Scale AI
Senior Manager, Research Scientist
$290K–$363K
San Francisco, CA +2 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 24, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
New York, NY
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on research experience.
- Education
- PhD or equivalent preferred.
About the job
Leads a research team and roadmap developing, evaluating, and deploying generative AI, post-training, agent, and reinforcement-learning research.
What you'll do
- Lead, mentor, and grow research scientists and engineers; set the research roadmap and oversee execution.
- Collaborate across teams and with external partners to translate research into practical outcomes.
- Publish and present research, contribute to open source, and represent the team externally.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of hands-on research experience in machine learning, deep learning, generative models, agent/RL systems, or related domains.
- Research excellence, including publications in top-tier ML/AI venues.
- Experience leading or managing research teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice to have
- PhD or equivalent.
- Experience delivering major research impact in a fast-paced environment.
Pay
$290,400 — $363,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Generative AI, large-language models, post-training, evaluation, agents, RL environments
AI focus
Leads research on generative AI, large-language models, post-training, evaluation, agents, and reinforcement-learning environments.
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