Senior Manager, Applied AI Research
Company: Snorkel AI
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
About Snorkel At Snorkel, we believe meaningful AI doesn’t start
with the model, it starts with the data. We’re on a mission to help
enterprises transform expert knowledge into specialized AI at
scale. The AI landscape has gone through incredible changes between
2015, when Snorkel started as a research project in the Stanford AI
Lab, to the generative AI breakthroughs of today. But one thing has
remained constant: the data you use to build AI is the key to
achieving differentiation, high performance, and production-ready
systems. We work with some of the world’s largest organizations to
empower scientists, engineers, financial experts, product creators,
journalists, and more to build custom AI with their data faster
than ever before. Excited to help us redefine how AI is built?
Apply to be the newest Snorkeler! The Role You will be responsible
for developing cutting-edge human-in-the-loop systems that move
beyond labeling to guiding experts on complex, multi-step tasks.
From rapidly prototyping and testing methods with 1000s of users to
innovating core data-centric methods, you will have the opportunity
to lead how data that powers the next generation of frontier models
is created and curated. What You’ll Do Team Building & Leadership:
Recruit for and lead a team of applied researchers, setting the
team’s culture and setting a high standard for quality and velocity
The Research-to-Product Bridge: Act as the primary link between
Research, Product, and Engineering. You will oversee the
development of experimental POCs to improve workflow efficiencies
and ensure these innovations are successfully hardened and
integrated into the platform Frontier Data Research: Collaborate
with academic and industry-leading AI labs to define the
data-centric techniques that will help power the next generation of
foundation models. Strategic Roadmapping: Anticipate the next
bottlenecks in the AI data (e.g., automated RLHF, agentic
evaluation, or specialized model alignment) and pivot the team to
develop the programmatic solutions that address them Operational
Excellence: Partner with the Operations team to validate
research-driven workflows in real-world production environments,
ensuring they scale across diverse and complex domain-specific
tasks What We’re Looking For 5 years of experience in applied AI,
research or machine learning roles, with at least 4 years of
experience managing technical teams A player coach who is willing
to be hands-on with coding, research, customer-facing engagements A
proven track record of thriving in fast-paced, ambiguous
environments, comfortable managing competing priorities across
cross-functional stakeholders in Product, Engineering, and GTM
Enjoys solving real-world problems in the data space and bridging
research and production Strong, practical experience working with
LLMs, agentic workflow Bonus: Experience with data annotation
workflows and/or building internal tooling for them Location: Bay
Area (Hybrid or In-Office) Reports to: Head of Research
(Co-founder) Salary Range $270,000 - $320,000 USD Be Your Best at
Snorkel Joining Snorkel AI means becoming part of a company that
has market proven solutions, robust funding, and is scaling
rapidly—offering a unique combination of stability and the
excitement of high growth. As a member of our team, you’ll have
meaningful opportunities to shape priorities and initiatives,
influence key strategic decisions, and directly impact our ongoing
success. Whether you’re looking to deepen your technical expertise,
explore leadership opportunities, or learn new skills across
multiple functions, you’re fully supported in building your career
in an environment designed for growth, learning, and shared
success. Snorkel AI is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity
employer and is committed to building a team that represents a
variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Snorkel AI
embraces diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to
all employees and applicants for employment. Snorkel AI prohibits
discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race,
color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status,
genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by
federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the
basis of qualifications, performance, merit, and business need. We
will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided
reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or
interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to
receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact
us to request accommodation.
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