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AI Research Scientist & Engineer Jobs

AI research roles sit at the frontier. These positions require deep technical expertise and often a PhD, but offer the highest compensation and the chance to push the boundaries of what AI can do.

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$131K - $309K
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Featured AI Research Scientist & Engineer Jobs (103)

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Research Scientist
Senior Staff Research Scientist, AI2 Research
Google
$262K - $365KSunnyvale, CA, US
Research Engineer
Senior Robotics Research Engineer, Robotics and AI for Drug Discovery
NVIDIA
$184K - $356KSanta Clara, CA, US
Research Engineer
Research Engineer, AI
Biohub
$150K - $350KNew York, NY, US
Research Engineer
Research Engineer, AI
Biohub
$150K - $350KRedwood City, CA, US
Research Engineer
Senior Applied Research Engineer - Multimodal LLMs for Human Interaction
Apple
$212K - $318KSunnyvale, CA, US
Research Engineer
GenAI Research Engineer
Apple
$181K - $318KCupertino, CA, US
Research Engineer
Staff Generative AI Research Engineer, Reasoning & Memory - SIML
Apple
$181K - $318KCupertino, CA, US
Research Scientist
Principal Applied Scientist, AWS Agentic AI Science
Amazon Web Services
$218K - $309KSanta Clara, CA, US
Research Scientist
Principal Applied Scientist, AWS Agentic AI Science
Amazon Web Services
$218K - $309KNew York, NY, US
Research Scientist
Principal Applied Scientist, Measurement, AdTech and Data Science, Ads Performance Measurement
Amazon.com
$218K - $309KNew York, NY, US
Research Engineer
Senior ML research Engineer
Adobe
$201K - $306KSeattle, WA, US
Research Engineer
AI/ML - Applied Research Engineer, Machine Translation
Apple
$171K - $302KNew York, NY, US
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Your Path Into AI

Research Scientists at top labs earn $200K-$500K+, among the highest in all of tech.
  1. Publish papers at top venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, CVPR)
  2. Build strong open-source contributions to demonstrate implementation skills
  3. Balance theoretical knowledge with practical engineering
  4. Target research labs that align with your publication areas

Skills in Demand

PyTorch Python Fine-tuning NLP Computer Vision Rag Pytorch Rust Aws Tensorflow Jax Rlhf

Top Hiring Companies

Meta
27 roles
Amazon.com
20 roles
Apple
15 roles
Amazon Web Services
10 roles
Google
4 roles
Biohub
2 roles
EDDA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
2 roles
Coram AI
2 roles

Frequently Asked Questions

AI Pulse currently tracks 103 AI job openings suited for researchers. These positions span multiple categories and experience levels across the US market.
Based on job postings with disclosed compensation, AI roles suited for researchers pay between $131K and $309K. Research Scientists at top labs earn $200K-$500K+, among the highest in all of tech.
The most requested skills in AI roles suited for researchers include: Rag, Python, Pytorch, Rust, Aws. Focus on building practical project experience with these tools alongside any domain expertise you bring.
Yes. 3% of AI positions matching this profile are fully remote. Remote roles are available across most categories, though some research positions may prefer on-site collaboration.

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