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64 AI research scientist jobs in the US
Updated 16 Oct 2026. From employers' own job boards. Free to apply.
- Senior Scientist I-II, ML Molecular OptimizationAbbVie
EvaluationsPython
- Applied Researcher – AI ExpertDesignworks Talent
AI agentsLLMs and generative AIEvaluationsPyTorch, TensorFlow and JAX
- Post-Training Applied ResearcherBaseten
$200k to $275k a year
AI agentsLLMs and generative AIEvaluationsFine-tuning
- Research Engineer, RL EnvMecka
$170k to $300k a year
EvaluationsRobotics
- Research Engineer, Simulation & World ModelsMecka
$170k to $300k a year
PythonRobotics
- Research LeadFar.Ai
$290k to $450k a year
EvaluationsClaude and AnthropicOpenAI and GPT
- Staff Applied ScientistLinkedIn
$175k to $287k a year
Python
- Staff Research Scientist - Foundation & World ModelsDatadog
LLMs and generative AIEvaluations
- Staff Research Scientist - Post-Training for AgentsDatadog
AI agentsEvaluations
- Forward Deployed Applied Scientist I (Agentic AI)DigitalOcean
AI agentsLLMs and generative AIMCPEvaluations
- Senior Manager, Research and Technology EnablementHarbor Animal Hospital
LLMs and generative AI
- Staff Applied Machine Learning ScientistWhoop
$170k to $230k a year
Python
- Applied Scientist, Behavior ModelingShuttlebase
$165k to $220k a year
PythonTypeScript and JavaScriptAWS
- Research Engineer, Applied ResearchSierra
AI agentsEvaluationsFine-tuningSalesforce and Agentforce
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How many AI research scientist jobs in the US are open?
64 jobs are open on Timo as of 16 Oct 2026, all posted on employers' own job boards in the 14 days before that date.
Which companies are hiring?
DigitalOcean, AbbVie, Etched have the most open roles in this list right now.
What do these jobs pay?
For jobs that publish pay in US dollars, the median advertised range is $167k to $250k a year, based on 26 jobs.
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