Research Scientist
This is the employer's own posting, not a copy on a job board.
What we know
Is it still open?
Confirmed still open
Last checked 1d ago — checked against the employer's own applicant tracking system, which is the company answering directly.
We re-read the employer's own applicant tracking system and the posting was still there. That is the company answering directly.
How old is it?
Posted 4d ago
The date the source published, not the day we noticed it (2026-10-29). Last seen at its source 3h ago.
We have tracked this listing since 29 Oct 2026 (4 days). The employer's own board has carried it every time we have read it, most recently 3 hours ago.
Is it remote?
Marked remote on the employer's board
Their board carries a remote setting on this posting — a field they filled in, not wording we read. The location field names somewhere specific, which is usually where the team or the entity sits.
Who may apply?
United Kingdom, United States, Germany
The description states no restriction of its own. This is the source's own tag.
Pay
$160k–250k/yr
Read out of the job description by us, not from a structured field. Shown in the posting's own currency and period; we never convert.
Skills named in the ad
Recognised terms only, from a fixed vocabulary — this is what CV matching compares against.
Carried by 1 source
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Workable employer's own board first seen 4d ago · last seen 3h ago
The listing
Research Scientists at FutureSearch are responsible for doing breakthrough research on the frontier of AI forecasting, research, and epistemics.
We are a small, elite team of engineers and researchers at the frontier of our subfield of AI. Please see our website for our public track record, our papers, our benchmarks and datasets, our current research on the future of AI, and a description of the members of our team.
Research Scientists at FutureSearch are exceptional as researchers, and they also excel at doing research at a startup. We work extremely quickly, exercise excellent judgment in what is ultimately valuable, and are pragmatic. We anticipate how their research will connect to the product and customer deliverables. We communicate continuously as a team.
Requirements
- A background in math, physics, CS, or an equivalent quantitative field
- Currently studying modern AI systems, and deeply curious about the future of AI
- Comfortable taking ambiguous open problems and making concrete progress on them quickly
- Strong proficiency with coding agents to handle the mechanics of running experiments and productionizing results
The strongest candidates have experience
- Researching LLM agents
- Studying epistemics: search, forecasting, judgment, establishing truth of claims
- Creating benchmarks, datasets, and/or tasks to evaluate AI systems
Benefits
FutureSearch is fully remote. We concentrate in London, with SF and Berlin as our next most traveled work locations. We prioritize traveling to meet at minimum 6 times per year, usually in or near London.
As a remote company, we have flexible hours, with required synchronous attendance for critical US - Europe overlap hours (~7-10am Pacific).
We are a seed stage startup, and we offer higher-than-average equity for startups of our stage.
We offer full benefits, depending on the country, including healthcare, paternity/maternity leave, equipment, and travel expenses.
Salary range is $160k - $250k for US roles, and adjusted for the local labor market outside the US.