Senior Research Scientist
Pindrop
Santa Cruz, California
Full-Time
$185,000
RemoteSenior
Pindrop is the Real Human + Right Human Identity Trust Platform for the AI era. As AI-driven fraud and deepfakes erode trust in digital communication, Pindrop delivers continuous identity verification and deepfake detection across voice, video, and digital interactions in real time.
Enterprises rely on Pindrop to secure billions of high-risk customer interactions each year, including top U.S. banks, as well as leading insurers and healthcare providers. Powered by models trained on more than 1.5 billion real-world interactions annually and protected by 300+ patents, Pindrop restores trust while reducing fraud, lowering operational costs, and improving customer experience.
Recognized by TIME as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Software Companies of 2026 and by Inc. for Best in Business for Innovation, Pindrop is backed by leading investors including Andreessen Horowitz, IVP, and CapitalG.
As a Senior Research Scientist on the Video team, you will be responsible for advancing core research initiatives and translating advanced computer vision and deepfake detection models into real-world, scalable enterprise solutions. In this role, you will:
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This is a career-defining opportunity for a technical leader ready to drive enterprise-level security impact in the AI era. In an environment where synthetic media, deepfakes, and sophisticated identity manipulation are accelerating, our team ensures that every digital interaction involves the real human and the right human. Your work will directly defend global financial institutions, enterprise systems, and millions of consumers from identity fraud and deception.
You will have extensive strategic scope and executive visibility, helping to architect the next generation of video security technologies. You will collaborate daily with some of the absolute best technical minds in AI, security, and signal processing. While we are intense about execution excellence, we value a sustainable culture that celebrates the journeybalancing ambitious breakthroughs with company-wide rest days and continuous learning. If you want to build technology that genuinely matters, this is that opportunity.
As a part of Pindrop, youll have a direct impact on our growing list of products and the future of security in the voice-driven economy. We hire great people and take care of them. Heres a snapshot of the benefits we offer:
This position will be posted for 90 days after 6/1/26.
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Please note that the base pay range is a general guideline only. Pindrop considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills, as well as market and business considerations, when extending an offer.
We want a diverse, global team, with a broad range of experience and perspectives. If this job sounds great, but youre not sure if you qualify, apply anyway! We carefully consider every application and will either move forward with you, find another team that might be a better fit, keep in touch for future opportunities, or thank you for your time.
At Pindrop, we view artificial intelligence as a transformative force that, when harnessed responsibly, can unlock unprecedented value for our customers, partners and society and enable and empower us to continue to deliver cutting-edge technology to combat fraud and unblur the lines between what it means to be human versus machine.
Pindrop may use AI tools to help prioritize job applications for human review. The AI tool may analyze your work experience and skills to assess fit for the role, but does not consider your name or contact details. Applications with the strongest match to job requirements are prioritized for human review; not all applications may be individually reviewed.
Here at Pindrop, it is our mission to create and maintain a diverse and inclusive work environment. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, disability, marital and/or veteran status.