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# Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents

- **Company:** Scale Inc
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $302,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Software Debugging, Machine Learning, Open Source Technology, Tensorflow, Pytorch, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems
- **Published:** June 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/9975478/Machine-Learning-Research-Engineer-Agent-Applications-Washington-Seattle

## About the Role

* Practical experience working with LLMs, with proficiency in frameworks like Pytorch, Jax, or Tensorflow. You should also be adept at interpreting research literature and quickly turning new ideas into prototypes.
 * A track record of published research in top ML venues (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, COLM, etc.)
 * At least three years of experience addressing sophisticated ML problems, either in a research setting or product development.
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to operate cross-functionally.

Nice to have:

 * Hands-on experience with open source LLM fine-tuning or involvement in bespoke LLM fine-tuning projects using Pytorch/Jax.
 * 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.
 * Hands-on experience with agent frameworks such as OpenHands, Swarm, LangGraph, etc.
 * Familiarity with agentic reasoning methods such as STaR and PLANSEARCH
 * Experience working with cloud technology stack (eg. AWS or GCP) and developing machine learning models in a cloud environment.

Our research interviews are crafted to assess candidates' skills in practical ML prototyping and debugging, their grasp of research concepts, and their alignment with our organizational culture. We will not ask any LeetCode-style questions.



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