San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$210k–$350k/yr
About Edison Scientific builds and commercializes AI agents for science. Scientific discovery moves too slowly, and autonomous AI agents are how we intend to fix that. We're assembling a team of top researchers and engin…
Skills: Reinforcement Learning, Representation Learning, Bayesian Methods, PyTorch, Jax
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$175k–$240k/yr
About Edison Scientific builds and commercializes AI agents for science. Scientific discovery moves too slowly, and autonomous AI agents are how we intend to fix that. We're assembling a team of top researchers and engin…
Skills: Python, Backend Engineering, Frontend Development, API Design, FastAPI
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$175k–$240k/yr
About Edison Scientific builds and commercializes AI agents for science. Scientific discovery moves too slowly, and autonomous AI agents are how we intend to fix that. We're assembling a team of top researchers and engin…
Skills: Reactjs, TypeScript, JavaScript, D3.js, Deck.gl
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$200k–$350k/yr
About Edison Scientific builds and commercializes AI agents for science. Scientific discovery moves too slowly, and autonomous AI agents are how we intend to fix that. We're assembling a team of top researchers and engin…
Skills: Kubernetes, Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs), Kubernetes Operators, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform
San Francisco, California, United States • On-site
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Develop models and algorithms to build autonomous AI agents for scientific discovery. Lead research in LLM post-training and optimal sampling techniques while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers.
Requires 5-10+ years of ML research experience in reinforcement learning or Bayesian methods and fluency in PyTorch or Jax. Experience with large-scale training technologies and production ML systems is essential.
Edison Scientific builds and commercializes AI agents for science. Scientific discovery moves too slowly, and autonomous AI agents are how we intend to fix that. We're assembling a team of top researchers and engineers across AI and biology to build an AI scientist.
As an Senior/Principal AI Research Scientist at Edison Scientific, you play a central role in developing the models and algorithms that accelerate scientific research. Your role will encompass both cutting-edge research and applied methods, bringing your work to bear on scientific challenges in laboratories and scientists around the world.
This role is on-site at our San Francisco office in the Dogpatch neighborhood. Our office is a converted warehouse with high ceilings, open space, and a team excited about what we’re building.
Interpret challenges in building AI agents for science as well-formulated statistical problems
Conduct research in post-training of LLMs on challenging scientific reasoning tasks, with the goal of exceeding expert human capacity
Conduct research in optimal sampling techniques, considering aspects like efficient exploration and quality-diversity
Own research projects end-to-end, from working with scientists to scope the problem all the way to working with engineers to deploy the outcomes
Develop and extend our experimentation platform for internal tools and projects.
Collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team of AI researchers, engineers, biologists, and chemists, fostering an environment of innovation and discovery.
5-10+ years of strong track record of ML research on real-world problems in (but not limited to) reinforcement learning, representation learning, and Bayesian methods
Fluency in PyTorch, Jax, or equivalent framework
Experience with large-scale training and experimentation technologies (e.g. Ray, verl, Megatron-LM, etc.)
Experience working with data and ML systems: EDA, feature engineering, model development, model deployment, and validation in production systems.
Familiarity with modeling in PyTorch, Jax or equivalent framework.
Demonstrated experience with experimentation in academic or industry settings.
Strong programming expertise with the capability to adapt to various technical challenges in the data, ML, and LLM software stack.
PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, or other quantitative field
Familiarity with leveraging and managing distributed systems
$210,000 - $350,000 • Offers equity
Competitive salary and equity
Full healthcare coverage — we pay 100% of premiums for you and your dependents
Support for growing families, including a yearly new parent stipend and fertility coverage through Carrot
401(k) company matching
$300 health and wellness benefit
Lunch is on us every day you're in the office, and dinner is on us when you're working late
Regular team offsites and company events
A fast-moving, mission-driven culture where smart people do their best work and actually enjoy doing it
The AI platform for scientific R&D.
Edison Scientific is building the AI platform for scientific research and development. Kosmos, our AI scientist, collaborates with teams across the full R&D lifecycle, leveraging proprietary data and organizational context to help navigate complex scientific decisions and accelerate timelines from discovery to FDA approval. We believe the full gains from AI in science will only be realized when AI systems are integrated across the entire research and development stack, continuously learning from the evolving scientific context inside an organization. With Edison Scientific, scientists and researchers remain at the center of scientific progress, using AI to amplify their expertise and accelerate discovery at unprecedented speed. Edison is a scientist-led company that was spun out of the nonprofit research lab FutureHouse in 2025, backed by $70M from Spark Capital, Triatomic Capital, Susa Ventures, Pillar Ventures, among other investors.
Offices: San Francisco, California 94107, US
The AI platform for scientific R&D.
Edison Scientific is building the AI platform for scientific research and development. Kosmos, our AI scientist, collaborates with teams across the full R&D lifecycle, leveraging proprietary data and organizational context to help navigate complex scientific decisions and accelerate timelines from discovery to FDA approval. We believe the full gains from AI in science will only be realized when AI systems are integrated across the entire research and development stack, continuously learning from the evolving scientific context inside an organization. With Edison Scientific, scientists and researchers remain at the center of scientific progress, using AI to amplify their expertise and accelerate discovery at unprecedented speed. Edison is a scientist-led company that was spun out of the nonprofit research lab FutureHouse in 2025, backed by $70M from Spark Capital, Triatomic Capital, Susa Ventures, Pillar Ventures, among other investors.
Offices: San Francisco, California 94107, US
