Applied Researcher – AI Expert

Location: Hybrid | Bellevue, WA (downtown)

About the Opportunity

Our client is seeking an experienced AI Expert / Applied Researcher to help shape how a fast-growing technology organization understands and applies the rapidly evolving landscape of AI models, architectures, inference technologies, and accelerator systems.

This role sits at the intersection of AI research, systems engineering, and infrastructure strategy. You will evaluate emerging technologies, translate research into practical engineering implications, and help guide decisions around AI infrastructure, inference optimization, model serving, accelerator platforms, and the economics of delivering AI workloads at scale.

This is a highly strategic individual contributor role with broad technical influence. You will work closely with engineering, product, infrastructure, finance, and commercial teams to help determine what technologies to build, adopt, partner for, or invest in.

What You'll Do

• Hold the company's view of where data center infrastructure is going.