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As a Staff Research Scientist within Datadog AI Research (DAIR), you will drive research in post-training and autonomous agents as a hands-on individual contributor. You will advance reinforcement learning, simulated environments, synthetic data generation, and evaluation methods for agents operating across complex real-world systems. You will set the technical direction for ambitious research programs, raise the technical bar for the researchers and research engineers around you, and collaborate with Datadog's product and engineering teams to translate research advances into products. What You'll Do: Drive research in agent post-training and reinforcement learning, shaping the technical direction of ambitious research programs grounded in observability and security Own research problems end to end, from framing the question through experimentation, model development, and evaluation Design and advance reinforcement learning approaches, post-training methods, and training loops for agents operating in complex environments Build simulated environments, synthetic data generation approaches, and evaluation frameworks that enable scalable agent training and rigorous measurement Raise the technical bar across the team by reviewing research directions, mentoring researchers and research engineers, and setting standards for experimental rigor Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Research, Product, and Engineering to translate advances in autonomous agents into scalable Datadog capabilities Contribute to research publications, present at top-tier conferences such as NeurIPS, ICLR, and ICML, and help open-source key model artifacts and benchmarks Who You Are: You hold a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field, or have equivalent experience, with deep expertise in areas such as reinforcement learning, AI agents, post-training, or generative modeling You have driven technically ambitious research at meaningful scale as

As a Staff Research Scientist within Datadog AI Research (DAIR), you will drive research in foundation models and world models as a hands-on individual contributor. You will advance large-scale pre-training and multimodal learning across the diverse signals generated by distributed systems, including metrics, traces, logs, topology, and events. You will set the technical direction for ambitious research programs, raise the technical bar for the researchers and research engineers around you, and collaborate with Datadog's product and engineering teams to translate research advances into products. What You'll Do: Drive research in foundation models, world models, and multimodal learning, shaping the technical direction of ambitious research programs grounded in observability Own research problems end to end, from framing the question through experimentation, model development, and evaluation Train large-scale multimodal models on diverse telemetry data, including metrics, logs, traces, topology, events, and other non-text modalities Advance approaches to pre-training, representation learning, world modeling, scaling, and evaluation for models that learn the dynamics of complex distributed systems Raise the technical bar across the team by reviewing research directions, mentoring researchers and research engineers, and setting standards for experimental rigor Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Research, Product, and Engineering to translate research advances into scalable Datadog capabilities Contribute to research publications, present at top-tier conferences such as NeurIPS, ICLR, and ICML, and help open-source key model artifacts and benchmarks Who You Are: You hold a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field, or have equivalent experience, with deep expertise in areas such as foundation models, world models, multimodal learning, or generative modeling You have driven technically ambitious research at meanin

NVIDIA Architecture Modeling group is looking for Architects, Functional Modeling Engineers, and Simulation experts to join various architecture efforts across GPU/ SOC Architecture teams. A key part of NVIDIA's strength is to innovate in parallel computing fields, delivering the highest performance in the world for high-performance computing. We are constantly looking for ways to improve our SoC and Systems architecture and maintain our leadership. In this position, you will be working with other world-class architects on modeling, analysis and validation of chip & system architectures and features that advance the state of art in performance and efficiency. What you'll be doing: Modeling and analysis of SoC & Systems algorithms and features, across datacenter, automotive, and client products Build and deliver platforms for SOC's that enable left shift for the SW teams aligned with project milestones Work closely with the SOC architects and guide modeling teams to deliver high-quality functional models that involve SOC+GPU use cases Collaborate with our EDA partners to align on customer-facing technologies Develop tests, test plans, and testing infrastructure for new architectures/features and code coverage analysis and reporting Ensure alignment between the various modeling teams at NVIDIA, GPU modeling teams, and modeling teams overseas What we need to see: Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related relevant field (or equivalent experience) with 5+ years of relevant work experience. Strong programming ability: C++, C along with a good understanding of build systems (CMAKE, make) , toolchains (GCC, MSVC) and libraries (STL, BOOST) Computer Architecture background with experience in modelling wit

About Sentry Software runs the world and the pace is faster than ever. Sentry helps developers fix errors and performance issues before users notice, so teams can spend less time firefighting and more time building. Trusted by 200,000+ organizations, Sentry is today’s application monitoring standard and our team is building its AI-native future. About the role As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer on Sentry’s AI/ML team, you’ll be directly responsible for developing the models and agents used to make our product smarter and more capable. This role is crucial; you will be at the forefront of integrating AI and machine learning into our core products, from issue triage and resolution to predictive analytics for application performance monitoring. Your work will help companies around the globe gain actionable insights into their software, enabling them to build better products, faster. In this role you will Build state-of-the-art agentic AI systems to triage, debug, and solve real production issues Leverage Sentry’s novel (and massive) dataset of errors, spans, and profiles Own the development of major initiatives in the AI/ML space You'll love this job if you Are driven by impact and enjoy working on high-stakes, high-visibility projects Enjoy building things. You will have the opportunity to join the AI/ML team as one of its foundational members Thrive in cross-functional teams and enjoy building features alongside developers and product teams Qualifications Minimum 4+ years of professional experience with a MS/PhD degree in computer science, machine learning, or a related field Minimum 6+ years of professional experience with Bachelor’s degree in computer science, machine learning, or a related field Demonstrated expertise building production-grade agentic systems and tools You are comfortable writing production quality code (we use Python) Expertise with deep learning frameworks (we use PyTorch) Familiarity in deploying machine learning models at scale in production

Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation. About the Role Join Replit's key teams across the company, such as AI Research, Strategic Finance, or the Office of the CEO, for a unique paid internship built for sharp quantitative and creative minds. You will work alongside our top executives, in addition to world-class engineers, designers, and finance team on some of the hardest problems in AI-native software creation and accelerating key areas of our business. We are creating a dedicated track for students with strong mathematical backgrounds because the problems we are solving sit at the intersection of deep math and applied AI, including agent reasoning, systems optimization, and improving how our models learn and perform at scale. Your work will directly shape how millions of users build software. You Will: Contribute to real engineering problems that push the boundaries of AI-powered software creation Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers on infrastructure that powers Replit's platform Prototype novel approaches to problems in AI, systems, or tooling where mathematical rigor is the differentiator Ship work that impacts millions of developers globally, in an environment where your ideas are heard and often implemented Required Skills and Experience: Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, Physics, or a related quantitative field At least one semester of schooling remaining after the internship Demonstrated excellence in competitive mathematics such as IMO and IOI, quantitative research, or advanced coursework Genuine curiosity about AI, agent systems, company building, or developer tooling Extremely bullish on Replit and the future of AI-native software creation

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Job Summary The TD Electrical Device Characterization team at Micron is where deep device physics meets real product impact. We work at the groundbreaking edge of DRAM and emerging memory technologies, partnering closely across build, process, and systems teams to develop what ships next. If you enjoy turning complex measurements into insight and influence, this is a place to do your best work. In this role, you will lead electrical characterization for advanced memory devices, driving new methods from early development through production. You will combine hands-on experimentation, data-driven analysis, and technical leadership to connect device behavior to reliability, performance, and product outcomes. This position offers strong ownership, visibility, and the opportunity to mentor others while pushing technology forward. Responsibilities: Lead electrical characterization of advanced DRAM and emerging memory devices Develop and scale characterization methodologies, models, and standards Design and automate test flows, data pipelines, and analysis tools Investigate device behavior, reliability mechanisms, and root causes Collaborate across functions and present technical findings with clarity Minimum Qualifications: MS or PhD or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering or related field Strong foundation in semiconductor device phys

About BlockTech BlockTech is a fast-paced algorithmic trading firm at the frontier of global cryptocurrency derivatives and spot markets. We trade 24/7 across some of the most data-rich, fast-moving venues in finance, and we use that data to build smarter models, sharper signals, and more adaptive systems. Crypto is one of the few markets where a researcher can still meaningfully move the edge. The data is abundant, the microstructure is novel, and the feedback loop between a research idea and live PnL couldn’t be shorter. We’re growing fast, and we’re looking for a Quantitative Researcher with a strong machine learning toolkit to help us push that edge further. The role As a Quantitative Researcher on our trading floor, you’ll own ideas end-to-end from hypothesis and dataset construction through feature engineering, model training and backtesting, all the way to live deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement. You’ll sit shoulder-to-shoulder with Quantitative Traders and Quantitative Analysts, and your work will directly drive how we price and trade. What you’ll work on Collaborating closely with traders to translate research insights into systematic trading strategies Designing, developing and deploying models for price prediction, signal generation, execution, and anomaly detection across crypto derivatives and spot markets using state-of-the-art AI and ML techniques. Building robust trading, backtesting and research infrastructure alongside our engineers, so promising ideas can move into production quickly and safely Owning models in production: monitoring live performance, diagnosing decay, and iterating on what you ship What we’re looking for A strong academic background in a quantitative discipline (Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science, Econometrics, ML/AI, or similar), typically a PhD or an MSc with strong research experience Fluency in Python and the modern ML stack (PyTorch and/or TensorFlow, scikit-learn, NumPy, pandas) A deep, intuit

About BlockTech BlockTech is a fast-paced algorithmic trading firm at the frontier of global cryptocurrency derivatives and spot markets. We trade 24/7 across some of the most data-rich, fast-moving venues in finance, and we use that data to build smarter models, sharper signals, and more adaptive systems. Crypto is one of the few markets where a researcher can still meaningfully move the edge. The data is abundant, the microstructure is novel, and the feedback loop between a research idea and live PnL couldn’t be shorter. We’re growing fast, and we’re looking for a Quantitative Researcher with a strong machine learning toolkit to help us push that edge further. The role As a Quantitative Researcher on our trading floor, you’ll own ideas end-to-end from hypothesis and dataset construction through feature engineering, model training and backtesting, all the way to live deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement. You’ll sit shoulder-to-shoulder with Quantitative Traders and Quantitative Analysts, and your work will directly drive how we price and trade. You will: Collaborate closely with traders to translate research insights into systematic trading strategies Design, develop and deploy models for price prediction, signal generation, execution, and anomaly detection across crypto derivatives and spot markets using state-of-the-art AI and ML techniques. Build robust trading, backtesting and research infrastructure alongside our engineers, so promising ideas can move into production quickly and safely Own models in production: monitoring live performance, diagnosing decay, and iterating on what you ship What we're looking for A strong academic background in a quantitative discipline (Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science, Econometrics, ML/AI, or similar), typically a PhD or an MSc with strong research experience Fluency in Python and the modern ML stack (PyTorch and/or TensorFlow, scikit-learn, NumPy, pandas) A deep, intuitive grasp of overfitting, g

Who are we? Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems. We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that. We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft. We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us! Why this role? To have the opportunity to collaborate with Cohere researchers and tools on designing and implementing novel research ideas and shipping state-of-the-art models to production. We have openings in teams covering base model training, retrieval augmented generation, data and evaluation, safety, and finetuning, to name a few; and we are open to receiving intern applications in any research area relating to LLMs to broaden your research connections while obtaining deep experience in a growing AI startup. Please Note: To be eligible for a Research Internship, you must be currently pursuing a PhD in Machine Learning, NLP, or a related discipline. You need to be available for a full-time internship that lasts for 4-6 months. As a Cohere Research Intern, you will: Conduct cutting-edge machine learning research, building and training large language models. Focus on research projects aimed at expanding the frontier of knowledge in language modelling and associate areas such as evaluation, multimodal models, optimisation etc. Disseminate your research results through the production of publications, datasets, and code. Contrib

RDQ127R59 Summary As a Senior Applied ML Engineer on the Applied AI team at Databricks, you will use machine learning, scheduling, and optimization algorithms to maximize the efficiency and performance of our infrastructure. Your work will span the entire stack—from cluster management down to query compilation. You will solve complex, high-impact engineering problems to deliver highly optimized, cost-effective workloads for our customers. Impact You Will Have Accelerate Serverless Growth: Drive the scaling and efficiency of Databricks serverless compute products through advanced optimization techniques. Build Systems: Design end-to-end ML4Sys solutions from the ground up within a lean team of domain experts to support Shape Strategy: Define the roadmap for applied ML investments by collaborating with engineering and product leaders across Databricks. Drive Deployment: Architect, train, and deploy state-of-the-art models that directly improve product performance and cost efficiency. Scale Infrastructure: Build robust ML pipelines, data processing layers, model serving components, and production monitoring systems to help scale Innovate: Research and implement novel modeling techniques tailored specifically to computer systems and distributed environments. Minimum Qualifications Education: Background in Computer Science and Master's degree in Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related computational field (AI, Bioinformatics, EE, Physics, etc). ML Experience: Strong background in building, training, and deploying machine learning models in production. Infrastructure Knowledge: Practical familiarity with cloud computing, distributed systems, and modern data processing frameworks. Core Coding: Proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java. Preferred Skills Advanced Education: PhD in AI, Data Science, or a related technical discipline. Industry Experience: 4+ years of machine learning engineering experience in high-velocity, high-growth environment. Systems Domain:

About BlockTech BlockTech is a fast-paced algorithmic trading firm at the frontier of global cryptocurrency derivatives and spot markets. We trade 24/7 across some of the most data-rich, fast-moving venues in finance, and we use that data to build smarter models, sharper signals, and more adaptive systems. Crypto is one of the few markets where a researcher can still meaningfully move the edge. The data is abundant, the microstructure is novel, and the feedback loop between a research idea and live PnL couldn’t be shorter. We’re growing fast, and we’re looking for a Quantitative Researcher with a strong machine learning toolkit to help us push that edge further. The role As a Quantitative Researcher on our trading floor, you’ll own ideas end-to-end from hypothesis and dataset construction through feature engineering, model training and backtesting, all the way to live deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement. You’ll sit shoulder-to-shoulder with Quantitative Traders and Quantitative Analysts, and your work will directly drive how we price and trade. You will: Collaborate closely with traders to translate research insights into systematic trading strategies Design, develop and deploy models for price prediction, signal generation, execution, and anomaly detection across crypto derivatives and spot markets using state-of-the-art AI and ML techniques. Build robust trading, backtesting and research infrastructure alongside our engineers, so promising ideas can move into production quickly and safely Own models in production: monitoring live performance, diagnosing decay, and iterating on what you ship What we're looking for A strong academic background in a quantitative discipline (Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science, Econometrics, ML/AI, or similar), typically a PhD or an MSc with strong research experience Fluency in Python and the modern ML stack (PyTorch and/or TensorFlow, scikit-learn, NumPy, pandas) A deep, intuitive grasp of overfitting, g

About BlockTech BlockTech is a fast-paced algorithmic trading firm at the frontier of global cryptocurrency derivatives and spot markets. We trade 24/7 across some of the most data-rich, fast-moving venues in finance, and we use that data to build smarter models, sharper signals, and more adaptive systems. Crypto is one of the few markets where a researcher can still meaningfully move the edge. The data is abundant, the microstructure is novel, and the feedback loop between a research idea and live PnL couldn’t be shorter. We’re growing fast, and we’re looking for a Quantitative Researcher with a strong machine learning toolkit to help us push that edge further. The role As a Quantitative Researcher on our trading floor, you’ll own ideas end-to-end from hypothesis and dataset construction through feature engineering, model training and backtesting, all the way to live deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement. You’ll sit shoulder-to-shoulder with Quantitative Traders and Quantitative Analysts, and your work will directly drive how we price and trade. What you’ll work on Collaborating closely with traders to translate research insights into systematic trading strategies Designing, developing and deploying models for price prediction, signal generation, execution, and anomaly detection across crypto derivatives and spot markets using state-of-the-art AI and ML techniques. Building robust trading, backtesting and research infrastructure alongside our engineers, so promising ideas can move into production quickly and safely Owning models in production: monitoring live performance, diagnosing decay, and iterating on what you ship What we’re looking for A strong academic background in a quantitative discipline (Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science, Econometrics, ML/AI, or similar), typically a PhD or an MSc with strong research experience Fluency in Python and the modern ML stack (PyTorch and/or TensorFlow, scikit-learn, NumPy, pandas) A deep, intuit

Who are we? Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems. We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that. We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft. We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us! Why this role? To have the opportunity to collaborate with Cohere researchers and tools on designing and implementing novel research ideas and shipping state-of-the-art models to production. We have openings in teams covering base model training, retrieval augmented generation, data and evaluation, safety, and finetuning, to name a few; and we are open to receiving intern applications in any research area relating to LLMs to broaden your research connections while obtaining deep experience in a growing AI startup. Please Note: To be eligible for a Research Internship, you must be currently pursuing a PhD in Machine Learning, NLP, or a related discipline. You need to be available for a full-time internship that lasts for 4-6 months. As a Cohere Research Intern, you will: Conduct cutting-edge machine learning research, building and training large language models. Focus on research projects aimed at expanding the frontier of knowledge in language modelling and associate areas such as evaluation, multimodal models, optimisation etc. Disseminate your research results through the production of publications, datasets, and code. Contrib

About Ubiquiti At Ubiquiti Inc., we create technology platforms for Businesses, Smart Homes, and Internet Service Providers, driven by our goal to connect everyone, everywhere. To date, Ubiquiti has shipped over 100 million devices worldwide, from ISP networking products to next generation of IT solutions. Our growth is made possible by the dedicated team of hundreds behind the scenes. From software developers and product managers to designers and strategists, Team UI is driven to achieve our common goal: Rethinking IT. At Ubiquiti, you’ll heighten your potential and broaden your horizons - all while shaping the future of connectivity. We’re looking for a Senior AI/Computer Vision Engineer to build AI systems end to end, from defining the problem and data requirements to training models, validating them, deploying on edge devices, and integrating them into C++ pipelines. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who can take applied AI projects from concept to production and is comfortable working across modeling, evaluation, deployment, and system integration. Responsibilities: Own AI and computer vision projects end to end, from technical definition to production deployment; Translate product needs into system, data, model, and evaluation requirements; Define data collection, annotation, and validation strategies; Train and optimize deep learning models for real-world vision and multimodal applications; Build testing, benchmarking, and failure analysis workflows; Optimize models for edge devices with attention to latency, memory, throughput, and accuracy tradeoffs; Integrate models into production inference systems, including C++ edge pipelines; Work closely with software and product teams to ship reliable AI features at scale. Requirements: MS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience; Strong Python skills; Solid experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar frameworks; 4+ years of expe

About Ubiquiti At Ubiquiti Inc., we create technology platforms for Businesses, Smart Homes, and Internet Service Providers, driven by our goal to connect everyone, everywhere. To date, Ubiquiti has shipped over 100 million devices worldwide, from ISP networking products to next generation of IT solutions. Our growth is made possible by the dedicated team of hundreds behind the scenes. From software developers and product managers to designers and strategists, Team UI is driven to achieve our common goal: Rethinking IT. At Ubiquiti, you’ll heighten your potential and broaden your horizons - all while shaping the future of connectivity. We’re looking for a Senior AI/Computer Vision Engineer to build AI systems end to end, from defining the problem and data requirements to training models, validating them, deploying on edge devices, and integrating them into C++ pipelines. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who can take applied AI projects from concept to production and is comfortable working across modeling, evaluation, deployment, and system integration. Responsibilities: Own AI and computer vision projects end to end, from technical definition to production deployment; Translate product needs into system, data, model, and evaluation requirements; Define data collection, annotation, and validation strategies; Train and optimize deep learning models for real-world vision and multimodal applications; Build testing, benchmarking, and failure analysis workflows; Optimize models for edge devices with attention to latency, memory, throughput, and accuracy tradeoffs; Integrate models into production inference systems, including C++ edge pipelines; Work closely with software and product teams to ship reliable AI features at scale. Requirements: MS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience; Strong Python skills; Solid experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar frameworks; 4+ years of expe