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Databricks · 8 hours ago

Staff GenAI Research Scientist

positionNew York, NY
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$192K/yr - $260K/yr
date2+ years exp

Databricks is a leading data and AI company dedicated to enabling data teams to solve complex problems. As a Research Scientist on the Mosaic AI Team, you will focus on advancing deep learning techniques and improving AI model capabilities to enhance customer success with state-of-the-art LLMs and AI systems.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
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Responsibilities

Keeping up to date with the research literature and thinking beyond the state of the art to address the needs of our users
Developing and implementing methods that improve training efficiency and extend or improve model capabilities, reliability, and safety

Qualification

Generative AI modelsLarge-scale LLMsFine-tuningSoftware engineeringEmpirical researchCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Have 2+ years of full time experience in an industry research lab or equivalent academic experience
Have produced novel research related to topics of practical importance in contemporary AI, such as training generative AI models like LLMs and text-to-image models, improving upon pre-trained models, evaluating these models, etc
Have specialized expertise in topics like fine-tuning, RLHF, LLM tool-use, etc
Are comfortable working with large-scale LLMs in the 10s to 100s of billions of parameters
Have strong foundations in software engineering and empirical research
Are passionate about getting your work into the hands of real users and - more broadly - democratizing access to modern AI technology
Have strong communication skills and a desire to work on a small, fast-paced team

Preferred

A PhD is NOT required for this role
We are open to hiring candidates with bachelor's and master's degrees and to new graduates
We are open to hiring candidates who are currently in 'research engineer' roles at other companies

Benefits

Annual performance bonus
Equity

Company

Databricks

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Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture.
dateFounded in 2013
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size5001-10000 employees
web-link
https://www.databricks.com

H1B Sponsorship

Databricks has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (385)
2024 (319)
2023 (227)
2022 (222)
2021 (166)
2020 (64)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$25.81B
Key Investors
Counterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonAndreessen Horowitz
2025-12-16Series Unknown· $4B
2025-09-08Series Unknown· $1B
2025-01-13Debt Financing· $5.25B

Leadership Team

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Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-founder
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David Conte
Chief Financial Officer
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