Senior Research Scientist

MongoDB

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Salary: $126,000–$248,000 / yr
Posted: 101 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About MongoDB

MongoDB is a leading American software company that develops and provides commercial support for a popular, source-available document database. Designed to handle unstructured and structured data natively, its platform is purpose-built for modern cloud applications, analytics, and AI experiences.

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As a Senior Research Scientist on the Voyage AI team at MongoDB, you will contribute to the development of next-generation artificial intelligence models. You will conduct cutting-edge research in areas including frontier LLMs, embedding models, and rerankers while innovating within information retrieval and LLM agent paradigms. Working alongside other research scientists and engineers, you will navigate the full lifecycle of AI model development from initial research to production deployment. The role requires a PhD in Computer Science or a related field and a strong background in machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing. You must also possess familiarity with training and distributed training of neural networks for both visual and language understanding. This work focuses on creating high-quality embedding models and rerankers to enable accurate, efficient unstructured data search and retrieval for RAG and semantic search.

What does a Research Scientist earn?

Median $216250 from 42 postings across 13 companies.

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Skills

Machine Learning Deep Learning Natural Language Processing LLMs Embedding Models Rerankers Distributed Training Information Retrieval Neural Networks RAG Semantic Search

What you'll do

Conduct cutting-edge research on frontier LLMs, embedding models, and rerankers.
Innovate next-generation information retrieval systems and LLM agent paradigms.
Develop high-quality embedding models for RAG, recommendation engines, and semantic search.
Integrate state-of-the-art embedding models into the MongoDB data platform.
Manage the full lifecycle of AI model development from initial research to production.
Solve complex problems at the intersection of machine learning research and large neural network deployment.

What we're looking for

PhD degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Strong background in machine learning and deep learning.
Strong background in natural language processing.
Familiarity with training distributed neural networks for language and visual understanding.
Ability to work in the Palo Alto office for a hybrid work model.

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