Senior Staff AI Scientist

Uniphore

Senior Staff AI Scientist at Uniphore, building Business AI platform to democratize AI for business users. Designing advanced AI systems and leading strategic initiatives with extensive machine learning experience.

Posted 7/25/2026full-timeRemote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing AI systems, with a focus on complex workflows and orchestration patterns. Proficient in leading experimentation, evaluation strategies, and adapting foundation models to drive business impact through quantitative metrics.

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AI System DesignMachine Learning SystemsStatistical AnalysisCross-Functional Team LeadershipCommunication Skills

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Hard Skills

Machine LearningAI WorkflowsModel Fine-TuningExperiment DesignStatistical AnalysisEvaluation StrategiesBenchmark DevelopmentOrchestration PatternsFoundation ModelsQuantitative Metrics

Soft Skills

Strong Communication Skills

Tools & Technologies

Open-Source ModelsFrontier Models

Certifications & Qualifications

MS or PhD in Computer ScienceMachine LearningOperations ResearchStatistics

Industry Keywords

AI SystemsAgentic SystemsCustomer-Facing ProductsStrategic AI InitiativesApplied Research

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement AI systems capable of handling complex workflows
Explore and apply various orchestration patterns and architectures
Lead systematic experimentation across prompts, agents, model variants, and tool configurations
Define and implement evaluation strategies for agentic systems
Develop lightweight benchmarks, simulations, and offline/online evaluation loops
Finetune and adapt small and medium-sized foundation models
Own bounded, end-to-end AI workflows from problem framing through deployment
Act as the subject matter expert in strategic domains within the team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Statistics, or related fields
8+ years designing, building and iterating on ML systems
Hands-on experience using frontier models and open-source models
Experience in translating business impact into quantitative metrics
Experience in designing experiments and statistical analysis of results
Experience in working with cross-functional teams to deliver ML capabilities in customer-facing products
Experience in leading strategic AI initiatives and derisking applied research execution
Strong communication skills, verbal and written.

Benefits

Comp & perks

In addition to competitive base pay, this position also includes an annual incentive opportunity based on target achievement
pre-IPO stock options
benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with a match
generous paid time off
paid holidays
paid day off for your birthday and other paid leave policies to support employees through all phases of life.