Advanced AI Scientist

Overview:

At Zebra we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customers and partners needs and solve their challenges.

Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen heard valued and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations their employees and those they serve.

Youll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care aboutlocally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

What Were Looking For:

The Advanced AI Scientist is a highly experienced technical individual contributor within Product and Forward Deployed Engineering responsible for developing and delivering AI/GenAI solutions for strategic customers. The role works closely with customers Product Engineering and cross-functional teams to translate complex business challenges into production-ready solutions with measurable business impact.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and deliver AI/GenAI solutions using LLMs foundation models RAG multimodal AI and emerging agentic technologies to solve complex customer problems.

Build advanced agentic applications using multi-agent orchestration planning and execution tool calling MCP/A2A agent memory and state and adaptive execution patterns.

Engineer reliable AI systems through model selection prompt and context engineering evaluation benchmarking guardrails robust tool execution and continuous improvement.

Develop AI evaluation and observability capabilities to measure task completion agent behavior tool use quality reliability latency and cost.

Develop production-grade software using Python Java Go or TypeScript integrating AI capabilities with enterprise applications APIs data and customer workflows.

Deploy operate troubleshoot and optimize AI solutions for security reliability performance scalability cost efficiency and user experience.

Lead technical delivery for strategic customers from problem discovery and rapid prototyping through production deployment adoption and continuous improvement.

Collaborate with customers Product Engineering and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical solutions communicate tradeoffs and influence product direction.

Drive innovation by evaluating emerging AI technologies and translating customer learnings into reusable frameworks tools engineering practices and product capabilities.

Minimum Qualifications:

-Masters or Ph.D in mathematics statistics computer science computer engineering operations research or related field.

-Minimum 8 years experience in data science machine learning or software engineering required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Deep hands-on experience with Generative AI LLMs foundation models RAG multimodal AI prompt/context engineering and AI application development.

Strong expertise in agentic AI including multi-agent systems orchestration planning and execution tool calling agent memory/state MCP/A2A and emerging agentic patterns.

Experience building reliable AI systems through evaluation benchmarking guardrails hallucination mitigation observability and continuous improvement.

Strong software engineering skills with proficiency in Python and/or languages such as Java Go or TypeScript.

Experience deploying and operating production AI systems with a focus on reliability security performance scalability observability and cost efficiency.

Demonstrated ability to rapidly experiment with emerging AI technologies and translate concepts into practical production-ready solutions that deliver measurable customer outcomes.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Zebra is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability and protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position please contact us at

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Pay Range:

$138800.00 - $208200.00 Annual

Incentive Compensation:

In addition to base pay Zebra offers this role the opportunity to earn a performance-based annual cash incentive at a target equal to 15% of base pay in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan.

Zebra Total Rewards:

Zebra Total Rewards includes more than just pay and is structured to meet the needs of our changing global business and evolving talent. We are committed to providing our employees with a benefits program that is comprehensive and competitive including healthcare wellness inclusion networks and continued learning and development offerings. We offer community service days in addition to the traditional insurances compensation parental leave employee assistance program and paid time off offerings depending on the country where you work.

Salary offered will vary depending on your location job-related skills knowledge and experience.

Additionally all Zebra roles are eligible for cash incentive programs. For example sales roles have additional opportunity to earn substantial variable compensation tied to quota most other roles the Zebra annual cash incentive program links Company and individual performance together. Some roles may also be eligible for long-term incentive equity awards.

Benefits:

We understand the importance of work-life balance and wellbeing which is why we offer flexibility for our teams including: hybrid work adaptable hours Summer Flex Fridays Focus Fridays and an annual companywide well-being day to promote revitalization and success.

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