Snorkel AI

Snorkel AI is seeking Forward Deployed Researchers to partner with frontier AI labs on challenging data problems. This customer-facing role requires deep technical and research expertise to help design complex data and environments that enhance frontier model performance. You will act as a thought partner, working at the intersection of research, technical strategy, and customer collaboration. Your responsibilities will include scoping training data needs, designing RL environments, developing evaluation frameworks, analyzing model behavior, and translating customer objectives into technical plans.

$160k - $400k

Snorkel AI is seeking experienced Software Engineers at Senior/Staff levels to join their AI Platform team. This role involves building the core infrastructure and systems that power AI development at scale, focusing on synthetic data generation, evaluation, agentic workflows, simulation environments, and LLM infrastructure. You will work on systems designed to make inherently non-deterministic workloads observable, reproducible, measurable, and scalable, enabling rapid experimentation and reliable production systems for AI models and agents.

Snorkel AI is seeking a Research Fellow to build open benchmarks and evaluation environments that help shape how AI progress is measured. This fellowship is designed for PhD students and postdocs who wish to translate significant research questions into novel AI evaluation methods. The fellow will lead projects from inception to public release, with guidance from a Snorkel researcher and access to company resources, including domain experts and compute power. This role involves a hybrid work arrangement, with at least one day per week spent with Snorkel's research team in San Francisco or New York offices.

$85k - $165k

Snorkel AI is seeking a Staff Applied AI Engineer to join their frontier AI data lab. In this role, you will research and implement state-of-the-art Generative AI and machine learning techniques to deliver impactful solutions for customers. You will work directly with clients to understand their needs, design AI solutions, and contribute to Snorkel's tooling by translating real-world challenges into reusable recipes and workflows. This position is ideal for individuals who enjoy solving complex problems, bridging AI technology with business value, collaborating with customers, staying current with AI research, and standardizing solutions into internal tooling.

$230k - $360k

Snorkel AI is seeking a Research Scientist to advance the creation of high-quality data and environments for AI agents. You will build and optimize pipelines that integrate real-world data, automated generation, and human expert input. Collaborating with domain experts, academic partners, customers, and internal teams, you will scale these pipelines to address frontier model performance gaps and enhance data and environment diversity. Your work will empower human knowledge and judgment, enabling experts to refine data and agentic environments, solidifying Snorkel's position as a leader in frontier data solutions. This role is perfect for individuals passionate about advancing frontier AI through data and environment creation, and who enjoy translating research into scalable, reusable systems.

$200k - $375k

Snorkel AI is seeking a Research Scientist to bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and real-world AI systems. This hands-on role involves prototyping, building, and deploying innovative AI solutions, translating research breakthroughs into scalable, practical applications. The company operates in a fast-paced, high-impact environment, seeking individuals who thrive on rapid iteration, solving open-ended challenges, and driving innovation from research into production.

$200k - $375k

Snorkel AI is seeking a Research Scientist to lead the design of next-generation benchmarks and datasets for frontier model evaluation. This role involves defining evaluation criteria, creating datasets to measure performance gaps, and developing training data to address them. You will collaborate with customers and academic partners to ensure datasets are grounded in real-world performance needs. The ideal candidate is passionate about shaping the future of frontier AI measurement within a dynamic, cross-functional startup environment.

$200k - $375k

Snorkel AI is seeking an early member for its ML & Research Engineering team to help build the data and environments behind high-performing frontier and agentic AI. You will be responsible for making the process of generating and evaluating frontier AI data faster, cheaper, and more rigorous using ML and AI. This role involves studying data generation and evaluation, forming and validating hypotheses with production data, and shipping scalable solutions. You will play a key part in shaping the direction, standards, and growth of the discipline.

$208k - $315k

Snorkel AI is seeking a Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer to join their frontier AI data lab. This engineering delivery role involves translating ambiguous customer needs into production-grade data, evaluation, and ML-assisted workflows. You will own the end-to-end AI data pipeline lifecycle, developing and deploying ML-based workflows and building foundations to enhance human-in-the-loop data generation and review. This position operates at the intersection of data science, data engineering, AI engineering, and operations, partnering with the DaaS Delivery Operations team and cross-functional stakeholders to develop technical specifications, design evaluation workflows, and implement quality standards.

$180k - $320k

Snorkel AI is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer specializing in Synthetic Data Generation to collaborate with leading AI labs and enterprises on critical AI initiatives. In this role, you will spearhead the technical execution of complex customer projects that leverage synthetic data to enhance model training, evaluation, and overall performance. You will be responsible for transforming vague model and data challenges into concrete data strategies, developing robust generation and evaluation pipelines, and utilizing experimentation to continuously improve data quality and downstream model results. Your work will span the entire delivery lifecycle, from initial technical discovery and solution design to implementation, evaluation, and production deployment. Additionally, you will identify common patterns across engagements to develop reusable capabilities, technical standards, and product enhancements.

$180k - $320k

Snorkel AI is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer specializing in Computer Use Agents (CUA) to collaborate with leading AI organizations on their critical agentic AI projects. This role involves leading the technical execution of complex customer engagements focused on agents that interact with computers, browsers, and software to accomplish multi-step tasks. You will translate challenging product and model issues into effective task environments, datasets, and evaluation strategies to enhance agent reliability and overall performance. The position spans the entire delivery lifecycle, from initial technical discovery and solution design to implementation, evaluation, and production deployment. Additionally, you will identify common patterns across projects to develop reusable capabilities, technical standards, and product enhancements.

$180k - $320k

Snorkel AI is seeking a Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering to establish and lead the Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) function within the Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) organization. This role is responsible for the technical execution of DaaS delivery, managing the systems, workflows, and quality frameworks for large-scale dataset production. As a player-coach, you will define strategy and architecture while remaining hands-on with implementation, working at the intersection of data engineering, ML engineering, and production operations to enhance technical delivery capabilities.

$200k - $320k

Snorkel AI is seeking a leader to manage a portfolio of Coding Fellows who create high-quality technical content for training and evaluating AI systems. This people-first role focuses on the management layer across multiple projects, encompassing expectations, performance, support, development, and administration. While technical depth is necessary to understand and discuss Fellow work, the primary responsibility is people management rather than day-to-day technical leadership.

$175k - $250k

Snorkel AI is seeking experienced Platform Engineers to build and operate the core infrastructure and services powering their AI data platform. This role involves designing and implementing event-driven data flows, agent infrastructure, and systems for data lineage, governance, and auditing. You will play a key role in a foundational architecture shift towards an event-first platform, making decisions that will impact the company's scalability for years to come. The position offers significant ownership and the opportunity to shape the future of Snorkel's platform.

$220k - $300k

Snorkel AI is seeking talented and versatile Product Engineers to join their team. In this role, you will build end-to-end products, from front-end interfaces to the powering APIs and services, simplifying sophisticated workflows for users. You will collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into elegant, high-quality experiences, working fluidly across the entire technology stack. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical depth in React and TypeScript, a sharp product sense, and a passion for building intuitive software.

$220k - $300k