Research Scientist, Machine Learning / AI
Basis Research Institute
New York, NY · Posted November 5, 2026
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About the job
...principles of what it means to reason, to learn, to make decisions, to understand, and... ...values first. About the Role Research scientists lead Basis’ efforts to develop a deeper... ...including: statistics, programming languages, machine learning, computational neuroscience,...