops AI native technologies for humans & AI to collaborate to power the operations of the Global Fortune 1000.In just 24 months, we’ve rapidly grown to partner with some of the world’s largest enterprises—including F100 telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, and retail companies—delivering multiple AI deployments with $100M+ impact. Our platform, Distillery, along with our team of AI Engineers, Researchers, and Strategists, is pioneering AI-native systems of work, solving the most complex, high-stakes challenges at scale.Distyl is founded and led by proven leaders from companies like Palantir, Apple, and top national laboratories. We work in deep partnership with OpenAI, jointly going-to-market at the largest enterprises and collaborating evaluating and testing the latest models. Backed by Lightspeed, Khosla, Coatue, industry leaders like Nat Friedman (former GitHub CEO), as well as board members of over 20+ F500s, Distyl is building the future of AI-powered enterprise operations.What We Are Looking ForAt Distyl we’re pushing the envelope of AI utilization in enterprise. This requires creative researchers who don’t just want to drive incremental improvements on benchmarks or optimize an existing process but instead are looking to creatively redefine how software is used.Our researchers come from many academic backgrounds but have strong research track records, operate in an AI-native way, and would be bored staying on the rails of a traditional research org.Key ResponsibilitiesThe Benchmarking team defines how progress is measured. Researchers design evaluation frameworks that capture reasoning depth, interaction quality, reliability, and operational impact. They construct benchmarks that reflect real-world complexity. Their systems become the standard by which new architectures, techniques, and releases are judged.Researchers in Benchmarking explore new paradigms for evaluating intelligent systems: adversarial robustness testing, longitudinal performance tracking, and human-in-the-loop assessment. They investigate how metrics shape model behavior and establish rigorous methodologies for quantifying emergent capability. Their insights drive both Distyl’s internal research priorities and industry-wide standards.What We RequireExperience Designing and Running Evaluations: You’ve built or maintained benchmarks, test suites, or experimental frameworks to measure model or system performance.Statistical and Analytical Rigor: You design fair, reproducible experiments and can extract signal from noisy empirical results.Experience Building with Models, Not Just Building Models: We develop intelligent systems using models rather than training or fine-tuning them. Ideal candidates have expertise in compound AI systems, agentic collaboration, and associated techniques (ensembling, ReAct, graph-of-thoughts, etc.).Proven Track Record of Research Results: Whether you’ve published in top journals, posted amazing work on twitter, or somewhere else we want to see what you've done.Uses AI Every Day: Before you can revolutionize someone else’s workflow, you need to revolutionize yours. You should be using tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, and Perplexity to accelerate your workflow.Strong Programming and Data Analysis Skills: While you might not consider yourself a software engineer you need to be able to build prototypes of your ideas and then perform the experiments to prove the effectiveness to a F500 Head of AI.Biases Towards Showing vs Telling: Our customers want to see the power of AI today vs discuss the most elegant idea that will take 5 years to realize.What We OfferAn opportunity to advance the cutting edge of LLM research and directly revolutionize work in the enterprise space.Ownership of high-impact research projects, with the autonomy to explore novel approaches and solutions.Access to state-of-the-art AI models, real business problems, and proprietary data sets across a diverse range of real-world industries.Competitive salary and benefits package, including equity options, medical/dental/vision covered at 100% for you and your dependents, 401K plan, and perks such as commuter benefits and lunch provided in office. Be part of a mission-oriented company to create practical adoption during the biggest revolution in human productivity.A collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment that encourages innovation and personal growth.If you are an innovative, ambitious, and driven individual looking to make a difference in the world of AI, we want to hear from you. Apply now to join our team as an Applied AI Researcher and help us shape the future of AI-driven solutions for enterprises across the globe.Note: Distyl is a hybrid working environment and requires in office collaboration 3 days a week. We have offices in SF and NYC

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About UsTavus is a research lab pioneering human computing. We’re building AI Humans: a new interface that closes the gap between people and machines, free from the friction of today’s systems. Our real-time human simulation models let machines see, hear, respond, and even look real; enabling meaningful, face-to-face conversations. AI Humans combine the emotional intelligence of humans with the reach and reliability of machines, making them capable, trusted agents available 24/7, in every language, on our terms.Imagine a therapist anyone can afford. A personal trainer that adapts to your schedule. A fleet of medical assistants that can give every patient the attention they need. With Tavus, individuals, enterprises, and developers can all build AI Humans to connect, understand, and act with empathy at scale.We’re a Series A company backed by world-class investors including Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, and Scale Venture Partners.Be part of shaping a future where humans and machines truly understand each other.The Role We’re hiring a Senior AI Researcher to lead research on large language models for next-generation conversational avatars. This is a role for someone who doesn’t just want to follow the roadmap but you’ll help write it. You’ll drive research initiatives that define how avatars can think, adapt, and communicate naturally, across both verbal and non-verbal channels.Your Mission 🚀Lead research on LLMs and VLMs for Conversational Avatars, with a focus on modeling verbal + non-verbal interactions.Design and implement fine-tuning, adaptation, and conditioning techniques to control LLM behavior and align it with real-world conversational needs.Prototype, train, and optimize models that can operate in real-time generation settings with time budget constraints.Collaborate with the Applied ML and Product teams to move research into impactful production systems.Mentor other researchers, set research directions, and foster scientific excellence.You’ll Bring:A PhD or equivalent experience, plus 2–3+ years of postdoctoral or industry research on LLMs/VLMs.Proven expertise in generative language modeling and demonstrated innovation through prototyping.Strong track record in LLM adaptation, conditioning, or control methods.Experience with large model training at scale.Excellent programming skills (especially in PyTorch) and ability to move seamlessly between research and engineering tasks.Publications in top-tier conferences (EMNLP, COLING, NeurIPS, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV).Experience leading research efforts or directing technical agendas within teams.Nice-to-HavesBroader understanding of generative AI beyond text (multimodal, speech, vision).Strong grounding in deep learning methodologies that generalize across domains.Familiarity with best practices in software engineering and reproducible ML.Location Preferred: San Francisco (hybrid) or London (office opening soon). Remote within the U.S. or Europe considered for exceptional talent.

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About UsTavus is a research lab pioneering human computing. We’re building AI Humans: a new interface that closes the gap between people and machines, free from the friction of today’s systems. Our real-time human simulation models let machines see, hear, respond, and even look real—enabling meaningful, face-to-face conversations. AI Humans combine the emotional intelligence of humans with the reach and reliability of machines, making them capable, trusted agents available 24/7, in every language, on our terms.Imagine a therapist anyone can afford. A personal trainer that adapts to your schedule. A fleet of medical assistants that can give every patient the attention they need. With Tavus, individuals, enterprises, and developers can all build AI Humans to connect, understand, and act with empathy at scale.We’re a Series A company backed by world-class investors including Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, and Scale Venture Partners.Be part of shaping a future where humans and machines truly understand each other.The Role We’re looking for an AI Researcher to join our core AI team and push the boundaries of large language modeling in the context of conversational AI. If you thrive in fast-moving startup environments, enjoy experimenting with new ideas, and love seeing your work come to life in production then you’ll feel right at home.Your Mission 🚀Conduct research on large language modeling and adaptation for Conversational Avatars (e.g. Neural Avatars, Talking-Heads).Develop methods to model both verbal and non-verbal aspects of conversation, adapting and controlling avatar behavior in real time.Experiment with fine-tuning, adaptation, and conditioning techniques to make LLMs more expressive, controllable, and task-specific.Partner with the Applied ML team to take research from prototype to production.Stay up to date with cutting-edge advancements — and help define what comes next.You’ll Be Great At This If You Have:A PhD (or near completion) in a relevant field, or equivalent research experience.Hands-on experience with LLMs or VLMs and a strong foundation in generative language models.Experience in fine-tuning/adapting LLMs for control, conditioning, or downstream tasks.Solid background in deep learning and familiarity with foundation model methods.Strong PyTorch skills and comfort building deep learning pipelines.Nice-to-HavesKnowledge of large-scale model training and optimization.Broader understanding of generative AI across modalities.Exposure to software development best practices.A flexible, experimental mindset i.e. comfortable working across research and engineering.(Bonus) Publications at EMNLP, COLING, NeurIPS, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV.Location Preferred: San Francisco (hybrid) or London (office opening soon). Remote within the U.S. or Europe available for exceptional candidates.

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About MaincodeMaincode is an AI research lab building systems that move humans forward. We are training foundation models from scratch, designing new reasoning architectures, and deploying them on state-of-the-art GPU clusters. Recently, we’ve built Matilda, Australia’s first LLM. This is not fine-tuning someone else’s work. We’re building new systems from first principles.Our core research focuses on the development of foundation models and novel architectures that underpin reasoning, alignment and generalisation. Our residency program provides a space for researchers to explore complementary and experimental areas of AI, such as:Non-standard language model architectures and techniquesMulti-modal systems, e.g. vision-language modelsAdvanced multi-agent system dynamicsReinforcement learning for reasoning or planningOptimisation of inference or distributed training stackAlignment and interpretability techniquesIf you are driven by curiosity, motivated by scientific depth, and excited by the idea of contributing to a lab building models from first principles, you’ll find Maincode an ideal environment to explore ambitious research. The Role: AI Research ResidentThe Maincode Research Residency is a paid 3 to 6 month program designed for advanced AI researchers in Australia. As a resident, you will collaborate with researchers (on-site, hybrid or remote with on-site visits) within our core team to investigate your proposed research project.Maincode provides the infrastructure and computational resources for you to explore your research ideas at scale. You will work closely with our researchers throughout the process, from refining your proposal and designing experiments, to interpreting results and communicating findings.The residency provides the opportunity to pursue exploratory, high-impact research that is adjacent to Maincode’s core mission. We encourage projects that push the boundaries of fundamental or applied AI and define the trajectory of future AI systems.This call is the second round of the AI Research Residency program at Maincode. The successes of the initial round include a hire to the core team as well as publications in the following areas:Vision-language reasoning: examining how multi-modal models balance logical inference and perceptual grounding (https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25848)Video anomaly detection: developing structured prompting frameworks for fine-grained, interpretable reasoning in VLMs (https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02155)Time series forecasting: using mode-adaptive graph networks for spatio-temporal prediction (https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00703) What You’ll DoPropose, refine, and lead a research project that complements Maincode’s mission of building foundational AI systems from first principlesDesign and run experiments at scale, leveraging our compute infrastructure and state-of-the-art training pipelinesCollaborate closely with Maincode researchers to share knowledge, exchange feedback, and develop new approaches to open problems in AIAnalyse results rigorously, ensuring that findings are interpretable, reproducible, and impactfulShare insights through internal discussions, research publications or presentations at AI conferences Who You AreA PhD candidate, postdoctoral researcher or faculty member with deep expertise in machine learning, artificial intelligence, or related fieldsYou have a strong track record of publications or ongoing research projects in areas such as deep learning, optimisation, reinforcement learning, probabilistic modelling, or systems-level AI researchCurious, independent, and self-directed, yet eager to collaborate and learn from othersComfortable working with large-scale experiments, distributed training environments, or novel algorithmic ideasExcited by ambitious, high-risk/high-reward research that challenges current paradigms The ProcessThis application includes a project proposal outlining your area of interest for the residency. Our research team will review your application and proposal, then schedule a follow-up conversation to discuss your ideas and share more about the program.

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About MaincodeMaincode is an AI research and engineering company and home to Matilda, Australia’s first and only large language model trained from scratch. We operate our own advanced AI infrastructure in local data-centres; designing, building, and running everything from the racks up through model training and serving systems.We’re building an AI Model Factory, a new kind of compute infrastructure that powers frontier AI research and production systems that work at scale. About the RoleDespite the title, this role isn’t really about robotics. We’re looking for something that doesn’t quite exist in the market: an AI Model Factory Architect.This role sits at the intersection of physical systems, large-scale compute, and AI research. You’ll help design and operate the infrastructure that trains large-scale models: racks of GPUs, high-performance networks, and the orchestration systems that keep them running.People with strong research instincts and systems thinking thrive here. You don’t need prior experience in the datacentre; curiosity, first-principles reasoning, and the ability to learn fast matter more. Someone from robotics, aerospace, or similar fields who has strong computational skills could excel in this role. We’ll give you the time, mentorship, and resources to master how these systems work, and you’ll develop expertise in one of the most essential technical domains of the coming decade. What You’ll DoLearn to design, deploy, and operate the backbone of AI infrastructure.Work with GPU clusters, high-speed networking, and large-scale Linux systems.Contribute to the architecture of Australia’s first production-scale AI datacentre systems.Collaborate with AI researchers and engineers to shape the next generation of model training environments.Develop new operational and architectural approaches from first principles. You Might Be a Fit IfYou have a background in a technical or scientific field (robotics, mechatronics, aerospace, physics, or similar) and strong computational skills (e.g., modelling, numerical simulation, automation, MPI or HPC environments, GPU and accelerator programming, systems programming, or Linux).You enjoy understanding complex systems from first principles.You learn new technologies fast and apply them independently.You think in terms of system architecture, how components interact and scale.You’re curious about how AI actually runs, from circuits and cooling to training loops.

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Who are we?Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.Join us on our mission and shape the future!Why this role?To have the opportunity to collaborate with Cohere researchers and tools on designing and implementing novel research ideas and shipping state-of-the-art models to production. We have openings in teams covering base model training, retrieval augmented generation, data and evaluation, safety, and finetuning, to name a few; and we are open to receiving intern applications in any research area relating to LLMs to broaden your research connections while obtaining deep experience in a growing AI startup.  Please Note: To be eligible for a Research Internship, you must be currently pursuing a PhD in Machine Learning, NLP, or a related discipline. You need to be available for a full-time internship that lasts for 4-6 months.As a Cohere Research Intern, you will:Conduct cutting-edge machine learning research, building and training large language models. Focus on research projects aimed at expanding the frontier of knowledge in language modelling and associate areas such as evaluation, multimodal models, optimisation etc.Disseminate your research results through the production of publications, datasets, and code.Contribute to research initiatives that have practical applications in Cohere’s product development. You may be a good fit if you:Are currently pursuing, or in the process of obtaining, a PhD in Machine Learning, NLP, Artificial Intelligence, or a related discipline. We will also consider exceptional non-PhD candidates.Are eligible for work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization throughout the internship period. Have experience using large-scale distributed training strategies, data annotation and evaluation pipelines, or implementing state of the art ML models.Are familiar with autoregressive sequence models, such as Transformers.Have strong communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to convey complex research findings clearly and succinctly. Have knowledge, or are knowledgeable, of programming languages such as Python, C, C++, Lua, or related languages.Have knowledge of related ML frameworks such as JAX, Pytorch and Tensorflow.Have previous experience in building systems based on machine learning and deep learning techniques. Demonstrate passion for applied NLP models and products.Preferred Qualifications: Demonstrated expertise through publications in top tier venues in fields such as machine learning, NLP, artificial intelligence, computer vision, optimization, computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, or data science. Proven ability to tackle analytical problems using quantitative methodologies. Proficiency in handling and analysing complex, high-dimensional data from various sources.Experience in applying theoretical and empirical research to real-world problem-solving.If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply! If you want to work really hard on a glorious mission with teammates that want the same thing, Cohere is the place for you.We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.Full-Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these Perks:🤝 An open and inclusive culture and work environment 🧑‍💻 Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research 🍽 Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks🦷 Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health 🐣 100% Parental Leave top-up for 6 months for employees based in Canada, the US, and the UK🎨 Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement🏙 Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London and Paris, as well as a co-working stipend✈️ 6 weeks of vacationNote: This post is co-authored by both Cohere humans and Cohere technology.

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Your New Role and TeamSanctuary, a world leader in building AI-based control systems for humanoid robots, is seeking a Staff Research Scientist to join our team in engineering and innovating unique robotic manipulation tasks. As a Staff Research Scientist, your role will involve choosing the most cutting-edge methods, creating training and data collection systems, overseeing the evaluation of these algorithms in simulated environments, and implementing them on our robots in real-world situations. You will also enjoy the exclusive chance to make a meaningful impact by working with novel haptic and proprioceptive sensing techniques, thanks to our in-house robot with dexterous hands. Success CriteriaCreate, develop, and enhance cutting-edge Reinforcement Learning (RL) and Imitation Learning (IL) algorithms and evaluate their performance in practical applicationsStay current with the latest developments in RL/IL techniques and their application in roboticsIdentify, communicate, and lead research initiatives that show promise to the wider ML teamDiscover strategies for enhancing current RL/IL learning processes, considering key performance metrics like sample efficiency, speed, computational resources, and scalabilityDevise RL/IL training and data collection pipelines to expedite implementation on physical robotsCollaborate within a diverse team to devise innovative algorithms and investigate the root causes of errors in existing implementations Your ExperienceQualificationsPh.D. in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or equivalent practical background in Reinforcement Learning and/or Imitation Learning 5+ years of hands-on experience implementing and deploying robotic manipulation tasks, both in simulation and on physical robots5+ years of practical experience applying various Reinforcement Learning and/or Imitation Learning methods, with focus on robotics in the real world4+ years experience in developing and optimizing large-batch parallel simulations for Reinforcement LearningProven expertise in continual learning, employing adaptive model training to improve long-term performance and accuracyProven expertise in sim-to-real transferExperience in transitioning Machine Learning research and trained models into real-world productionActive involvement in integrating Machine Learning models into a robotics platformA track record of publishing research in esteemed AI conferences such as ICRA, IROS and CORL SkillsDevelopment with Python 3.8 or laterWorking knowledge of PyTorch and/or TensorFlowFamiliarity with ROS2Expertise in use of Reinforcement Learning principles and their applicationExperience with Atlassian tools; Jira, Confluence, or equivalent i.e. GitLab TraitsAbove all else, a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do whatever it takes to create robust solutions to complex problemsStrong leadership skills in organizing R&D work for ML projectsEager to take on new challenges with tenacity and positivityPatience, persistence, and attention to detail when resolving performance issuesEnthusiasm for bringing human-like intelligence to machinesAbility to drive development of new functionalities from concept to productionAbility to multitask and prioritize in a fast paced environment

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About Mistral At Mistral we are on a mission to democratize AI, producing frontier intelligence for everyone, developed in the open, and built by engineers all over the world. We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society. Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation, with teams distributed between Europe, the USA and Asia. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited. At Mistral, we develop models for the enterprise and for consumers, focusing on delivering systems which can really change the way in which businesses operate and which can integrate into our daily lives. All while releasing frontier models open-source, for everyone to try and benefit. Mistral is hiring experts in the training of large language models and distributed systems. Join us to be part of a pioneering company shaping the future of AI. What will you do • Research and develop novel methods to push the frontier of large language models• Work across use cases (e.g reasoning, code, agents) and modalities (e.g text, image and speech)• Build tooling and infrastructure to allow training, evaluation and analysis of AI models at scale• Work cross-functionally with other scientists, engineers and product teams to ship AI systems which have a real-world impact About you • You are a highly proficient software engineer in at least one programming language (Python or other, e.g. Rust, Go, Java)• You have hands-on experience with AI frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, JAX) or distributed systems (e.g. Ray, Kubernetes)• You have high engineering competence. This means being able to design complex software and make it usable in production• You are a self-starter, autonomous and a team player Now, it would be ideal if • You have hands-on experience with training large transformer models in a distributed fashion• You are able to navigate the full MLOps stack, for instance, fine-tuning, evaluation and deployment • You have a strong publication record in a relevant scientific domain Note that this is not an exhaustive or necessary list of requirements. Please consider applying if you believe you have the skills to contribute to Mistral's mission. We value profile and experience diversity. Benefits 💰 Competitive cash salary and equity🥕 Food : Monthly meal allowance🥎 Sport : Monthly contribution to a Gympass subscription💰 Private pension plan

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About Mistral At Mistral we are on a mission to democratize AI, producing frontier intelligence for everyone, developed in the open, and built by engineers all over the world. We are a dynamic, collaborative team passionate about AI and its potential to transform society. Our diverse workforce thrives in competitive environments and is committed to driving innovation, with teams distributed between Europe, the USA and Asia. We are creative, low-ego and team-spirited. At Mistral, we develop models for the enterprise and for consumers, focusing on delivering systems which can really change the way in which businesses operate and which can integrate into our daily lives. All while releasing frontier models open-source, for everyone to try and benefit. Mistral is hiring experts in the training of large language models and distributed systems. Join us to be part of a pioneering company shaping the future of AI. What will you do • Research and develop novel methods to push the frontier of large language models• Work across use cases (e.g reasoning, code, agents) and modalities (e.g text, image and speech)• Build tooling and infrastructure to allow training, evaluation and analysis of AI models at scale• Work cross-functionally with other scientists, engineers and product teams to ship AI systems which have a real-world impact About you • You are a highly proficient software engineer in at least one programming language (Python or other, e.g. Rust, Go, Java)• You have hands-on experience with AI frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, JAX) or distributed systems (e.g. Ray, Kubernetes)• You have high engineering competence. This means being able to design complex software and make it usable in production• You are a self-starter, autonomous and a team player Now, it would be ideal if • You have hands-on experience with training large transformer models in a distributed fashion• You are able to navigate the full MLOps stack, for instance, fine-tuning, evaluation and deployment • You have a strong publication record in a relevant scientific domain Note that this is not an exhaustive or necessary list of requirements. Please consider applying if you believe you have the skills to contribute to Mistral's mission. We value profile and experience diversity. Benefits 💰 Competitive cash salary and equity🥕 Food : Monthly meal allowance🥎 Sport : Monthly contribution to a Gympass subscription💰 Private pension plan

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About UsTavus is a research lab pioneering human computing. We’re building AI Humans: a new interface that closes the gap between people and machines, free from the friction of today’s systems. Our real-time human simulation models let machines see, hear, respond, and even look real—enabling meaningful, face-to-face conversations. AI Humans combine the emotional intelligence of humans with the reach and reliability of machines, making them capable, trusted agents available 24/7, in every language, on our terms.Imagine a therapist anyone can afford. A personal trainer that adapts to your schedule. A fleet of medical assistants that can give every patient the attention they need. With Tavus, individuals, enterprises, and developers can all build AI Humans to connect, understand, and act with empathy at scale.We’re a Series A company backed by world-class investors including Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, and Scale Venture Partners.Be part of shaping a future where humans and machines truly understand each other.The Role We’re hiring a Senior AI Researcher to lead foundational research at the intersection of multimodal modeling and conversational AI. You'll build multimodal models that model interactions between the user and the human like avatar to predict/control the audio/visual/language responses of the avatar. This isn’t a role for someone who just wants to follow the roadmap. You’ll help create it by steering our technical direction and shaping what the next generation of AI Human avatars looks like.Your Mission 🚀Lead research on Foundational Multimodal Models for Conversational Avatars — systems that can perceive, reason, and generate across video, audio, and language.Build and train models using Autoregressive, Predictive (e.g., V-JEPA), and Diffusion-based architectures with a deep focus on temporal and sequential data (not static frames).Design and execute experiments to predict and control the visual, auditory, and linguistic responses of avatars.Partner with the Applied ML team to bring research into real-world use cases.Mentor other researchers and drive excellence across the team.You’ll Bring:A PhD plus 2–3+ years working hands-on with LLMs, VLMs, or multimodal systems.Previous experience leading research efforts or mentoring teams.Expertise in sequence modeling across video, audio, and text — with strong understanding of autoregressive, predictive, and diffusion frameworks.Experience with large-scale model training and optimization for performance and real-time generation.Proven ability to translate research ideas into production-grade systems.Publications in top-tier venues (CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ECCV, ACMMM).Strong PyTorch skills and comfort moving fluidly between research and engineering.Nice-to-HavesBroad familiarity with generative AI paradigms and foundation models.Comfort working across the full research–to–deployment stack.A builder’s mindset: eager to experiment, iterate, and ship.Location Preferred: San Francisco (hybrid) or London (office opening soon). Remote within the U.S. or Europe available for exceptional candidates.Benefits & CultureWhen you join Tavus, you’re joining a diverse and supportive team. Our work is driven by our people, and our success is shared by all. This position has a flexible work schedule, unlimited PTO, competitive healthcare, and gear stipends, as well as plenty of fun. At the end of the day, we want Tavus to be a place for you to learn, directly drive impact, and work with a team you love.Tavus is growing fast, and we’d like you to grow with us. If you’re excited to get your hands dirty and help make machines more human, drop your resume and we’ll be in touch.We are not looking for cultural fits, we are looking for culture creators. Diversity is what drives our success – it’s at the core of how we hire, communicate, and work. We are inclusive to all and combine our diverse backgrounds, skill sets, and perspectives to build the best experiences for our clients.

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About Handshake AIHandshake is building the career network for the AI economy. Our three-sided marketplace connects 18 million students and alumni, 1,500+ academic institutions across the U.S. and Europe, and 1 million employers to power how the next generation explores careers, builds skills, and gets hired.Handshake AI is a human data labeling business that leverages the scale of the largest early career network. We work directly with the world’s leading AI research labs to build a new generation of human data products. From PhDs in physics to undergrads fluent in LLMs, Handshake AI is the trusted partner for domain-specific data and evaluation at scale.This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing team shaping the future of AI through better data, better tools, and better systems—for experts, by experts.Now’s a great time to join Handshake. Here’s why:Leading the AI Career Revolution: Be part of the team redefining work in the AI economy for millions worldwide.Proven Market Demand: Deep employer partnerships across Fortune 500s and the world’s leading AI research labs.World-Class Team: Leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, just to name a few.Capitalized & Scaling: $3.5B valuation from top investors including Kleiner Perkins, True Ventures, Notable Capital, and more.About the RoleAs a Staff Research Scientist, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of large language model (LLM) alignment by leading research and development at the intersection of data quality and post-training techniques such as RLHF, preference optimization, and reward modeling.You will operate at the forefront of model alignment, with a focus on ensuring the integrity, reliability, and strategic use of supervision data that drives post-training performance. You’ll set research direction, influence cross-functional data standards, and lead the development of scalable systems that diagnose and improve the data foundations of frontier AI.You will:Lead high-impact research on data quality frameworks for post-training LLMs — including techniques for preference consistency, label reliability, annotator calibration, and dataset auditing.Design and implement systems for identifying noisy, low-value, or adversarial data points in human feedback and synthetic comparison datasets.Drive strategy for aligning data collection, curation, and filtering with post-training objectives such as helpfulness, harmlessness, and faithfulness.Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, alignment researchers, and product leaders to translate research into production-ready pipelines for RLHF and DPO.Mentor and influence junior researchers and engineers working on data-centric evaluation, reward modeling, and benchmark creation.Author foundational tools and metrics that connect supervision data characteristics to downstream LLM behavior and evaluation performance.Publish and present research that advances the field of data quality in LLM post-training, contributing to academic and industry best practices.Desired CapabilitiesPhD or equivalent experience in machine learning, NLP, or data-centric AI, with a track record of leadership in LLM post-training or data quality research.5 years of academic or industry experience post-docDeep expertise in RLHF, preference data pipelines, reward modeling, or evaluation systems.Demonstrated experience designing and scaling data quality infrastructure — from labeling frameworks and validation metrics to automated filtering and dataset optimization.Strong engineering proficiency in Python, PyTorch, and ecosystem tools for large-scale training and evaluation.A proven ability to define, lead, and execute complex research initiatives with clear business and technical impact.Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience driving strategy across research, engineering, and product teams.Extra CreditExperience with data valuation (e.g. influence functions, Shapley values), active learning, or human-in-the-loop systems.Contributions to open-source tools for dataset analysis, benchmarking, or reward model training.Familiarity with evaluation challenges such as annotation disagreement, subjective labeling, or multilingual feedback alignment.Interest in the long-term implications of data quality for AI safety, governance, and deployment ethics.PerksHandshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported—and thrive at work and in life.The below benefits are for full-time US employees.🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend📚 Growth: $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development💻 Remote & Office: Stipends for home office setup, internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days, winter #ShakeBreak where our whole office closes for a week!🤝 Connection: Team outings & referral bonusesExplore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.

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About Handshake AIHandshake is building the career network for the AI economy. Our three-sided marketplace connects 18 million students and alumni, 1,500+ academic institutions across the U.S. and Europe, and 1 million employers to power how the next generation explores careers, builds skills, and gets hired.Handshake AI is a human data labeling business that leverages the scale of the largest early career network. We work directly with the world’s leading AI research labs to build a new generation of human data products. From PhDs in physics to undergrads fluent in LLMs, Handshake AI is the trusted partner for domain-specific data and evaluation at scale.This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing team shaping the future of AI through better data, better tools, and better systems—for experts, by experts.Now’s a great time to join Handshake. Here’s why:Leading the AI Career Revolution: Be part of the team redefining work in the AI economy for millions worldwide.Proven Market Demand: Deep employer partnerships across Fortune 500s and the world’s leading AI research labs.World-Class Team: Leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, just to name a few.Capitalized & Scaling: $3.5B valuation from top investors including Kleiner Perkins, True Ventures, Notable Capital, and more.About the RoleAs a Staff Research Scientist, you will drive frontier research on how we define intelligence of frontier models, i.e. develop benchmarks and measurements that help the research community to understand how large language models (LLMs) understand, reason, and interact with human knowledge. You will:Lead teams of researchers to produce original research in LLM evaluation methodologies, interpretability, and human-AI knowledge alignment.Develop novel frameworks and assessment techniques that reveal deep insights into model capabilities, limitations, and emergent behaviors.Collaborate with engineers to translate research breakthroughs into scalable benchmarks, evaluation systems, and standards.Pioneer new approaches to measuring reasoning, alignment, and trustworthiness in frontier AI systems.Author high-quality code to enable large-scale experimentation, reproducible evaluation, and knowledge assessment workflows.Publish in top-tier conferences and journals, establishing new directions in the science of AI evaluation.Work cross-functionally with leadership, engineers, and external partners to set industry standards for responsible AI evaluation and alignment. Desired CapabilitiesPhD or equivalent research experience in machine learning, computer science, cognitive science, or related fields with focus on AI evaluation, interpretability, or model understanding.6+ years of academic or industry experience post-doc in a research-first environmentStrong background in LLM research, evaluation methodologies, and/or foundational AI assessment techniques.Proven ability to independently design, lead, and execute evaluation research programs with novel data types end-to-end.Deep proficiency in Python and PyTorch for large-scale model analysis, benchmarking, and evaluation.Experience building or leading novel benchmark development, systematic model assessment, or interpretability studies.Strong publication record in post-training, evaluation, or interpretability that demonstrates field-defining contributions.Ability to clearly communicate complex insights and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.Extra CreditExperience with RLHF, agent modeling, or AI alignment research.Familiarity with data-centric AI approaches, synthetic data generation, or human-in-the-loop systems.Understanding of challenges in scaling foundation models (training stability, safety, inference efficiency).Contributions to open-source libraries or research tooling.Interest in the societal impact, deployment ethics, and governance of frontier AI systems.PerksHandshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported—and thrive at work and in life.The below benefits are for full-time US employees.🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend📚 Growth: $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development💻 Remote & Office: Stipends for home office setup, internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days, winter #ShakeBreak where our whole office closes for a week!🤝 Connection: Team outings & referral bonusesExplore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.

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Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage candidates to apply early. The application window will close on October 31stAbout Handshake AIHandshake is building the career network for the AI economy. Our three-sided marketplace connects 18 million students and alumni, 1,500+ academic institutions across the U.S. and Europe, and 1 million employers to power how the next generation explores careers, builds skills, and gets hired.Handshake AI is a human data labeling business that leverages the scale of the largest early career network. We work directly with the world’s leading AI research labs to build a new generation of human data products. From PhDs in physics to undergrads fluent in LLMs, Handshake AI is the trusted partner for domain-specific data and evaluation at scale.This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing team shaping the future of AI through better data, better tools, and better systems—for experts, by experts.Now’s a great time to join Handshake. Here’s why:Leading the AI Career Revolution: Be part of the team redefining work in the AI economy for millions worldwide.Proven Market Demand: Deep employer partnerships across Fortune 500s and the world’s leading AI research labs.World-Class Team: Leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, just to name a few.Capitalized & Scaling: $3.5B valuation from top investors including Kleiner Perkins, True Ventures, Notable Capital, and more.About the RoleHandshake AI builds the data engines that power the next generation of large language models. Our research team works at the intersection of cutting-edge model post-training, rigorous evaluation, and data efficiency. Join us for a focused Summer 2026 internship where your work can ship directly into our production stack and become a publishable research contribution. To start between May and June 2026.Projects You Could TackleLLM Post-Training: Novel RLHF / GRPO pipelines, instruction-following refinements, reasoning-trace supervision.LLM Evaluation: New multilingual, long-horizon, or domain-specific benchmarks; automatic vs. human preference studies; robustness diagnostics.Data Efficiency: Active-learning loops, data value estimation, synthetic data generation, and low-resource fine-tuning strategies.Each intern owns a scoped research project, mentored by a senior scientist, with the explicit goal of an archive-ready manuscript or top-tier conference submission.Desired CapabilitiesCurrent PhD student in CS, ML, NLP, or related field.Publication track record at top venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, EMNLP, ICLR, etc.).Hands-on experience training and experimenting with LLMs (e.g., PyTorch, JAX, DeepSpeed, distributed training stacks).Strong empirical rigor and a passion for open-ended AI questions.Extra CreditPrior work on RLHF, evaluation tooling, or data selection methods.Contributions to open-source LLM frameworks.Public speaking or teaching experience (we often host internal reading groups).#LI-AG3

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Jasper is the leading AI marketing platform, enabling the world's most innovative companies to reimagine their end-to-end marketing workflows and drive higher ROI through increased brand consistency, efficiency, and personalization at scale. Jasper has been recognized as "one of the Top 15 Most Innovative AI Companies of 2024" by Fast Company and is trusted by nearly 20% of the Fortune 500 – including Prudential, Ulta Beauty, and Wayfair. Founded in 2021, Jasper is a remote-first organization with team members across the US, France, and Australia.About The RoleJasper Research is seeking a highly motivated intern to advance the frontiers of open source image-generation and image-editing applications. In this role, you will be instrumental in developing new state-of-the-art open-source text-to-image and image editing models while collaborating closely with our talented team of researchers and engineers. The internship duration is 6 months.We have historically relied on third-party existing open-source image foundational models for its core applications (replace-background, image uncropping, image relighting …), mastering model fine-tuning methods. One of the team’s current core projects consists now of building our own open-weights foundational text-to-image model from scratch.This role is open to candidates located in Paris. It will be a hybrid setup, which requires you to come into the office when necessary. What you will do at JasperAs a Research Scientist Intern, you will work closely with our research team to design and implement new methods to improve the sampling speed of diffusion models, such as, amongst others, re-flow, shortcut models or adversarial diffusion distillation. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of a foundational open-source model, addressing challenges in scalability, fidelity, and generalization. You will engage in both theoretical and applied research, collaborating with experts in machine learning, computer vision, and natural language processing. The main goals of this internship are:Research & Development: Conduct literature reviews, propose and implement innovative methods to accelerate the sampling from diffusion models in the context of text-to-image and image editing.Model Training & Evaluation: Participate in the fine-tuning stages of the training of large-scale text-to-image models, conduct rigorous ablations, design evaluation metrics, and analyze model performance.Documentation & Communication: Document research findings, prepare technical reports, and participate in the external communication of the results.Open Source & Community: Contribute to an ambitious open-source project, publish research findings, and engage with the broader AI community.What you will bring to JasperCurrently enrolled in a Ph.D. or M.Sc program in Machine Learning, applied mathematics or computer science (Ph.D, preferred).Experience with distillation and/or improved sampling techniques for diffusion modelsA genuine interest in the field and a strong motivation to contribute to open-source initiatives, with a potentially proven track record through personal projects or previous experience in deep learning, especially generative models (e.g., diffusion models, GANs, VAEs, transformers).Strong coding abilities in Python and deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX).The ideal candidate will possess a strong critical thinking and problem-solving mindset, coupled with excellent teamwork skills.Being available for period of 6 months.Nice to haveStrong programming Python skills, including software engineering best practices to produce high-quality code.Experience with distributed training and large-scale systems on GPU clustersExperience with large-scale data processingContributions to open-source projects.Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by first-authored publications in major conferences and journals such as CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, ICLR, NeurIPSBenefits & PerksFlexible, hybrid work environment. Our office is based at Station F in Paris, the vibrant hub of the French startup ecosystem. Our efficient and lean team at Station F thrives on innovation and collaboration.Competitive compensation package