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Technical leadership · H02

Chief Scientist

You turn the ambition of personal intelligence into questions that can be answered honestly, and connect foundational research to capabilities a person can understand and control. You will lead work on efficient models, continual learning, planning, privacy and human collaboration, and establish the reproducible baselines and independent evaluation that keep the rest of us truthful.

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Open for applications. Starts at: Research program.

We are taking applications for this role now and building the pipeline for it. The stage above is when the work itself is expected to begin, which is something you deserve to know before you apply rather than after. It is context, not a gate.

Where

Kirkland GarageUAE Garage

In the office together five days a week, in one of our garages, and remote-friendly around your family, arranged one person at a time. We hire across the United States 🇺🇸, India 🇮🇳 and the UAE 🇦🇪.

The work

What this person actually does

Lead research in efficient models, continual learning, planning, privacy and human collaboration. Establish reproducible baselines, independent evaluation and a publication process that respects user data and collaborators' rights. Work directly with product and systems leaders on which hypotheses deserve compute.

The milestone

What it looks like when it is working

In your first 90 days, establish three bounded research programs, reproduce their baselines and propose explicit continuation or stop criteria.

Required

What we would not hire without

  • ▸A sustained record of original research, with rigorous experiments behind it
  • ▸You have mentored researchers, and can name what they went on to do
  • ▸You set up evaluation that is honest about negative results rather than optimised to look good
  • ▸You can choose which questions are worth years, and defend the choice

Nice to have

What would be a bonus, not a gate

  • ▸A doctorate, though the strength of your reasoning matters more than the institution
  • ▸Efficient models, continual learning, or privacy-preserving machine learning specifically
  • ▸You have run a research group as well as done research

Evidence

What would show us you can do it

Bring a sustained record of original research, rigorous experiments and mentorship. A doctorate or equivalent research contribution is relevant; the strength of your reasoning matters more than an institution's name.

Evidence, not credentials. We are describing work you can point at, in whatever form it exists.

The exercise

How we would look at it together

Present one important result, its strongest alternative explanation and an experiment that could disprove your current thesis.

The package

What comes with the job

  • ▸Stock options for every full-time teammate, four-year vesting with a one-year cliff
  • ▸Annual performance bonus, or on-target earnings with uncapped commission for customer-facing roles
  • ▸Medical, dental and vision for you and your family, plus life and disability cover, on the highest plan tier available to us
  • ▸A 401(k) with company matching
  • ▸Pay reviewed every year and on promotion, benchmarked to your role and market
  • ▸A budget of AI tokens of your own
  • ▸Gym membership, and retailer discounts redeemed through our benefits app
  • ▸Remote-friendly around your family, arranged one person at a time
  • ▸$1,000 plus $10,000 in equity for a referral we hire who stays a year

Indicative pay ranges by market and level are on the compensation page. Plan numbers are confirmed in your offer letter.

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Chief Scientist

Resume *

Any one of these. If you have not got a PDF to hand, paste the text - it is not a lesser way to apply.

That is everything we need. The rest is optional, and it helps.

Where your work lives

Any of these, none of these. Paste a link and we will look.

In a hundred words or so, the piece of work you are most proud of.

You get a reference number straight away.
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