The Allen Institute for AI
Senior Research Scientist, Open Ecosystem
$170K–$270K
Seattle, WA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 31, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA, United States - Experience
- Significant experience building and training modern foundation models; no number of years specified.
- Education
- Strong foundation (PhD level) in artificial intelligence, machine learning, or related domains.
- Visa sponsorship
- Participates in E-Verify to confirm authorization to work in the U.S.
About the job
Leads research and development of fully open foundation models, especially models and training approaches that accelerate scientific discovery.
What you'll do
- Provide scientific leadership and define and conduct research; may lead small teams.
- Oversee and implement software systems that support research, and author and present scientific papers and presentations.
- Build collaborative and strategic relationships with academic, industrial, government, and standards organizations.
What they ask for
- Strong foundation (PhD level) in artificial intelligence, machine learning, or related domains.
- Significant experience building and training modern foundation models.
- Experience developing training pipelines and curating high-quality training data.
Nice to have
- Expertise in agentic training.
- Experience with multimodal data and interest in applying AI to accelerate scientific discovery.
Pay
$170,000 - $270,000 USD base salary
AI focus
Train fully open foundation models for scientific discovery, including agentic training and multimodal foundation models.
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