Senior Lead Research Scientist, Agentic AI

Upwork(1 month ago)

HybridFull TimeSenior$154,834 - $208,429 (estimated)Machine Learning Research

About this role

The Senior Lead Research Scientist (Agentic AI) will advance autonomous, tool-using AI by splitting time between novel research and building production-ready systems. The role focuses on agentic benchmarking, learning algorithms, continual improvement, and safe deployment, partnering closely with engineering, platform, product, and safety teams. The position also involves publishing research and translating experimental results into reliable services for customers and developers.

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Required Skills

Benchmarking
Research
Productionization
Reinforcement Learning
Continuous Learning
Human-in-Loop
LLM Adaptation
Prompting
Tool Use
Model Alignment

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