Principal Research Scientist, you.com
$250-350k
AI productivity platform
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AI productivity platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$250-350k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make the world’s information useful for everyone through its privacy-first personalized search engine.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive experience in search indexing, information retrieval, or large-scale data systems
- Strong programming skills in Rust/ C++ (for high performance) and Python
- Strong publication record in premier conferences and journals
- Practical experience equivalent or equal to a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, or a related field
What the job involves
- As a Principal Research Scientist at You.com, you will be a visionary to lead pioneering research and development in information retrieval, large-scale data processing, and applied machine learning. This role is ideal for a scientist with a proven track record in both academic and industry settings, who thrives at the intersection of research innovation and real-world impact
- This is a remote position open to candidates based in the United States. We also have co-working spaces in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York
- Drive Research Excellence: Lead and execute cutting-edge research projects in information retrieval, search systems, and natural language processing, with a focus on scalable and efficient algorithms
- Innovate at Scale: Architect and optimize large-scale data processing pipelines, leveraging distributed computing frameworks to handle massive datasets efficiently
- Open-Source Leadership: Spearhead and contribute to high-impact open-source projects, fostering community engagement and advancing the state of the art in search and data systems
- Collaborative Partnerships: Build and maintain strong collaborations with academic institutions, industry partners, and internal product teams to translate research breakthroughs into deployable solutions
- Mentorship & Thought Leadership: Mentor junior researchers and engineers, provide technical guidance, and represent the organization at top-tier conferences and workshops
- Publication & Dissemination: Author influential research papers, patents, and technical reports; present findings at international venues to establish thought leadership in the field
Our take
Google has maintained its status as a household name for online search engines since the '90s. Since then, however, it has become rife with sponsored advertisements, privacy issues, and one-size-fits-all search results, showing a vast area of space for improvement.
You.com provides a privacy-first personalized search engine, allowing users to integrate apps and personal preferences into the browser extension to optimize their search results based on what they are looking for. The search engine also guarantees that search history and cookies will not be logged by the company, in addition to preventing websites and advertisers from tracking browsing habits.
Whilst the company's competition from the likes of Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other search engine giants is fierce, You.com shows great potential having served 1B queries and boasting millions of active users. With a 500% increase in ARR since January 2024 and a recent $560M Series B Funding round, the company is rapidly scaling, becoming a rising player in the AI and search space.
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Insights
33% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2025
$100m
SERIES C
Jun 2024
$50m
SERIES B
Total funding: $197.9m
Company benefits
- A remote-first work environment with hubs in California, NYC, and Canada that offer monthly in-person gatherings
- Unlimited PTO with 11 U.S. holidays observed and a week shutdown in December to rest and recharge
- Competitive health insurance plan, where 100% of the policyholder is covered and 75% for dependents
- 12 weeks of paid paternity leave in the US; additional time off is also considered
- 401k program, 3% match coming January 2025
- $500 work-from-home stipend to be used up to a year of your start date
- $1,200 / year Health & Wellness Allowance to support your personal goals
- In-person coworking weeks 1 to 2 times a year
- Chance to collaborate with a team at the forefront of AI research
Company HQ
University South, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Richard Socher
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experience as Chief Scientist of EVP for Salesforce from 2016 to 2020. Founder of AIX ventures since 2021.
Bryan McCann
(Co-Founder & CTO)Experience as a Course Assistant at Stanford University from 2014 to 2016. Lead Research Scientist for Salesforce from 2016 to 2020.
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