Sesame
Research Scientist
$190K–$320K
San Francisco +2 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jul 14, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York
Bellevue - Education
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in CS or related field.
About the job
Develop research-driven machine learning models across multiple modalities for Sesame’s voice-agent products.
What you'll do
- Develop ML models across multiple modalities and work across the ML stack, including data curation, evaluation, infrastructure, training, and inference.
- Select promising approaches from research literature and create new methods to meet product goals.
- Conduct research and experimentation on model architectures and approaches.
What they ask for
- Experience working independently in high-ambiguity environments.
- Published papers in NLP, Speech, or Computer Vision involving large-scale deep learning.
- Familiarity with the state of the art in AI.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in CS or related field.
Nice to have
- Master’s/PhD desired.
- Experience working with products or in a startup environment.
Pay
$190K – $320K (base salary)
Tools
NLP, Speech, Computer Vision
AI focus
Research and develop deep-learning ML models across multiple modalities, including NLP, Speech, and/or Computer Vision.
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