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Parallel Web Systems

Research Scientist

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150K-300K Annually
Mid level
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2 Locations
150K-300K Annually
Mid level
Conduct research to design, train, and scale models that can serve a web index; explore convergence of search, recommendation, and transformer models; produce applied research that can be deployed in product and systems used by millions; collaborate in-person across Palo Alto and San Francisco offices.
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About us

Parallel is a web infrastructure company. Our products are used by leading businesses in sales, marketing, insurance, and coding to build best-in-class AI agents with flexible and powerful programmatic access to the web.

We've raised $230 million from Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures, First Round, and Terrain to build the web for AIs. We're currently valued at $2 billion and we're forming a world-class team of engineers, designers, marketers, sellers, researchers, and operational experts to achieve our mission.

Job: As one of our Researchers - you will answer the question: how to train and scale a model that can serve a web index?

You: Have deep intuition on modern models and training. Like to argue how search, recommendations, and transformer models can converge. You care about your research being applied to product and systems that millions use.

Life at Parallel

Our team works fully in-person, between our Palo Alto HQ and San Francisco office. We’re a flat, talent-dense organization dedicated to solving technical and creative problems.

We seek like-minded individuals who share our passion for applying science, creativity, and consistency to big and complex problems with equally big outcomes. These are our values:

  • Own customer impact: It’s on us to ensure real-world outcomes for our customers.

  • Obsess over craft: Perfect every detail because quality compounds.

  • Accelerate change: Ship fast, adapt faster, and move frontier ideas into production.

  • Create win-wins: Creatively turn trade-offs into upside.

  • Make high-conviction bets: Try and fail. But succeed an unfair amount.

Compensation & benefits
  • Competitive salary

  • Generous equity

  • Visa sponsorships

  • 401K plans

  • Daily lunch & office snacks

  • Dinner at the office

  • Unlimited vacation

  • Caltrain pass reimbursement

HQ

Parallel Web Systems Palo Alto, California, USA Office

Palo Alto, California, United States, 94305

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