Oracle · 10 hours ago
Principal Applied Scientist
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $252K/yrOracle is a world leader in cloud solutions, and they are seeking an exceptional Principal Applied Scientist with deep expertise in Responsible AI to join their fast-growing AI/ML research team. In this role, you will drive the development and evaluation of scalable safeguards for foundation models, influencing the design, deployment, and monitoring of trustworthy AI systems across a broad range of products.
Data GovernanceData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareInformation TechnologySaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Conduct cutting-edge research and development in Responsible AI, including fairness, robustness, explainability, and safety for generative models
Design and implement safeguards, red teaming pipelines, and bias mitigation strategies for LLMs and other foundation models
Contribute to the fine-tuning and alignment of LLMs using techniques such as prompt engineering, instruction tuning, and RLHF/DPO
Define and implement rigorous evaluation protocols (e.g., bias audits, toxicity analysis, robustness benchmarks)
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, policy, legal, and engineering teams to ensure Responsible AI principles are embedded throughout the model lifecycle
Publish in top-tier venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, CVPR) and represent the company in academic and industry forums
Qualification
Required
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, NLP, or a related field, with publications in top-tier AI/ML conferences or journals
Hands-on experience with LLMs including fine-tuning, evaluation, and prompt engineering
Demonstrated expertise in building or evaluating Responsible AI systems (e.g., fairness, safety, interpretability)
Proficiency in Python and ML/DL frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
Strong understanding of model evaluation techniques and metrics related to bias, robustness, and toxicity
Creative problem-solving skills with a rapid prototyping mindset and a collaborative attitude
Preferred
Experience with RLHF (Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback) or other alignment methods
Open-source contributions in the AI/ML community
Experience working with model guardrails, safety filters, or content moderation systems
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
Company
Oracle
Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Founded in 1977
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$25.75BKey Investors
Sequoia Capital
2025-09-24Post Ipo Debt· $18B
2025-02-03Post Ipo Debt· $7.75B
1986-03-12IPO
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