WebAI
AI Research Scientist
Austin, TX · On-site · Full-time · Posted Apr 22, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of post-doc or industrial research experience, or equivalent university time with deep experience matching WIL objectives.
- Education
- PhD in Machine Learning, Mathematics, Physics, or a highly quantitative field.
About the job
Conduct hands-on AI research and develop novel, efficient, privacy-preserving models, translating research advances into practical impact.
What you'll do
- Design and train novel model architectures, and develop evaluation benchmarks and loss functions.
- Review and implement current academic research; prototype models that improve accuracy, speed, or reasoning.
- Document findings and mentor engineers on model mathematics.
What they ask for
- Mastery of linear algebra, calculus, and probability.
- Deep proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks.
- Track record of publications or significant model releases.
Tools
Python, Transformers, State-Space Models, Diffusion, ArXiv, NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR
AI focus
Research and develop novel AI architectures and models focused on complex business problems, efficiency, reasoning, and privacy preservation.
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