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Founding Applied Research Scientist (RL)

Greylock Partners
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/5/2026

Early-stage (vertical RL) company looking to hire a Sr. Applied RS with a strong background in reinforcement learning.


Qualifications:


  • Applied Research with MS or PhD in a related field and 4 years industry experience in deep learning and 2 years with reinforcement learning
  • Successful track record as a self-starter in 0->1 scenarios with a proven ability to take SOTA models into production


Please note:


Due to the selective nature of this service and the volume of applicants we typically receive from our job postings, a follow-up email will not be sent until a match is identified with one of the startup investments in our portfolio.


About Us:


Greylock is an early-stage investor in hundreds of remarkable companies including Airbnb, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Workday, Cloudera, Facebook, Instagram, Roblox, Coinbase, Palo Alto Networks, among others. More can be found about us here: https://greylock.com/


We are full-time, salaried employees of Greylock who provide free candidate referrals/introductions to our active investments to help them grow/succeed (as one of the many services we provide).


Please note: We are not recruiting for any roles within Greylock at this time. This job posting is for direct employment with a startup in our portfolio.

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