Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco
67 open research scientist roles in San Francisco across 24 companies, read straight from each company's own job board.
Last checked 19 August 2026
67
Open roles
24
Companies hiring
$280k
Median published pay
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Open roles
| Role | Location | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Chemistry) | San Francisco, CA | AI Research & Engineering | $300k – $320k |
| Sr. Staff Quantitative Product Researcher | San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US | Design | 4 days ago |
| Staff UX Researcher - AI Agents | Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Washington, DC | Product Design & UXR-650 | $174k – $240k |
| Senior UX Researcher | San Francisco, CA | Design | $175k – $220k |
| Staff+ Researcher, Cybersecurity Products | San Francisco, CA | Engineering & Design - Product | $405k – $485k |
| Researcher, Frontier Risk Mitigations | San Francisco | Safety Systems | $295k – $445k |
| Researcher, Recursive Self-Improvement Safety | San Francisco | Safety Systems | $295k – $445k |
| Researcher, Alignment CoT Monitorability | San Francisco | Research | $250k – $445k |
| Staff Research Scientist, Foundation Models Recipes | Mountain View, CA; San Francisco, CA; Kirkland, WA | AI Foundations (7SJ) | $251k – $310k |
| Researcher, Frontier Cybersecurity Risks | San Francisco | Safety Systems | $295k – $445k |
| Researcher, Multimodal Safety | San Francisco | Safety Systems | $295k – $445k |
| Senior Applied ML/AI Scientist - Search | New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | Algorithms & Data | 19 days ago |
| Staff Applied Scientist | San Francisco, CA | Central Market Management & AI | $194k – $242k |
| Research Scientist, Takeoff Intel | San Francisco, CA | AI Research & Engineering | $350k – $850k |
| Manager, Research Scientist | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | Research | $290k – $363k |
| People Research Scientist, Recruiting | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | People | $285k – $380k |
| Research Scientist - Multimodal Agent, Consumer Devices | San Francisco | Consumer Devices | $380k – $445k |
| Senior or Staff User Researcher | San Francisco | Design | $158k – $264k |
| Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational) | San Francisco, CA | AI Research & Engineering | $300k – $320k |
| Associate Scientist R&D | South San Francisco | Platform | $90k – $112k |
| Senior Applied ML/AI Scientist - Search | New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | Algorithms & Data | $211k – $290k |
| Principal Applied AI/ML Scientist (Auth0 Lab) | Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC | IAM Pulse-690 | $274k – $376k |
| Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Compass | New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | Algorithms & Data | $211k – $290k |
| Rapid User Researcher | San Francisco, California | User Research and Product Operations | $164k – $190k |
| User Researcher, AI Evaluations | San Francisco, California | User Research and Product Operations | $196k – $230k |
| Senior AI Research Scientist | San Francisco, California | Developer Products and AI Labs | 2 months ago |
| AI research scientist | San Francisco, CA | Engineering, product & design | $234k – $349k |
| Senior Scientist, Cardiac Modeling | South San Francisco, CA | Therapeutic Areas | $156k – $166k |
| Senior Research Scientist, Perception | Mountain View, CA, USA ; San Francisco, CA, USA ; Kirkland, WA, USA ; New York City, NY, USA | AI Foundations (7SJ) | $213k – $263k |
| Research Scientist, Life Sciences | San Francisco, CA | AI Research & Engineering | $300k – $320k |
| Staff Research Scientist, Perception | Mountain View, CA, USA ; San Francisco, CA, USA ; Kirkland, WA, USA ; New York City, NY, USA | AI Foundations (7SJ) | $251k – $310k |
| Principal AI Research Scientist, Research Director - AI Scaling | Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California | Executive Engineering - Pipeline | $270k – $340k |
| Research Scientist, Safety Post Training | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | Research | $216k – $270k |
| Security Researcher, Agentic AI Threats | San Francisco | Safety Systems | $293k – $405k |
| Applied Scientist | San Francisco | Applied ML | 3 months ago |
| Protection Scientist Engineer, Integrity | San Francisco | Applied AI | $198k – $425k |
| Senior Scientist I Analytical Development | South San Francisco | Research & Technical Operations | 4 months ago |
| Senior Scientist, Drug Product Development | South San Francisco | Research & Technical Operations | 4 months ago |
| Principal Research Scientist – Scaling | San Francisco, California | Executive Engineering - Pipeline | $280k – $350k |
| (Senior) ML Scientist | South San Francisco, CA | Data Science and Machine Learning | $183k – $238k |
| Forward Deployed Research Scientist | San Francisco Bay Area | Alignerr Services | $200k – $300k |
| Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | Research | $216k – $270k |
| Research Scientist, Agent Robustness | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | Research | $216k – $270k |
| Research Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | Research | $216k – $270k |
| Post-Training Research Scientist | San Francisco | EPD | $210k – $285k |
| Senior Machine Learning Scientist, Imaging | South San Francisco, CA | Data Science and Machine Learning | $215k – $235k |
| Applied Scientist- Pricing, Dynamic Pricing & Offer Selection | San Francisco, CA | Pricing | $141k – $176k |
| Research Scientist | San Francisco | Engineering | 7 months ago |
| Researcher, Synthetic RL | San Francisco | Research | $295k – $445k |
| Research Scientist, RL for Autonomous Planning & World Modeling | Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York City, NY, USA | AI Foundations (7SJ) | $204k – $259k |
| AI Applied Scientist | San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | Engineering | $153k – $376k |
| Research Scientist, Interpretability | San Francisco, CA | AI Research & Engineering | $350k – $850k |
| Machine Learning Research Scientist | San Francisco / Bay Area | Research | $120k – $300k |
| Research Scientist, Ultrasound Imaging | San Francisco | Research | 11 months ago |
| Researcher, Core Product Strategy | San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | Design | $169k – $250k |
| Research Scientist, Rodent Neural Imaging | San Francisco | Research | 1.1 years ago |
| Research Scientist, Cellular Physiology | San Francisco | Research | 1.1 years ago |
| Researcher, Interpretability | San Francisco | Safety Systems | $295k – $445k |
| Researcher, Training | San Francisco | Research | $360k – $440k |
| Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Retailer | San Francisco, CA | Algorithms & Data | $211k – $290k |
| Research Scientist | San Francisco | Research | $250k – $445k |
| Senior Scientist, Chemical Development | South San Francisco | 651 Technical Operations | 1.5 years ago |
| Researcher, Safety Oversight | San Francisco | Safety Systems | $295k – $445k |
| Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents | San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY | Research | $218k – $273k |
| Researcher, Alignment | San Francisco | Research | $250k – $445k |
| PhD GenAI Research Scientist Intern | San Francisco, California | University Recruiting | $54 – $60 |
| Researcher, Robustness & Safety Training | San Francisco | Safety Systems | $295k – $445k |
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