Skills · Foundations
Math for ML
Partly taught here
Probability, linear algebra and calculus, used rather than recited.
Mentioned in 56 of 339 recorded research roles (17%) and 93 of 1,827 technical roles (5%), in this recorded board.
Everything here that teaches it
3 pieces. Pieces built around this skill come first in each list; the rest use it along the way.
Book chapters
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Chapter 1: What a model call is: tokens, probabilities and Lucy's first brief
Derive what a model call computes: byte-pair tokens, logits, softmax with temperature and sampling. Measure entropy and perplexity on a real model, then brief Lucy from one call.
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Chapter 6: Embeddings and vector search: when words are not enough
Build word vectors from scratch, then measure a real embedding model against BM25 on paraphrased questions: recall@3 rises from 0.2 to 0.733. Store each vector with its model and search a graph index.
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Chapter 10: Events at random: queues, utilization and scheduled work
Derive how long work waits for one worker under random arrivals (Pollaczek-Khinchine) and measure it with a real model doing the work. Then build durable schedules and stock-event producers.
Also in Foundations: Python, Production systems.
Who asks for it
- Research scientists and engineers 56 of 339
- Fellowships, residencies and internships 8 of 32
- Applied AI and forward-deployed 6 of 326
- ML systems and infrastructure 2 of 102
- Machine learning engineers 4 of 143
- Software engineering at labs 17 of 885
Recorded roles that mention it
93 recorded postings mention it. Here are the newest 60 research, fellowship, applied and ML-systems roles; the rest are on the role pages linked above. Each title opens the lab's own posting.
- Staff Research Engineer, Multi-Agent Scaling ↗
Anthropic · Research scientists and engineers · No degree stated · $500k to $850k base
- Research Engineer, Mid-Training ↗
Cognition · Research scientists and engineers · PhD required
- Research Engineer, Post-Training ↗
Cognition · Research scientists and engineers · PhD required
- Machine Learning Scientist ↗
Relace · Research scientists and engineers · Master's, PhD or equivalent
- Research Engineer, Climate Modeling ↗
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) · Research scientists and engineers · PhD preferred · $147k to $220k base
- Research Scientist, Climate Modeling ↗
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) · Research scientists and engineers · PhD required · $167k to $261k base
- Senior Research Engineer, Olmo + Molmo ↗
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) · Research scientists and engineers · PhD or equivalent experience · $174k to $261k base
- [Expression of Interest] Research Manager, Interpretability ↗
Anthropic · Research scientists and engineers · No degree stated · $350k to $500k base
- Anthropic Fellows Program, AI Safety & Security ↗
Anthropic · Fellowships, residencies and internships · No degree stated
- Anthropic Fellows Program, ML Systems & Reinforcement Learning ↗
Anthropic · Fellowships, residencies and internships · No degree stated
- Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning) ↗
Anthropic · Research scientists and engineers · No degree stated · $500k to $850k base
- Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning) ↗
Anthropic · Research scientists and engineers · No degree stated
- Research Scientist, Interpretability ↗
Anthropic · Research scientists and engineers · No degree stated · $350k to $850k base
- Research Internship (Winter 2027) ↗
Cohere · Fellowships, residencies and internships · PhD required
- Optimization Research Engineer, DeepMind ↗
Google DeepMind · Research scientists and engineers · Bachelor's or equivalent
- Research Developer, Frontier AI Incubation, DeepMind ↗
Google DeepMind · Research scientists and engineers · Bachelor's or equivalent
- Research Engineer, Energy Grids, Sustainability, DeepMind ↗
Google DeepMind · Research scientists and engineers · Bachelor's or equivalent
- Research Engineer, Gemini Omni, DeepMind ↗
Google DeepMind · Research scientists and engineers · No degree stated
- Research Engineer, Polaris, DeepMind ↗
Google DeepMind · Research scientists and engineers · No degree stated
- Research Engineer, Responsible Frontier AI Research, DeepMind ↗
Google DeepMind · Research scientists and engineers · PhD preferred
- Research Engineer, Responsible Frontier AI Research, DeepMind ↗
Google DeepMind · Research scientists and engineers · PhD preferred
- Research Scientist, AI Secure Code, DeepMind ↗
Google DeepMind · Research scientists and engineers · PhD or equivalent experience
- Research Scientist, Verified Code Generation, DeepMind ↗
Google DeepMind · Research scientists and engineers · PhD or equivalent experience
- Research Scientist/Engineer, Frontier Reasoning, DeepMind ↗
Google DeepMind · Research scientists and engineers · PhD preferred
- Senior Staff Research Scientist, Recommendation Systems, DeepMind ↗
Google DeepMind · Research scientists and engineers · PhD or equivalent experience
- Staff Software Engineer, Inference Performance Optimization, GenAI, DeepMind ↗
Google DeepMind · ML systems and infrastructure · Bachelor's or equivalent
- Research Scientist Intern (PhD) - Model Team - London ↗
H Company · Fellowships, residencies and internships · PhD required
- Research Engineer ↗
Harmonic · Research scientists and engineers · PhD preferred · $200k to $450k base
- Research Engineer, Formal Methods ↗
Harmonic · Research scientists and engineers · PhD preferred
- Research Engineer, Training & Inference ↗
Harmonic · Research scientists and engineers · PhD preferred · $200k to $450k base
- Software Engineer, ML Systems ↗
Harmonic · ML systems and infrastructure · Bachelor's or equivalent
- ML Research Engineer, London ↗
Isomorphic Labs · Research scientists and engineers · Master's, PhD or equivalent
- Research Leader (Toxicology), Cambridge, MA ↗
Isomorphic Labs · Research scientists and engineers · No degree stated
- Research Scientist (Applied LLMs), London ↗
Isomorphic Labs · Research scientists and engineers · PhD or equivalent experience
- Research Scientist (Machine Learning), London ↗
Isomorphic Labs · Research scientists and engineers · PhD or equivalent experience
- AI Research Scientist - Meta Superintelligence Labs (Technical Leadership) ↗
Meta (Superintelligence Labs and FAIR) · Research scientists and engineers · PhD required
- Postdoctoral Researcher (PhD) - FAIR - Core Learning ↗
Meta (Superintelligence Labs and FAIR) · Fellowships, residencies and internships · PhD required
- Postdoctoral Researcher (PhD) - FAIR - Core Learning ↗
Meta (Superintelligence Labs and FAIR) · Fellowships, residencies and internships · PhD required
- Research Scientist, AI & Systems Co-Design (PhD) ↗
Meta (Superintelligence Labs and FAIR) · Research scientists and engineers · PhD required
- Research Scientist, FAIR Core Learning and Reasoning ↗
Meta (Superintelligence Labs and FAIR) · Research scientists and engineers · PhD required
- Research Scientist, FAIR SGT - Paris ↗
Meta (Superintelligence Labs and FAIR) · Research scientists and engineers · PhD required
- Research Scientist, World Modeling ↗
Meta (Superintelligence Labs and FAIR) · Research scientists and engineers · PhD required
- Staff Research Scientist, FAIR (RL / LLM's) ↗
Meta (Superintelligence Labs and FAIR) · Research scientists and engineers · PhD or equivalent experience
- AI Deployment Strategist, Science - EMEA ↗
Mistral AI · Applied AI and forward-deployed · PhD preferred
- Applied AI Engineer, Robotics ↗
Mistral AI · Applied AI and forward-deployed · Bachelor's degree
- Applied Scientist ↗
Mistral AI · Research scientists and engineers · PhD preferred
- Applied Scientist (Internship) ↗
Mistral AI · Fellowships, residencies and internships · PhD preferred
- Applied Scientist (Internship in Paris or London) ↗
Mistral AI · Fellowships, residencies and internships · PhD preferred
- Applied Scientist, EMEA ↗
Mistral AI · Research scientists and engineers · PhD preferred
- Applied Scientist, South Korea ↗
Mistral AI · Research scientists and engineers · PhD preferred
- Lead Applied Scientist, South Korea ↗
Mistral AI · Research scientists and engineers · PhD preferred
- Partner Solution Architect - EMEA ↗
Mistral AI · Applied AI and forward-deployed · Bachelor's or equivalent
- Partner Solution Architect - MENA ↗
Mistral AI · Applied AI and forward-deployed · Bachelor's or equivalent
- Partner Solution Architect, USA ↗
Mistral AI · Applied AI and forward-deployed · Bachelor's or equivalent
- Partner Solution Architect, USA ↗
Mistral AI · Applied AI and forward-deployed · Bachelor's or equivalent
- Researcher, Agent Safety, Oversight and System Mitigations ↗
OpenAI · Research scientists and engineers · No degree stated · $380k to $500k base
- Researcher, Agent Safety, Training and Evaluations ↗
OpenAI · Research scientists and engineers · No degree stated · $380k to $500k base
- Computational Scientist, Differentiable Physics ↗
Periodic Labs · Research scientists and engineers · PhD or equivalent experience · $250k to $350k base
- Research Scientist, Data ↗
Periodic Labs · Research scientists and engineers · No degree stated · $250k to $350k base
- Research Lead, Tinker, Fine-tuning Science ↗
Thinking Machines Lab · Research scientists and engineers · PhD or equivalent experience · $350k to $475k base
