Titlesby GlyphMachine Learning Scientist a new title on company job boards
Research · Emerging · not on Hacker News yet · 15 open roles at 6 companies · median $193k
Designs and trains machine learning models for a product problem, such as growth experiments, cancer diagnostics or search, and ships them.
Why it exists
Written by rule from our own data
First seen in our data in May 2024, in a company job-board posting from Suno. Today 15 open roles use the title at 6 companies, most of them in AI applications.
- PostingThe oldest Machine Learning Scientist posting we holdSuno, May 2024 · backs: first sighting
- PostingLead Bioinformatics & Machine Learning Scientist (Epigenomics)Natera, Nov 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
- AI application6
- Consumer2
- AI lab2
Cities
- Palo Alto4
- San Francisco3
- London, United Kingdom2
- Dublin, Ireland2
- New York1
- Seattle1
- Los Angeles1
- Berlin, Germany1
- Boston1
Countries and remote
- United States10
- United Kingdom2
- Ireland2
- Germany1
Posted pay
Middle half $163k to $251k, median $193k from 8 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | ||
| 2 | NateraA company hiring most for Machine Learning Scientist and AI Solutions Architect. | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 1 |
Open roles
8 of 15; company pages list the restStaff Machine Learning Scientist, Applied Causal Inference
San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; New York City, NY
Principal/Senior Machine Learning Scientist - Search and Discovery
San Mateo, CA, United States
Lead/ Senior Machine Learning Scientist, Integrative Phenotyping
South San Francisco, CA
| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Bioinformatics & Machine Learning Scientist (Epigenomics)NateraUS Remote$146k to $180k | Natera | US Remote | $146k to $180k |
| Staff Machine Learning Scientist, Applied Causal Inference | San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; New York City, NY | $204k to $299k | |
| Principal/Senior Machine Learning Scientist - Search and Discovery | San Mateo, CA, United States | $279k to $345k | |
| Machine Learning Scientist | Boston | $207k to $395k | |
| Lead/ Senior Machine Learning Scientist, Integrative Phenotyping | South San Francisco, CA | Not stated | |
| Senior Machine Learning Scientist | Berlin, Germany | Not stated | |
| Lead Bioinformatics & Machine Learning Scientist (Epigenomics)NateraSan Carlos, CA$172k to $214k | Natera | San Carlos, CA | $172k to $214k |
| Lead Bioinformatics & Machine Learning ScientistNateraSan Carlos, CA$172k to $214k | Natera | San Carlos, CA | $172k to $214k |
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About this title
Designs and trains machine learning models for a product problem, such as growth experiments, cancer diagnostics or search, and ships them.
11 open postings titled "Machine Learning Scientist" or close to it at 7 companies (job-board scan, 2026-09-25). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.
Median posted salary $193k from 8 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.