Machine Learning Research Scientist

AutoscienceMenlo Park, California

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Overview

Schedule

Flexible-schedule

Full-time

Career level

Senior-level

Remote

On-site

Benefits

Paid Vacation

Flexible/Unlimited PTO

Career Development

Job Description

Company Description

At Autoscience Institute, we create AI systems that autonomously conduct AI research. Recently, we announced the first AI agent to autonomously create peer-reviewed literature (ICLR 2025 Workshops). We are passionate about pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence and contributing to groundbreaking advancements in the field.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a Machine Learning Research Scientist located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work directly with the founder to develop autonomous research systems that ideate, experiment, and improve customer models.

Collaborate with the engineering team to build and deploy production-ready research systems.
RL post-train and fine-tune reasoning models to automate components of the machine learning research process.
Stay current with the latest developments in AI research and automation.

Qualifications:

Education: PhD or equivalent research experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field. Exceptional candidates with strong research contributions are encouraged to apply regardless of formal degree.
Research: Publishing in top-tier AI/ML conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc) or equivalent industry experience at corporate AI research labs (Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, TRI etc).
Technical: Expertise in training machine learning models, including deep learning, reinforcement learning or genetic algorithms. This does not include building multi-agent systems using LLM APIs or building RAG-based agents.
Curiosity: Passion for accelerating scientific discovery through AI and willingness to explore uncharted directions with minimal supervision.

Recommended Qualifications

Systems: Experience building scalable and production-ready machine learning pipelines or large-scale model training (distributed model training over >64 GPUs).
Science: Any background or proven interested in Automated Scientific Research is a plus.

Benefits & Perks

Competitive salary and equity package
Unlimited PTO and flexible working arrangements
Conference attendance and publication support

Our Culture

We're a team of passionate researchers and engineers working to automate scientific discovery. We believe in the power of AI to accelerate scientific discovery and are committed to responsible AI developmentWe are an e-verify employer.

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