NeurIPS 2025 Career Opportunities
Here we highlight career opportunities submitted by our Exhibitors, and other top industry, academic, and non-profit leaders. We would like to thank each of our exhibitors for supporting NeurIPS 2025.
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Location CAN, ON, Toronto
Description Are you a passionate scientist in the computer vision area who is aspired to apply your skills to bring value to millions of customers? Here at Ring, we have a unique opportunity to innovate and see how the results of our work improve the lives of millions of people and make neighborhoods safer.
As a Principal Applied Scientist, you will work with talented peers pushing the frontier of computer vision and machine learning technology to deliver the best experience for our neighbors.
This is a great opportunity for you to innovate in this space by developing highly optimized algorithms that will work at scale. This position requires experience with developing Computer Vision, Multi-modal LLMs and/or Vision Language Models. You will collaborate with different Amazon teams to make informed decisions on the best practices in machine learning to build highly-optimized integrated hardware and software platforms.
Amsterdam
Flow Traders is committed to leveraging the most recent advances in machine learning, computer science, and AI to generate value in the financial markets. We are looking for Quantitative Researchers to join this challenge.
As a Quantitative Researcher at Flow Traders, you are an expert in mathematics and statistics. You are passionate about translating challenging problems into equations and models, and have the ability to optimize them using cutting-edge computational techniques. You collaborate with a global team of researchers and engineers to design, build, and optimize our next generation of models and trading strategies.
Are you at the top of your quantitative, modeling, and coding game, and excited by the prospect of demonstrating these skills in competitive live markets? Then this opportunity is for you.
AI Engineer - Agentic AI for scientific workflows
Location: Boston (US) / Barcelona (Spain)
Position overview:
As an AI Engineer specialized in Agentic AI workflows, you will play a key role in building new verifiable workflows for science and engineering. Your responsibilities will include designing, prototyping, developing and testing our pipeline. You will also manage data curation, conduct benchmarking to evaluate performance, analyze reasoning flaws and propose solutions. Close collaboration with our dedicated cross-functional team - consisting of AI Engineers, Software Engineers, Physicists and AI scientists - will be essential to the success of the project.
Your mission:
- AI Development: Contribute to the development of novel AI reasoning models and architectures, focusing on advanced reasoning techniques and application to scientific fields where rigour and reliability are fundamental.
- Data & Benchmarking: Supervise dataset curation, run benchmarks, and analyze performance results to guide improvements.
- Collaboration: Work closely with a cross-functional team of engineers and scientists, collaborating on solving challenging problems at the intersection of AI, physics and engineering.
- Documentation and Reporting: Develop detailed technical documentation and present research findings to internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Research & Publication: Contribute to cutting-edge research and publish results in top AI conferences and journals, helping advance the global AI research community whenever opportunities arise.
Key requirements:
- Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Physics or related field.
- 2+ years of experience, preferably in a mathematical, engineering, scientific, or technical setting.
- At least one year of experience in agentic AI applications
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment
- Curiosity, and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset
- Excitement to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, thrives in ambiguity
- Personal interest in exploring most recent AI developments and keeping up to state of the art
Technical skills:
- Proficiency in Python
- Understanding of fundamental computer science principles
- Proficiency in agentic and deep learning frameworks
- Solid understanding of machine learning principles and architectures
- Fundamentals of statistics
- Hands-on experience with large language models
- Excellent research and analytical skills
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have):
- Proven excellence in relevant areas (e.g., awards, competition wins)
- Demonstrated curiosity and passion for AI (e.g., personal projects, outreach activities, hobby work) or proven contributions to open-source projects
- Proven ability to independently solve complex problems or lead challenging projects
- Academic or practical background in physics or other natural sciences
- Experience with good coding practices and software development standards
- Familiarity with recent AI pipelines and protocols e.g. MCP tools/servers
NYC; Cambridge MA; London UK
Basis Research Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit AI research institute with a vision to build a universal reasoning engine to advance science and solve problems of societal importance.
We're expanding our team and have multiple positions open, including summer internships, postdoctoral fellowships, and full-time research and operations roles, in NYC and Cambridge, MA. We also anticipate positions open in London, UK in the future.
- Research Scientists and Engineers: We’re looking for Research Scientists and Engineers with experience in probabilistic machine learning, causal inference, model discovery, programming languages, compiler design, and related areas. If you’re excited to contribute to Basis’ technical mission, we encourage you to apply.
- Postdocs: our Postdoctoral Fellowship offers the opportunity to work both with Basis scientists, contributing to Basis technology, and with academic PIs by mutual agreement.
- Summer internships for graduate students: Apply for our Summer Internship Program and work on real-world projects that matter.
San Francisco / New York / Toronto
About Ideogram Ideogram’s mission is to make world-class design accessible to everyone, multiplying human creativity. We build proprietary generative media models and AI native creative workflows, tackling unsolved challenges in graphic design. Our team includes builders with a track record of technology breakthroughs including early research in Diffusion Models, Google’s Imagen, and Imagen Video. We care about design, taste, and craft as much as research and engineering – shipping experiences that creatives actually love.
We’ve raised nearly $100M, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures. Headquartered in Toronto with a growing team in NYC, we're scaling fast, aiming to triple over the next year. We're a flat team with a culture of high ownership, collaboration, and mentorship.
Explore Ideogram 3.0, Canvas, and Character blog posts, and try Ideogram at ideogram.ai.
The Opportunity
In this role, you'll push the frontier of visual generative models. You’ll work on large-scale pre-training for our text-to-image foundation models, shaping objectives, algorithms, data, and systems, and turn novel ideas into models that power products used by millions of users. You'll work with a creative and ambitious team of researchers and engineers who are building the future of the creative economy.
What We're Looking For
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PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
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5+ years of experience in AI research, including training, fine-tuning, and experimenting with foundation models beyond black-box use.
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Track record of first-author publications at top-tier AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, ACL, EMNLP).
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Strong proficiency in one or more deep learning frameworks (e.g., JAX, PyTorch).
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Experience communicating complex research to peers.
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Solid knowledge of programming languages and experience in developing, debugging, and optimizing beyond ML systems.
Our Culture
We’re a team of exceptionally talented, curious builders who love solving tough problems and turning bold ideas into reality. We move fast, collaborate deeply, and operate without unnecessary hierarchy, because we believe the best ideas can come from anyone.
Everyone at Ideogram rolls up their sleeves to make our products and our customers successful. We thrive on curiosity, creativity, and shared ownership. We believe that small, dedicated teams working together with trust and purpose can move faster, think bigger, and create amazing things.
Ideogram is committed to welcoming everyone — regardless of gender identity, orientation, or expression. Our mission is to create belonging and remove barriers so everyone can create boldly.
What We Offer 💸Competitive compensation and equity designed to recognize the value and impact of your contributions to Ideogram’s success. 🌴 4 weeks of vacation to recharge and explore. 🩺 Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage starting on day one. 💰 RRSP/401(k) with employer match up to 4% to invest in your future from the moment you join. 💻 Top-of-the-line tools and tech to fuel your creativity and productivity. 🔍 Autonomy to explore and experiment — whether you’re testing new ideas, running large-scale experiments, or diving into research, you’ll have access to compute/resources you need when there’s a clear business or creative use case. We encourage curiosity and bold thinking. 🌱 A culture of learning and growth, where curiosity is encouraged and mentorship is part of the journey. 🏡 Fully remote flexibility across North America, with regular in-person team meetups and collaboration opportunities.iption
Senior Research Fellow
Job Reference: 521361
Employment Type: Full Time (Fixed Term, 2 Years)
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Remuneration
Base salary: Level C, $144,143–$165,809 p.a. (pro-rata) plus 17% superannuation
The Research Centre
The Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC) at UWA conducts research with direct application to transport planning and road safety. RoadSense Analytics (RSA) is a video analytics platform for traffic analysis, developed through seven years of sustained R&D. The platform translates Australian research into a market-ready product for transport planning applications.
The Role
You will lead advanced research and development of computer vision and AI/ML models for traffic video analytics, focusing on detection, tracking, trajectory analysis, and robustness in complex conditions. You will conduct large-scale benchmarking, optimisation, and deployment of AI models, ensuring research innovations translate into real-world applications within the RoadSense Analytics platform. You will mentor junior researchers, collaborate with engineers, and contribute to knowledge building while pioneering state-of-the-art methods in multi-object tracking, trajectory reconstruction, and error reduction.
Selection Criteria
Essential:
- Tertiary degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics/Statistics, Robotics, Physics, or related discipline, with excellent academic record
- Demonstrated expertise and leadership in computer vision and machine learning research, including object detection, multi-object tracking, and segmentation
- Evidence of leading research projects, teams, or collaborations, with measurable outcomes
- Strong record of publications or equivalent applied research outputs in AI/ML or computer vision
- Experience translating AI/ML research into real-world applications or systems
Further Information
Position Description: PD [Senior Research Fellow] [521361].pdf
Contact: Associate Professor Chao Sun
Email: chao.sun@uwa.edu.au
San Francisco
About this role
We’re looking for a Data Engineer to help design, build, and scale the data infrastructure that powers our analytics, reporting, and product insights. As part of a small but high-impact Data team, you’ll define the architectural foundation and tooling for our end-to-end data ecosystem.
You’ll work closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to build robust pipelines, scalable data models, and reliable workflows that enable data-driven decisions across the company. If you are passionate about data infrastructure, and solving complex data problems, we want to hear from you!
Tech stack
Core tools: Snowflake, BigQuery, dbt, Fivetran, Hightouch, Segment Periphery tools: AWS DMS, Google Datastream, Terraform, GithHub Actions
What you’ll do
Data infrastructure: * Design efficient and reusable data models optimized for analytical and operational workloads. * Design and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant data pipelines and ingestion frameworks across multiple data sources. * Architect and optimize our data warehouse (Snowflake/BigQuery) to ensure performance, cost efficiency, and security. * Define and implement data governance frameworks — schema management, lineage tracking, and access control.
Data orchestration: * Build and manage robust ETL workflows using dbt and orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Prefect). * Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging to ensure pipeline observability and reliability. * Lead automation initiatives to reduce manual operations and improve data workflow efficiency.
Data quality: * Develop comprehensive data validation, testing, and anomaly detection systems. * Establish SLAs for key data assets and proactively address pipeline or data quality issues. * Implement versioning, modularity, and performance best practices within dbt and SQL.
Collaboration & leadership: * Partner with product and engineering teams to deliver data solutions that align with downstream use cases. * Establish data engineering best practices and serve as a subject matter expert on our data pipelines, models and systems.
What we’re looking for
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in a data engineering role, ideally in a SaaS environment.
- Expert-level proficiency in SQL, dbt, and Python.
- Strong experience with data pipeline orchestration (Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, etc.) and CI/CD for data workflows.
- Deep understanding of cloud-based data architectures (AWS, GCP) — including networking, IAM, and security best practices.
- Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka, Pub/Sub, Kinesis) and real-time data streaming is a plus.
- Strong grasp of data modeling principles, warehouse optimization, and cost management.
- Passionate about data reliability, testing, and monitoring — you treat pipelines like production software.
- Thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and enjoy building systems from the ground up.
London
Description - Bloomberg’s Engineering AI department has 350+ AI practitioners building highly sought after products and features that often require novel innovations. We are investing in AI to build better search, discovery, and workflow solutions using technologies such as transformers, gradient boosted decision trees, large language models, and dense vector databases. We are expanding our group and seeking highly skilled individuals who will be responsible for contributing to the team (or teams) of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Software Engineers that are bringing innovative solutions to AI-driven customer-facing products.
At Bloomberg, we believe in fostering a transparent and efficient financial marketplace. Our business is built on technology that makes news, research, financial data, and analytics on over 1 billion proprietary and third-party data points published daily -- across all asset classes -- searchable, discoverable, and actionable.
Bloomberg has been building Artificial Intelligence applications that offer solutions to these problems with high accuracy and low latency since 2009. We build AI systems to help process and organize the ever-increasing volume of structured and unstructured information needed to make informed decisions. Our use of AI uncovers signals, helps us produce analytics about financial instruments in all asset classes, and delivers clarity when our clients need it most.
We are looking for Senior GenAI Platform Engineers with strong expertise and passion for building platforms, especially for GenAI systems.
As a Senior GenAI Platform Engineer, you will have the opportunity to create a more cohesive, integrated, and managed GenAI development life cycle to enable the building and maintenance of our ML systems. Our teams make extensive use of open source technologies such as Kubernetes, KServe, MCP, Envoy AI Gateway, Buildpacks and other cloud-native and GenAI technologies. From technical governance to upstream collaboration, we are committed to enhancing the impact and sustainability of open source.
Join the AI Group as a Senior GenAI Platform Engineer and you will have the opportunity to: -Architect, build, and diagnose multi-tenant GenAI platform systems -Work closely with GenAI application teams to design seamless workflows for continuous model training, inference, and monitoring -Interface with both GenAI experts to understand workflows, pinpoint and resolve inefficiencies, and inform the next set of features for the platforms -Collaborate with open-source communities and GenAI application teams to build a cohesive development experience -Troubleshoot and debug user issues -Provide operational and user-facing documentation
We are looking for a Senior GenAI Platform Engineer with: -Proven years of experience working with an object-oriented programming language (Python, Go, etc.) -Experience with GenAI technologies like MCP, A2A, Langgraph, LlamaIndex, Pydantic AI, OpenAI APIs and SDKs -A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, similar field of study or equivalent work experience -An understanding of Computer Science fundamentals such as data structures and algorithms -An honest approach to problem-solving, and ability to collaborate with peers, stakeholders and management
About Handshake AI Handshake is building the career network for the AI economy. Our three-sided marketplace connects 18 million students and alumni, 1,500+ academic institutions across the U.S. and Europe, and 1 million employers to power how the next generation explores careers, builds skills, and gets hired. Handshake AI is a human data labeling business that leverages the scale of the largest early career network. We work directly with the world’s leading AI research labs to build a new generation of human data products. From PhDs in physics to undergrads fluent in LLMs, Handshake AI is the trusted partner for domain-specific data and evaluation at scale. This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing team shaping the future of AI through better data, better tools, and better systems—for experts, by experts.
Now’s a great time to join Handshake. Here’s why: Leading the AI Career Revolution: Be part of the team redefining work in the AI economy for millions worldwide. Proven Market Demand: Deep employer partnerships across Fortune 500s and the world’s leading AI research labs. World-Class Team: Leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, just to name a few. Capitalized & Scaling: $3.5B valuation from top investors including Kleiner Perkins, True Ventures, Notable Capital, and more.
About the Role As a Staff Research Scientist, you will drive frontier research on how we define intelligence of frontier models, i.e. develop benchmarks and measurements that help the research community to understand how large language models (LLMs) understand, reason, and interact with human knowledge. You will: Lead teams of researchers to produce original research in LLM evaluation methodologies, interpretability, and human-AI knowledge alignment. Develop novel frameworks and assessment techniques that reveal deep insights into model capabilities, limitations, and emergent behaviors. Collaborate with engineers to translate research breakthroughs into scalable benchmarks, evaluation systems, and standards. Pioneer new approaches to measuring reasoning, alignment, and trustworthiness in frontier AI systems. Author high-quality code to enable large-scale experimentation, reproducible evaluation, and knowledge assessment workflows. Publish in top-tier conferences and journals, establishing new directions in the science of AI evaluation. Work cross-functionally with leadership, engineers, and external partners to set industry standards for responsible AI evaluation and alignment.
Desired Capabilities PhD or equivalent research experience in machine learning, computer science, cognitive science, or related fields with focus on AI evaluation, interpretability, or model understanding. 6+ years of academic or industry experience post-doc in a research-first environment Strong background in LLM research, evaluation methodologies, and/or foundational AI assessment techniques. Proven ability to independently design, lead, and execute evaluation research programs with novel data types end-to-end. Deep proficiency in Python and PyTorch for large-scale model analysis, benchmarking, and evaluation. Experience building or leading novel benchmark development, systematic model assessment, or interpretability studies. Strong publication record in post-training, evaluation, or interpretability that demonstrates field-defining contributions. Ability to clearly communicate complex insights and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Extra Credit Experience with RLHF, agent modeling, or AI alignment research. Familiarity with data-centric AI approaches, synthetic data generation, or human-in-the-loop systems. Understanding of challenges in scaling foundation models (training stability, safety, inference efficiency). Contributions to open-source libraries or research tooling. Interest in the societal impact, deployment ethics, and governance of frontier AI systems.
Location Hybrid (2-3 days a week) on-site in San Mateo, CA.
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