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Staff Applied Scientist - Agentic Interfaces
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Updated July 12, 2026
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What is an AI Researcher?
An AI Researcher works on the science behind machine learning systems — publishing papers, running experiments at scale, and pushing capability frontiers in areas like alignment, reasoning, multimodality, or efficient training. Unlike applied ML roles, researchers often have a PhD and contribute to the open literature; their day-to-day mixes literature reviews, experiment design, GPU-hours bookkeeping, and writing. Top-tier hires land at frontier labs (Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind, Meta FAIR) or at research-heavy startups working on a specific bet (Sakana, Reka, Cohere).
As of July 2026, AgenticCareers tracks 48 open AI Researcher positions across 22 companies. The median advertised salary is $221K–$319K per year (based on 8 listings with disclosed pay). 33% of roles are remote. The most active employers are Anthropic, Datadog, Scale AI.
Full AI Researcher salary dataRole Overview
Top Companies Hiring
Common Skills
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Remote Availability
33% of positions are remote
Salary Range
$141K – $550K
All AI Researcher positions
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Research Engineer, AI Safety & Alignment
Character.AIAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Principal Research Scientist - AI Safety
Faculty (faculty.ai)AI ResearcherStaff
AI Researcher
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AI Research Engineer - AI Safety
HelsingAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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AI Safety Argumentation Platform Research Engineer
Future of Life InstituteAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Senior Machine Learning Research Scientist (m/f/d) - Generative AI for Drug Design
PfizerAI ResearcherSenior
AI Researcher
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Research Scientist (Visual Generative AI & World Models)
GraphcoreAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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ML Research Engineer (Computer Vision)
Metamorphic Additive Manufacturing LtdAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Senior Applied Scientist
AdobeAI ResearcherSenior
LLM
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AI/ML Research Engineer, LLM Post-Training & Evaluation
Innodata Inc.AI ResearcherMid
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Research Engineer, Voice
InflectionaiAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Machine Learning Research Engineer, Agent Data Foundation - Enterprise GenAI
Scale AIAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Machine Learning Systems Research Engineer, Agent Post-training - Enterprise GenAI
Scale AIAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents
Scale AIAI ResearcherSenior
AI Researcher
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ML Research Engineer, ML Systems
Scale AIAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Research Engineer, Model Evaluations
AnthropicAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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AI Researcher (Agentic AI System Architecture)
BioSpaceAI ResearcherMid
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AI Research Engineer – Agentic AI
Bosch USAAI ResearcherMid
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MTS, Research Engineer
Fireworks AIAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Research Scientist - AI
NVIDIAAI ResearcherMid
Generative AI
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AI Research Scientist - Datadog AI Research (DAIR)
DatadogAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Senior Applied Scientist
DatadogAI ResearcherSenior
AI Researcher
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Research Scientist - RL Training
Snorkel AIAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Principal AI Researcher, Agentforce Operations
SalesforceAI ResearcherStaff
AI Researcher
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Research Scientist
Snorkel AIAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Principal Research Engineer, Model Training & Post-Training
InflectionaiAI ResearcherStaff
AI Researcher
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[Expression of Interest] Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment - London
AnthropicAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment
AnthropicAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Research Engineer, Post-Training
HarveyAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
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Research Engineer, RL Scaling Science
AnthropicAI ResearcherMid
AI Researcher
Frequently asked questions
What is an AI Researcher?
An AI Researcher works on the science behind machine learning systems — publishing papers, running experiments at scale, and pushing capability frontiers in areas like alignment, reasoning, multimodality, or efficient training. Unlike applied ML roles, researchers often have a PhD and contribute to the open literature; their day-to-day mixes literature reviews, experiment design, GPU-hours bookkeeping, and writing. Top-tier hires land at frontier labs (Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind, Meta FAIR) or at research-heavy startups working on a specific bet (Sakana, Reka, Cohere).
How many AI Researcher jobs are available?
As of July 2026, AgenticCareers tracks 48 open AI Researcher positions across 22 companies, updated daily.
What is the average AI Researcher salary?
The median advertised AI Researcher salary is $221K–$319K per year, based on 8 listings with disclosed pay.
Are AI Researcher jobs remote?
33% of the AI Researcher roles currently tracked on AgenticCareers are remote.
Which companies are hiring AI Researchers?
The most active employers hiring AI Researchers right now are Anthropic, Datadog, Scale AI.
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