--- title: Research Scientist at Latent in San Francisco, CA description: Latent is hiring for the Research Scientist role in San Francisco, CA. Pays $225K–$300K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/research-scientist-at-latent-01a0ec15-a7b8-7ff2-b34e-b191925de55f date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Latent as Research Scientist in San Francisco, CA. Pays $225K–$300K per year. Full-time, on-site role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/mms454.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Latent | | **Location** | San Francisco, CA | | **Salary** | $225K/yr - $300K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Sep 29, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Latent sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 9 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Latent. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $212,000 – $310,000 a year (median $262,000). ## Description ## **About Latent** Latent is the enterprise pharmacy intelligence platform, powered by a clinical agentic engine, that enables health systems to grow their pharmacy operations and serve more patients. One engine works across the pharmacy journey to identify patients who qualify for care, improve medication access, capture eligible prescriptions and support patients throughout treatment. Latent’s platform enables more than 60 leading health systems that collectively serve an estimated 70 million people. Founded by Sriram “Sri” Somasundaram and Rishabh Jain, Latent has raised $80 million from Transformation Capital, Spark Capital, Conviction, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, and others. ## **The Role** As a Machine Learning Engineer, Research, you will own the design and development of novel modeling approaches that advance state-of-the-art clinical intelligence. You will drive research from ambiguous problem definition through to validated results and downstream impact, shaping the technical direction of how models learn from longitudinal patient data. We are primarily hiring for senior and staff-level engineers who are comfortable owning critical research problems end-to-end. This role involves working on problems that directly impact real patient outcomes. ## **What You’ll Do** - Own research initiatives end-to-end, including problem formulation, experimental design, modeling, and evaluation - Develop novel architectures, training methods, and objectives leveraging longitudinal patient data - Work on verifiable reinforcement learning, mid-training, and post-training of foundation models - Design rigorous evaluation methodologies to assess model reasoning, correctness, and clinical relevance - Make and own tradeoffs between model capability, interpretability, and verifiability in high-stakes settings - Collaborate with clinicians and engineers to define meaningful problem formulations grounded in real-world workflows - Partner with ML engineers to ensure research translates into deployable systems ## **What We’re Looking For** - Strong foundation in machine learning, deep learning, or a related technical field - Track record of driving ML research or novel modeling work from idea to validated results - Experience working on ambiguous research problems with limited prior art - Hands-on experience with PyTorch or similar frameworks - Ability to operate independently in high-ambiguity environments with minimal guidance - Strong technical judgment — you can identify meaningful problems, design appropriate approaches, and evaluate results rigorously - Comfort working in a fast-moving, early-stage environment - Experience working on systems where decisions have real-world consequences (e.g., healthcare, finance, infrastructure) ## **Nice to Have** - Publications at top-tier ML venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR) - Experience with LLMs, NLP, or sequence modeling - Experience with reinforcement learning or alignment methods - Experience working with longitudinal or structured data at scale - Experience working with clinical, biomedical, or scientific domains ## **Why Join Latent** - Backed by top-tier investors including General Catalyst, Conviction, and Y Combinator - Work alongside a high-caliber team building products our healthcare partners love - Work on mission-critical problems at the intersection of AI and healthcare - Real ownership and visibility - High-impact role on a small, fast-growing team ## **Benefits** - Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity - Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents - Flexible PTO policy - Paid parental leave - Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot ## Skills - Sequence Modeling - Experimental Design - Deep Learning - CaseWare International IDEA - Foundation Models - Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (Rlhf) - Natural Language Processing - Formulation Chemistry - Large Language Models (Llm) - Schema Markup - Driving - Reinforcement Learning - Machine Learning - Interpretability ## Benefits - Health Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Parental Leave - Paid Time Off (Pto) - Company Events ## Related - [Science & Research jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/science-and-research?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Biomedical & Population Health Research jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/science-and-research/biomedical-and-population-health-research?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Research Scientist jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/science-and-research/biomedical-and-population-health-research/research-scientist?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260758 jobs - [Software Products](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-products?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 118918 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 27903 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260758 jobs - [Software Products](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-products?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 118918 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 27903 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)