# Research Scientist, Asta **Company**: Ai2 **Location**: Seattle, WA **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $167,030 - $260,570 **Category**: Research **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/thealleninstitute/jobs/7723570?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_eb2c4207-52a ## Description We are seeking a Research Scientist to join our team at Ai2, a non-profit AI research institute based in Seattle. As a Research Scientist, you will play a key role in driving the development of AI systems with deep reasoning capabilities, focusing on scientific reasoning. **Your Role:** You will be a part of the core team of research scientists and machine learning engineers at Ai2, leading foundational research to advance agentic systems, shaping our strategic direction, and laying the groundwork for future innovations. You will work towards long-term ambitious research goals while identifying intermediate milestones. **Key Responsibilities:** - Contribute to Ai2's open-source research environment to innovate, study, and advance the science of generative AI and agentic systems. - Take a leading role in building artifacts and implementing software systems with real-world impact. - Author and present high-quality scientific technical reports, papers, and presentations. - Collaborate with and learn from team members across Ai2, including scientists and engineers. - Mentor early-career researchers and interns on their projects. - Develop collaborative relationships with relevant academic, industrial, government, and standards organizations. **Requirements:** - A PhD focusing on machine learning, reasoning, natural language processing, human-computer interaction, or a related area, with expertise in one or more of the following: agentic orchestration/systems, interactive and intelligent interfaces, reinforcement learning, experimental methodology, language models, the science of deep learning, or efficient algorithms for deep learning. - The ability to own and pursue a research agenda to improve AI model reasoning capabilities. - Enthusiasm for collaboration and teamwork on ambitious projects aligned with the mission of advancing AI for Science. - Contributions to open-source research libraries and an interest in continuing such work (a plus). **Benefits:** - Medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, basic accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and an employee assistance program. - Voluntary life insurance program, voluntary accidental death and dismemberment program, health savings account plan, healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan, and health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans. - 401k plan. - $125 per month for commuting or internet expenses. - $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses. - Up to ten sick days per year, up to seven personal days per year, up to 20 vacation days per year, and twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year. - Annual bonuses and participation in the long-term incentive plan. ## Skills ### Required - machine learning - reasoning - natural language processing - human-computer interaction - agentic orchestration/systems - interactive and intelligent interfaces - reinforcement learning - experimental methodology - language models - deep learning - efficient algorithms for deep learning ### Nice to have - contributions to open-source research libraries --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/thealleninstitute/jobs/7723570?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)