Research Scientist Jobs in New York, USA

Looking for a research scientist job in New York? Choose from 36 open roles at 19 employers. Explore real salary data and skills breakdown across remote, hybrid and on-site roles.

36 Open roles
19 Companies hiring
โ€” Average salary

What do Research scientists in New York work on?

The work is largely focused on advancing large language models and AI agent systems, with a strong emphasis on evaluation and safety. Several roles involve designing evaluation frameworks and benchmarks to surface failure modes in frontier models, as in the Machine Learning Research Scientist, Evaluations posting at Scale AI. Others centre on making AI systems safer and more controllable: the Research Scientist, Safety Post Training role involves post-training pipelines and interpretability techniques, while the Research Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring role covers real-time behavioural tracking and red-team simulations. Agent robustness features in several titles, and the Multimodal Alignment, Safety, and Fairness role at Google DeepMind extends this to cross-modal systems. A smaller number of postings lean toward pre-training and tokenisation research. One posting, Senior Manager, Research Scientist at Scale AI, also includes team leadership, roadmap definition, and mentoring responsibilities.

Skills and experience employers ask for

The skills data reflects how often terms appear in posting descriptions across this sample of listings, not formal requirements. PhD and evaluation are the most widely mentioned terms, followed closely by LLMs and a publication record. Python and reinforcement learning appear in more than half the postings. PyTorch and statistics appear in roughly a quarter. Less common mentions include distributed training, fine-tuning, GPU experience, and NLP. Presence of a term does not confirm it is mandatory for any individual role.

PhD 69%
Evaluation 64%
Publications 61%
Python 58%
LLMs 56%
Reinforcement learning 44%
Agents 33%
PyTorch 31%
Statistics 31%
Master's degree 25%
Distributed training 22%
GPUs 19%
NLP 17%
Recommender systems 17%

Research Scientist roles that state a salary

The employers' own advertised ranges, for individual roles at different levels โ€” not an average and not a market rate.

New York office, hybrid or remote?

Most of the postings on this page are listed as onsite, making that the dominant mode in this set. A small number are hybrid, and a minority are fully remote. No postings had unknown work-mode information, so every listing has a stated arrangement. Candidates who need flexibility should read each posting carefully, as the onsite-heavy distribution means hybrid and remote options are limited within this particular snapshot. Specific office locations are not always detailed in the summaries shown.

Make your application specific to the work

  1. Review the technical requirements carefully Many of these roles specify a PhD, a publication record, or years of hands-on ML research experience as baseline expectations. Check whether the specific posting names a degree level and what research areas it prioritises before applying.
  2. Prepare evidence of research output Publications in top-tier venues and prior work on topics such as RLHF, evaluation, or agent safety appear frequently across summaries, so having concrete examples ready โ€” papers, benchmarks, or deployed systems โ€” is likely to be relevant in screening.
  3. Note the stated work mode Because the majority of these listings are onsite, confirm the location arrangement for each role before submitting, particularly if you need hybrid or remote options.
  4. Check pay transparency per posting Only two of the listings on this page advertise a salary range; for the rest, compensation is not stated. If pay is a deciding factor, it is worth raising this directly with the employer during the process rather than assuming figures from other postings apply.

Questions about Research Scientist jobs in New York

A PhD is mentioned in the descriptions of most postings on this page, and several sample summaries name it explicitly as a requirement. A master's degree appears in a smaller number of postings. Whether a PhD is strictly required versus preferred varies by role, so check the individual listing.

Only two postings on this page advertise pay ranges. Abridge lists a range of $188,000โ€“$277,000 for a Research Scientist (Measurement and Evaluation) role, and Counsel Health lists $165,000โ€“$220,000 for a Research Scientist role. These are the only figures available in this set; no general claim about New York market pay can be drawn from them.

A small number of the postings on this page are listed as remote, and a slightly larger number are hybrid. The majority are onsite. Each listing states its own work mode, so check the individual posting for the arrangement that applies.

Across the descriptions in this sample, evaluation methodology and LLM-related work are the most frequently mentioned technical areas, followed by Python, reinforcement learning, and agent systems. PyTorch, statistics, and distributed training also appear, though less often. These are mentions in descriptions, not confirmed requirements for every role.

A minority of the postings carry explicit seniority labels such as senior, staff, or lead. One posting is for a senior manager role that combines hands-on research with team leadership responsibilities. The seniority level is not stated for a large portion of the listings.

Jobs checked 1 hour ago. ยท Guide reviewed 14 September 2026.