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Data scientist: a person in this job finds patterns in data and builds models that predict what will happen. OpenAI, Airwallex, Socure, Lyft and Pinterest have the most open roles with “Data scientist” or a close variant in the title right now.

373 open roles · 20 posted in the last 7 days · 25% remote · 147 companies hiring · $221K median advertised salary · checked Nov 14 against employer career pages

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Skills asked for in data scientist roles

Python333 · 89%SQL303 · 81%Machine Learning205 · 55%LLM95 · 25%dbt51 · 14%AWS47 · 13%Snowflake44 · 12%

Bars show the share of these 373 roles; one role can count in several rows.

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Where data scientist roles are

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What data scientist roles pay, by level

Level in the titleMedian advertised salaryRoles counted
No level in the title$206K64
Senior$198K79
Lead$246K68

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Questions about data scientist jobs

What is a data scientist job?
In a data scientist job, a person finds patterns in data and builds models that predict what will happen. 373 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.
How many data scientist jobs are open right now?
There are 373 open data scientist jobs at 147 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 20 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 data scientist jobs?
Right now the most openings are at OpenAI (14), Airwallex (13), Socure (13), Lyft (12) and Reddit (10). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote data scientist jobs?
93 of the 373 open data scientist jobs (25%) 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 data scientist jobs pay?
The median advertised salary is $221K, based on 211 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $188K and $270K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
How do I apply for data scientist jobs?
Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

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Roles where employers ask for the same skills. The bar shows how much the skill lists overlap; the text names the shared skills and, where 30 postings state pay, the median advertised pay there.

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