Cognitiv
Staff Research Scientist, AdTech Product Innovation
Bellevue, WA · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$200k-$270kDetected 2 days ago
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About the role
- We are looking for a Staff Research Scientist to join Cognitiv's New Initiatives team - the group responsible for turning emerging AI research into entirely new product lines.
Responsibilities
- Own It End to End. Take validated ideas from research prototype through to production-ready systems, working closely with engineering to ship them - not just hand off a paper or a notebook.
- Shape the Story. Partner with product and marketing to translate technical work into the narrative behind a launch - this team's output regularly becomes a public product announcement.
- Stay Ahead of the Industry. Maintain a deep, current understanding of AdTech, real-time bidding, and where LLM-driven advertising products are going, and bring that thinking back into the roadmap.
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally. Work closely with research, engineering, product, and executive stakeholders to pressure-test ideas and get them to market.
Requirements
- Idea Generator: A track record of originating ideas, not just executing on someone else's spec.
- Experience taking a product from idea to launch, in a startup, incubator, or new-initiatives-style team.
- Experience being the technical face of a launch - blog posts, talks, demos, or press.
- A track record of published research or meaningful contributions to the ML community.
- Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Statistics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with 7+ years of experience in ML R&D or applied ML - paired with genuine curiosity about product and a bias toward shipping.
Nice to have
- Are you ready to revolutionize the advertising industry?
- Now, we're growing!
- This team built AudienceGPT, ContextGPT (now in its second generation), AI Personas, and the user embedding systems underneath all of them.
- Work coming out of this team regularly becomes a company product announcement.
- This is not a conventional research role.
- It sits at the intersection of deep technical research, product intuition, and industry foresight.
- You won't be handed a well-scoped problem - you'll need to spot the opportunity, prove it out technically, and carry it from idea to shipped product.
Compensation
- Bellevue: $200,000 - $270,000 USD Base Salary + Equity
- San Mateo: $220,000 - $300,000 USD Base Salary + Equity
Benefits
- Base salary is just one part of your total rewards at Cognitiv-you'll also receive equity and a comprehensive benefits package.
- Medical, Dental and Vision plan for US employees & Extended Health Benefits for Canadian employees
- 12 weeks paid parental leave + 4 weeks WFH
- Unlimited PTO + Work-From-Anywhere August
- Equity for all employees
- Health & wellness stipend + cell phone reimbursement
- Parking (CA, WA, Vancouver offices) & pre-tax commuter benefits
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