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Staff Research Scientist, AI Agents & LLMs

Snowflake Inc.· Engineering
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Hybrid (US-WA-Bellevue), Hybrid (US-CA-Menlo Park)$200k - $287.5kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Staff Research Scientist to define and advance AI agents and LLM research, with production impact across Snowflake's enterprise AI stack, focusing on autonomous agents, large language models, and multi-step reasoning.

Responsibilities

  • Define research direction in Agentic AI and LLMs
  • Develop models: train, fine-tune, and align models for enterprise reasoning and tool use
  • Advance autonomous agents: drive state-of-the-art capabilities in multi-step reasoning and tool use
  • Advance the stack: retrieval, grounding, memory, and multi-agent coordination
  • Establish evaluation standards for reliability, safety, and efficiency
  • Drive research breakthroughs into production within Snowflake’s platform
  • Mentor and lead to amplify the team’s technical impact
  • Contribute to the field through publications and open source

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field with a strong publication record
  • Expertise in LLM development (training, fine-tuning, alignment, or post-training)
  • Experience with agentic systems (multi-agent systems, tool use, or agent optimization)
  • Strong systems thinking under real-world constraints (latency, cost, reliability)
  • Proven technical leadership and end-to-end ownership
  • Ability to translate research into impactful systems

Skills

Required:LLM developmentAgentic systemsSystems thinkingTechnical leadership

Benefits

  • Not explicitly listed in the description
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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