Senior Research Scientist, Open Ecosystem
About The Position
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. 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.
Requirements
- PhD level in areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, or related domains.
- Extensive work experience and publishing demonstrating application of your research.
- Significant experience building and training modern foundation models, including developing training pipelines and curating high-quality training data.
- Expertise in agentic training.
- Passion for applying AI to accelerate scientific discovery.
- Experience with multimodal data.
Responsibilities
- Provide scientific leadership.
- Define and conduct ground-breaking research.
- Lead small teams.
- Drive and refine Ai2's mission in an exciting, fast-paced research environment.
- 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.
- Help develop collaborative and strategic relationships with relevant academic, industrial, government, and standards organizations.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health savings account plan
- Healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans
- 401k plan
- $125 per month to assist with 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
- Twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
- Annual bonuses
- Long-term incentive plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
