Senior Research Scientist, Frontier AI Data & Benchmarks
Snorkel AI
New York, NY · Posted November 5, 2026
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About the job
...Snorkel AI seeks a Staff or Senior Research Scientist to lead dataset development for frontier benchmarks. The role is highly visible and customer-facing, bridging research, strategy, and GTM. You will design datasets aligned with frontier model performance and collaborate...