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But a large portion of training compute is wasted training on data that are already learned, irrelevant, or even harmful, leading to worse models that cost more to train and deploy.\nAt DatologyAI, we’ve built a state of the art data curation suite to automatically curate and optimize petabytes of data to create the best possible training data for your models. Training on curated data can dramatically reduce training time and cost (7-40x faster training depending on the use case), dramatically increase model performance as if you had trained on >10x more raw data without increasing the cost of training, and allow smaller models with fewer than half the parameters to outperform larger models despite using far less compute at inference time, substantially reducing the cost of deployment. For more details, check out our recent research on synthetic data scaling (BeyondWeb) and pretraining with domain-specific data (The Finetuner’s Fallacy).\nWe raised a total of $57.5M in two rounds, a Seed and Series A. Our investors include Felicis Ventures, Radical Ventures, Amplify Partners, Microsoft, Amazon, and AI visionaries like Geoff Hinton, Yann LeCun, Jeff Dean, and many others who deeply understand the importance and difficulty of identifying and optimizing the best possible training data for models. Our team has pioneered this frontier research area and has the deep expertise on both data research and data engineering necessary to solve this incredibly challenging problem and make data curation easy for anyone who wants to train their own model on their own data.\nThis role is based in San Mateo, CA. We are in office 4 days a week.\nAbout the Role\nWe're looking for a Research Scientist to investigate how intervening on training data can improve the quality and shape the behavior of deep learning models. You'll source and implement ideas from the literature, conduct research grounded in real customer needs, and collaborate closely with engineers and product teams to turn findings into tangible impact. This role requires strong scientific judgment, fluency with the deep learning literature, and the drive to work autonomously in a fast-moving startup environment.\nWhat You'll Work On\nThe research literature is vast, rife with ambiguity, and constantly evolving. You'll source, vet, implement, and improve promising ideas from the literature and your own thinking.\n\nOur research is guided by concrete customer needs and product outcomes, not conference benchmarks. You'll have clear context on why your work matters and who it serves.\n\nHow You'll Work\nWe believe researchers do their best work with autonomy. You'll have the freedom to pursue problems in the way that works best for you, with the resources and context to back it up.\n\nWe expect Research Scientists to collaborate closely with engineers, talk to customers, and shape the product vision.\n\nAbout You\n3+ years of deep learning research experience\n\nStrong fundamentals in deep learning\n\nPractical experience and/or publications in one or more of the following areas:\nData pruning and curation\n\nCurriculum learning\n\nSynthetic data generation\n\nDataset distillation\n\nEffects of training data on model behavior\n\nEmbedding models and semantic search\n\nTraining large vision (including video), language, or multimodal models\n\nEfficient ML\n\nEnough software engineering and PyTorch experience (or willingness to learn) to run large-scale experiments and build production prototypes\n\nA demonstrated track record in deep learning research, whether through papers, tools, or other artifacts\n\nNice to have:\nExperience with distributed data processing tools like Spark or Snowflake\n\nExperience building and shipping ML products\n\nCandidates do not need a PhD or extensive publications. Some of the best researchers we've worked with have no formal training in machine learning, and obtained all of their experience working in industry and building products. We believe adaptability, combined with exceptional communication and collaboration skills, are the most important ingredients for successful research in a startup environment.\nCompensation\nAt DatologyAI, we are dedicated to rewarding talent with competitive salary and meaningful equity. 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