Research scientist jobs in India

There are 175 open research scientist jobs in India on NextKnock today (23 Oct 2026), from 96 companies including LSEG, Fractal Analytics and NielsenIQ. 21 were posted in the last 7 days, 3% are open to freshers and 18% are remote. Every listing comes straight from the company's own careers page.

Data Scientist IMastercard· Pune, India· Posted 9 Oct 2026Fresher
Senior Research Scientist – R&DPiramal Pharma· Ennore, TN, India· Posted 6 Oct 2026
Senior Data Scientist, People Analytics & InsightsCiti· 2 Locations, India· Posted 6 Oct 2026
Lead Data ScientistFractal Analytics· 5 Locations, India· Posted 6 Oct 2026
Senior Data Scientist – GenAINetsmart· Bengaluru, India· Posted 6 Oct 2026
Junior Data ScientistArcadia· Chennai, India · On-site· Found by NextKnock 5 Oct 2026Fresher
Data ScientistC-DAC· Delhi, India· Found by NextKnock 4 Oct 2026
Data Scientist-3Cashfree Payments· Bellandur, Karnataka, India· Found by NextKnock 4 Oct 2026
Data ScientistzCon Solutions· Pune, India· Found by NextKnock 3 Oct 2026
Data ScientistCodersBrain· Remote· Found by NextKnock 3 Oct 2026
AI Research ScientistRDAlabs· Remote· Found by NextKnock 2 Oct 2026
Data ScientistAppventurez· Delhi· Found by NextKnock 2 Oct 2026
Data ScientistSyngenta Group· Pune, ASIA, India· Posted 1 Oct 2026
Data Scientist IIIS&P Global· Hyderabad, Telangana, India· Posted 30 Sept 2026
Sr. Engineer - Data ScientistKyndryl· Mumbai, Maharashtra, India· Posted 30 Sept 2026
Manager, Data ScientistMastercard· Gurgaon, India· Posted 30 Sept 2026
Data Scientist IIMastercard· Gurgaon, India· Posted 30 Sept 2026
Data Scientist II, Product Data & AnalyticsMastercard· Gurgaon, India· Posted 30 Sept 2026
Data Scientist / Data EngineerHPE· Bengaluru, Karnātaka, India· Posted 30 Sept 2026
Lead Data Scientist - AILSEG· IND-Bangalore-A, RMZ Infinity, India· Posted 29 Sept 2026
Data Scientist - AILSEG· IND-BLR-Divyasree Technopolis, India· Posted 29 Sept 2026
Enterprise Data ScientistLSEG· 3 Locations, India· Posted 29 Sept 2026
Data Scientist / Sr Data ScientistOrcaNexgen· Hyderabad· Found by NextKnock 28 Sept 2026
Graduate-Trading Technology & Quant Research EngineerQuadeye· Gurugram· Found by NextKnock 28 Sept 2026Fresher
Lead Data ScientistIdeas2IT· Chennai· Found by NextKnock 27 Sept 2026
Research EngineerNiramai· Remote· Found by NextKnock 27 Sept 2026
Principal Research Scientist – Advanced Foundations & Frontier IntelligenceCoRover· Bengaluru, New Delhi, Mumbai - India;…· Found by NextKnock 27 Sept 2026
Senior Machine Learning Scientist / Machine Learning Scientist (LLM)Wadhwani AI· Remote· Found by NextKnock 27 Sept 2026
Oncology Wet Lab Scientist – NGS & RT-PCRRedcliffe Labs· Noida· Found by NextKnock 27 Sept 2026
Data ScientistGramener· Bangalore· Found by NextKnock 27 Sept 2026

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Which companies are hiring for research scientist jobs in India?

Right now the most open research scientist jobs in India on NextKnock are at LSEG (10), Fractal Analytics (9), NielsenIQ (7), JioCinema (7) and Mastercard (6). In total 96 companies are hiring.

How many research scientist jobs in India are remote?

32 of the 175 open research scientist jobs (18%) are remote and open to candidates in India.

Are there research scientist jobs in India for freshers?

Yes. 6 of the 175 open research scientist jobs (3%) are internships, entry-level roles or ask for 0–1 years of experience.

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Counts are live from NextKnock's job index, updated 23 Oct 2026. All job lists