Senior Research Scientist

adaption

Senior Research Scientist focused on building models that continuously evolve with the world. Collaborating on real-time learning and interface design to enhance intelligent systems.

Posted 5/31/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonPyTorchTensorflow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Innovation: You have ideas and you move fast. You care about impact, not just effort.
Cross-Stack Optimization: You collaborate across software, hardware, and algorithmic domains to unlock system-wide efficiency gains.
Measure What Matters: The ultimate signal of value is real-world impact. Our current algorithms are capable of interacting with the world which is why product thinking is inseparable from research.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A PhD or equivalent research experience in a computer science field
4-5+ years of industry experience
Publishing record at ICML, NeurIPS, ACL, ICLR, EMNLP.
Deep expertise in at least one area: model efficiency, real-time alignment or algorithmic optimization
Systems thinking ability to understand and optimize across the full ML stack
Strong programming skills in Python. Experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow)
Knowledge of model optimization techniques (RLHF, finetuning)
Experience in an industry lab with computing at scale

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work: In-person collaboration in the Bay Area, a distributed global-first team, and team offsites.
Adaption Passport: Annual travel stipend to explore a country you've never visited. We're building intelligence that evolves alongside you, so we encourage you to keep expanding your horizons.
Lunch Stipend: Weekly meal allowance for take-out or grocery delivery.
Well-Being: Comprehensive medical benefits and generous paid time off.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Pythondeep learning frameworksPyTorchJAXTensorFlowmodel efficiencyreal-time alignmentalgorithmic optimizationmodel optimization techniquesfinetuning

Soft Skills

innovationcollaborationsystems thinkingimpact-driven

Certifications

PhD in computer science