Research Scientist

OpenEvidence OpenEvidence · Vertical AI · San Francisco, CA · Engineering

Research Scientist role at OpenEvidence, a medical AI platform, focusing on building real systems with a strong emphasis on evaluation and quantitative proof. The role requires end-to-end ownership and autonomy, contributing to a $12B company with a small, exceptional engineering team.

What you'd actually do

  1. push the boundaries of what modern models are capable of, bringing a research background focused on building real systems instead of writing papers
  2. own problems end-to-end with autonomy, treating evaluation and quantitative proof as first-class citizens in everything you create
  3. Engineers and scientists work across products and projects, owning work wherever they can create the most impact

Skills

Required

  • building real systems
  • evaluation
  • quantitative proof
  • autonomy
  • end-to-end ownership

Nice to have

  • ambitious
  • scrappy
  • precise
  • motivated
  • hard-working
  • low-ego

What the JD emphasized

  • building real systems instead of writing papers
  • evaluation and quantitative proof as first-class citizens
  • own problems end-to-end with autonomy
  • medical AI platform
  • building 0->1 and scaling 1->1000
  • end-to-end ownership
  • individual ownership
  • making something from nothing

Other signals

  • building real systems
  • evaluation and quantitative proof as first-class citizens
  • own problems end-to-end with autonomy
  • medical AI platform