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# Machine Learning Research Scientist

- **Company:** AUTOSCIENCE INSTITUTE
- **Location:** Menlo Park, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Theories, Genetic Algorithm, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Deep Learning, Build Management, Information Technology, Machine Learning Operations
- **Published:** October 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_1c2745dd13

## About the Role

* 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.

## 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., * Our comp is competitive against major LLM frontier lab packages
 * 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 development