updated july 2026

Research Scientist Jobs in San Francisco (July 2026)

31 open Research Scientist positions in San Francisco as of July 2026, across 7 hiring companies — 10 of them remote-friendly. Scale AI leads with 12 openings. Listings are scraped daily from company career pages and ATS APIs; every role links straight to the official application page.

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Senior Research Data Scientist, Android Tablets

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Google·San Francisco, CA, USA·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Python Tensorflow Android Machinelearning

2d ago→

Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Personal AGI, Personality and Model Behavior

OpenAI·San Francisco·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$295k – $555k

Machine learning Reinforcement learning Reward modeling Natural language processing

1w ago→

Principal Research Scientist/TLM - AI Scaling

Databricks·Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Python Tensorflow Pytorch Natural language processing

1w ago→

Research Engineer/Research Scientist - Personal AGI, North Stars

OpenAI·San Francisco·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$295k – $555k

Python Machine learning Natural language processing Deep learning

2w ago→

Research Engineer / Research Scientist -Personal AGI, Proactivity

OpenAI·San Francisco·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$295k – $555k

Reinforcementlearning Datasetcreation Evaluations Posttrainingmethods

2w ago→

AI research scientist

Writer·San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, New York City, NY·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist·$234k – $349k

Python Machine learning Deep learning Natural language processing

3w ago→

People Research Data Scientist, AI Fairness & Bias

OpenAI·San Francisco·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$198k – $220k

Python Machine learning Statistics Data analysis

4w ago→

People Research Data Scientist, AI Fairness & Bias

OpenAI·San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, Washington, DC·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist·$198k – $220k

Python Machine learning Statistics Data analysis

4w ago→

Research Scientist, Safety Post Training

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; New York, NY·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist

Python Machine learning Ai Research

1mo ago→

Principal Research Scientist – Scaling

Databricks·San Francisco, California·On-site

Staff·Research Scientist

Python LLMs Rl Optimization

2mo ago→

Principal Research Scientist - AI Scaling & Optimization

Databricks·Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California·On-site

Staff·Research Scientist

Python LLMs Rl Optimization

2mo ago→

Senior GenAI Research Scientist - AI Efficiency & Optimization

Databricks·Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Python Pytorch Machine learning Deep learning

2mo ago→

Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, LLM Evals

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY·Hybrid

Staff·Research Scientist

Python Tensorflow Pytorch Numpy

2mo ago→

Director, Enterprise Machine Learning & Research

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; New York, NY·On-site

Staff·Research Scientist

Machine learning Deep learning Generative models Rl

2mo ago→

Machine Learning Research Engineer, Agent Data Foundation - Enterprise GenAI

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; New York, NY·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

LLMs Rl Python Machine learning

2mo ago→

Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-Training

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist

Machine learning Deep learning Reinforcement learning Python

2mo ago→

Machine Learning Research Scientist, Reasoning

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist

Pytorch Jax Tensorflow Python

2mo ago→

Manager, Machine Learning Research Scientist, GenAI

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist

Machine learning Deep learning Generative models Rl

2mo ago→

Research Scientist, Agent Robustness

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; New York, NY·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Machine learning RLHF Dpo Grpo

2mo ago→

Research Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; New York, NY·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Machine learning Python Anomaly detection Runtime monitoring

2mo ago→

Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; New York, NY·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Machine learning Python Ml pipelines Evaluation methodologies

2mo ago→

Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist

Python Tensorflow Pytorch Reinforcement learning

2mo ago→

Tech Lead/Manager, Machine Learning Research Scientist- LLM Evals

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist

Python Tensorflow Pytorch Numpy

2mo ago→

PhD GenAI Research Scientist Intern

Databricks·San Francisco, California·On-site

Research Scientist

Pytorch Deep learning Python Software engineering

3mo ago→

Data Scientist, Preparedness

OpenAI·San Francisco·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$347k – $400k

Python Machine learning Ai safety Risk analysis

4mo ago→