Research Scientist Jobs in New York.

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Total jobs
67
positions indexed
New today
3
last 24 hours
Companies
35
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere

How many Research Scientist jobs in New York are there right now?

There are 67 open Research Scientist jobs in New York on JobsRadar right now, from 35 companies hiring directly. 53 of them disclose pay, with a median of $243,000 a year and most offers between $186,300 and $288,750. 3 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 15, 2026 at 21:10 UTC.

Research Scientist salary range in New York

$186.3k 25th
$243k Median
$288.8k 75th
$150k
$360k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $50k – $850k · outliers off-axis
Based on 53 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 15, 2026 from live listings
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Cohere
Senior Research Scientist, Model Evaluation
Cohere
⚡ Apply early Toronto Hybrid CA$250,000–CA$535,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1h ago
MongoDB
Staff Research Scientist
MongoDB
⚡ Apply early Palo Alto Onsite $151,000–$297,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4h ago
Point72
2027 Summer Internship - MS/PhD Data Scientist, Proprietary Research
Point72
⚡ Apply early New York, NY Onsite $130,000–$175,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Tiger Analytics Inc.
Operation Research Scientist - Demand Planning/Forecasting
Tiger Analytics Inc.
⚡ Apply early Dallas, Texas, United States · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Neara
Principal Research Scientist - Risk
Neara
⚡ Apply early New York City · location restricted $180,000–$220,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
SA
Research Scientist, Safety Post Training
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $216,000–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
SA
Research Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $216,000–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
SA
Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA... Onsite $302,400–$378,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
SA
Senior Manager, Research Scientist
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $290,400–$363,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
SA
Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $216,000–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
SA
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-Training
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA... Onsite $165,600–$207,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
SA
Research Scientist, Agent Robustness
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $216,000–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
SA
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Evaluations
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA... Onsite $165,600–$207,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
adaption
Research Scientist
adaption
⚡ Apply early United States · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
EliseAI
Junior Research Scientist
EliseAI
⚡ Apply early New York City Onsite $150,000–$230,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
EliseAI
Senior Research Scientist
EliseAI
⚡ Apply early New York City Onsite $200,000–$320,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Datadog
Staff Research Scientist - Post-Training for Agents
Datadog
⚡ Apply early New York, New York, USA; Pitts... Onsite $320,000–$400,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Datadog
Staff Research Scientist - Foundation & World Models
Datadog
⚡ Apply early New York, New York, USA; Pitts... Onsite $320,000–$400,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
SA
Research Scientist - Human-AI Systems
Snorkel AI
⚡ Apply early New York City, NY (Hybrid); Sa... Hybrid $200,000–$375,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Percepta
Research Scientist – World Modeling
Percepta
⚡ Apply early New York City Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Percepta
Research Scientist – Optimization
Percepta
⚡ Apply early New York City Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Percepta
Embedded Research Scientist
Percepta
⚡ Apply early New York City Onsite $180,000–$400,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Percepta
Research Scientist – Reinforcement Learning (RL)
Percepta
⚡ Apply early New York City Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
SA
Research Scientist
Snorkel AI
⚡ Apply early New York City, NY (Hybrid); Sa... Hybrid $200,000–$375,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Adobe
2027 Intern - Applied and Research Scientist/Engineer
Adobe
⚡ Apply early San Jose Onsite $93,600–$126,880
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago

Frequently asked questions

How many Research Scientist jobs in New York are open right now?
67 Research Scientist jobs in New York are open across 35 companies, as of October 15, 2026.
What do Research Scientist jobs in New York pay?
Across the 53 Research Scientist jobs in New York that disclose pay, the median is $243,000 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $186,300 and $288,750.
Which companies are hiring Research Scientist jobs in New York?
Cohere, MongoDB, Point72, Tiger Analytics Inc. and Neara are among the 35 companies currently hiring Research Scientist jobs in New York.
How current are these listings?
Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on October 15, 2026 at 21:10 UTC.

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