Senior Research Scientist, Open Ecosystem

About this role

Persons in these roles are expected to work from our offices in Seattle. On-site requirements vary based on position and team. If you have questions about on-site work arrangements for this role, please ask your recruiter.

Our base salary range is $170,000 - $270,000, and in addition we have generous bonus plans to provide a competitive compensation package.

Who You Are:

We are hiring for a Senior Research Scientist to join us in training fully open foundation models with a focus on accelerating scientific discovery. The ideal candidate will have significant experience building and training modern foundation models, including developing training pipelines and curating high-quality training data. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in agentic training, passion for applying AI to accelerate scientific discovery, and experience with multimodal data.

Who We Are:

The Open Ecosystem team, responsible for the Olmo and Molmo model series, develops and releases truly open AI research and best-in-class artifacts that transform the way researchers, scientists, and practitioners think about and participate in AI research, development, and societal impact. We are hiring in particular for a subteam of the Open Ecosystem focused on centering the needs of scientists within our foundation model development.

Your Next Challenge:

The Open Ecosystem group currently has projects in the following areas:

• Foundation models for scientific use cases

• Fundamental investigations in foundation model training

• Agentic training

• Multimodal foundation models

• And more…

We are seeking Senior Research Scientists who are creative, visionary thinkers and passionate about making major impacts in their field. Senior Research Scientists at Ai2 provide scientific leadership, define and conduct ground-breaking research, have the opportunity to lead small teams, and help drive and refine Ai2's mission in an exciting, fast-paced research environment. They also have the opportunity to take a leading role in overseeing and implementing software systems supporting Ai2’s research, author and present scientific papers and presentations for peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and help develop collaborative and strategic relationships with relevant academic, industrial, government, and standards organizations.

What You’ll Need:

Applicants for Senior Research Scientist at Ai2 should have a strong foundation (PhD level) in areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, or related domains. We look favorably upon extensive work experience and publishing demonstrating application of your research. Applicants for this particular position should have significant experience building and training modern foundation models, including developing training pipelines and curating high-quality training data, with particular preference for candidates with expertise in agentic training, passion for applying AI to accelerate scientific discovery, and experience with multimodal data.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time.

• The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.

• The ability to observe details at close range.

• Can work under deadlines.

A Little More About Ai2:

Ai2 is a Seattle based non-profit AI research institute founded in 2014 by the late Paul Allen. Our mission is building breakthrough AI to solve the world’s biggest problems. We develop foundational AI research and innovation to deliver real-world impact through large-scale open models, data, robotics, conservation, and beyond.

In addition to Ai2’s core mission, we also aim to contribute to humanity through our treatment of each member of the Ai2 Team. Some highlights are:

• We are a learning organization – because everything Ai2 does is ground-breaking, we are learning every day. Similarly, through weekly Ai2 Academy lectures, a wide variety of world-class AI experts as guest speakers, and our commitment to your personal on-going education, Ai2 is a place where you will have opportunities to continue learning alongside your coworkers.

• We value diversity - We seek to hire, support, and promote people from all genders, ethnicities, and all levels of experience regardless of age. We particularly encourage applications from women, non-binary individuals, people of color, members of the LGBTQA+ community, and people with disabilities of any kind.

• We value inclusion - We understand the value that people's individual experiences and perspectives can bring to an organization, and we are building a culture in which all voices are heard, respected and considered.

• We emphasize a healthy work/life balance – we believe our team members are happiest and most productive when their work/life balance is optimized. While we value powerful research results which drive our mission forward, we also value dinner with family, weekend time, and vacation time. We offer generous paid vacation and sick leave as well as family leave.

• We are collaborative and transparent – we consider ourselves a team, all moving with a common purpose. We are quick to cheer our successes, and even quicker to share and jointly problem solve our failures.

• We are in Seattle – and our office is on the water! We have mountains, we have lakes, we have four seasons, we bike to work, we have a vibrant theater scene, and we have so much else. We even have kayaks for you to paddle right outside our front door. We welcome interest from applicants from outside of the United States.

• We are friendly – chances are you will like every one

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