Post-Training Research Scientist

Highlights

• Pursue open problems at the intersection of post-training and performant inference.
• Translate research findings into production inference systems at scale.
• Publish at top venues and help establish Baseten's research presence.

What they offer

• Meaningful equity (U.S. only)
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
• Flexible PTO including company-wide Winter Break
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot (U.S. only)
• Company-facilitated 401(k)
• Exposure to a variety of ML startups for learning and networking

Ideal candidate

A creative researcher with sharp taste who designs clean experiments at scale and wants work validated in production, balancing foundational inquiry with real customer impact.

Requirements

• Master's or PhD research depth in machine learning with first-author publications at top venues
• Demonstrated ability to move from theory through implementation to empirical results
• Strong judgment in problem selection, distinguishing metric advances from systems-changing research
• Willingness to operate in a startup environment with product-informed research timelines in months
• Background spanning multiple research areas (e.g., interpretability and RL, or systems and training)
• Track record of open-source contributions or community building in ML research