Principal Scientist, Agentic Systems Applied Science
Location
Boston, MA
Job Type
Full-time
Category
other-general
Posted
May 13, 2026
Who We Are
Wayfair believes everyone deserves a home they love, and that furnishing your home should be a source of fun, not anxiety. Our Applied Research organization plays a critical role in making this vision a reality by building the scientific and technical foundations that power Wayfair's most ambitious AI capabilities. We work closely with Engineering, Applied Science, Data Science, and Product teams across the company to move from research insight to production impact.
We are seeking a Principal Scientist to establish how agentic AI systems are built, evaluated, and scaled at Wayfair. This role sits within the GST + SCRT Applied Research organization and is focused on one of the most consequential open problems in applied AI: how do you build autonomous systems that can reason, plan, and act across complex supplier and supply chain workflows — reliably, safely, and at scale?
This is paradigm creation work. You will not be inheriting a playbook; you wi...
Wayfair believes everyone deserves a home they love, and that furnishing your home should be a source of fun, not anxiety. Our Applied Research organization plays a critical role in making this vision a reality by building the scientific and technical foundations that power Wayfair's most ambitious AI capabilities. We work closely with Engineering, Applied Science, Data Science, and Product teams across the company to move from research insight to production impact.
We are seeking a Principal Scientist to establish how agentic AI systems are built, evaluated, and scaled at Wayfair. This role sits within the GST + SCRT Applied Research organization and is focused on one of the most consequential open problems in applied AI: how do you build autonomous systems that can reason, plan, and act across complex supplier and supply chain workflows — reliably, safely, and at scale?
This is paradigm creation work. You will not be inheriting a playbook; you wi...