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Principal Research Scientist – Scaling

Principal Research Scientist – Scaling P-1227 About Databricks AI At Databricks, we are obsessed with enabling data teams to solve the world’s toughest problems, from security threat detection to cancer drug development, by building and run

Company

Databricks

Location

San Francisco, California

Status

Open

Posted

2026-04-23T17:38:36+00:00

Databricks is hiring a principal research scientist to lead its AI Scaling team, which works on LLM training and inference efficiency beyond what current models require. The role covers defining a scaling research roadmap, work on optimizers, low-precision training, model adaptation and distributed training, plus benchmarking and evaluation. It asks for a track record of leading a research team, hands-on Python and PyTorch skills, and experience turning research into product capabilities. Publications and external representation are part of the job. The posting names no salary or visa details.