# Forward Deployed Research Scientist at Labelbox

- Company: Labelbox
- What the company does: From environments to custom evaluations, we partner with over 90% of leading AI labs in the US and the innovators defining the next frontier of AI. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, a16z and SoftBank VF.
- Company website: https://labelbox.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-04-13
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/labelbox/jobs/5101375007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/labelbox-forward-deployed-research-scientist/

## About the role

Alignerr is Labelbox's human data organization — we produce the training data that frontier AI labs use to build their most capable models. Our Forward Deployed Research Team sits at the intersection of research science and client delivery, embedding research capability directly into the engagements that drive our business.

## What they're looking for

- Hands-on experience fine-tuning large language models (open-weight models such as Llama, Mistral, Qwen, or similar)
- Strong understanding of LLM training pipelines — pretraining, supervised fine-tuning, RLHF/DPO, and how data quality and composition affect each stage
- Experience designing and executing experiments with rigor — hypothesis formation, controlled comparisons, statistical analysis of results
- Ability to operate at speed. You should be comfortable going from problem definition to experimental results in days, not months
- Strong written and verbal communication. You will present findings to client research teams and contribute to published work

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