AI Researcher
AI Researcher at arnata — San Francisco, CA, US
- Company: arnata
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 180000–250000 / year
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
AI Researcher
At Arnata, we’re building the world’s first AI workforce for logistics—agents that negotiate freight, coordinate dispatch, track shipments, and manage complex workflows across phone, email, and software systems. Our mission: make logistics teams 100x more productive.
We’re looking for an exceptional AI Research Scientist to push the frontier of agent intelligence—reasoning, real-world tool use, negotiation, and multi-modal communication. This role is for someone who wants to shape the next generation of applied AI, not just publish papers.
What You'll Do
Build and fine-tune multi-agent systems capable of dynamic reasoning and decision-making
Research and prototype novel approaches to planning, voice and text negotiation, and real-time problem-solving
Integrate with real-world systems: email, telephony, TMS platforms, APIs
Ship research—into production—with real customer impact across trucking, brokerage, and global supply chains
Collaborate with a small, elite team of engineers, product thinkers, and operators
Who You Are
Proven experience doing applied AI research inside a product-driven company (e.g., OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, etc. or startups)
PhD or equivalent experience in AI, ML, NLP, or a related field
Experience with LLMs, reasoning engines, planning, agent architectures, or autonomous systems
You care about impact—not just benchmarks
You move fast, think clearly, and want to own the AI brain behind a global system
Why Arnata
Backed by top investors, real revenue from real-world customers, hyper-growth
Work directly with the founder and CEO (PhD in Transportation Engineering)
Build foundational AI agents in a trillion-dollar industry
Equity and ownership in what could be the defining AI company in logistics
If you’re obsessed with the intersection of intelligence and execution—join us.
Email your work, papers, or GitHub to georgy at arnata DOT com .