saas.group - Applied Research Scientist [Machine Visibility]
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Requirements
• Rigorous and deeply curious — you care about getting it right and keep pulling the thread when the first answer comes too easily. • Rigorous and deeply curious • Technically self-sufficient — you've built your own data pipelines, wrangled messy datasets, and written the code to get from raw data to analysis. • Technically self-sufficient • Independent — you set your own agenda and do your best work with autonomy. • Independent • A clear writer — you turn complex findings into something a non-researcher can act on. • A clear writer • Honest — you follow the data, including when it's inconvenient. • Honest • Published original research — whether in academia or industry, you've taken a question from hypothesis through methodology to defensible conclusions. • Published original research • Hands-on large-scale data analysis — you've queried production data independently, not just read dashboards. Proficient in SQL and Python. • Hands-on large-scale data analysis • Strong experiment design — hypothesis formulation, variable isolation, statistical validation, outcome measurement. • Strong experiment design • Experience building data infrastructure — not just analyzing pre-built datasets. • Comfort with AI tools — you're already using them in your research workflows. • Comfort with AI tools • Direct experience observing AI crawler behavior in production environments • Hands-on experience with technical SEO (crawlability, rendering, indexing, structured data) • Familiarity with Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) or Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) • Published or spoken publicly on machine visibility topics • Background in information retrieval or NLP • We're looking for someone whose core strength is research itself — asking good questions, designing sound methods, and following evidence to conclusions that hold up. Whether that came from a PhD program or years of applied research in industry, you're exactly who we're looking for.
Responsibilities
• Build the Research Infrastructure • Organize, clean, and structure Prerender's existing data for systematic analysis. Design and build new data collection streams to answer questions the current data can't. Create the foundation that makes a sustained cadence of original research possible. • Conduct and Publish Original Research • Design and execute studies using Prerender's data, web-scale datasets, and primary research methods. Own the full research lifecycle: question framing, methodology, analysis, and findings. Produce work ranging from quick data snapshots to in-depth flagship studies — all published under your name. • You'll build deep domain expertise along the way: profiling crawler behavior at scale by bot type, maintaining a living behavioral taxonomy of known and emerging bots (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and whatever ships next), and tracking the frontier — bot documentation changes, LLMs.txt adoption, schema evolution, and published research. • AI is both a subject and a tool in this role. You'll research how LLMs crawl, how AI search systems behave, and how autonomous agents interact with web content, while using AI tools to accelerate your own analysis, synthesis, and pattern recognition. • Inform Business Decisions • Bring data to the conversations that shape what Prerender builds, how we sell, and where we invest. Work across Product, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and leadership to replace assumptions with evidence.
Benefits
• A dataset no one else has: Billions of pages, dozens of bot types — waiting to be structured and studied. • A dataset no one else has: • Full ownership: You define what research means here — the infrastructure, the methods, the output. • Full ownership: • Your work gets published under your name: Read, cited, and used by the industry. • Your work gets published under your name: • A real thought partner: Work directly with the CEO to shape the research agenda. • A real thought partner: • A structured program, not a vague mandate: We've built a research strategy with a clear tiered output model and a six-month onboarding roadmap — you won't be guessing what success looks like. • A structured program, not a vague mandate: • Build a reputation, not just a resume: Develop deep expertise in a growing field and a body of published work that compounds. • Build a reputation, not just a resume: • Details • Remote: 100% remote. EU timezone overlap preferred. • Remote: • Benefits: Health coverage, flexible time off, tax-optimized allowances. • Learning budget: Conferences, courses, tools, and resources. • Learning budget: • Prerender is part of saas.group and we have a shared goal of succeeding together. • What is saas.group? • Think of us as the driving catalyst behind your favorite software success stories. saas.group, established in 2017, is on a mission to turbocharge promising B2B SaaS ventures, unlocking their full potential. As a Software-as-a-Service portfolio powerhouse, we specialize in acquiring small software treasures and polishing them into industry stars. With a dynamic, fully remote team of nearly 380+ colleagues spanning 50+ countries we are truly global and we are rewriting the playbook on SaaS innovation and collaboration. We grow 25 exciting brands under our umbrella. Feel free to explore our Candidate's Hub to get an insider's view, dive into our culture, gain valuable insights into our teams and how we work. • Also, don’t forget to follow saas.group on LinkedIn to stay up-to-date on our job openings, podcast episodes, and with all things happening at our company. • We don’t just simply offer you to “take a job with us” but rather to “join us on this journey” to build the world's largest platform of independent SaaS companies. • Sounds like something you’re up for? Feel free to apply even if you don’t check all these boxes. We believe in the power of diversity and fresh perspectives to spice up our team. Your application might just be the missing ingredient!
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