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Principal Research Scientist – Scaling

Databricks — Analytics · Artificial Intelligence (AI) · Data Integration

San Francisco, California Senior+ Posted Apr 23, 2026
PythonReact NativeBackendAI/LLMML

About the role

Principal Research Scientist – Scaling P-1227 About Databricks AI At Databricks, we are obsessed with enabling data teams to solve the world’s toughest problems, from security threat detection to cancer drug development, by building and…

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  • First seen by JobLarper — Aug 2, 2026, 76 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
  • No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 259 indexed Machine Learning Engineer roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $220k and $300k, median $257k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Databricks.
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  • Databricks is hiring actively — 500 open roles indexed, 219 first appeared in the last 30 days.

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