AI Research Scientist Allen Institute for Brain ScienceAI Research ScientistSeattle, WA$146,600–$183,250 / yearRather than primarily applying established techniques, this role focuses on methodological innovation designing, testing, and refining new AI/ML models that operate across diverse and large-scale biological data, and translating complex scientific questions into computational frameworks. Working closely with scientists and engineers, the AI Research Scientist evaluates model performance, limitations, and scientific relevance, and contributes to the broader scientific community through publications, benchmarks, and reusable methods.
Member of Technical Staff — RL Research (Experienced) Nuance LabsMember of Technical Staff — RL Research (Experienced)Seattle, WashingtonThat means turning rapidly evolving research ideas into reliable training systems: defining the abstractions, choosing or modifying frameworks, wiring together rollout workers and trainers, building reward/evaluation loops, debugging failure modes, and making the system fast enough for researchers to iterate. Proven experience building or operating RL/post-training pipelines at scale with frameworks such as verl, ms-swift, OpenRLHF, or equivalent internal systems, including integration with rollout serving systems such as vLLM.
Senior Agentic AI Research Scientist Axon Enterprise IncSenior Agentic AI Research ScientistSeattle, WA$159,750–$255,600 / yearExperience contributing to large-scale ML and multimodal RAG systems including embeddings, indexing and vector search at scale, distributed training or inference workflows, evaluation and ranking optimization, agentic tool use, and grounding LLMs with external knowledge. PhD and 3+ years of experience in Computer Science or a related field with a focus on multimodal machine learning, large language models, video understanding, information retrieval, agentic reasoning or related technical fields.
Research Associate I In Vivo Electrophysiology & Behavior Allen Institute for Brain ScienceResearch Associate I In Vivo Electrophysiology & BehaviorSeattle, WA$54,250–$66,450 / yearLaboratory environment - possible chemical, biological, or other hazardous substances exposure Possible exposure to BioSafety Level 2 organisms, such as recombinant viruses This may include wearing personnel protective equipment (PPE). All employees who work with live animals must complete an Occupational Health medical history form and/or consultation with an Occupational Health Provider and receive clearance to work with animals.
ML Research Scientist Prime Team Partners IncML Research ScientistSeattle, WA$190,000–$230,000 / yearOur Seattle based client, a fast‑growing early‑stage team, is seeking a Machine Learning Research Scientist to drive high‑impact research at the core of a next‑generation AI inference platform. If you're passionate about advancing efficiency, generative models, and real‑world ML systems, this role offers rare depth and ownership.
Research Scientist - TikTok E-Commerce Recommendation Foundation TikTok IncResearch Scientist - TikTok E-Commerce Recommendation FoundationSeattle, WAApply LLM technologies across retrieval, ranking, and re-ranking stages; participate in model training, inference optimization, and system co-design. Minimum Qualifications: MS/PhD in Computer Science, related technical field or equivalent industrial research experience.
Sr. Research Engineer/Scientist(all levels), Efficient Models TikTok IncSr. Research Engineer/Scientist(all levels), Efficient ModelsSeattle, WAProven experiences in at least one of the following areas: image/video generation and editing; model compression (e.g., quantization, step/cfg distillation); efficient architectures (e.g., MoE, window attention); efficient model design; or reinforcement learning training methods (e.g., RLHF, DPO, GRPO). Develop efficient algorithms and architectures for large-scale generative and multimodal models, using techniques such as step distillation, cfg distillation, quantization, and other methods to improve model efficiency (e.g., image generation, video generation, VLM).
Research Engineer Intern, Agentic Systems & AI Infrastructure (TikTok-Generalized Arch) - 2027 Summer TikTok IncResearch Engineer Intern, Agentic Systems & AI Infrastructure (TikTok-Generalized Arch) - 2027 SummerSeattle, WAWe research and deploy reliable long-horizon agents that can reason over large codebases, interact with complex tools and environments, and complete consequential engineering work across distributed production systems. Minimum Qualifications: Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/ Master s in Computer Science or a related field, with relevant work in machine learning, natural language processing, software engineering, distributed systems, programming languages, or a related area.
Research Scientist - E-commerce Recommendation(LLM Applications) - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD) TikTok IncResearch Scientist - E-commerce Recommendation(LLM Applications) - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)Seattle, WAAcross multiple scenarios-including live-streaming e-commerce, video-based commerce, and marketplace (shelf-based) commerce-the team is committed to delivering a more personalized, proactive, and efficient shopping experience for users, while providing merchants with a stable and reliable platform. Heterogeneous Data Fusion & Alignment: Unified modeling of user behavior sequences, product sales time-series signals, and multimodal product content, achieving deep semantic alignment across high-dimensional temporal and visual/textual representations.
Research Scientist Intern- E-commerce Recommendation(LLM Applications) - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD) TikTok IncResearch Scientist Intern- E-commerce Recommendation(LLM Applications) - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)Seattle, WAAcross multiple scenarios-including live-streaming e-commerce, video-based commerce, and marketplace (shelf-based) commerce-the team is committed to delivering a more personalized, proactive, and efficient shopping experience for users, while providing merchants with a stable and reliable platform. Multimodal Large Models for E-commerce: Build multilingual, multimodal models achieving SOTA performance and powering intelligent e-commerce agents.
Research Engineer Graduate (Agentic Arch) - 2027 Start (PhD) TikTok IncResearch Engineer Graduate (Agentic Arch) - 2027 Start (PhD)Seattle, WAExperience building or deploying LLM agents, AI developer tools, or agent platforms in complex or large-scale environments.•Hands-on experience with model post-training, reinforcement learning, execution-feedback loops, tool-using agents, distributed agent runtimes, or scalable evaluation systems. We research and deploy reliable long-horizon agents that can reason over large codebases, interact with complex tools and environments, and complete consequential engineering work across distributed production systems.
Research Associate I Lab Animal Services Allen Institute for Brain ScienceResearch Associate I Lab Animal ServicesSeattle, WA$54,250–$66,450 / yearPerform assigned duties while wearing required personal protective equipment, which may include scrubs, gloves, shoe covers, gowns, hearing protection, face masks, eye protection, and, for certain assignments, tight-fitting respiratory protection. While each team has primary areas of focus and employees are generally hired, trained, and assigned within one specialty area, Research Associates share a common job framework and may support cross-team activities when appropriate to their training and experience.
Director, Engineering and Research RakutenDirector, Engineering and ResearchBellevue, WashingtonRakuten Americas’ AI & Data Division (AIDD) is seeking a passionate and experienced Director, Engineering and Research to play a pivotal role in bridging cutting-edge research with robust engineering capabilities to solve critical business needs. 12+ years of progressive experience in software engineering and/or applied research, including 5+ years in senior manager or director-level leadership roles.
Predoctoral Research Fellow - Civic Science (Parnes Lab) Seattle Children's Hospital Research and FoundationPredoctoral Research Fellow - Civic Science (Parnes Lab)Seattle, WA$29.16–$43.73 / hourThe Initiative aims to: (1) Use data- and research-drive approaches to inform programs and policies; (2) Provide accessible communications about climate change and its health impacts; (3) Partner with local organizations to support, center, and uplift their experience and knowledge to minimize climate threats according to their own priorities. Seattle Children's Research Institute (SCRI) and Public Health - Seattle & King County (PHSKC) invite applications for the 2026-28 Rita Allen Civic Science Fellowship to help build a new model for translating climate and health research into equitable and actionable public health programs and policies.
NewSr. Recruiter, AI Research & Leadership CentificSr. Recruiter, AI Research & LeadershipRedmond, California$140,000–$175,000 / yearWe harness the power of an integrated solution ecosystem—comprising industry-leading partnerships and 1.8 million vertical domain experts in more than 230 markets—to create contextual, multilingual, pre-trained datasets; fine-tuned, industry-specific LLMs; and RAG pipelines supported by vector databases. Centific is a frontier AI data foundry that curates diverse, high-quality data, using our purpose-built technology platforms to empower the Magnificent Seven and our enterprise clients with safe, scalable AI deployment.
Research Dietitian destinationone ConsultingResearch DietitianSeattle, Washingtondestinationone Consulting specializes in recruitment across diverse sectors, including Healthcare, Health Tech, Government, Municipalities, Non-Profits, Legal, Public Accounting, Food and more. Disclaimer: We're proactively building a databank for opportunities in Healthcare, Health Tech, Government, Non-Profits, Legal, and more.
Part-Time/Full-Time Research Panel. Entry Level. Receptionist or Typist Welcome ApexFocusGroupPart-Time/Full-Time Research Panel. Entry Level. Receptionist or Typist WelcomeSeattle, WARemoteWe’re inviting individuals from all backgrounds, including those searching for entry level positions, such as, receptionist or typist roles, to express interest in joining upcoming consumer research studies. Research formats vary and may include focus groups (remote online or in-person), video interviews, product evaluations, or digital feedback sessions.
Part-Time/Full-Time Research Panel. Entry Level. Receptionist Or Typist Welcome ApexFocusGroupPart-Time/Full-Time Research Panel. Entry Level. Receptionist Or Typist WelcomeSeattle, WARemoteWe’re inviting individuals from all backgrounds, including those searching for entry level positions, such as, receptionist or typist roles, to express interest in joining upcoming consumer research studies. Research formats vary and may include focus groups (remote online or in-person), video interviews, product evaluations, or digital feedback sessions.
AI Research Scientist: Multimodal Foundation Models - Architecture, Pre-Training & Distillation Apple IncAI Research Scientist: Multimodal Foundation Models - Architecture, Pre-Training & DistillationSeattle, WAThis includes designing architectures that distill effectively, studying how teacher and student models should be trained together, and developing distillation methods that preserve reasoning, multimodal understanding, instruction following, and other important capabilities under constrained model capacity. Experience with knowledge distillation, including offline or off-policy distillation, on-policy distillation, self-distillation, sequence-level distillation, logic matching, or representation transfer.
Postdoctoral Research Associate Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia MasonPostdoctoral Research AssociateSeattle, WA$80,182–$83,000 / yearWe use both animal models and human samples to identify functionally relevant populations of effector and regulatory T cells, define factors that govern their development and maintenance, and elucidate their roles in healthy immune responses as well as immune-mediated diseases, including multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, allergic diseases, and scleroderma. Benaroya Research Institute (BRI) has a bold mission: to advance the science to predict, prevent, reverse and cure immune system diseases, from autoimmune disease to cancer to asthma and allergies.