Research Scientist Job at Oumi (Seattle, WA, San Mateo, CA, New York, NY)

Research Scientist

Oumi

Location:
United States , Seattle, WA, San Mateo, CA, New York, NY

Category:
Research and Development

Contract Type:
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Salary:

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Job Description:

The Research Scientist will be an integral part of Oumi's research team, focusing on advancing the state-of-the-art in large language models (LLMs), vision language models (VLMs), and related technologies. This role involves conducting cutting-edge research, contributing to open-source projects, and collaborating with other researchers and engineers. Researchers at Oumi will work on various aspects of LLM/VLM development including training, evaluation, data curation, and benchmark development.

Job Responsibility:

Model Development: Conduct research on training and evaluating new Large language models (LLMs), Vision Language Models (VLMs), and other AI models. This includes exploring new architectures, training techniques, and optimization methods
Data Curation: Develop methodologies for curating high-quality datasets for training and evaluating LLMs. This may involve data synthesis and other novel techniques
Benchmark Development: Develop evaluation benchmarks to measure the performance of LLMs across various tasks and domains
Research and Experimentation: Design and conduct experiments to validate research hypotheses and improve model performance
Open Source Contribution: Contribute to the Oumi open-source platform, models and projects, and other relevant tools and libraries
Collaboration: Collaborate with other researchers, engineers, and the broader community to advance the field of open-source AI
Publication: Publish research findings in leading conferences and journals
Platform Evaluation: Evaluate existing models and identify areas of improvement
Flexibility: Work with various models, including text and multimodal models, and both open and closed models
Problem Solving: Focus on the research that matters by skipping the plumbing and moving straight to research, building on the work of others and contributing back

Requirements:

A Ph.D. or MSc. in computer science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or a related field is preferred
Candidates with a strong publication record, or equivalent industry experience will be considered
Demonstrated experience in conducting original research in machine learning, with a strong publication record in top-tier conferences or journals
Deep understanding of machine learning and deep learning concepts, with specific knowledge of large language models (LLMs) and/or vision language models (VLMs)
Strong programming skills in Python and experience using deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch)
Familiarity with open-source projects and a passion for contributing to the open-source community
A self-starter who can work independently and take ownership of initiatives
Share Oumi's values: Beneficial for all, Customer-obsessed, Radical Ownership, Exceptional Teammates, Science-grounded

What we offer:

Equity in a high-growth startup
Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
21 days PTO
Regular team offsites and events

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 21, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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Research Scientist

Oumi

Location:
United States , Seattle, WA, San Mateo, CA, New York, NY

Category:
Research and Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

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Job Description:

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Job Posted:
February 21, 2026

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