Snorkel AI

Director, Research - Frontier Benchmarks

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) · Director

Sponsorship not specified$325k-$450kDetected 22 days ago

Machine LearningNLPLLMsProduct StrategyResearchLeadershipMentoring

About the role

This team sits at the intersection of research, product strategy, and go-to-market.
Mentor and grow a technical team comfortable with x-functional and customer- facing work, setting a high standard for quality and velocity while staying hands-on yourself.
Foster external and academic collaborations related to our areas of interest

Define and own the quality for benchmark design and support GTM in positioning it against existing datasets.
the data you use to build AI is the key to achieving differentiation, high performance, and production-ready systems.
We work with some of the world's largest organizations to empower scientists, engineers, financial experts, product creators, journalists, and more to build custom AI with their data faster than ever before.
You will uncover gaps in current frontier models and design a wide variety of RL and domain specific benchmarks.

8+ years in applied AI, ML, or research roles, including experience leading or mentoring senior researchers
Proven ability to operate cross-functionally and thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments while managing competing priorities
Experience and interest in being customer-facing and translating technical contributions to business impact
equivalent industry or research lab experience considered.
Be Your Best at Snorkel
As a member of our team, you'll have meaningful opportunities to shape priorities and initiatives, influence key strategic decisions, and directly impact our ongoing success.
Snorkel AI embraces diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment.
All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, performance, merit, and business need.

Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.

Define the process and decide what data we build next by combining market signal from customers and GTM with your team's read on where frontier labs are headed.

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