Senior Manager, Research Scientist

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

As AI rapidly evolves from static models to dynamic, agentic systems, Scale is building the foundational research, evaluation methodologies, and agent/RL infrastructure that will define this next era. You’ll join a high-impact research organization driving advances in large-language models, post-training, evaluation, and agentic/RL environments, helping shape how next-generation AI is built, measured, and deployed.

What it asks for · 3

• 5+ years of hands-on research experience (PhD or equivalent preferred) in machine learning, deep learning, generative models, agent/rl systems or related domains.
• A strong track record of research excellence, including publications in top-tier ML/AI venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, etc.).
• Experience leading or managing research teams. You’re excited to mentor, coach and develop talent.

Degree language

• 5+ years of hands-on research experience (PhD or equivalent preferred) in machine learning, deep learning, generative models, agent/rl systems or related domains.

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• research17×
• drive4×
• models4×
• define3×
• evaluation3×
• experience3×
• systems3×
• technical3×
• agent/rl2×
• deep2×
• deployment2×
• engineering2×
• engineers2×
• execution2×
• fast-paced2×
• generative2×

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