Mid-level Research Scientist Jobs in New York City (NYC)

3 open Mid-level Research Scientist jobs in New York City (NYC) at 3 companies, including Datadog, Character.ai and Lightning AI. Updated daily from company career pages.

Datadog

Datadog offers monitoring and analytics for cloud-based workflows.

AI Research Scientist - Datadog AI Research (DAIR) New York, New York · $320,000 - $400,000 USD

Character.ai

Character.ai provides open-ended conversational applications in which users create characters and converse with them.

Research Engineer, Post-Training (All Industry Levels) New York, New York · $150,000 - $350,000 USD

Lightning AI

Lightning AI is the first operating system for AI. Build AI models and Lightning Apps (end to end ML systems).

Research Engineer, AI/ML Systems New York, New York · $120,000 - $250,000 USD

Updated 2026-10-10.