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Lead Researcher, Tableau
San Francisco or Bellevue
$173k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
Tableau
Tableau: -owned visual analytics software helping organizations see, understand, and act on data.
7+ YOE7+ years in UX, product design, or technology research, including 2+ years in a large matrixed organization; mixed-methods expertise, AI fluency, enterprise software familiarity, portfolio, and a relevant university degree required.
Tableau, Claude, Gemini, Trailhead.com
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Member of Technical Staff, Lead Researcher
San Francisco or Sunnyvale
$204k-$299k/yr OnsiteFull Time
DoorDash
DoorDashNYSE: DASH: Technology enabling local on-demand delivery and commerce.
Proven research track record with first‑author publications or equivalent, experience leading end-to-end ML research, strong communication and mentoring, ability to operate on real systems and data.
Gem, Covey Scout
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Interdisciplinary Researcher
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
ByteDance
ByteDance: Global technology specializing in AI-powered content platforms.
5+ YOE5+ years research in geopolitics, policy, or strategic analysis; ability to lead end-to-end research, synthesize interdisciplinary information, brief senior executives, and maintain expert networks.
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Member of Technical Staff, Lead Researcher
San Francisco or Sunnyvale
$204k-$299k/yr OnsiteFull Time
DoorDash
DoorDashNYSE: DASH: Technology enabling local on-demand delivery and commerce.
Strong research record, end-to-end project leadership, excellent judgment, real-system building experience, communication and mentoring skills. A relevant PhD is typical but not required.
Gem, Covey
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Lead AI Researcher (Hybrid)
Milpitas or Seattle or San Jose or Washington
$216k-$281k/yr HybridFull Time
Cisco
CiscoNASDAQ: CSCO: Global leader in networking, cybersecurity, and cloud-native technology solutions.
5+ YOESTEM bachelor's with 12+ years, master's with 8+ years, or PhD with 5+ years; LLM pre-training experience, publications, distributed ML training, and domain experience required.
PyTorch, TensorFlow, ACL, EMNLP, ICLR, ICML, NAACL, NeurIPS
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HPE Labs - Senior AI Researcher, Foundational AI
Milpitas or Westford or Spring or Andover
$152k-$349k/yr HybridFull Time
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseNYSE: HPE: Global edge-to-cloud advancing how people live and work.
5+ YOEPhD in a relevant technical field and 5+ years of post-PhD experience, with original AI/ML research, leading-venue publications, advanced Python and PyTorch proficiency, mathematical expertise, and strong experimental and software-engineering skills.
Python, PyTorch, C++, HPC, Monte Carlo simulations, density functional theory (DFT), molecular dynamics (MD)
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Senior Researcher, Product Experience, Games Discovery
Los Gatos or New York or Los Angeles
$294k-$470k/yr HybridFull Time
Netflix
NetflixNASDAQ: NFLX: Global subscription-based streaming entertainment service and content producer.
7+ YOE7+ years in product/UX research with end-to-end quantitative expertise; strong analytical and communication skills; experience leading zero-to-one research; advanced degree preferred; global research and games interest preferred.
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Senior UX Researcher, Applied AI Solution
Sunnyvale or Seattle or New York City
$152k-$227k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Amazon
AmazonNASDAQ: AMZN: Multinational technology focused on e-commerce and cloud computing.
5+ YOERequires 5+ years leading user research and hands-on experience with field, ethnographic, usability, prototype, concept, and survey research; bachelor's degree in a related field and research portfolio.
AI, Agile, Scrum
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Lead Researcher, Large Language Models/LLM, TikTok
San Jose, California, United States
$308k-$588k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TikTok
TikTok: Short-form mobile video and social media platform.
Ph.D. in CS/AI or related field; proficiency in Python/Rust/C++; experience with deep learning frameworks and LLM pretraining, inference, alignment, and distributed training.
Python, Rust, C++, PyTorch, DeepSpeed, Megatron, vLLM, PyTorch 2.0, LangChain
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Principal Security Researcher - Advanced Threat Prevention
Santa Clara or San Francisco or San Jose
$163k-$263k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto NetworksNASDAQ: PANW: Global cybersecurity platform providing network, cloud, and AI-driven security solutions.
Deep hands-on vulnerability research, exploit analysis, IPS/IDS detection, network protocol expertise, strong programming/scripting, ability to lead technical work; BS/MS in CS/CE/Cybersecurity or equivalent.
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Applied AI ML Researcher Lead
Palo Alto or Jersey City
$164k-$260k/yr OnsiteFull Time
JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan ChaseNYSE: JPM: Global financial services and investment banking firm.
5+ YOEAdvanced degree in CS/ML/Statistics, 5+ years applied AI/ML experience, experience deploying ML to production, experiment design and evaluation, strong software engineering and distributed computing skills, leadership and mentoring experience.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock
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10x Team 研究员
Beijing or Shanghai or Hong Kong or San Francisco or London
OnsiteFull Time, Contract
MiniMax
MiniMaxHKEX: 0100: Global AI developing multimodal foundation models and applications.
Senior domain expert able to combine deep field knowledge with large-model methods, lead applied research and productization, collaborate cross-functionally, and publish results.
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Science Lead, Intercept
New York City or San Francisco or United States
RemoteFull Time
Stripe
Stripe: Financial infrastructure platform for online businesses and enterprises.
5+ YOEPhD or MD in immunology/infectious disease with 5+ years post-grad research; portfolio management, grant/investment experience; product development and project management; strong scientific evaluation and communication skills.
CRM
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Research Lead, Training
San Francisco or New York City
$400k-$600k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Goodfire
Goodfire: Private AI research building interpretability tools that help organizations understand, debug, and design AI models.
Senior research leader to set and execute model training research agenda, lead and grow a training organization, balance research with delivery, and drive interpretability-informed and alignment work.
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Customer Insights Lead
Palo Alto, California, United States
$116k-$159k/yr HybridFull Time
Varian Medical Systems
Varian Medical Systems: American medical-device and software manufacturer serving hospitals and cancer clinics with radiotherapy and oncology-care solutions.
3+ YOE3+ years in market research, strong stakeholder management, project management, data storytelling; healthcare/medical tech experience preferred.
PowerPoint, Data visualization, Market research tools
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Jailbreaking Lead (Red Team)
Berkeley or Berkeley or United States
$170k-$250k/yr RemoteFull Time
FAR.AI
FAR.AI: U.S. nonprofit AI safety research institute advancing technical alignment research and global collaboration.
Senior IC role, hands-on jailbreaking (50-70% time) with track record of universal jailbreaks; mentors ICs and shapes jailbreaking research; collaborates with frontier labs and governments.
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Cause Prioritization Lead
United States or Europe or Africa or Oakland or New York City or London
$280k-$308k/yr RemoteFull Time
GiveWell
GiveWell: Nonprofit charity evaluator researching cost-effective global health and development programs for donors.
5+ YOEQuantitatively oriented advanced degree or equivalent experience, substantial post-graduate experience using empirical tools for rigorous decisions, strategic thinking, research leadership, and people management.
403(b)
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HEAF Explosives Research Experimental Lead
Livermore, California, United States
$122k-$186k/yr OnsiteFull Time, Temporary
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Federally funded research and development center for national security.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; science or engineering expertise; hands-on experimental research, technical project management, communication, hazardous-material logistics, and eligibility for DOE Q clearance and high explosive handler certification.
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Market Research Lead
San Francisco or New York City
$234k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
OpenAI
OpenAI: AI research and deployment focused on beneficial AGI.
10+ YOE10+ years in data analysis and mixed-method market research; full-cycle research; quantitative/qualitative methods; experience with GTM/brand research; global studies.
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Data Strategy Lead - Hybrid
South San Francisco, California, United States
$110k-$209k/yr HybridFull Time
AbbVie
AbbVieNYSE: ABBV: Global biopharmaceutical discovering and delivering innovative medicines.
6+ YOE6+ years pharma/clinical research or 8+ years project management experience; bachelor’s required, master’s preferred; PMP or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt desired; strong clinical trial process, project management, communication and coaching skills.
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