# Staff AI Researcher (Foundation AI) at Whoop

- Company: Whoop
- What the company does: Backed by SoftBank VF and IVP.
- Company website: https://www.whoop.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Boston, MA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $215K to $260K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-09
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/whoop/aac41dfe-9ddb-4194-a81e-95f339aa86c7?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/whoop-staff-ai-researcher-foundation-ai/

## About the role

Design, train, and optimize large-scale multimodal foundation models that integrate wearable sensor data, text, biomarkers, and behavioral data. Conduct applied research in self-supervised learning, representation learning, and downstream task fine tuning to advance WHOOP’s core model capabilities. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 7+ years of experience in applied ML, AI research, or large-scale modeling, with a track record of delivering production systems
- Expertise in modern deep learning (e.g., transformers, state space models), multimodal model training
- Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)
- Experience building and scaling large datasets and training large models in mulit-node, multi-gpu distributed compute environments
- Familiarity with best practices for data, model, and context parallelisms

Tags: Machine Learning & AI Research

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