Staff Research Scientist, AI Agents & LLMs

FDE Times; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Snowflake is seeking a Staff Research Scientist to lead research in Agentic AI and large language models. You will define roadmaps, build enterprise-ready models, and push multi-agent capabilities from research into production within Snowflake’s platform.

You will work at the intersection of autonomous agents and LLMs, shaping systems that transform enterprise data into self-directed decision-making tools while mentoring teams and contributing to open-source and publications.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science or related field with strong publications.
• Expertise in large language model development (training, fine-tuning, alignment, or post-training).
• Experience with agentic systems (multi-agent systems, tool use, or agent optimization).
• Strong systems thinking under real-world constraints (latency, cost, reliability).
• Proven technical leadership and end-to-end ownership.

Responsibilities

• Define research direction in Agentic AI and LLMs.
• Develop models: train, fine-tune, and align models for enterprise reasoning and tool use.
• Advance autonomous agents: drive state-of-the-art capabilities in multi-step reasoning and tool use.
• Advance the stack: retrieval, grounding, memory, and multi-agent coordination.
• Establish evaluation standards for reliability, safety, and efficiency.
• Drive research breakthroughs into production within Snowflake’s platform.
• Mentor and lead to amplify the team’s technical impact.
• Contribute to the field through publications and open source.

Skills

LLM development

Agentic systems

Systems thinking

Technical leadership

Research to production

Education

PhD in CS or related field

Job description

Snowflake is seeking a Staff Research Scientist to lead research in Agentic AI and large language models. You will define roadmaps, build enterprise-ready models, and push multi-agent capabilities from research into production within Snowflake’s platform.

You will work at the intersection of autonomous agents and LLMs, shaping systems that transform enterprise data into self-directed decision-making tools while mentoring teams and contributing to open-source and publications.