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      <Title>Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist/ Engineer, Agents</Title>
      <Description><![CDATA[<p>About Scale AI</p>
<p>At Scale AI, our mission is to accelerate the development of AI applications. This role is at the intersection of cutting-edge AI research and practical application, with a focus on studying the data types essential for building state-of-the-art agents.</p>
<p>Responsibilities</p>
<ul>
<li>Explore the data landscape needed to advance intelligent, adaptable AI agents, guiding the data strategy at Scale to drive innovation.</li>
<li>Contribute to impactful research publications on agents, collaborate with customer researchers, and work alongside the engineering team to translate these advancements into real-world, scalable solutions.</li>
</ul>
<p>Requirements</p>
<ul>
<li>Practical experience working with LLMs, with proficiency in frameworks like Pytorch, Jax, or Tensorflow.</li>
<li>A track record of published research in top ML venues (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, COLM, etc.).</li>
<li>At least three years of experience addressing sophisticated ML problems, either in a research setting or product development.</li>
</ul>
<p>Nice to Have</p>
<ul>
<li>Hands-on experience with open source LLM fine-tuning or involvement in bespoke LLM fine-tuning projects using Pytorch/Jax.</li>
<li>Hands-on experience and publications in building applications and evaluations related to AI agents such as tool-use, text2SQL, browser agents, coding agents and GUI agents.</li>
<li>Hands-on experience with agent frameworks such as OpenHands, Swarm, LangGraph, etc.</li>
<li>Familiarity with agentic reasoning methods such as STaR and PLANSEARCH</li>
<li>Experience working with cloud technology stack (eg. AWS or GCP) and developing machine learning models in a cloud environment.</li>
</ul>
<p>Benefits</p>
<ul>
<li>Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage</li>
<li>Retirement benefits</li>
<li>A learning and development stipend</li>
<li>Generous PTO</li>
<li>Commuter stipend</li>
</ul>
<p>Salary Range</p>
<p>$259,200-$324,000 USD</p>
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      <Jobtype>full-time</Jobtype>
      <Experiencelevel>staff</Experiencelevel>
      <Workarrangement>hybrid</Workarrangement>
      <Salaryrange>$259,200-$324,000 USD</Salaryrange>
      <Skills>Pytorch, Jax, Tensorflow, LLMs, Agent frameworks, Agentic reasoning methods, Cloud technology stack, Open source LLM fine-tuning, Bespoke LLM fine-tuning projects</Skills>
      <Category>Engineering</Category>
      <Industry>Technology</Industry>
      <Employername>Scale AI</Employername>
      <Employerlogo>https://logos.yubhub.co/scale.com.png</Employerlogo>
      <Employerdescription>Scale AI is a leading AI data foundry that provides high-quality data and full-stack technologies for the development of AI applications.</Employerdescription>
      <Employerwebsite>https://scale.com/</Employerwebsite>
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      <Applyto>https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/scaleai/jobs/4488520005</Applyto>
      <Location>San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY</Location>
      <Country></Country>
      <Postedate>2026-04-18</Postedate>
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