Writer
Writer
Writer develops generative AI applications for enterprises, combining Palmyra large language models with a Knowledge Graph to help organizations improve data accuracy and streamline workflows. Its platform supports both no-code application building for business teams and API-based development for engineers, enabling companies in sectors such as finance, healthcare, and retail to create tailored AI solutions while meeting demanding security and compliance needs.

Senior AI Research Scientist, LLMs and Agentic Systems at Writer (Hybrid)

Lead research that advances Writer’s enterprise large language models and agentic systems. Drive post-training, evaluation, reasoning, and deployment work for enterprise AI applications.

Description

  • Set and lead an independent research agenda focused on large language models and agentic systems
  • Guide research projects from initial hypotheses through training, evaluation, and production release
  • Run large-scale post-training studies using SFT, RLHF, RLAIF, DPO, and emerging alignment methods
  • Advance reasoning, planning, and tool-use capabilities in enterprise agent workflows
  • Create evaluation benchmarks and methods for demanding real-world enterprise use cases
  • Build scalable data synthesis and curation systems, including LLM-as-judge methods, synthetic data generation, and adversarial datasets
  • Influence Writer’s model architecture and training strategy
  • Convert research findings into improvements for enterprise-grade language models
  • Work closely with research engineering and product organizations
  • Publish and present original findings at leading research conferences
  • Serve as a representative for Writer’s work in cutting-edge AI research
  • Coach and support fellow researchers and engineers
  • Report to the Vice President of AI Research

Requirements

  • At least seven years of practical machine learning research experience
  • Advanced expertise in pre-training and post-training large language models
  • A Ph.D. in computer science, machine learning, NLP, or a related discipline, or equivalent research experience demonstrated through substantial independent publications
  • Expert command of SFT, RLHF, RLAIF, DPO, GRPO, and related alignment and reasoning methods
  • Advanced Python skills and proficiency with PyTorch or JAX
  • Experience developing and scaling training systems, evaluation infrastructure, and data synthesis processes
  • A substantial publication record at competitive machine learning or AI conferences, including NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, ACL, or EMNLP
  • Practical experience designing or assessing agentic systems
  • Ability to partner effectively across research, engineering, and product teams
  • Ability to explain complex technical concepts to both specialist and general audiences
  • Availability and willingness to participate in collaborative office sessions two to three days each week
  • Located within 50 miles of an office hub or willing to relocate
  • Legally authorized to work in the country where the role is based
  • At least 18 years old

Benefits

  • Generous paid time off in addition to company holidays
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families
  • Sixteen weeks of paid parental leave for all parents
  • Support for fertility treatment and family planning
  • Galleri early cancer detection testing
  • Flexible spending and dependent-care flexible spending accounts
  • Health savings account for eligible plans, including a company contribution
  • Annual stipends supporting work-life needs
  • Wellness allowance for expenses such as gym memberships, massage, chiropractic care, and personal training
  • Stipend for learning and professional development
  • Company-wide and team off-site events
  • Competitive pay
  • Company stock options
  • 401(k) plan
  • Career growth support
  • Well-being programs

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