Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service

Job summary

Responsibilities

Snorkel AI is hiring a Director, Forward Deployed Researcher on the Data-as-a-service team. Your team will partner directly with frontier AI labs on their hardest data problems: scoping training data needs, designing RL environments, developing evaluation frameworks, and translating customer…

• Recruit, hire, and develop the forward deployed research team, coaching the team on technical quality, customer engagement, and career growth
• Set and maintain the technical bar for specifications, evaluation frameworks, and customer deliverables
• Own SE capacity planning and account coverage; partner with AE leadership on deal strategy, engagement prioritization, and pipeline forecasting
• Establish team processes and playbooks for discovery, spec development, and knowledge sharing
• Lead technical conversations on select strategic accounts, including scoping, solution design, and partnership with frontier AI research teams

What they're looking for

• 8+ years of experience in applied ML, AI solutions engineering, technical presales, or research-intensive customer-facing roles
• 5+ years managing or leading technical individual contributors, ideally in a presales or solutions engineering org
• Strong expertise in frontier AI concepts including LLMs, training data pipelines, evaluation methodologies, post-training techniques (RLHF, DPO, RLAIF), and domain areas such as…
• Track record of hiring and developing technical talent
• Experience operating against revenue or pipeline goals in a GTM organization