Staff/Principal Research Scientist

Snorkel AI

Research Scientist bridging AI research and real-world systems at Snorkel AI. Prototyping and deploying innovative AI solutions to solve practical challenges.

Posted 4/13/2026full-timeRedwood City • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $250,000 - $350,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudNumpyPandasPythonPyTorchScikit-LearnTensorflow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, and validate novel AI techniques for data development such as synthetic data generation, utilizing techniques such as LLM as a Judge
Prototype and build end-to-end workflows, integrating research ideas into scalable systems.
Write high-quality, maintainable code, ensuring robust implementation of research-driven innovations.
Move fast and adapt—iterating on solutions in response to new challenges, customer needs, and emerging research.
Work closely with real-world design partners, testing solutions in applied settings with measurable impact.
Collaborate with research scientists, engineers, and industry partners to push forward Snorkel AI’s broader research initiatives and rapidly productionize prototypes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong expertise in AI, NLP, multi-modal models, LLMs, and generative AI, with an emphasis on applied research and system-building.
PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a related field, with 4+ years of industry or postdoctoral research experience; or equivalent experience.
Experience in developing, experimenting, and deploying AI models at scale.
Proficiency in Python and machine learning frameworks (NumPy, Scikit-learn, Pandas, PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.).
Experience with software engineering best practices (e.g., clean coding, modular design, version control).
Familiarity with ML infrastructure, cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud), and accelerators (GPUs, TPUs).
Ability to work in a fast-moving, iterative environment, comfortable with ambiguity and open-ended challenges.
A bias for action—willing to roll up your sleeves, experiment, and move quickly to solve problems.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Professional development opportunities
Flexible work arrangements

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Hard Skills & Tools

AINLPmulti-modal modelsLLMsgenerative AIPythonNumPyScikit-learnPandasPyTorch

Soft Skills

adaptabilitycollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationbias for actioniterative developmentcomfort with ambiguity

Certifications

PhD in Computer SciencePhD in Machine LearningPhD in AI