Sr. Research Scientist, AI Research
As a Sr. Research Scientist on the AI Research Scaling team, you will advance the scientific frontier in deep learning by developing new techniques beyond the state of the art. You will lead research agendas on foundation model efficiency, drive algorithmic innovations for large-scale neural network training, and optimize ML systems for distributed training, memory, and compute efficiency.
The Databricks AI Research organization enables companies to develop AI models and agents using their own data, with technologies ranging from post-training open source LLMs to developing advanced multi-agent architectures. Databricks AI is committed to the belief that a company’s AI models and agents are just as valuable as any other core IP, and that high-quality AI should be available to all.
As a Sr. Research Scientist on the Scaling team, you will be responsible for keeping up with the latest developments in deep learning and advancing the scientific frontier by creating new techniques that go beyond the state of the art. You will work together on a collaborative team of researchers and engineers with diverse backgrounds and technical training. And most importantly, you will love our customers: our goal is to make our customers successful in applying state-of-the-art LLMs and AI systems, and we encode our scientific expertise into our products to make that possible.
As a Sr. Research Scientist on the AI Research Team at Databricks, You Will:
Posted June 4, 2026