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updated september 2026

Research Scientist Jobs in Austin (September 2026)

8 open Research Scientist positions in Austin as of September 2026, across 5 hiring companies — 1 of them remote-friendly. Optiver leads with 3 openings. Listings are updated daily, and every role links straight to the employer's official application page.

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Principal Applied Scientist

Oracle·United States; Seattle, WA, United States; Santa Clara, CA, United States; Austin, TX, United States; Nashville, TN, United States·On-site
Staff·Research Scientist·$126k – $264k
Machine learning model optimizationProduction deployment pipelinesPatentable researchExperimental design
6d ago→
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Senior Applied Scientist

Oracle·United States; Seattle, WA, United States; Santa Clara, CA, United States; Austin, TX, United States; Nashville, TN, United States·Hybrid
Senior·Research Scientist·$115k – $235k
Benchmark evaluationExperimental designResponsible aiMultimodal llm assessment
1w ago→
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Quantitative Research Intern, PhD (Summer 2027)

Optiver·Austin, Texas, United States·On-site
Junior·Research Scientist
Machine learningStatistical modelingLarge scale data analysisPredictive modeling
3w ago→
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Graduate Quantitative Researcher, PhD (2027 Start)

Optiver·Austin, Texas, United States·On-site
Junior·Research Scientist
Statistical modelingMachine learningLarge-scale data analysisAlgorithmic trading
3w ago→
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Quantitative Intern (Summer 2027)

Optiver·Austin, Texas, United States·On-site
Junior·Research Scientist
Quantitative modelingFinancial market analysisPythonData engineering
1mo ago→
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Quantitative Strategist (PhD)

Virtu Financial·Austin, TX; New York·On-site
Senior·Research Scientist·$175k – $200k
Market making algorithmsHigh frequency tradingStatistical arbitrageFinancial time series analysis
1mo ago→
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Experienced Quantitative Strategist

WorldQuant·Austin OR Chicago OR Miami OR New York OR Old Greenwich OR San Francisco OR West Palm Beach·On-site
Senior·Research Scientist·$150k – $200k
PythonRC++Machine learning
4mo ago→
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Research Scientist, ML Systems - PhD New College Grad 2026

NVIDIA·US, CA, Santa Clara; US, MA, Westford; US, TX, Austin; US, WA, Seattle·On-site
Junior·Research Scientist
Machine learningGPUAIComputer vision
8mo ago→
no longer hiring

Recently closed Research Scientist roles in Austin

Roles we listed that have since closed — kept for reference, and a useful read on who has been hiring.

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Research Data Analyst

Closed
Senseye·Austin, Texas, United States·On-site
Mid·Research Scientist·$65k – $80k
PythonRStatistical modelingBiostatistics
closed 1mo ago→

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Methodology: live Research Scientist listings whose location includes Austin, updated daily. Multi-office roles appear under every listed location.