Research Scientist jobs

Right now there are 515 research scientist openings on our board, and 96 of them arrived in the last seven days. 78 of them are fully remote (remote research scientist jobs). The board refreshes every night, so the count moves with the market.

84 of the 515 openings state a salary. Across those, the middle half of posted pay runs from $122k to $238k a year. We only count postings that state pay, so this is what employers are advertising today, not an estimate. For the fuller picture by seniority and market, see the research scientist salary page.

The three skills research scientist postings name most often are Python (18% of postings), Machine Learning (16%) and Data Analysis (13%). Those percentages are simply how many of the postings we read mention each one, so you can see which are near-universal and which are nice to have. Every skill, defined: the glossary.

Yes, and we can tell you from where. 1 measured routes lead into research scientist work. The closest is from data scientist: a typical data scientist profile already covers 49% of what research scientist postings ask for, and the route page lists the exact skills that make up the rest.