Research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA
51 open roles for research scientists in Seattle, WA as of Nov 15, 2026. Anthropic, The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Snowflake, Scale AI and Waymo have the most. 5 are remote and the median advertised salary is $235K.
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- Research Engineer, Robotics - RoboticistThe Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$129K - $193KPythonC++PyTorch
- Research Engineer / Scientist, Pre-trainingAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$500K - $850KRemotePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Sr. Staff Qualitative Product Researcher, AdsPinterest · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, USA; Remote, US$164K - $337KRemoteLead and aboveUser researchUsability testing
- Senior Applied Scientist, ProductMoloco · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, California, United States; Seattle, Washingto…$160K - $235KSeniorMachine Learning
- AI Research ScientistTanium · 🇺🇸Addison, TX (Hybrid); Bellevue, WA (Hybrid); Durham, NC (…$143K - $219KHybridPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Security Engineer / Research Engineer, RL SecurityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $405KRustPythonC++
- Staff Applied Scientist, Experimentation and Causal InferenceDoorDash USA · 🇺🇸California, CA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York,NY$194K - $285KLead and aboveSQLMachine Learning
- Applied Researcher – Network ExpertDesignworkstalent · Bellevue—Hybrid
- Applied Researcher – Data CentersDesignworkstalent · Bellevue—Hybrid
- Applied Researcher – AI ExpertDesignworkstalent · Bellevue—HybridMachine LearningLLMPyTorch
- Staff Research Engineer, Multi-Agent ScalingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$500K - $850KLead and aboveLLMAI agentsReinforcement learning
- Senior User ResearcherSnowflake · 🇺🇸US-WA-Bellevue$173K - $248KHybridSenior
- Staff Threat ResearcherZscaler · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington, USA; Remote - USA; Santa Clara, Cal…$122K - $175KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonC++
- Principal Threat ResearcherZscaler · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington, USA; Remote - USA; Santa Clara, Cal…$172K - $245KRemoteLead and aboveRustGoPython
- 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++
- Research Engineer, Climate ModelingThe Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$147K - $220KPythonGCPMachine Learning
- Research Scientist, Climate ModelingThe Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$167K - $261KPythonMachine LearningJAX
- Senior Applied ScientistHippocratic AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA—SeniorPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Senior/Staff System Research Engineer – LLM Inference OptimizationSnowflake · 🇺🇸US-WA-Bellevue$236K - $330KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMTensorFlow
- Senior UX ResearcherLinda Werner & Associates · 🇺🇸United States - Menlo Park, Seattle, or NYC—Senior
- AI Research Scientist, New Grad – Agents & Reinforcement LearningSnowflake · 🇺🇸US-WA-Bellevue$176K - $230KJuniorPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Senior Research Scientist, Open EcosystemThe Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$170K - $270KSeniorMachine Learning
- Research Scientist, RL for Autonomous Planning & World ModelingWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Kirkland…$204K - $259KMachine LearningReinforcement learningDistributed training
- Machine Learning Research Scientist, EvaluationsScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY$166K - $207KMachine LearningLLMGenerative AI
- Principal Applied Scientist - AIUipath · Bellevue$218K - $265KLead and abovePythonAzureMachine Learning
- Staff Research Scientist, Foundation Models RecipesWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US; Kirkland, W…$251K - $310KLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMPyTorch
- Post-Doctoral AI Researcher (2 year Fixed-Term)Snowflake · 🇺🇸US-WA-Bellevue$160K - $220KHybridPythonMachine LearningLLM
- People Research Scientist, RecruitingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$285K - $380KPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Research Engineer, Computer UseAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$500K - $850KPythonMachine LearningAI agents
- Senior Research Scientist, PerceptionWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA ; San Francisco, CA, USA ; Kirklan…$213K - $263KSeniorMachine LearningLLMReinforcement learning
- Principal Applied ScientistUipath · Bellevue$200K - $250KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Senior Research Engineer, Olmo + MolmoThe Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$174K - $261KSeniorPythonDockerGCP
- Executive ResearcherCoreWeave · 🇺🇸New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$150K - $190KProduct marketingM&ALinkedIn Recruiter
- Research Scientist, RoboticsThe Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$167K - $261KMachine LearningLLMComputer Vision
- Research Engineer, Robotics: Physics Simulation and Sim-to-RealThe Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$129K - $193KPythonC++CUDA
- Research Engineer, Post-Training Model EvaluationsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA$500K - $850KPythonLLMLLM evaluation
- Research Scientist, AstaThe Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$167K - $261KMachine LearningLLMNLP
- Staff Research Scientist, AI Agents & LLMsSnowflake · 🇺🇸US-WA-Bellevue$200K - $288KHybridLead and aboveLLMAI
- Research Engineer, Visual Knowledge WorkAnthropic · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA$350K - $850KLLMComputer VisionAI agents
- AI Research EngineerCobot · 🇺🇸Seattle—PythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Research Engineer, RL EngineeringAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$500K - $850KRustPythonC++
- Research Engineer / Research Scientist, TokensAnthropic · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San F…$350K - $500KMachine LearningPyTorchKubernetes
- Senior Applied Scientist - Moloco AdsMoloco · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States$160K - $235KSeniorMachine Learning
- Research Engineer, Production Model Post-TrainingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$350K - $500KPythonLLMReinforcement learning
- ML Research Engineer, ML SystemsScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY$190K - $237KLLMPyTorchCUDA
- Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-TrainingScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY$166K - $207KMachine LearningLLMGenerative AI
- Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, AgentsScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY$259K - $324KLead and aboveGCPMachine LearningLLM
- Cubist Quantitative ResearcherPoint72 · 🇺🇸Chicago, New York, Seattle—PythonSQL
- Research Engineer, Knowledge TeamAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$350K - $850KRemotePythonMachine LearningLLM
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Where research scientist roles in Seattle, WA are
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA51
- 🇺🇸United States46
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area27
- 🇺🇸California27
- 🇺🇸New York, NY23
- 🇺🇸Chicago, IL1
- 🇺🇸Washington, DC1
- 🇺🇸Raleigh-Durham, NC1
- 🇺🇸Texas1
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
Questions about research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA
- How many research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA are open right now?
- There are 51 open research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA at 17 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 0 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 research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA?
- Right now the most openings are at Anthropic (14), The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (8), Snowflake (5), Scale AI (4) and Designworkstalent (3). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA?
- 5 of the 51 open research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA (10%) 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 research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA pay?
- The median advertised salary is $235K, based on 44 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $203K and $425K. 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.
- Is it hard to get one of the research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA?
- 1 of the 51 open research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA (2%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 18 postings that state experience, the median asks for 4 years. 17 companies are hiring and 0 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA?
- 40 of the 51 open research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA (78%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often Machine Learning, LLM, PyTorch. Employers still list 51 such roles today at 17 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA ask for?
- Most often Machine Learning (57%), LLM (53%), Python (49%), Reinforcement learning (39%), PyTorch (29%) of the 51 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA?
- Research Engineer (9), Research Scientist (4), Senior Applied Scientist (3), Applied Researcher (3), AI Research Scientist (2): the most common titles among the 51 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA in demand in 2026?
- 51 research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 17 companies, 0.0% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 0 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $235K. 5 (10%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for research scientist jobs in Seattle, WA?
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