92 ai research scientist jobs at 26 companies in Tacoma, WA

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Founding Machine Learning / AI Search Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$310k/yr On-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Build the ML and AI search behind HiringCafe — ranking, recommenders, retrieval, and LLM agents that surface jobs people would never find on their own.
Python, PyTorch, Elasticsearch, LLMs
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AI Research Scientist
Redmond, Washington, United States
$154k-$217k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Meta
MetaNASDAQ: META: Develops social networking platforms and virtual reality technologies.
PhD in CS or related field, experience in multi-modal learning and large-scale model training, programming in Python and PyTorch, strong research record (publications/projects).
Python, PyTorch
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Staff AI research scientist
San Francisco or Seattle or New York City or Austin or Chicago or London
$234k-$296k/yr HybridFull Time
Writer
Writer: Platform for building and deploying enterprise generative AI agents.
7+ YOE7+ years ML research experience with LLM pre-/post-training, strong publication record, Ph.D. or equivalent, expert in post-training methods (SFT, RLHF, RLAIF, DPO), Python and PyTorch/JAX proficiency, experience shipping production models.
Python, PyTorch, JAX
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Senior Agentic AI Research Scientist
Seattle, Washington, United States
$160k-$256k/yr HybridFull Time
Axon
AxonNASDAQ: AXON: Develops weapons and software for law enforcement and safety.
3+ YOEPhD + 3+ years in multimodal ML, video understanding, LLMs/RAG, and retrieval systems; production ML lifecycle experience; proficiency in Python and ML frameworks; strong communication and research record.
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras
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Senior Quantum AI Research Scientist, Applied Research
Redmond or Santa Clara
$192k-$305k/yr HybridFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs graphics processing units and artificial intelligence hardware.
8+ YOEPh.D. preferred in CS/Physics/Applied Math/EE, 8+ years in quantum computing and/or AI/ML research, deep ML and quantum error correction expertise, strong communication, experience with large-scale model training and hardware-aware models.
CUDA, PyTorch Distributed, Megatron-LM, JAX pmap, LoRA, QLoRA
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AI Research Scientist, New Grad – Agents & Reinforcement Learning
Bellevue, Washington, United States
$176k-$230k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Snowflake
SnowflakeNYSE: SNOW: Cloud-based platform for data storage, processing, and analytics.
PhD (or equivalent research experience) in CS/ML/AI, expertise in reinforcement learning (RLHF, DPO, PPO), experience with LLM post-training/fine-tuning, Python and PyTorch/JAX proficiency, and at least one research publication.
Python, PyTorch, JAX, Snowflake Data Cloud
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Research Scientist - AI Incubation
Seattle or San Jose
$138k-$275k/yr HybridFull Time
Zoom
ZoomNasdaq: ZM: Provides a cloud-based platform for video, voice, and collaboration.
PhD in CS/AI/ML; expertise in LLM post-training, RLHF/DPO/PPO, federated learning; distributed training; PyTorch/Transformers/DeepSpeed/CUDA; publications/open-source.
PyTorch, Transformers, DeepSpeed, CUDA
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Senior Quantum AI Research Scientist, Applied Research
Redmond or Santa Clara
$192k-$305k/yr HybridFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs GPU-accelerated computing and artificial intelligence hardware.
8+ YOEPhD preferred; 8+ years in quantum computing and/or AI/ML; deep ML/DL expertise; strong quantum information science background; excellent collaboration skills.
CUDA, PyTorch, JAX, Megatron-LM, GPU programming
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AI Scientist
Bellevue, Washington, United States
$160k-$240k/yr OnsiteFull Time
GE HealthCare
GE HealthCareNasdaq: GEHC: Develops and sells medical imaging and diagnostic technology.
3+ YOEMaster’s or PhD in STEM with 3 years of relevant research; publications as first author on LLM/SSL; experience building large-scale AI; programming in Python/C++.
Python, C++, DeepSpeed, HuggingFace, Megatron, PyTorch Lightning, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Spark, Hadoop
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Research Scientist, Alexa Devices & Marketing
Bellevue or Seattle
$136k-$184k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Amazon
AmazonNASDAQ: AMZN: Global online retail and cloud computing technology provider.
4+ YOE PhD or Master’s with 4+ years of quantitative research experience; strong statistics and experimentation skills; familiarity with AI/ML and survey design.
R, MATLAB, Python, AI/ML tools
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Research Scientist/Engineer - Photoshop
Seattle, Washington, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Adobe
AdobeNASDAQ: ADBE: Provides software for digital media creation and marketing analytics
PhD in ML/AI/CS with publications; strong communication; team experience; Python programming; preferred AI/image processing research and collaboration.
Python, Machine Learning
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Research Scientist, Robotics
Seattle, Washington, United States
$167k-$261k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence: Non-profit institute developing open-source artificial intelligence for scientific impact.
PhD in robot manipulation, planning/control, RL/imitation learning, sim2real; strong AI/robotics publication record; strong software engineering; experience with real robots and DL frameworks.
Robot manipulation, Planning and control, Reinforcement learning, Imitation learning, Simulation environments, Foundation models, Deep learning frameworks
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People Research Data Scientist, AI Fairness & Bias
San Francisco or New York City or Seattle or Washington
$198k-$220k/yr HybridFull Time
OpenAI
OpenAI: Develops artificial intelligence models and generative AI software services.
Experienced data scientist or applied researcher with deep expertise in algorithmic fairness, bias measurement, evaluation design, and strong proficiency in Python/R and SQL; able to design audits, build evaluation pipelines, and advise stakeholders.
Python, R, SQL, Fairlearn, AI Fairness 360
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Senior Research Scientist, Superconducting Digital Electronics, Quantum AI
Goleta or Cambridge or Mountain View or Seattle or San Francisco or Washington
$174k-$253k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Google
GoogleNASDAQ: GOOGL: Provides online search, advertising, cloud computing, and consumer electronics.
Master's in EE/Physics or equivalent; experience with superconductor logic families and tape-out of superconducting IC chips; one or more published papers; proficiency with CAD and electromagnetic simulation tools.
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Principal Research Scientist, Siri Innovation Studio
Seattle, Washington, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
Expertise in machine learning modeling, incubating and deploying ML-driven features, collaborating across software/hardware/design teams, and building user-centered AI for assistants and speech products.
iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS
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Staff AI/ML Applied Scientist
Seattle, Washington, United States
$212k-$278k/yr HybridFull Time
lululemon
lululemonNASDAQ: LULU: Designs and retails technical athletic apparel and lifestyle products.
9+ YOEBachelor's in CS/math (Masters/PhD preferred), 9+ years AI/ML research or equivalent, proven technical leadership delivering production AI/ML solutions, experience with Python and PyTorch, strong communication and evaluation rigor.
Python, PyTorch
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Senior AI/ML Applied Scientist - Remote
Bellevue or Minneapolis or Washington or United States
RemoteFull Time
UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth GroupNYSE: UNH: Provides health insurance and technology-enabled health care services.
5+ YOEMaster's degree in CS or quantitative field required (PhD preferred), 5+ years ML/NLP experience, 3+ years with generative AI and DL frameworks (PyTorch/TensorFlow); strong research, communication, and critical thinking skills.
PyTorch, TensorFlow
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Senior Data Scientist IV - AI Safety
Richland or Seattle
$167k-$275k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Department of Energy research laboratory focused on scientific innovation.
3+ YOEBS/BA +7 yrs or MS/MA +5 yrs or PhD +3 yrs; experience leading R&D projects in AI safety, privacy-preserving ML, and secure ML ops; ability to obtain/maintain federal security clearance and U.S. citizenship required.
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow
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Senior Applied Scientist
Mountain View or Redmond
$120k-$235k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Microsoft
Microsoft: Provides software, cloud computing, and hardware technology products.
4+ YOEAdvanced degree in a quantitative field with 3+ years in ML/AI; strong experience with large language models and generative AI; production ML; hands-on with LLMs.
Python, C#, R, C++, Java, SQL, Machine Learning Frameworks, LLMs
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Applied Scientist - Member of Sciences [Bay Area]
Palo Alto or Bellevue or Seattle or San Francisco
$350k-$700k/yr HybridFull Time
NTT DATA AIVista
NTT DATA AIVistaTokyo Stock Exchange: 9613: Developing AI-native enterprise products and agentic workflows
5+ YOEPhD or equivalent; 5+ years AI/ML in production; impactful research (publications/patents); strong deployment and collaboration with engineering.
Python, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, LLMs, Multimodal AI, Knowledge Graphs
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Lead Principal Applied Scientist
Santa Clara or Seattle or United States
$158k-$355k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Oracle
OracleNYSE: ORCL: Provides cloud infrastructure and enterprise software for global businesses.
10+ YOE10+ years applied ML/AI research experience; expertise in dataset preparation, experiment design, model training/fine-tuning, evaluation, deployment, and publication; strong coding, version control, and leadership skills.