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01Overview

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 September 2026, AgenticCareers tracks 85 open AI Researcher positions across 31 companies. The median advertised salary is $167K–$300K per year (based on 21 listings with disclosed pay). 14% of roles are remote. The most active employers are Anthropic, Scale AI, Datadog.

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02At a glance

Role overview

Common skills
AI ResearchergreenhouseMidindeedStafflinkedinSeniorAI
Remote availability
14% remote
Salary range
$117K – $550K
03Open roles

All AI Researcher positions

Principal Research Scientist, Synthetic Data Generation

NVIDIAAI ResearcherStaff

NVIDIA is at the forefront of the AI revolution, and our research is shaping the future of large language models. We are looking for a Principal Scientist to set the technical direction for synthetic data generation across NVIDIA's frontier model efforts. You will define and build open-source libraries within the NVIDIA NeMo ecosystem that generate synthetic datasets across text, code, structured, and multimodal data, feeding the pre- and post-training of LLMs such as Nemotron. This role combine

New York, NY, USTodayJobSpy
$272K–$431K / yr

Anthropic Fellows Program

AnthropicAI ResearcherMid

AI Researcher

London, UK; Ontario, CAN; Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CATodayGreenhouse

Anthropic Fellows Program, ML Systems & Reinforcement Learning

AnthropicAI ResearcherMid

AI Researcher

London, UK; Ontario, CAN; Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CATodayGreenhouse

Anthropic Fellows Program, The Anthropic Institute (Economics & Policy)

AnthropicAI ResearcherMid

AI Researcher

London, UK; Ontario, CAN; Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CATodayGreenhouse

Applied Scientist, Neuron ARG, Annapurna ML

Amazon Web ServicesAI ResearcherMid

## DESCRIPTION The Automated Reasoning Group in the Amazon Neuron team is looking for an Applied Scientist to work on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and program analysis to raise the code quality bar in our state-of-the-art deep learning compiler stack. This stack is designed to optimize application models across diverse domains, including Large Language and Vision, originating from leading frameworks such as PyTorch and JAX. Your role will involve working closely with our cust

Cupertino, CA, USTodayJobSpy
$143K–$222K / yr

Applied Scientist, Neuron ARG, Annapurna ML

Amazon Web ServicesAI ResearcherMid

## DESCRIPTION The Automated Reasoning Group in the Amazon Neuron team is looking for an Applied Scientist to work on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and program analysis to raise the code quality bar in our state-of-the-art deep learning compiler stack. This stack is designed to optimize application models across diverse domains, including Large Language and Vision, originating from leading frameworks such as PyTorch and JAX. Your role will involve working closely with our cust

Seattle, WA, USTodayJobSpy
$143K–$222K / yr

Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agent Data Foundation - Enterprise GenAI

Scale AIAI ResearcherMid

AI Researcher

San Francisco, CA; New York, NY1d agoGreenhouse

Machine Learning Research Scientist Agents - Enterprise GenAI

Scale AIAI ResearcherMid

AI Researcher

San Francisco, CA; New York, NY1d agoGreenhouse

Machine Learning Systems Research Engineer/Scientist, Agent Post-training - Enterprise GenAI

Scale AIAI ResearcherMid

AI Researcher

San Francisco, CA; New York, NY1d agoGreenhouse

Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist Agent Post-training - Enterprise GenAI

Scale AIAI ResearcherStaff

AI Researcher

San Francisco, CA; New York, NY1d agoGreenhouse

Research Engineer

Flow TradersAI ResearcherMid

machine learning · data science

Hong Kong/ London (onsite)1d agoHN Hiring

Senior Principal Applied Scientist

SiemensAI ResearcherStaff

Siemens builds the systems the physical world runs on: factories, power grids, buildings, trains, hospitals. Industrial and physical AI is a major opportunity in applied AI, and one of the harder ones to get right. There is a generation of AI-powered products to build. We are an applied science organization building the science behind them. The work sits at the intersection of machine learning research, real world data, and production systems running in industrial environments. As Seni

Bellevue, WA, US1d agoJobSpy
$197K–$267K / yr

Staff/Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer

Scale AIAI ResearcherStaff

AI Researcher

San Francisco, CA; New York, NY2d agoGreenhouse

stockholm, london (in-person)

lovableAI ResearcherMid

AI · ai agent

stockholm, london (in-person)2d agoHN Hiring

Staff Research Scientist, AI Safety

BiohubAI ResearcherStaff
New York, NY2d agoJobSpy

AI Research Scientist, Robotics - Meta Superintelligence Labs

MetaAI ResearcherMid

AI Researcher

Menlo Park, CA 940253d agoindeed
$154K–$217K / yr

Software Engineer, Recommendation Systems

MetaAI ResearcherMid

AI Researcher

Menlo Park, CA 940253d agoindeed
$347K–$403K / yr

AI Research Engineer - Datadog AI Research (DAIR)

DatadogAI ResearcherMid

AI Researcher

Paris, France3d agoGreenhouse

AI Research Scientist - Datadog AI Research (DAIR)

DatadogAI ResearcherMid

AI Researcher

New York, New York, USA; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA3d agoGreenhouse

AI Research Scientist - Datadog AI Research (DAIR)

DatadogAI ResearcherMid

AI Researcher

Paris, France3d agoGreenhouse

Senior Applied Scientist

DatadogAI ResearcherSenior

AI Researcher

New York, New York, USA3d agoGreenhouse

Senior Applied Scientist

DatadogAI ResearcherSenior

AI Researcher

Paris, France3d agoGreenhouse

Senior Applied Scientist - AI Platform

DatadogAI ResearcherSenior

AI Researcher

Paris, France3d agoGreenhouse

Staff Applied Scientist - Agentic Interfaces

DatadogAI ResearcherStaff

AI Researcher

New York, New York, USA3d agoGreenhouse

Berlin, Freiburg, NYC

Prior LabsAI ResearcherMid

AI · llm · machine learning

Berlin, Freiburg, NYC3d agoHN Hiring

Senior Research Engineer

AssemblyAIAI ResearcherSenior

AI Researcher

Remote - New York4d agoGreenhouse
$270K–$310K / yr

Senior Research Scientist

MongodbAI ResearcherSenior

AI Researcher

Palo Alto4d agoGreenhouse

Staff Research Scientist

MongodbAI ResearcherStaff

AI Researcher

Palo Alto4d agoGreenhouse

Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents

Scale AIAI ResearcherStaff

AI Researcher

San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY4d agoGreenhouse

Zurich, ONSITE

TufalabsAI ResearcherMid

AI · llm · ai safety

Zurich, ONSITE4d agoHN Hiring
04Common questions

Frequently asked

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 September 2026, AgenticCareers tracks 85 open AI Researcher positions across 31 companies, updated daily.

What is the average AI Researcher salary?

The median advertised AI Researcher salary is $167K–$300K per year, based on 21 listings with disclosed pay.

Are AI Researcher jobs remote?

14% 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, Scale AI, Datadog.

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