Machine Learning Research Scientist, Evaluations
Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY · Research · listed August 26, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Not stated
Where
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Stated pay
$180,600 – $225,750 USD
Requirements listed
3
Length
776 words
In the posting’s own words
Scale works with the industry's leading AI labs to provide high quality data and accelerate progress in GenAI research. We are looking for Research Scientists and Research Engineers with expertise in LLM post-training (SFT, RLHF, reward modeling) and evaluation. This role is on the evaluation pod within the GenAI Research Organization and will focus on building benchmarks and diagnosing model failure modes in both text and multimodal modalities.
What it asks for · 3
- Ph.D. or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a related field.
- Experience with post-training techniques such as RLHF, preference modeling, or instruction tuning, and with LLM evaluation or benchmark development.
- Previous experience in a customer facing role.
Degree language
- Ph.D. or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a related field.
Tools and skills named
Models & research
- LLM4×
- Reinforcement learning4×
- Machine learning2×
- Deep learning
- Evaluations
- Fine-tuning
Words the posting leans on
- model6×
- research6×
- evaluation5×
- failure4×
- learning4×
- llm4×
- benchmarks3×
- post-training3×
- conferences2×
- data2×
- deep2×
- development2×
- engineers2×
- experience2×
- expertise2×
- failure modes2×
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