Staff Research Scientist

Oscar; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 280,000 - 340,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus

Paid Time Off

Medical/Dental/Vision

Hybrid schedule

Job summary

Oscar in San Jose, CA, is hiring a Staff Research Scientist to advance reinforcement learning research with hands-on development and paper writing. This role blends experimental work with deploying RL environments and contributing to benchmarks.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years post MS/PhD, publications in RL areas, and deep knowledge of PPO, DPO, GRPO and LLMs. The position is hybrid, offering equity and bonus plus comprehensive medical coverage.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of research post MS or PhD
• Publications/Patents in Reinforcement Learning, RLHF, Post-Training
• Experience with PPO, DPO, GRPO
• Experience with LLMs

Responsibilities

• Hands-on research with paper writing and execution
• Build RL environments and benchmarks
• Mentor team and collaborate with Director

Skills

Reinforcement Learning

PPO

DPO

GRPO

LLMs

Publications/Patents

Education

MS/PhD in CS/ML

Job description

Title: Staff Research Scientist

Location: San Jose, CA - hybrid

Salary: $280K-$340K + Bonus + Equity

An AI data team is hiring Staff and Principal Research Scientists to join their high-performing team with multiple papers already accepted to ICML. This team is focused on the Reinforcement Learning, post-training, and building benchmark-driven systems. They have multiple open positions open ranging from and IC to a Leadership to mentor the team under the Director.

This role is a mix of hands-on research with paper writing, paired with execution in building RL environments. This role is looking for extensive experience in PPO, DPO, and/or GRPO along with recent publications at conferences. You'll stay up to date on the latest reearch in the field while contributing to it as well.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in Research post MS or PhD
• Publications/Patents in Reinforcement Learning, RLHF, Post-Training
• Experience with PPO, DPO, GRPO
• Experience with LLMs

Benefits:

• Equity + Bonus
• Paid Time Off
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Opportunity to create lasting impact within a growing organization
• Hybrid working schedule