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Reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY
28 open roles for reinforcement learning researchers in New York, NY as of Nov 15, 2026. Anthropic, Datadog, Scale AI, Character.AI and Harvey have the most. 2 are remote and the median advertised salary is $350K.
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- Post-Training Research Scientist - Forecasting and ReasoningPoint72 · 🇺🇸New York—PythonLLMPyTorch
- Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RLAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$500K - $850KMachine LearningLLMReinforcement learning
- Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)Anthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY—Machine LearningLLMReinforcement learning
- Research Engineer / Scientist, Reinforcement LearningHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$230K - $450KHybridPythonLLMAI agents
- Member of Technical Staff, Evals and Post-TrainingProfound · 🇺🇸New York, New York$230K - $325KPythonLLMFigma
- Security Engineer / Research Engineer, RL SecurityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $405KRustPythonC++
- RL Environment EngineerSunset · 🇺🇸New York$200K - $350K
- Research Manager - Post-Training for Observability Native ModelsDatadog · 🇺🇸New York, New York, USA$244K - $305KMachine Learning
- Staff Research Scientist - Post-Training for AgentsDatadog · 🇺🇸New York, New York, USA; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA$320K - $400KLead and aboveMachine Learning
- Research Scientist – Reinforcement Learning (RL)Percepta · 🇺🇸New York City$200K - $400KLLMKubernetesAWS
- Research Engineer / Research Scientist, RL FrontiersAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$500K - $850KRustPythonC++
- Research Engineer / Performance Engineer, RL Distributed SystemsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$500K - $850KRustPythonC++
- Member of Technical Staff, Data and RLSonder · 🇺🇸New York City$250K - $300KPythonPyTorchReinforcement learning
- Staff Software Engineer, RL EnvironmentsScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; New York, NY$252K - $315KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Member of Technical Staff (Evals & Post-Training)Ambral · 🇺🇸New York$165K - $325KLLM
- Research Scientist, RL for Autonomous Planning & World ModelingWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Kirkland…$204K - $259KMachine LearningReinforcement learningDistributed training
- Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data PlatformAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$500K - $850KLead and abovePythonTypeScriptReact
- Technical Program Manager, RL ResearchAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$365K - $435KLLMReinforcement learning
- Staff Software Engineer, Code RLAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$405K - $625KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Member of Technical Staff - Research, Post-TrainingModal · 🇺🇸New York$150K - $350KMachine LearningLLMReinforcement learning
- Research Engineer, Code RL (Reinforcement Learning)Anthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$500K - $850KPythonLLMPyTorch
- Research Scientist - RL TrainingSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); U…$200K - $375KRemotePythonGCPMachine Learning
- Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)Anthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | N…$500K - $850KRemoteMachine LearningPyTorchAI
- Research Engineer, RL EngineeringAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$500K - $850KRustPythonC++
- Research Engineer, Production Model Post-TrainingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$350K - $500KPythonLLMReinforcement learning
- Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)Anthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$500K - $850KRustPythonC++
- Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-TrainingScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY$166K - $207KMachine LearningLLMGenerative AI
- Research Engineer, Post-Training (All Industry Levels)Character.AI · 🇺🇸Redwood City or New York City$225K - $400KHybridDockerMachine LearningKubernetes
Who is hiring for reinforcement learning researcher roles in New York, NY
Where reinforcement learning researcher roles in New York, NY are
- 🇺🇸United States28
- 🇺🇸New York, NY28
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area18
- 🇺🇸California17
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA8
- 🇺🇸Pittsburgh, PA1
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
Questions about reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY
- How many reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY are open right now?
- There are 28 open reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY at 14 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 2 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY?
- Right now the most openings are at Anthropic (13), Datadog (2), Scale AI (2), Point72 (1) and Harvey (1). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY?
- 2 of the 28 open reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY (7%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY pay?
- The median advertised salary is $350K, based on 26 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $275K and $675K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- How is AI changing reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY?
- 27 of the 28 open reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY (96%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, Machine Learning, PyTorch. Employers still list 28 such roles today at 14 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY ask for?
- Most often LLM (71%), Reinforcement learning (71%), Python (54%), Machine Learning (46%), PyTorch (29%) of the 28 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY?
- Research Engineer (8), Member of Technical Staff (4), Research Scientist (3), Staff Software Engineer (2): the most common titles among the 28 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY in demand in 2026?
- 28 reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 14 companies, 0.0% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 2 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $350K. 2 (7%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for reinforcement learning researcher jobs in New York, NY?
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