Staff AI Research Scientist

Intuit Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 284,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuit is hiring a Staff AI Research Scientist to join the Intuit Foresight team in Mountain View. The role advances state-of-the-art AI methods for decision making under uncertainty and interpretable, trustworthy reasoning.

You will work with a cross-functional team to translate research into customer-facing fintech experiences, publish findings, mentor researchers, and help guide long-term research goals in alignment with Intuit products.

Qualifications

• PhD in CS/EE/Statistics/Applied Mathematics or related AI/ML field.
• 5+ years of post-PhD experience.
• Established publications in top AI conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, KDD, ACL, AAAI).
• 8+ years of experience defining and driving research projects.
• Experience disseminating ideas via open sourcing, publications, and presentations.
• Python with TensorFlow or PyTorch experience.
• Hands-on ML expertise in probabilistic modeling, causal inference, time-series forecasting, RL, and related areas.
• Interest in fintech and the transformation of money, payments.

Responsibilities

• Conducting basic and applied research on probabilistic, causal, and simulation-based models, and on methods that enable LLMs to reason over structured business data
• Engaging with the academic and broader research community through publications, presentations, and collaborations.
• Working towards long-term ambitious research goals aligned with Intuit products and identifying milestones
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate AI methods into decision-support capabilities for customer experiences across Intuit products
• Mentoring junior researchers, AI scientists, and interns

Skills

Probabilistic modeling

Causal inference

Forecasting

Reinforcement learning

LLM-based reasoning

Multi-agent systems

Deep learning architectures

Python

Education

PhD in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Statistics/Applied Mathematics or related AI/ML field

Tools

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

Intuit is hiring a Staff AI Research Scientist to join the Intuit Foresight team. In its intrapreneurial function, the Foresight team at Intuit develops and incubates emerging technologies, user experiences, capabilities and products that have the potential to be transformative to businesses and consumers. The mission of the AI Research team is to do cutting edge research in AI topics that directly influence Intuit's portfolio of fintech offerings and position Intuit as a global leader in AI with the goal of powering prosperity around the world. In this role you will advance the state of the art in AI methods that support decision making under uncertainty, including interpretable and trustworthy reasoning systems. We are seeking candidates with deep expertise in decision-focused AI, including probabilistic modeling, forecasting, causal inference, simulation-based planning, agentic and multi-agent systems, neuro-symbolic AI, fundamentals of deep learning architectures and model training (pre and post), and reinforcement learning, and LLM based reasoning for real-world business decision workflows. You will join a high-caliber team of domain experts, data scientists, and machine learning engineers to shape our strategy in this area, and develop advanced capabilities that serve our customers’ needs, both current and future.

Responsibilities

• Conducting basic and applied research on probabilistic, causal, and simulation-based models, and on methods that enable LLMs to reason over structured business data
• Engaging with the academic and broader research community through publications, presentations, and collaborations.
• Working towards long-term ambitious research goals that are in alignment with Intuit products, while identifying intermediate milestones
• Working with a cross-functional team of designers, product managers, engineers, researchers, legal experts and more, to translate scientific AI methods into decision-support capabilities that power the customer experiences across various Intuit product offerings.
• Mentoring junior researchers, AI scientists, and interns through goal setting and technical directions that lead to positive outcomes

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Statistics/Applied Mathematics or a related field with focus on AI/ML/Data Science
• 5+ years of relevant work experience post PhD
• Established track record of publication, ideally demonstrated through first author publications in top tier AI conferences ( e.g. NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, KDD, ACL, AAAI)
• 8+ years experience in conducting theoretical or applied research with demonstrated capability of defining and driving research projects
• Past experience in disseminating new technical ideas to the larger scientific community through open sourcing, publications, and presentations
• Experience with developing and debugging in Python with Tensorflow, Pytorch, or similar frameworks
• Deep technical expertise in machine learning, with hands-on experience in probabilistic modeling, causal inference, time-series forecasting, reinforcement learning, agentic and multi-agent systems, neuro-symbolic AI, deep learning architectures, or model training.
• Excited about the future of Money, Payments, FinTech, and the transformation these technologies will drive
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in order to effectively communicate and/or collaborate with other team members as well as product technologists and other stakeholders
• Excellent leadership and communication skills to influence teams and to evangelize research solutions across the company
• Past experience leading a research team and mentoring junior colleagues is a plus

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.

The expected base pay range for this position is: Mountain View $209,500 - $283,500