Research Scientist - Information Theory and Statistical Inference
Evolver · Palo Alto, California
Posted 6 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 6 days Evolver's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Evolver's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Evolver
- high 11 stale, 0 reposted of 20 open
- Hiring momentum
- 22 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
As a Research Scientist at Evolver, you will focus on developing methodologies to transform large-scale enterprise data into decision-relevant information. Your work will involve applying information theory and statistical inference to quantify information content and uncertainty, as well as building algorithms and prototypes for information-aware AI systems. Collaboration with research, engineering, and product teams will be essential to translate your methodologies into practical applications.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Evolver as an employer.
What you need
- Ph.D. or thesis-based Master's degree in a quantitative field
- Strong mathematical foundation in probability, statistics, information theory, or statistical inference
- Research experience in information theory, Bayesian or statistical inference, uncertainty quantification, or related areas
- Strong Python, MATLAB, or equivalent scientific computing skills
- Ability to translate mathematical concepts into computational methods and working prototypes
Nice to have
- Experience with information bottleneck methods, sufficient statistics, or rate-distortion theory
- Experience working with large-scale, noisy, heterogeneous, or partially observed data
- Research publications or demonstrated research impact
- Experience connecting theoretical methods to real-world data or decision-making problems
- Familiarity with modern machine learning or representation learning
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Focus on mathematical depth and research ability over years of experience may appeal to recent graduates
- The role involves collaboration across teams, which may require strong communication skills
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Listed by Evolver on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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