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Scientist Jobs in Los Altos, CA

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San Jose, CA21 days ago

$170,000–$190,000 Per Year
Full-time
Employee

Collaborate with Clinical and Engineering TeamsPartner with imaging scientists, engineers, and in-house clinical sonographers to guide system optimization and ensure performance aligns with real-world clinical needs. Optimize Imaging Parameters and Transducer PerformanceLead probe-specific optimization of imaging parameters to improve ultrasound image quality across multiple imaging modes (e.g., B-mode, color Doppler).

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Foster City, CA1 day ago

$215,300–$344,600 Per Year

We engage with the company's numerous technology and product teams, world-wide business partners, academics, and governments, to explore and develop technologies that will shape the future of the payments industry and impact the lives of billions of people.   . Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Foster City, CA1 day ago

$169,100–$270,800 Per Year

The ideal candidate will focus on conducting advanced research in one or more subfields, for example, quantum error correction, quantum optimization, quantum simulation, quantum machine learning, distributed quantum computing and/or quantum security and privacy with the aim of applying their research outcomes to financial services and payments. We engage with the company's numerous technology and product teams, world-wide business partners, academics, and governments, to explore and develop technologies that will shape the future of the payments industry and impact the lives of billions of people.

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Foster City, CA1 day ago

$137,400–$212,500 Per Year

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. The Global Data Science group supports these partners by using our extraordinarily rich data set that spans more than 3 billion cards globally and captures more than 100 billion transactions in a single year.

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Foster City, CA1 day ago

$137,400–$212,500 Per Year

Masters, MBA, JD, MD) 2+ years’ experience in data-based decision-making or quantitative analysis Bachelor’s degree in an analytical field such as statistics, operations research, economics, computer science or many others (graduate degree is a plus) Experience with extracting and aggregating data from large data sets using SQL or other tools Competence in Excel, PowerPoint and Tableau Experience in understanding and analyzing data using statistical software (e.g., Python, SAS, R, Stata or others) Previous exposure to financial services, credit cards or merchant analytics is a plus, but not required. Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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South San Francisco, CAToday

Responsibilities include culturing and characterizing state-of-the-art lung CIVM models, designing and executing model qualification and characterization studies (e.g., advanced imaging, transcriptomics, and functional and phenotypic assays), analyzing and interpreting complex datasets, and maintaining rigorous, high-quality documentation. The successful candidate will excel in a dynamic, collaborative research environment, demonstrate exceptional problem-solving skills, and effectively communicate across scientific disciplines to contribute to the development of cutting-edge ocular disease models and help shape the future of ocular drug discovery and development.

San Jose, CA9 days ago

$78,000–$127,000 Per Year

Since 2010 , SynergisticIT has helped candidates return to the workforce and land full-time jobs at major employers—companies like Google, Apple, PayPal, Visa, Western Union, Wells Fargo, Intel, Citi, JPMC, Walmart Labs, Deloitte , and more—often with offers between $90,000 and $154,000 depending on role and expertise. SynergisticIT commonly supports hiring pipelines for roles such as junior software programmer , Java full stack engineer , Python/Java developer , DevOps/cloud engineer , plus data-track roles like data analyst , BI analyst , data engineer , data scientist , and ML/AI engineer .

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San Francisco, CA1 day ago

$157,900–$236,900 Per Year

The successful candidate will serve as a subject matter expert for Purolite Resins, partnering closely with Sales Managers, Product Management, Quality, and R&D teams to position Purolite Resins as a powerful, high-performance solution for downstream purification workflows. Demonstrates strong critical thinking abilities, effectively communicates technical issues, addresses complex problems, and recommends scientifically sound, efficient, robust, and scalable solutions.

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Dublin, CA5 days ago

Partner closely with subject matter experts to ensure models reflect real-world conditions. Develop quantitative risk frameworks to assess risks associated with transmission rights of way.

Pleasanton, CA9 days ago

$71,900–$115,440 Per Year

Position Summary : The Scientist II will perform hands-on molecular laboratory work to support the design, optimization, and development of qPCR and digital PCR (dPCR) assays for the organization’s advanced molecular platforms. Working Conditions & Physical Demands : The following reflect the physical and environmental expectations of this role: • Ability to stand or sit for extended periods while performing laboratory duties.

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San Jose, CA2 days ago

$2,024–$2,326

The Medical Laboratory Technician assists in performing routine and moderately complex laboratory tests across multiple diagnostic areas, including chemistry, hematology, microbiology, immunology, and toxicology. Technical/Motor Skills - Must have the ability to grasp, perform fine manipulation, push/pull, and move about when assisting with procedures and/or using department equipment.

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Stanford, CA6 days ago

$82,000–$142,000 Per Year

SynergisticIT since 2010 has helped candidates land full-time roles at major organizations (examples often listed include Google, Apple, PayPal, Visa, Western Union, Wells Fargo, Client, Banking, Client, Client, Wayfair, and others), with offers in the $95k–$154k range depending on role and stack. We're actively engaging candidates for full-time opportunities aligned to client needs: software programming, Java full stack development, Java/Python roles, DevOps engineering, and data roles spanning analytics, engineering, science, and ML/AI.

Santa Cruz, CA27 days ago

$78,000–$141,000 Per Year
Temporary
Contractor
Full-time

Since 2010, we've helped thousands of candidates land full-time jobs at tech leaders like Google, Apple, PayPal, Visa, Western Union, Wells Fargo, Client, Paypal, Banking, Wayfair, Client, Client and hundreds more with Job offers of $95k to $154k. Currently, We are looking for entry-level software programmers, Java Full stack developers, Python/Java developers, Data analysts/Data Engineers/ Data Scientists, Machine Learning engineers for full time positions with clients.

San Jose, CA7 days ago

$78,000–$145,000 Per Year
Temporary
Contractor
Full-time

Since 2010, SynergisticIT has helped candidates return to the workforce and land full-time jobs at major employers—companies like Google, Apple, PayPal, Visa, Western Union, Wells Fargo, Client, Client, Banking, Walmart Labs, Client, and more—often with offers between $90,000 and $154,000 depending on role and expertise. SynergisticIT commonly supports hiring pipelines for roles such as junior software programmer, Java full stack engineer, Python/Java developer, DevOps/cloud engineer, plus data-track roles like data analyst, BI analyst, data engineer, data scientist, and ML/AI engineer.

Stanford, CA23 days ago

$82,000–$136,000 Per Year
Full-time
Employee

SynergisticIT since 2010 has helped candidates land full-time roles at major organizations (examples often listed include Google, Apple, PayPal, Visa, Western Union, Wells Fargo, Intel, JPMC, Citi, Bank of America, Wayfair, and others), with offers in the $95k–$154k range depending on role and stack. We’re actively engaging candidates for full-time opportunities aligned to client needs: software programming, Java full stack development, Java/Python roles, DevOps engineering, and data roles spanning analytics, engineering, science, and ML/AI.

San Francisco, CA29 days ago

Remote

$84,000–$145,000 Per Year
Temporary
Contractor
Full-time

San Jose, CA11 days ago

$91,000–$127,000 Per Year
Temporary
Contractor
Full-time

Since 2010, SynergisticIT has helped candidates return to the workforce and land full-time jobs at major employers—companies like Google, Apple, PayPal, Visa, Western Union, Wells Fargo, Client, Client, Banking, Walmart Labs, Client, and more—often with offers between $90,000 and $154,000 depending on role and expertise. SynergisticIT commonly supports hiring pipelines for roles such as junior software programmer, Java full stack engineer, Python/Java developer, DevOps/cloud engineer, plus data-track roles like data analyst, BI analyst, data engineer, data scientist, and ML/AI engineer.

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San Francisco, CA2 days ago

$150,000–$250,000

The platform acts as “AI headcount” for GTM teams, helping Sales, RevOps, and Leadership teams understand what's happening in their business and why by connecting CRM data, customer calls, emails, internal knowledge, and other business systems through a conversational AI interface. We're working with an early-stage, well-funded AI startup in San Francisco, building an AI-powered revenue intelligence platform designed to help modern revenue teams make faster, better decisions.

San Francisco, CA10 days ago

$150,000–$250,000 Per Year

The focus is not theoretical research but building, running, and validating experiments that produce clear, defensible results tied to model capability improvements. This is a post-training research role focused on proving that data drives measurable improvements in model performance.

Santa Clara, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

A track record of research excellence with your work published in top conferences and journals such as Science Robotics, IJRR, RSS, CoRL, ICRA, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, etc. Our commitment to delivering unparalleled service to clients, fostering employee growth, and building enduring partnerships sets us apart.

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South San Francisco, CAToday

$56–$56

Palo Alto, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Compensation: The pay offered to a successful candidate will be determined by various factors, including education, work experience, location, job responsibilities, certifications, and more. Our commitment to delivering unparalleled service to clients, fostering employee growth, and building enduring partnerships sets us apart.

Foster City, CA30+ days ago

$66,776–$83,477 Per Year

discipline (biology, bioengineering, chemical engineering, biochemical engineering). · Contribute to technical reports, regulatory filings, and cross-functional team .

Redwood City, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Independently design, perform, analyze, and troubleshoot antibody binding experiments using SPR (Surface Plasmon Resonance) and BLI (Bio-Layer Interferometry) platforms, including hands-on operation of Biacore, Octet, or Gator instruments, to characterize antibody–antigen interactions, binding kinetics, and antibody binning/epitope competition. The successful candidate will independently design and execute antibody binding and immunoassay experiments, generate high-quality data, and maintain rigorous experimental documentation in a collaborative industry research environment.

South San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

$98,000–$175,000

This model supports scientific entrepreneurs from the initial idea to clinical proof of concept (PoC) by combining a dedicated fund (TCG Labs) with our independent, evergreen R&D center led by a top-tier scientific team (Soleil). TCG Labs-Soleil does not accept unsolicited agency resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or firm that doesn’t have a signed agreement with TCG Labs-Soleil.

South San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

$91,000–$175,000

This model supports scientific entrepreneurs from the initial idea to clinical proof of concept (PoC) by combining a dedicated fund (TCG Labs) with our independent, evergreen R&D center led by a top-tier scientific team (Soleil). This is a hands-on, bench-focused role responsible for the design, execution, and analysis of label-free interaction assays to characterize antibodies and protein-protein interactions across biologics discovery and development programs.

South San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

$98,000–$187,500

This model supports scientific entrepreneurs from the initial idea to clinical proof of concept (PoC) by combining a dedicated fund (TCG Labs) with our independent, evergreen R&D center led by a top-tier scientific team (Soleil). The ideal candidate combines strong scientific training and technical expertise with curiosity, initiative, and a desire to grow into broader scientific ownership as our programs advance.

Mountain View, CA10 days ago

Full-time
Employee

From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more. As a Research Scientist, you'll also actively contribute to the wider research community by sharing and publishing your findings, with ideas inspired by internal projects as well as from collaborations with research programs at partner universities and technical institutes all over the world.

Redwood City, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Collaborate with discovery, translational, and biomarker teams to leverage study-derived samples and develop ex vivo mechanistic assays (MSD, bulk RNA-seq, scRNA-seq) that inform disease biology, mechanism of action and translational strategy.  . Demonstrated ability to independently analyze and interpret complex datasets using  Flowjo, GraphPad Prism, generate publication-quality figures, and effectively communicate findings through slide presentations in departmental and cross-functional forums.  .

Redwood City, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

This individual will play a key role in advancing preclinical oncology and immunology programs by designing, executing, and analyzing in vivo studies and mechanistic ex vivo assays to support target validation, candidate selection, and translational strategy.  . Perform and analyze multi-parameter flow cytometry experiments, including panel design, staining optimization, acquisition, and advanced data analysis to characterize immune and tumor cell populations  .

San Carlos, CA30+ days ago

$110,000–$160,000 Per Year

This work will feed into developing advanced solar cell stacks for efficiency, long-term stability, and scalability to gigawatt-level manufacturing, and will involve developing unit process specifications for thin film materials and processes to reach high reproducibility. Swift Solar is making solar better with its breakthrough tandem technology that harnesses the power of perovskite materials to create solar solutions that are not only more efficient than traditional technology but also more versatile, enabling applications ranging from space solar to utility-scale power generation.

Redwood City, CA30+ days ago

$125,000–$150,000

The Data Scientist/ML Engineer will work directly with data scientists, software engineers, and subject matter experts in the definition of new analytics capabilities able to provide our federal customers with the information they need to make proper decisions and enable their digital transformation. Hands-on experience deploying and operating applications using IaaS and PaaS on major cloud providers, such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Services.

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Foster City, CA4 days ago

$140,000–$155,000

The company is developing best-in-class technology to accelerate the diagnosis and improve the management of cancer through blood tests for minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring and multi-cancer early detection (MCED). This is an opportunity to partner with the Director of Clinical Lab Operations and Assay Development to transfer technology, develop assays and support clinical sample processing in the CLIA/CAP accredited laboratory .

Mountain View, CA8 days ago

Full-time
Employee

From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more. Guide and co-guide research projects exploring emerging mechanistic interpretability methods, including dictionary learning architectures (e.g., multitoken transcoders, Matryoshka sparse autoencoders), patchscopes, and agentic interpretability.

Sunnyvale, CA30+ days ago

Full-time
Employee

From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more. Take ownership of AI quality for production systems by defining technical metrics aligned with business goals, implementing evaluation frameworks, designing experiments, analyzing loss patterns, and driving improvements through system changes or training data enhancements.

Mountain View, CA30+ days ago

Full-time
Employee

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Mountain View, CA2 days ago

Full-time
Employee

South San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

$140,000–$170,000 Per Year

Septerna is a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, CA on a mission to develop life-changing medicines for patients with the vision to become the industry-leading G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-focused drug discovery company. To join our ambitious team, be prepared to bring your real self to work every day; grow and learn from a talented team of drug hunters, scientists, and business professionals; and contribute your passion, creativity, and energy to accomplish our mission.

Mountain View, CA15 days ago

$207,900–$219,450 Per Year

This role is an opportunity to solve complex problems related to personalization, large-scale machine learning, latency, and scalability while leveraging state-of-the-art (SOTA) AI techniques. We’re a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success.

Menlo Park, CA30+ days ago

Knowledge of quantitative and survey research methodologies (e.g., bias correction for surveys, survey sampling and design, regression modeling, causal inference with a survey outcome, shrinkage and regularization, designing and analyzing longitudinal panel surveys, behavioral data analysis). Applicants may include social scientists, applied statisticians, or other applied researchers with expertise in quantitative research methods, experience working with large datasets and relational databases, and experience with survey methodology (e.g., bias correction, sampling).

South San Francisco, CA22 days ago

Full-time

This role focuses on optimizing manufacturing processes and supporting tech transfer from R&D to production. Design and execute experiments to optimize upstream/downstream processes.

Burlingame, CA30+ days ago

This includes developing state-of-the-art multi-modal LLMs for audio-visual understanding of users and behavior simulation, motion synthesis models that drive human-like movement for realistic avatars, and collaborating closely with avatar teams to ensure a cohesive, end-to-end user experience. At Meta Reality Labs, we’re developing advanced body encoding solutions and embodied agent systems with rich, multi-modal contextual understanding—enabling natural, expressive communication through realistic avatars.

Mountain View, CA9 days ago

Full-time
Employee

From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more. Our teams aspire to make discoveries that impact everyone, and core to our approach is sharing our research and tools to fuel progress in the field -- we publish regularly in academic journals, release projects as open source, and apply research to Google products.

Palo Alto, CA30+ days ago

OPPO Research Center is seeking a passionate and innovative Research Scientist to advance our next-generation AI hardware platforms—including AI Glass/Earphone/etc.—through cutting-edge generative AI research. Develop LLM model with parameter number around 1 billion, with special focus on developing innovative LLM architectures for long context memory, and in-context retrieve and generation.

San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

If you are among the most capable, and ambitious robotics researchers in the country, someone who has stared at the limits of what robots can do today and decided that simply wasn't good enough, we want to hear from you. Among them are Nikita Rudin, David Hoeller, Julian Nubert, and Korrawe Karunratanakul - scientists who have redefined what humanoid robots can do.

Burlingame, CA30+ days ago

Meta's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together, and the Meta Reality Labs organization focuses on delivering this vision through AR/VR/SG devices. 2. Develop model optimization algorithms and infrastructure to enable deployment of models in resource-constrained settings, such as mobile phones and AR/VR/MR/SG devices.

Menlo Park, CA30+ days ago

Ideal candidates should have the ability to quickly understand and identify the research opportunities behind real-world applications, select the appropriate ML methods to explore, and proactively drive the iterations based on clear analysis of the current results. Proven track record of solid research achievements as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as publications at leading AI conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP and KDD.

Burlingame, CA30+ days ago

The aim of this role is to develop, advance and integrate ML and computer vision models and SW systems for advanced, real-time machine perception for egocentric devices such as Meta's Project Aria, including 3D environment and object reconstruction, semantic understanding, estimation and understanding of user motion, actions and activities, and learning of predictive, causal world models for embodied AI agents and egocentric devices. Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences such as CVPR/ICCV/ECCV, NeurIPS/ICLR, ICRA/RSS/CoRL/IROS, or SIGGRAPH.

Burlingame, CA30+ days ago

Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences such as Robotics (RSS, ICRA, IROS, CoRL, T-RO, IJRR), Machine Learning (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, JMLR), and Computer Vision (CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, TPAMI), or similar. As a Research Scientist Intern, you will work at the intersection of robotic control, machine learning, and human-robot interaction, and you will have the opportunity to work with world-leading collaborators and mentors in these fields.

Menlo Park, CA30+ days ago

Ideal candidates should have the ability to quickly understand and identify the research opportunities behind real-world applications, select the appropriate ML methods to explore, and proactively drive the iterations based on clear analysis of the current results. Videos (Reels, long videos, and Live streams) are increasingly the formats of choice across the social media industry, and making all these formats successful is a top priority for Facebook, and the core mission owned by this org.

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Scientist Jobs in Los Altos, CA

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Staff Scientist ImagingBrains Workgroup, Inc.

Lead Research ScientistVisa Technology and Operations LLC

Staff Research ScientistVisa Technology and Operations LLC

Data Scientist - VCSVisa Technology and Operations LLC

Data ScientistVisa Technology and Operations LLC

Scientist, Complex in Vitro Systems (Lung Focus)Iconma

Entry Level Data Scientist/Analyst/Java full stack developerSynergistic it

Field Application ScientistEcolab Inc.

Data ScientistAxelon Services Corporation

Scientist IISpectraforce Technologies Inc

Travel Medical Laboratory Scientist (MT)Fusion Medical Staffing

Junior Java spring boot developer/ data scientistSynergistic it

Entry level Java spring boot developer/ data scientistSynergisticIT

Entry level Java developer/ data scientistSynergisticIT

junior software programmer fullstack/Junior Data ScientistSynergisticIT

Junior Software Developer /Data Scientist/Python Programmer - RemoteSynergisticIT

Entry level Java/MERN Developer/Data scientist/AnalystSynergisticIT

Research Scientist, Applied AICalbuco Consulting

Research Scientist – Post Training — AfterQueryDavid Joseph & Company

Research scientist (Robotics, AI)IntelliPro Group Inc.

US_Scientist I_COIT Engagements

Research Scientist / Engineer – Training InfrastructureIntelliPro Group Inc.

Research ScientistTap Growth ai

Senior Research Associate/Associate Scientist, Antibody CharacterizationImmunEdge, Inc

Scientist, Bioanalytical and Translational Sciences (PK, ADA, Biomarkers)Soleil Labs, LLC

Associate Scientist / Scientist I, Protein Sciences, Biophysical Assays, SPRSoleil Labs, LLC

Scientist I/II, BiologySoleil Labs, LLC

Staff Research Scientist, Google Ads GenAIGoogle

Associate Scientist, In Vivo PharmacologyImmunEdge, Inc

Senior ScientistImmunEdge, Inc

R&D ScientistSwift Solar

Data Scientist/Machine Learning EngineerCATHEXIS

Clinical Laboratory Scientist IIIAdela, Inc.

Research Scientist, Mechanistic Interpretability, Special ProjectsGoogle

Staff AI Research Scientist, Applied AI, Google CloudGoogle

Staff Research Scientist, Women's Health SensingGoogle

Research Scientist, Evaluations, Security and Privacy, DeepMindGoogle

Staff Scientist, Molecular and Cellular Biology (industry experience required)Septerna

Machine Learning Scientist III - RecommendationsWayfair

Research Scientist, Demography and Survey SciencesMeta

Process Development ScientistPeregrine Team

Research Scientist - Embodied IntelligenceMeta

Research Scientist, Algo SparkGoogle

NLP Research ScientistOPPO US Research Center

AI Research Scientist - United StatesFlexion Robotics

Research Scientist Intern, Foundation Model Optimization (PhD)Meta

Research Scientist Intern, Feed Recommendations (PhD)Meta

AI Research Scientist, 3D Machine Learning & Computer VisionMeta

Research Scientist Intern, Robot Foundation Models (PhD)Meta

Research Scientist Intern, Video Recommendations (PhD)Meta

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