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Periodic Labs

20 recorded · October 2, 2026

“From bits to atoms.”
From its homepage, October 1, 2026

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What its 20 postings mention most
  1. Inference and serving 45%
  2. How language models work 40%
  3. Evals and benchmarks 35%
  4. Agents and tool use 30%
  5. Python 30%
  6. Reinforcement learning 25%
  7. Running experiments 20%
  8. Interpretability 15%

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The board

Recorded technical roles

Research scientists and engineers: 12 · Fellowships, residencies and internships: 1 · Applied AI and forward-deployed: 1 · ML systems and infrastructure: 1 · Software engineering at labs: 5

  1. Automation Engineer ↗

    Software engineering at labs · Bachelor's or equivalent · $200k to $250k base

  2. Computational Scientist, Differentiable Physics ↗

    Research scientists and engineers · PhD or equivalent experience · $250k to $350k base

  3. Computational Scientist, Structural & Thermal ↗

    Research scientists and engineers · PhD or equivalent experience · $250k to $350k base

  4. Equipment Engineer ↗

    Software engineering at labs · Bachelor's degree · $200k to $275k base

  5. Forward Deployed Engineer, Physics & Simulation ↗

    Applied AI and forward-deployed · No degree stated · $250k to $350k base

  6. ML Systems Engineer ↗

    ML systems and infrastructure · No degree stated · $250k to $350k base

  7. Process Engineer, Powder ↗

    Software engineering at labs · Bachelor's or equivalent · $225k to $300k base

  8. Product Engineer ↗

    Software engineering at labs · No degree stated · $250k to $350k base

  9. Research Associate, Thin Films ↗

    Research scientists and engineers · Master's or PhD required · $180k to $225k base

  10. Research Engineer, Lab Automation ↗

    Research scientists and engineers · PhD or equivalent experience · $200k to $250k base

  11. Research Engineer, Semiconductor ↗

    Research scientists and engineers · Master's or PhD required · $220k to $300k base

  12. Research Intern, Thin Films ↗

    Fellowships, residencies and internships · Bachelor's degree

  13. Research Scientist, Condensed Matter Theory ↗

    Research scientists and engineers · PhD required · $225k to $325k base

  14. Research Scientist, Data ↗

    Research scientists and engineers · No degree stated · $250k to $350k base

  15. Research Scientist, Materials Characterization ↗

    Research scientists and engineers · PhD required · $250k to $350k base

  16. Research Scientist, Scaling RL ↗

    Research scientists and engineers · No degree stated · $250k to $350k base

  17. Research Scientist, Thin Films ↗

    Research scientists and engineers · PhD required · $250k to $350k base

  18. Research Scientist/Research Engineer, Materials Data ↗

    Research scientists and engineers · PhD or equivalent experience · $250k to $350k base

  19. Research Scientist/Research Engineer, Midtraining ↗

    Research scientists and engineers · Bachelor's or equivalent · $250k to $350k base

  20. Software Engineer ↗

    Software engineering at labs · No degree stated · $250k to $350k base