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Research Scientist

Scaled Cognition

Scaled Cognition

Mountain View, CA, USA
Posted on Mar 30, 2026

Location

Mountain View; Boston; New York

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Research

Scaled Cognition is the world’s only model lab dedicated exclusively to customer experience and pioneering agentic models purpose-built for reliable action-taking enterprise applications. Backed by Khosla Ventures, the company’s flagship Agentic Pretrained Transformer (APT) eliminates hallucinations, enforces enterprise policies and increases reliability in real-world CX workflows. Founded by serial AI entrepreneurs, former Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Conversational AI Dan Roth, and UC Berkeley AI Professor Dan Klein, and built by a team of world-class PhD researchers and engineers, Scaled Cognition advances the science of agentic AI to deliver safe, policy-aligned automation that enterprises can trust.

As a Research Scientist at Scaled Cognition you will:

  • Develop and implement novel, next-generation neural architectures.

  • Work closely with machine learning and product engineers to direct research toward strategic product needs and align product development with novel model capabilities.

  • Stay up-to-date with the latest academic research and react quickly to new discoveries.

You might be the right person for the job if you:

  • Enjoy exploring opportunities for innovation and aligning them with strategic objectives.

  • Can rapidly prototype and evaluate new modeling techniques.

  • Excel in collaborative, cross-functional team settings.