Samaya AI
Applied Scientist (ML)
$190K–$275K
Mountain View, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Jul 17, 2025
- Experience
- Preferred: 2+ years of experience in an industry applied ML research environment.
- Education
- PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, NLP, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available, but not for every role or candidate; the company says it will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa after an offer.
About the job
Develop and productionize machine-learning systems for Samaya’s knowledge-work products, from problem formulation and data and benchmark development through model training and deployment.
What you'll do
- Analyze and improve existing ML systems, proposing and validating new methods.
- Create and productionize research prototypes and evaluation datasets for knowledge work at scale.
- Formulate ML problems from product needs; optionally mentor interns and publish research.
What they ask for
- Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, NLP, or a related field.
- Strong background in deep learning, large language models, and NLP techniques.
- Strong track record of first-author publications at top AI/NLP conferences.
- Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or Transformers, with strong coding skills.
Nice to have
- 2+ years of experience in an industry applied ML research environment.
- Familiarity with retrieval-augmented generation, reasoning, LLM training, and reinforcement learning techniques.
Pay
$190,000 - $275,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, PyTorch, Transformers
AI focus
Retrieval, ranking and RAG; LLM post-training and reinforcement learning; AI agents for knowledge workflows; ML benchmarks.
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