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# AI Research Scientist, New Grad – Agents & Reinforcement Learning at Snowflake

- **Company:** [Snowflake](https://feeny.ai/companies/snowflake)
- **Location:** Bellevue, WA
- **Compensation:** $176k–$230k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-04
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/snowflake/1bad12df-f443-426f-9d09-e96fc780d698/application

**Skills:** Reinforcement Learning, RLHF, DPO, PPO, Multi-agent systems, LLM post-training, Fine-tuning, Reasoning model development, Agentic architectures, Tool-use, Planning, Self-correction loops, Python, PyTorch, JAX, Coding agents, Auto research agents, Recursive self-improvement frameworks, Automated AI scientist paradigms, Large-scale distributed training

> Join Snowflake's AI Research team to push the frontier of autonomous, self-improving AI systems. You will design agentic frameworks, develop coding and research agents, and conduct research in reinforcement learning to shape enterprise-scale intelligent automation.

## Job description

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don't just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset, rapidly testing emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential, and people too. With a culture that's all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology and careers to the next level.

We are hiring an AI Research Scientist (New Grad) for our AI Research team. Our team is pushing the frontier of autonomous, self-improving AI systems — building agents that reason, code, and learn at scale inside the Snowflake Data Cloud. This role sits at the intersection of agentic AI and reinforcement learning, where your research will directly shape how enterprises leverage intelligent automation.

AS AN AI RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:

- Design and develop agentic frameworks powered by recursive self-improvement loops, enabling AI systems that iteratively refine their own capabilities and strategies
- Build and evaluate auto research agents — systems capable of autonomously formulating hypotheses, executing experiments, and synthesizing findings
- Develop coding agents that understand, generate, and debug code across complex, multi-step programming tasks
- Conduct research in reinforcement learning with a focus on RLHF, DPO, and PPO as mechanisms for aligning and improving agentic behaviors
- Contribute to multi-agent systems where specialized agents collaborate, negotiate, and self-organize to solve enterprise-scale problems
- Develop and curate training data pipelines — both synthetic and human-annotated — to support novel agentic and RL research domains
- Publish research findings at top-tier venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, and ACL

OUR IDEAL AI RESEARCH SCIENTIST WILL HAVE:

- PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or a closely related field (completing or recently completed; or equivalent research experience)
- Foundational expertise in reinforcement learning algorithms, including RLHF, DPO, PPO, or multi-agent systems
- Research experience in LLM post-training, fine-tuning, or reasoning model development
- Demonstrated ability to implement and experiment with agentic architectures — including tool-use, planning, and self-correction loops
- Proficiency in Python and at least one deep learning framework (PyTorch or JAX strongly preferred)
- Strong mathematical and analytical foundation — comfortable working at the intersection of theory and empirical research
- At least one first-author or co-authored publication or preprint in a relevant AI/ML area

## BONUS POINTS FOR THE FOLLOWING:

- Hands-on experience building or evaluating coding agents or auto research agents
- Familiarity with recursive self-improvement frameworks or automated AI scientist paradigms
- Experience with large-scale distributed training or efficient training paradigms
- Background in mathematical reasoning, structured decision-making, or program synthesis
- Exposure to domain-specific AI applications in healthcare, finance, or enterprise workflows

WHY JOIN OUR AI RESEARCH TEAM AT SNOWFLAKE?

Snowflake's AI Research team operates at the frontier of what autonomous AI systems can do — not as a research lab disconnected from practice, but as a team where your work ships into a platform used by thousands of enterprises. You'll be working alongside researchers and engineers who are building the next generation of agentic infrastructure, with access to large-scale compute, real-world data challenges, and the shortest possible path from research idea to product impact.

For a new grad role, this is a rare opportunity to grow your research career while contributing to systems that actually run in production — shaping how AI agents reason, learn, and improve themselves inside the world's leading data cloud.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com http://careers.snowflake.com

## About Snowflake

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Snowflake provides an AI Data Cloud platform that enables enterprises to store, analyze, and securely share their data across multiple clouds and geographies.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: SNOW)
- **Headquarters**: Bozeman, Montana, United States
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Not explicitly listed in the provided search results (widely known co-founders include Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, Marcin Zukowski – not verified in these search results)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Enterprise software, cloud data platform
- **Target Customers**: B2B, including large enterprises (e.g., hundreds of the world’s largest companies), mid-market, and SMBs
- **Mission**: “To Mobilize the World’s Data” (Glassdoor) and “empower every enterprise to achieve its full potential through data and AI” (Snowflake Careers page)

## Products & Services
- **Snowflake AI Data Cloud**: A unified, multi-cloud platform that combines data warehousing, data lakes, data sharing, and AI/ML capabilities. Customers can discover, share, and analyze data while running analytic workloads across public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- **Snowflake Marketplace**: A marketplace for discovering and accessing third‑party data sets and applications.
- **Snowflake‑Powered Applications**: Platform for building and deploying data‑intensive applications.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not directly provided in search results (as a public company, market cap fluctuates and is available on financial websites).
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue – $1 to $5 billion (USD) per Glassdoor.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not explicitly mentioned in the search results (historically backed by Sequoia Capital, Dragoneer, etc. – not verified here).
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Named #1 on the 2023 Fortune Future 50 List ([Fortune.com](https://fortune.com))
  - Listed as a U.S. Best Large Place to Work by BuiltIn in 2024
  - Recognized as one of the “20 Coolest Cloud Software Companies” by CRN in 2022 and 2024
  - Headcount of 5,001–10,000 employees with 30 global locations; actively hiring
  - Revenue range $1B–$5B indicates strong scale

## Competitive Advantages
- **Multi‑Cloud Flexibility**: Operates across AWS, Azure, and GCP, avoiding vendor lock‑in.
- **Unified Data Experience**: One platform for data sharing, analytics, and AI, reducing silos.
- **Separation of Compute and Storage**: Allows independent scaling and cost efficiency (not detailed in provided sources, but a known differentiator).
- **Strong Ecosystem**: Data marketplace and extensive partner network.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & Data Innovation**: The company’s current emphasis is on making “enterprise AI easy, efficient, and trusted” and integrating AI capabilities into the Data Cloud.
- **Global Expansion**: Active hiring across 30 locations indicates continued geographic growth.
- **Customer‑Centric Development**: Focus on empowering enterprises to achieve “full potential through data and AI.”

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “driven by innovation, low egos, high bars, and collaboration” (Snowflake Careers page). Glassdoor rating of 3.9/5 overall (78% approve CEO).
- **Work‑Life Balance**: Glassdoor rates Work/Life Balance at 3.7/5; many remote and hybrid roles available (see Indeed listings).
- **Benefits**: “Benefits & Beyond” program includes competitive compensation, equity, career advancement programs, and commitment to pay equality and veteran hiring.
- **Engineering Focus**: Hiring process includes 2–4 week timeline with technical interviews; the company values impactful, project‑based work for all roles, including interns.
- **Recognition**: Named a Best Large Place to Work (BuiltIn 2024) and future‑focused by Fortune, signaling strong employer brand.

## Sources
1. [Snowflake Careers Overview](https://careers.snowflake.com/us/en)
2. [Life at Snowflake](https://careers.snowflake.com/us/en/snowflake-life)
3. [Snowflake on Glassdoor](https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Snowflake-EI_IE928471.11,20.htm)
4. [Snowflake Hiring Process](https://careers.snowflake.com/us/en/gethired)
5. [Snowflake on Indeed](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Snowflake-7f4a7fba)
6. [Snowflake Careers Portal (Ashby)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/snowflake) – provided by user

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