MongoDB
Staff Research Scientist
$151K–$297K
Palo Alto +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 28, 2026
- Location
- Palo Alto
New York, NY, United States - Experience
- At least 6 years of full-time professional experience in research or a closely related field.
- Education
- PhD degree in Computer Science or related field.
About the job
Conduct AI research and develop next-generation models, including LLMs, embedding models, and rerankers, with a focus on information retrieval and practical deployment.
What you'll do
- Research frontier AI models, embedding models, and rerankers.
- Innovate in information retrieval and LLM agent paradigms.
- Collaborate with research scientists, engineers, and colleagues across the organization.
What they ask for
- PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
- At least 6 years of full-time professional experience in research or a closely related field.
- Strong background in machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing.
- Experience building complex neural networks for language and visual understanding.
Nice to have
- Track record of novel or improved machine-learning ideas, demonstrated by accomplishments such as first-author publications in top venues.
- Ability to conduct rigorous empirical studies validating theoretical results.
Pay
$151,000 — $297,000 USD base salary
Tools
LLMs, embedding models, rerankers, machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, neural networks
AI focus
Research and develop frontier AI models, embedding models, and rerankers for information retrieval and LLM agents, with exposure to the full lifecycle from research to production.
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