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Research Scientists
Scientists who define research questions, design experiments and publish or protect novel results.
AI Research & Development
AI research recruitmentfor scientists advancing the field.
Lio recruits research scientists and research engineers for AI labs, research-led companies and advanced development teams. Research hires determine what a company can build next, so we focus on candidates whose work shows originality, rigour and the ability to turn ideas into results.
Who we recruit
The researchers we recruit
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Research Engineers
Engineers who turn research prototypes into reliable, scalable experimental systems.
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Reinforcement Learning Specialists
Researchers working on policy learning, reward design and decision-making systems.
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Foundation Model Researchers
Researchers developing pre-training, scaling and alignment approaches for large models.
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Multimodal Researchers
Scientists advancing vision, language and perception models that work together.
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Research Leads
Senior scientists who set research agendas and mentor the teams that carry them out.
Our perspective
How research hiring differs
Research candidates are assessed on the quality of their thinking. Publication records matter, but so does the ability to choose problems worth solving, design clean experiments and be honest about what the results show. We build shortlists around that judgement.
Research and engineering roles are often confused in job advertisements. We help research leaders separate the two, so scientists see a role built around discovery and engineers see one built around systems. A clear brief attracts stronger candidates and shortens the search.
We work with research teams across the US.
Challenges
Research hiring challenges
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Evaluating originality
Impressive publication records can hide narrow contributions. We help hiring managers test what the candidate actually did and what they would do next.
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Competing with academia and well-funded labs
Research candidates weigh mission, freedom and resources. We help companies explain what makes their research programme distinctive.
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Blending research with delivery
Some roles need scientists who can also ship. We define how much engineering each role requires so candidates can judge the fit honestly.
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