1,709 research data scientist jobs at 673 companies in United States

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Founding Machine Learning / AI Search Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$310k/yr On-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Build the ML and AI search behind HiringCafe — ranking, recommenders, retrieval, and LLM agents that surface jobs people would never find on their own.
Python, PyTorch, Elasticsearch, LLMs
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Senior Research Data Scientist
Boston or New York
$330k-$375k/yr HybridFull Time
Roku
RokuNASDAQ: ROKU: Operates a TV streaming platform and sells streaming hardware.
10+ YOEPhD-preferred research data scientist with 10+ years applying causal inference and ML to large observational datasets; expertise in observational causal methods, communication skills, and productionizing pipelines.
Spark, Ray, SQL, Python, scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM
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Research Scientist, Data
Palo Alto, California, United States
$185k-$400k/yr HybridFull Time
Pika
Pika: AI-powered platform for generating and editing professional videos
5+ YOE5+ years building and scaling ML data pipelines; expertise in data engineering for multimodal models; experience with distributed data systems, Python/SQL/PySpark, and cloud platforms; strong collaboration and data-ethics knowledge.
Spark, Hadoop, Ray, Python, SQL, PySpark, AWS, GCP, Azure
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Research Scientist, Foundational Data Science
Berlin or Freiburg or New York City
OnsiteFull Time
Prior Labs
Prior Labs: Builds AI foundation models designed specifically for tabular data.
Senior data scientist with strong ML experience across tabular domains, experience with benchmarks, building evaluation pipelines, and producing research-quality results; strong communication and judgment in ambiguous environments.
TabPFN, XGBoost, LLM
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Research Data Scientist
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$69k-$72k/yr HybridFull Time
University of Chicago
University of Chicago: Provides higher education and conducts academic research.
2+ YOE2-5 years experience in data science, with LLMs and Python; healthcare/biomedical deployment background preferred.
Python, Machine Learning Frameworks, APIs, LLMs, Prompt Engineering, Text-to-Video, Web Interfaces
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Research Data Scientist
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
$77k-$115k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Penn State University
Penn State University: Provides higher education and conducts extensive academic research programs.
3+ YOEBachelor's degree with 3+ years relevant experience or equivalent; DoD/IC experience; active Top Secret/SCI clearance; programming in Python, R, Java, C++, or MATLAB; experiment design and geospatial/data science expertise.
Python, R, Java, C++, MATLAB, Git
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Research Data Scientist
Los Angeles or Washington
$106k-$125k/yr HybridFull Time, Temporary
University of Southern California
University of Southern California: Private research university providing higher education and healthcare services.
3+ YOEMaster's in a quantitative field, 3+ years experience (5+ years statistical programming preferred), expertise with Medicare/Medicaid/commercial claims, SQL, Snowflake, AWS; strong analytic leadership and US work authorization required.
SAS, R, Python, SQL, Snowflake, AWS, VRDC, IDR, NIA LINKAGE
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Research Scientist - Frontier Data
San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
AfterQuery
AfterQuery: Curating specialized datasets and environments to train frontier AI models.
Experience in ML research, data evaluation, and RLHF/RLVR; strong quantitative skills; ability to design experiments across domains.
Python, PyTorch, RLHF, RLVR
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Principal Research Data Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
$170k-$215k/yr HybridFull Time
HealthLeap
HealthLeap: AI clinical assistant for inpatient risk screening and prioritization.
2+ YOEPhD in statistics/biostatistics/epidemiology or related field; 2+ years non-PhD observational health research experience; deep causal inference expertise; fluency in Python; experience with EHR/claims preferred; publication track record.
Python, EHR
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Sr. Data Scientist, Translational Research
Chicago or Redwood City or New York City
$100k-$175k/yr RemoteFull Time
Tempus AI
Tempus AINASDAQ: TEM: Builds a data platform for AI-powered precision medicine diagnostics.
Senior data scientist with advanced degree, experience in large biomedical datasets, ML, Python/R, cloud, and AI-enabled workflows.
Python, R, AWS, GCP, Docker, Git, Linux, Jupyter, Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Scikit-learn, GitHub Copilot, Plotly, Flask, Dask
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Scaling Research Data Scientist
Utah or United States
RemoteFull Time
Scaling.com
Scaling.com: Helping founders achieve exponential growth through science-backed frameworks
Ph.D. candidate or recent Ph.D./postdoc/early-career professor in business, psychology, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship or related; strong quantitative and qualitative research, peer-reviewed publishing experience, exceptional writing, and fluency with AI-assisted tools (Avoma).
Avoma
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Research Scientist
Falmouth or Massachusetts or United States
$80k-$100k/yr HybridFull Time
Woodwell Climate Research Center
Woodwell Climate Research Center: Provides scientific research and data on global climate change.
2+ YOE2+ years of experience; Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, Ecology, Geography, or related discipline; excellent communication; ability to travel up to 10%
Data manipulation, Modeling, Research software
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Research Scientist 2
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
$4k-$5k/mo OnsiteFull Time
University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico: Public research university offering higher education and healthcare services.
1+ YOEResearch Scientist 2 coordinating oncology trials; ensures GCP compliance, patient consent, data collection, and adverse event monitoring.
GCP, EKG, Data Collection Tools, Electronic Data Capture (EDC)
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Research Scientist
Miami, Florida, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Vivex Biologics
Vivex Biologics: Develops and manufactures regenerative allografts and biomaterial therapies.
Design and execute research on human tissue-based products, including biomechanical testing, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration.
Biomechanical testing equipment, ELISA, Flow cytometry, Histology, Microscopy, Laboratory protocols, Data analysis software
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Research Scientist
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
OnsiteFull Time
CommonSpirit Health
CommonSpirit Health: Large non-profit healthcare system providing hospital and medical services.
Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Ph.D. required; experience with statistical packages (R or Stata); proven research design, execution, manuscript and grant contribution; preferred 5 years post-degree research/data analysis and epidemiology background.
R, Stata
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Sr. Research Data Scientist
San Diego, California, United States
$150k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time
Aicadium
Aicadium: Provides AI-powered industrial computer vision products for enterprises.
Advanced expertise in computer vision and deep learning; MS/PhD or BS with equivalent experience; proficiency in Python and PyTorch; experience with dataset curation, model prototyping, and production deployment.
Python, PyTorch, ONNX, TensorRT
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Research Scientist
Redwood City, California, United States
$180k-$300k/yr HybridFull Time
DatologyAI
DatologyAI: Automated data curation for efficient AI model training.
3+ YOE3+ years deep learning research; strong fundamentals; experience in data pruning/curation, curriculum learning, synthetic data, dataset distillation, embedding models, and PyTorch; ability to run large-scale experiments.
Python, PyTorch
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Research Scientist, Data
Menlo Park, California, United States
$350k-$400k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Periodic Labs
Periodic Labs: Builds autonomous laboratories for AI-driven scientific discovery.
Experience building large-scale data pipelines for LLM pretraining, data quality, and tooling; strong Python; collaboration with ML researchers.
Python, Apache Spark, Ray, Dask, Delta Lake, DVC
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Research Scientist
Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
$9k/mo OnsiteFull Time
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology: Private research university specializing in engineering and technology innovation.
Fixed-term research engineer role focusing on experimental high-speed aerothermodynamics, with emphasis on multiphase flow, boundary-layer transition, and data analysis.
MATLAB, Python, Krypton Tagging Velocimetry, FLDI, BOS
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Research Scientist
Poway, California, United States
$75k-$90k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Filtrous
Filtrous: Distributor of laboratory equipment and scientific supplies.
Ph.D. in life sciences; R&D experience; proficient in ELISA, SPR, SDS-PAGE, SEC, immunoassays; strong data analysis; excellent communication; able to work independently and with teams.
ELISA, SPR, SDS-PAGE, SEC, Immunoassays, Data analysis
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Research Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Engram
Engram: Developing persistent memory layers for enterprise AI systems.
Deep ML background with research track record; expertise in continual learning, memory architectures, parameter-efficient fine-tuning, retrieval, synthetic data, or agents; strong systems understanding and technical communication.
LoRA, prefix tuning, state-space methods, LLM, KV cache, RL