Researcher, Strategic Research, Grammarly
$178-403k
AI-powered writing assistant
Open for applications
AI-powered writing assistant
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$178-403k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Grammarly's mission is to improve lives by improving communication.
Role
Who you are
- Has a PhD degree or a Master's degree with 3+ years of experience
- Has solid theoretical and practical knowledge of machine learning, with a focus on natural language processing
- Has experience developing novel deep learning algorithms and training LLMs
- Has a proven track record in independently conducting SoTA AI research, evidenced by publishing at top-tiered conferences and/or leading impactful industry research projects
- Is proficient with Python and familiar with ML frameworks and tools, such as PyTorch, JAX, HuggingFace, and Langchain
- Keeps abreast of the most recent developments in AI and is a lifelong learner
- Is passionate about contributing to AI research breakthroughs that can improve the communication for everyone
- Enjoys collaborating with other researchers and engineers to bring your research ideas to products
- Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable
- Is inspired by our MOVE principles: move fast and learn faster; obsess about creating customer value; value impact over activity; and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust
What the job involves
- To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a passionate Applied Research Scientist to join our Strategic Research team. The Strategic Research team develops novel AI algorithms bespoke to Grammarly's product offerings, informs critical decisions, explores novel research spaces, uncovers new capabilities, and paves the way for new AI-powered features. The team collaborates with industry and academia to advance the company's research and development efforts
- Grammarly’s engineers and researchers have the freedom to innovate and uncover breakthroughs—and, in turn, influence our product roadmap. The complexity of our technical challenges is growing rapidly as we scale our interfaces, algorithms, and infrastructure. You can hear more from our team on our technical blog
- Work alongside a group of top-notch researchers to design and implement SoTA DL and NLP algorithms to solve challenging research problems that are the core of Grammarly’s AI features
- Build prototypes to validate research ideas, and work with product and engineering teams to move your research to products
- Leverage Grammarly’s unique datasets and infrastructure to identify and implement new research directions that are strategically important to Grammarly
- Publish research results and participate in conferences and workshops
Our take
From professional writing to everyday correspondence, effective communication is critical. Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps people write clearly and without mistakes, checking spelling, grammar, and other potential pitfalls.
Grammarly was originally launched as a subscription service for students, although the platform has moved into the mainstream in the last decade. It went freemium in 2015 and now works across more than 500,000 applications and websites including email clients, enterprise software, and word processors. Paid tiers give users more tools beyond grammar and spelling checks to include things like word choice, sentence rewrites, tone adjustments, fluency, and formality level.
The company has been profitable since the beginning and now has a valuation of more than $13 billion, placing it among the 10 most valuable startups in the US. The AI writing assistant space is heating up, and Grammarly is hoping to defend its positions against offerings including Scalenut, Ginger and Microsoft's Editor by the release of its SDK, making it far easier to integrate Grammarly into other applications. So far this has been used in over 4,000 products and earned excellent ratings and increased user numbers of Grammarly's service.
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Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Nov 2021
$200m
LATE VC
Oct 2019
$90m
LATE VC
Total funding: $400m
Company benefits
- Support for professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback
- Global, local, and team-specific events and programs
- Catered lunches
- Gym and recreation stipends
- Admission discounts
- Work from home opportunities
- Medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity
- Support to set up a home office
- Ample and defined time off
- 401(k) matching
Company values
- Ethical - Be honorable and earn trust by doing the right thing even when no one is watching, every time.
- Adaptable - Embrace change to evolve and succeed, with a positive, problem-solving attitude.
- Gritty - Achieve with passion and perseverance for goals, by doing whatever it takes to get the job done, whenever it’s necessary.
- Empathetic - Treat others as they want to be treated to work well together, by actively listening to put yourself in their shoes and then responding accordingly.
- Remarkable - Always be learning to develop quickly and be exceptional yet humble, by continually seeking out mentors and learning opportunities.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Alex Shevchenko
(Board Member)Studied at Vienna's International University before receiving an MBA from the University of Toronto. Co-founded MyDropBox.com in 2006. The company was bought by Blackboard Inc. three years later. Co-founded Grammarly in 2009.
Max Lytvyn
(Head of Revenue & Board Member)Studied for an MBA at Vanderbilt University before joining Blacboard Inc. as Director of Product Strategy in 2007. Was General Manager and then Partner at Sciworth Labs from 2004 to 2013. Was a Board Member at Uniweb and invested in farmland investment platform FarmTogether.
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