Titlesby GlyphAI Scientist a new title on company job boards
Research · Emerging, unverified · not on Hacker News yet · 3 open roles at 2 companies · median $275k
Builds and trains new AI models for one field, such as biology or enterprise data, from research methods to the models a product relies on.
Why it exists
Written by rule from our own data
First seen in our data in February 2025, in a company job-board posting. Today 3 open roles use the title at 2 companies.
- PostingThe oldest AI Scientist posting we holdJob board, Feb 2025 · backs: first sighting
- PostingPrincipal AI Scientist (Polytope Bio)Astera Institute, Aug 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
No open postings yet.
Cities
- Palo Alto1
- Seoul, South Korea1
Countries and remote
- United States1
- South Korea1
Posted pay
Median $275k from 2 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 6h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astera InstituteA company hiring most for Research Scientist and AI Scientist. | 2 | |
| 2 | Gauss LabsA company hiring most for Data Scientist and AI Engineer. | 1 |
Open roles
| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Principal AI Scientist (Polytope Bio)Astera InstituteRemote$250k to $350k | Astera Institute | Remote | $250k to $350k |
| AI Scientist - Machine Learning (KR/US)Gauss LabsPalo Alto, CA / Yeoksam, Seoul | Gauss Labs | Palo Alto, CA / Yeoksam, Seoul | Not stated |
| Senior/Staff AI Scientist (Polytope Bio)Astera InstituteRemote$200k to $300k | Astera Institute | Remote | $200k to $300k |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
2 posts since Apr 2011 · new in 6 monthsRelated titles
About this title
Builds and trains new AI models for one field, such as biology or enterprise data, from research methods to the models a product relies on.
...veterans who have brought drugs to market, drug designers/AI scientists from Nobel laureate David Baker's lab, and engineers from tech in order to...
3 open postings titled "AI Senior Scientist" or close to it at 3 companies (job-board scan, 2026-09-25). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.
Median posted salary $275k from 2 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.