Rainmaker Fellow, Machine Learning at Rainmaker Technology Corporation
El Segundo, CA
$96,000
Jul 23, 2026
El Segundo, CA
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A paid, full-time, on-site research fellowship at a weather-modification startup, lasting three to six months. Fellows work alongside the company's R&D team on a defined machine-learning project using real atmospheric sensor and operational data — building datasets, establishing baselines, training and evaluating models, and delivering a concrete research artifact. The role suits early-career researchers with strong Python and ML skills who are comfortable with noisy, spatiotemporal scientific data.
Junior level · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Temporary
Pay in the description: $8,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 660 people in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 500–1,050
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,593 (middle half $93,359–$172,124). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This is a fellowship (3–6 month paid appointment), not a permanent hire. It is classified as Temporary rather than Internship because it is explicitly open to postdoctoral researchers and recent graduates in addition to current students.
No degree is hard-required; the posting lists current undergrad/master's/PhD students, postdocs, and recent graduates as all eligible, so no minimum degree gate applies.
The ML framework requirement is stated as 'a modern ML framework' with no specific tool named; PyTorch, TensorFlow, and JAX are listed as the most common substitutes.
All domain-specific skills (forecasting, sequence modeling, computer vision, probabilistic modeling, sensor fusion, data assimilation, uncertainty quantification, NWP, radar, remote sensing) appear under a 'Particularly Relevant Backgrounds' section framed as desirable backgrounds rather than hard gates.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role is primarily ML research/modeling (15-2051 Data Scientists), but the emphasis on building reusable code, systems, and prototype products gives it a meaningful software-development dimension (15-1252).
El Segundo, CA falls within the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CBSA. The posting explicitly requires full-time, on-site work in El Segundo.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): sequence modeling, probabilistic modeling.
Posting is for a temporary engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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