Senior Manager, Research Scientist
Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
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At a glance
Highlights
- Lead GenAI research on evaluation, post-training, agents and RL environments.
- Build foundational research defining the next era of agentic AI systems.
- Partner with frontier labs, enterprises and government to deploy AI.
What they offer
- Base salary plus equity compensation
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Learning and development stipend
- Generous PTO
- Commuter stipend (may be eligible)
Ideal candidate
Research leader with deep ML curiosity who thrives in fast startups, balancing technical vision with mentorship and delivery to turn cutting-edge ideas into deployed impact.
Requirements
- 5+ years hands-on research experience, PhD or equivalent preferred in ML-related field
- Strong publication record in top-tier ML/AI venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL
- Proven track record landing major research impact in fast-paced environments
- Experience leading or managing research teams with focus on mentoring talent
- Excellent written and verbal communication to technical and non-technical audiences
Lab profile
About Scale AI
AI data foundry providing high-quality data for training, fine-tuning, and evaluating AI systems.
What they build
- Training, fine-tuning, and evaluation data for frontier models
- Multimodal and coding data for audio, image, video and world models
- Custom AI applications for enterprise and global public sector
Known for
- Leading data partner for frontier model developers
- Trusted across enterprise, defense and public sector
- Depth in multimodal, coding and physical AI
- End-to-end capability from strategy to delivery and evaluation
Key facts
- Founded in 2016
- Headquartered in San Francisco, California
- Private company backed by Accel, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Nvidia and Meta