Manager, Research Scientist: Post-Training

Company: Scale AI, Inc.
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: May 22, 2025

Job Description:

As the leading data and evaluation partner for frontier AI companies, Scale is dedicated to advancing the progress of generative AI, with a focus around frontier evaluations, the science of data around posttraining, agentic applications, trustworthy agents oversight framework and beyond.Our Research teams work with the industry's leading AI labs to provide high quality data and accelerate progress in GenAI research. As the Manager of the LLM post-training Research team, you will lead a talented team of research scientists and research engineers focused on optimizing data curation and algorithmic improvements to enhance LLM capabilities in both text and multimodal modalities.In this role, you will manage a team of researchers developing novel methods to improve the alignment and generalization of large-scale generative models. This role is critical for designing and executing a roadmap that defines best practices in data driven AI development and will accelerate the next generation of generative AI models in partnership with top foundational model labs.You will:

• Lead a team of highly effective research scientists and research engineers on LLM post-training
• Develop novel post-training techniques to enhance LLM core capabilities in text and multimodal modeling.
• Communicate, collaborate, and build relationships with clients and peer teams to facilitate cross-functional projects
• Remain up-to-date on ongoing research in the team, help work through technical challenges, and be involved in design decisions
• Remain deeply involved in the research community, both understanding trends, and setting them
• Thrive in a high-energy, fast-paced startup environment and are ready to dedicate the time and effort needed to drive impactful results.
• Must be able to commute to the San Francisco Office 4 times weekly.Ideally you'd have:
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in large language model, NLP, and Transformer modeling, in the setting of both research and engineering development
  • Experience and track of recording in landing major research impacts in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience supporting and leading a team of research scientists and research engineers
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Published research in areas of machine learning at major conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, etc.) and/or journals
  • Previous experience in a customer facing role.Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position, determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant. You'll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of San Francisco is:$230,000$325,000 USDPLEASE NOTE:Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.About Us:At Scale, we believe that the transition from traditional software to AI is one of the most important shifts of our time. Our mission is to make that happen faster across every industry, and our team is transforming how organizations build and deploy AI. Our products power the world's most advanced LLMs, generative models, and computer vision models. We are trusted by generative AI companies such as OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft, government agencies like the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, and enterprises including GM and Accenture. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status.We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com. Please see the United States Department of Labor's for additional information.We comply with the United States Department of Labor's .PLEASE NOTE: We collect, retain and use personal data for our professional business purposes, including notifying you of job opportunities that may be of interest and sharing with our affiliates. We limit the personal data we collect to that which we believe is appropriate and necessary to manage applicants' needs, provide our services, and comply with applicable laws. Any information we collect in connection with your application will be treated in accordance with our internal policies and programs designed to protect personal data. Please see our for additional information.Required
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