Staff Research Scientist

MongoDB

Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$151,000–$297,000 / yr
Posted
1 day ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $184k
This role $224k
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This role pays more than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $133,750–$234,037 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $224k versus about $184k for comparable roles.

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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.

MongoDB currently has 287 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $126,500–$209,000 across 104 roles with salary data.

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The Staff Research Scientist role at the Voyage AI team within MongoDB involves conducting cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence, focusing on embedding models and rerankers to enhance unstructured data search and retrieval. This position requires collaboration with a team of renowned AI researchers from top universities to develop next-generation information retrieval systems and LLM agents. Day-to-day responsibilities include pioneering new ideas, publishing in leading venues, and integrating state-of-the-art models into MongoDB’s data platform. Ideal candidates hold a PhD in Computer Science or a related field, possess strong backgrounds in machine learning, deep learning, and NLP, and have experience building complex neural networks for language understanding. They should also excel at empirical studies and demonstrate leadership and communication skills to drive impactful research across the organization.

Skills

Python TensorFlow PyTorch Kubernetes Docker CI/CD PostgreSQL MongoDB Git Jupyter Notebook Scikit-learn Pandas NumPy Hugging Face Transformers CUDA Linux

What you'll do

  • Conduct cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence and embedding models.
  • Innovate next-generation information retrieval and LLM agent paradigms.
  • Develop frontier large language model (LLM) technologies.
  • Validate theoretical results through rigorous empirical studies.
  • Collaborate on integrating AI models with MongoDB’s data platform.

What we're looking for

  • PhD in Computer Science or related field.
  • Track record of innovative contributions to machine learning research.
  • Strong background in deep learning and natural language processing.
  • Experience building complex neural networks for understanding languages and visuals.
  • Ability to conduct rigorous empirical studies validating theoretical results.
  • Excellent leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills.

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