# AI Research Scientist

We’re looking for an AI Research Scientist to join our AI&Research Unit, a team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of fundamental artificial intelligence and bridging the gap between academic advancements and real-world technology. Our fundamental research stream focuses on on-device LLM efficiency, deep architectural explorations, and localized machine learning solutions for the macOS ecosystem. It helps uncover high-level utility and solve complex technical challenges directly on user hardware, establishing our technology as a generalized leader in the global market. As an AI Research Scientist, you will take deep ownership of our fundamental research initiatives. You’ll define, test, and coordinate advanced optimization workflows and structural model modifications while driving strategic collaborations with global scientific entities. If you’re excited to lay the foundation for on-device AI efficiency to become a global industry standard, we’d love to hear from you! In this role, you will: Prepare fundamental research proposals within our specialized LLM efficiency and optimization streams. Investigate new directions in LLM optimization by surveying relevant academic publ

- **Id**: 3454150
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/uppeople-ai-research-scientist>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Ukraine
- **Countries**: UA
- **Hiring countries**: UA
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-23T15:50:52Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T21:42:45Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-06T21:42:45Z
- **Days open**: 14
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3284
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4486031
- **Name**: UPPeople
- **Domain**: uppeople.co
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/uppeople>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Edge AI** — Optional: no
- **Fine-tuning** — Optional: no
- **JAX** — Optional: no
- **Knowledge Distillation** — Optional: no
- **KV Cache** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **LoRA** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Mixture of Experts** — Optional: no
- **MLX ML** — Optional: no
- **Model Distillation** — Optional: no
- **NLP** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no
- **Quantization** — Optional: no
- **Speculative Decoding** — Optional: no
- **TensorFlow** — Optional: no
- **TensorFlow C++** — Optional: no
- **PEFT** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 14

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Ukraine** — Iso: UA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-29T12:21:41Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-06T21:42:45Z

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