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Foundational ML Researcher – Learning & Training Dynamics - USA

Foundational ML Researcher – Learning & Training Dynamics - USA

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London, United kingdom

$ 1,500,000 /year

Full Time

06-02-2026

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Skills

Leadership Dynamics Research Training Machine Learning Autonomy Data Science NLP

Job Specifications

Foundational ML Researcher – Learning & Training Dynamics (relocation to USA)

(Systematic Research Group | East Coast / USA)

Sentiro Partners is working with a head turning market leader. We’re building models that are trained under real constraints, not academic ones.

This role sits inside a focused, senior research group focused on how large models learn, not just how they perform on benchmarks. You will have direct ownership over training dynamics, optimization behavior, and failure modes of large-scale learning systems.

This is not a product ML role.
This is not post-hoc evaluation.
This is not incremental fine-tuning work.

If your background is in frontier labs, advanced ML research, or deep systems-aware model training, this role is designed to feel familiar, likely more demanding.

You have likely published at top conferences, such as NeurIPS, ICML or ICLR.

What you’ll work on

Designing and modifying training loops for large-scale models
Studying learning dynamics, optimization behavior, and generalization
Stress-testing models under distribution shift and adversarial conditions
Building signals that distinguish real progress from benchmark overfitting
Collaborating with researchers who care about first-principles understanding, not paper counts

What makes this different

You own entire research threads, end to end
You can change how models are trained, not just how they’re evaluated
Feedback cycles are tight and unforgiving
Success is defined by robustness and signal quality, not publications

Who this is for

You might be a fit if you’ve worked on:

Large-scale model training or optimization
Reasoning, generalization, or learning dynamics
Systems-aware ML (where infra and modeling meet)
Frontier-lab research that felt too abstract or too slow

We are intentionally not optimizing for:

Narrow domain specialists
Pure infra engineers
Product-driven ML roles

Environment

Small, senior research team
Deep technical autonomy
In-office collaboration (East Coast)
Compensation and resources competitive with top-tier research labs
Unlimited compute

Requirements

Post-graduate degree in machine learning, computer science, an NLP adjacent discipline, or commercial experience developing novel machine learning algorithms.
Research depth e.g. demonstrable experience in internships or employment in leading research labs or research environments

Location:

East Coast USA. This role is being advertised across the US. Full visa sponsorship will be provided for international talent.

About | Sentiro Partners | Leadership for the Augmentation Era

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Sentiro Partners is a frontier search firm specializing in the intersection of advanced technology, data science, and quantitative research as applied to a breadth of industries. Operating internationally, we focus exclusively on identifying and embedding exceptional talent into frontier research environments; the organizations working on genuinely challenging problems that require both intellectual depth and world-class engineering & execution. We work with organizations with the highest barriers to entry.

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About the Company

Leadership for the Augmentation Era™. At Sentiro Partners, we architect executive teams that drive innovation, leverage AI and data strategically, and create sustainable competitive advantage for visionary organizations. Providing Executive Search, Talent Augmentation & Talent Advisory Services globally. Our Practices: - Digital & Technology Leadership - Data & AI Leadership - Semiconductor - Private Equity & Growth - CEO & Executive Leadership - Board & Governance Connect with us: explore@sentiropartners.com Know more