Raydar
Research Scientist
$280K–$350K
Palo Alto, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Education
- PhD or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, NLP, or AI.
About the job
Lead applied research on language model reasoning, post-training, and autonomous agents, turning experiments and prototypes into dependable production features.
What you'll do
- Lead research projects and develop safer, more capable autonomous model-driven systems.
- Plan experiments, assess benchmarks, and study model behavior.
- Collaborate with engineers to productionize prototypes and help shape research culture and technical direction.
What they ask for
- History of leading original research on language model agents, post-training, or evaluation.
- PhD or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, NLP, or AI.
- Publications at leading machine learning conferences; the posting says impact and citations count more than degree level.
- Expertise in at least one of agentic systems, language model post-training, or model evaluation; solid machine learning grounding; proficiency in Python and PyTorch.
Nice to have
- Internships or roles at leading AI research labs.
- Experience training open-weight models.
Pay
USD 280,000 to 350,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, PyTorch
AI focus
Applied research on language model reasoning, post-training, autonomous agents, evaluation, and safer, more dependable model-driven systems.
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