Role guide
What Is a Applied Scientist?
An Applied Scientist applies machine-learning research to concrete product problems. They sit between pure research and engineering, choosing or adapting models, defining offline and online metrics, and shipping ML capabilities that move a product or business metric.
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Typical responsibilities
- Translate product problems into well-posed ML tasks
- Build, fine-tune, and evaluate models against business metrics
- Design A/B tests and offline evaluation for model changes
- Work with engineers to deploy models into product surfaces
- Monitor deployed models for drift and quality regressions
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Open Applied Scientist roles
| Role | Company | Location | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principal Applied Scientist | Parloa | Berlin Office | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Lead Applied Scientist | Tekion | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Applied Scientist (ML) | Samaya AI | Mountain View, California, United States | Jun 4, 2026 |
| Senior Applied Scientist, Parts Intelligence & Inventory Optimization | MaintainX | Canada (Remote) | Jun 2, 2026 |
| Applied Scientist / Domain Expert, AI4Engineering - EMEA | Mistral AI | Paris | Jun 1, 2026 |
| AI Applied Scientist | Wizard | US Remote | May 21, 2026 |
| Applied Scientist | Waabi | Toronto, ON | May 12, 2026 |
| Senior / Staff Applied Scientist | Waabi | Toronto, ON | May 12, 2026 |
| Applied Scientist | Adaption Labs | San Francisco | May 7, 2026 |
| Senior Applied Scientist, Scheduling and Optimization | MaintainX | Canada (Remote) | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Applied Scientist, Data Science | Prior Labs | New York | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Applied Scientist | Coframe | SF Bay Area | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Applied Scientist | Hippocratic AI | Palo Alto | Apr 6, 2026 |
| ML Applied Scientist | SynthBee | Mar 3, 2026 |