Research Scientist, Asta

AI2
Seattle
Workplace: OnsiteFull time167,030 - 260,570Function: Data Science & Machine LearningEducation: phdSkills: ["Collaboration","Mentoring","Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving"]

Research Scientist leading foundational AI research on agentic systems and open models, contributing to open-source research, building artifacts, and mentoring early-career researchers in a Seattle-based, collaborative environment aimed at advancing scientific reasoning and open AI methodologies.

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Research Scientist, Asta

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Job Summary

Research Scientist leading foundational AI research on agentic systems and open models, contributing to open-source research, building artifacts, and mentoring early-career researchers in a Seattle-based, collaborative environment aimed at advancing scientific reasoning and open AI methodologies.
Location: Seattle
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning

Key Responsibilities

  • •Contribute to Ai2’s open source research environment to innovate, study and advance the science of generative AI and agentic systems.
  • •Take a leading role in building artifacts and implementing software systems with real-world impact
  • •Author and present high-quality scientific technical reports, papers, and presentations
  • •Collaborate with and learn from team members across Ai2, including scientists and engineers
  • •Mentor early-career researchers and interns on their projects

Pay and Benefits

Salary: 167,030 - 260,570
Perks:MedicalDentalVision401kCommuting StipendGym MembershipPaid LeavePaid HolidaysAnnual BonusParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •PhD focusing on machine learning, reasoning, natural language processing, or a related area, with expertise in reinforcement learning, experimental methodology, language models, the science of deep learning, or efficient algorithms for deep learning.
  • •Ability to own and pursue a research agenda to improve AI model reasoning capabilities.
  • •Enthusiasm for collaboration and teamwork on ambitious projects aligned with company goals.
  • •Experience leading a team to solve analytical problems (a plus).
  • •Contributions to open-source research libraries and an interest in continuing such work (a plus).
Experience:AIResearchOpen source
Education:PhD / Doctorate
Skills:CollaborationMentoringCommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonReinforcement LearningPOMDPsLanguage ModelsLLMs

Company Brief

AI2
The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) is a nonprofit research institute that builds AI systems and conducts fundamental research to contribute to scientific discovery, natural language understanding, and open-source tools for the AI community.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Nonprofit & NGO
Funding: Grant Funded
Headquarters: Seattle, United States
Founded: 2014
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