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Senior Scientist

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IBM Research is IBM's global research arm, advancing AI, quantum computing, cryptography, and data science to address real-world problems. The team collaborates with Granite model training efforts and operates in a hybrid work environment.

Job Description

IBM Research in Boston, MA is seeking a Senior Scientist to work at the intersection of LLM training and the inference stack. Candidates should have both implementation experience and theoretical background in compilers, programming languages, or programming models, with mathematical maturity in formal systems (programming language theory, type theory, proof assistants, etc.). Practical experience in pretraining and RL tuning LLMs and experience developing or modifying inference engines for LLMs are highly desirable. Academic framing references include POPL/PLDI/OOPSLA/CAV and NeurIPS/ICML/AISTATS. Salary range will be posted when the job goes live. Apply via the IBM Careers site.

Remote Conditions

Hybrid (on-site in Boston, MA with some remote work days)

Location

Boston, MA

Salary

Not Specified

Benefits

Not Specified

Tech Tags

LLMProgramming LanguagesReinforcement LearningType Theorycompiler theoryformal systemsinference enginespretrainingproof assistants

Senior Role

Date Listed

01 June, 2026 (2 months ago)
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