Research Scientist Scientific Discovery
Research Scientist Scientific Discovery
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Job Description
Persons in these roles are expected to work from our offices in Seattle.
Our base salary range is $167030 $260570 and in addition we have generous bonus plans to provide a competitive compensation package.
Who You Are:
Are you passionate about AI and its potential to help in the scientific process We are looking for talented researchers interested in applying their skills towards the next generation of intelligent systems and pursuing our mission of AI for the common good.
Our team is currently working on exciting collaborative new projects in the area of intelligent agents and scientific discovery including: datadriven discovery AI research assistants for scientists endtoend discovery agents that can continually learn over time and methods for training agentic models. We are looking for ambitious motivated researchers ready to take on a complex challenge with huge potential impact for the future of AI in particular with skills and interest in the following areas:
- Agentic planning reasoning and learning
- Automated and AIassisted scientific discovery
- Datadriven discovery
- Intelligent agents
- Learning representation and reasoning
- Model tuning and specialization
Who We Are:
The Aristo team at Ai2 has pioneered research in machine reasoning learning and explanation for many years including creating the first system to pass standardized science tests 8th Grade) back in 2019. Since then we have leveraged language models to create advances in multihop reasoning explanationintelligent agents and learning. Our most recent work is in the area of assisted and automated scientific discovery an ambitious and exciting integration of all these technologies. See our publications for examples of our work.
Your Next Challenge:
At Ai2 you will be working with worldclass AI researchers and talented software engineers. We perform teambased ambitious research with a mandate to strive for big breakthroughs not just incremental progress in an exciting and interactive workplace.
What Youll Need:
- You are an energetic inspired individual with a passion for AI.
- You have a PhD (or are nearing PhD completion) with research experience in Computer Science or related field.
- You have a strong publication record in AIrelated areas in particular in the areas of interest listed above. Example venues include ACL ICLR EMNLP NeurIPS ICML and NAACL. Contributions to research communities (e.g. workshop organization tutorials) are a plus.
- You have strong software engineering skills.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time.
- The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
- The ability to observe details at close range.
- Can work under deadlines.
A Little More About Ai2:
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is a nonprofit research institute in Seattle founded by Paul Allen. The core mission of Ai2 is to contribute to humanity through highimpact research in artificial intelligence.
In addition to Ai2s core mission we also aim to contribute to humanity through our treatment of each member of the Ai2 Team. Some highlights are:
- We are a learning organization because everything Ai2 does is groundbreaking we are learning every day. Similarly through weekly Ai2 Academy lectures a wide variety of worldclass AI experts as guest speakers and our commitment to your personal ongoing education Ai2 is a place where you will have opportunities to continue learning alongside your coworkers.
- We value diversity We seek to hire support and promote people from all genders ethnicities and all levels of experience regardless of age. We particularly encourage applications from women nonbinary individuals people of color members of the LGBTQA community and people with disabilities of any kind.
- We value inclusion We understand the value that peoples individual experiences and perspectives can bring to an organization and we are building a culture in which all voices are heard respected and considered.
- We emphasize a healthy work/life balance we believe our team members are happiest and most productive when their work/life balance is optimized. While we value powerful research results which drive our mission forward we also value dinner with family weekend time and vacation time. We offer generous paid vacation and sick leave as well as family leave.
- We are collaborative and transparent we consider ourselves a team all moving with a common purpose. We are quick to cheer our successes and even quicker to share and jointly problem solve our failures.
- We are in Seattle and our office is on the water! We have mountains we have lakes we have four seasons we bike to work we have a vibrant theater scene and we have so much else. We even have kayaks for you to paddle right outside our front door. We welcome interest from applicants from outside of the United States.
- We are friendly chances are you will like every one of the 200 (and growing) people who work here. We do.
Ai2 is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression transgender status sexual stereotypes age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics. You may view the related Know Your Rights compliance poster and the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision by clicking on their corresponding links.
This employer participates in EVerify and will provide the federal government with your Form I9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If EVerify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you including terminating your employment. Employers can only use EVerify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I9.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to employees and applicants with disabilities to the full extent required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you feel you need a reasonable accommodation pursuant to the ADA you are encouraged to contact us at .
Benefits:
- Team members and their families are covered by medical dental vision basic life insurance basic accidental death and dismemberment insurance shortterm disability longterm disability and an employee assistance program.
- Team members are able to enroll in our voluntary life insurance program our voluntary accidental death and dismemberment program our health savings account plan our healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan and our health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans.
- Team members are able to enroll in our companys 401k plan.
- Team members will receive $125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses and will also receive $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses.
- Team members will also receive up to ten sick days per year up to seven personal days per year up to 20 vacation days per year and twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
- Team members will be able to receive annual bonuses and can participate in the longterm incentive plan.
Note: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the team members(s) of this position. Team members will be required to follow any other jobrelated instructions and to perform any other jobrelated duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully the team member(s) will possess the skills aptitudes and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge skills or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract implied or otherwise other than an at will relationship.
Employment Type
Full-Time
