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Posted 3 weeks agoPrincipal AI Researcher
at Workday
Usa Pleasanton, United StatesRemote
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Responsibilities
- Publish & Open Source: Lead Workday’s contribution to the global AI community through publications at top-tier venues (NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, ACL, etc.) and strategic open-source releases.
Requirements
- We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most.
- About the Team Workday AI Research is a newly built, elite organization dedicated to advancing the state-of-the-art in AI to power the Agentic Enterprise.
- While Agent Factory builds the production-grade agents used by 65M+ people, the AI Research team discovers the fundamental breakthroughs that make those agents possible.
- As a founding member of this research arm, you will help shape our research culture, publication strategy, and the fundamental intelligence layer of the Workday platform.
- About the Role As a Principal AI Researcher, you will be a technical founder and visionary for the Workday AI Research Team.
- Responsibilities: Define research direction in Agentic AI and LLMs.
- Mentorship & Culture: Act as a force multiplier for the newly formed research team, fostering a culture of scientific rigor, curiosity, and high-velocity experimentation. About You Basic
- experience in AI/ML research or applied science, with a proven history of taking products from applied research to global-scale production.
- Ph.D. or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Math, Physics, or equivalent technical field. 4+ years of professional
- experience using deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow. 2+ years of deep expertise in LLMs or VLMs, specifically in training, alignment (RLHF/DPO), or agentic reasoning frameworks.
- SOTA Publication Record: A strong history of lead-researcher publications in top AI venues OR a proven track record of shipping industry-defining AI innovations to millions of users. Other
- experience in building a research agenda from the ground up and leading technical strike teams through open-ended problems.
- Ethics & Trust: A deep commitment to developing AI that is explainable, fair, and safe for the world’s largest workforces.