Research Scientist - AI Incubation

Zoom • Seattle, WA • Posted June 10, 2026

About the Role

What you can expect

Zoom's AI Incubation team is seeking a Research Scientist to contribute to the next wave of LLM post-training, reinforcement learning, and federated AI innovation. You will join a world-class group of PhDs and applied scientists focused on pushing the boundaries of model alignment, reasoning, and agentic intelligence.


As a Research Scientist, you will advance Zoom's applied AI research, working with cutting-edge LLM post-training, RLHF/DPO/RLAIF, federated AI, and multimodal intelligence to deliver breakthroughs that redefine human-AI collaboration. You will participate in incubation efforts that transform bold research ideas into scalable, production-ready systems powering the next generation of Zoom AI Companion.


About the Team

The AI Incubation team is a high-impact applied research group that has built one of the best-performing federated AI systems in the industry. The team operates at the frontier of LLM post-tra...