updated august 2026

Research Scientist Jobs in San Francisco (August 2026)

71 open Research Scientist positions in San Francisco as of August 2026, across 35 hiring companies — 16 of them remote-friendly. OpenAI leads with 13 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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Research Scientist, Dynamical Systems & AI

Becoming·San Francisco, California, United States·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Dynamical systems Time series Statistical modeling Simulation

1w ago→

Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Health

OpenAI·San Francisco·On-site

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

Python PyTorch Reinforcement learning LLMs

1w ago→

Research Scientist, Dynamical Systems & AI

Becoming·San Francisco, California, United States·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Dynamical systems Time series modeling Differential equations Machine learning

1w ago→

Research Scientist - Frontier Benchmarks

Snorkel AI·San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist

Machine learning Deep learning Natural language processing Generative AI

1w ago→

Director / Senior Director, Machine Learning for Biology

Altos Labs·San Diego, CA; San Francisco Bay Area, CA·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$297k – $381k

Python Deep learning Bioinformatics Genomics

1w ago→

Research Scientist

Snorkel AI·Redwood City, CA (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); United States (Remote)·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist·$200k – $350k

Python PyTorch TensorFlow Natural language processing

1w ago→

Applied Researcher II (AI Foundations, LLM Core and Agentic AI)

Capital One·New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; McLean, VA; Cambridge, MA; San Jose, CA·On-site

Mid·Research Scientist·$263k – $300k

Machine learning LLMs Agentic AI Deep learning

1w ago→

Research Scientist (Generative Modeling)

World Labs·San Francisco·Hybrid

Research Scientist·$250k – $325k

Generative modeling Diffusion models Machine learning Deep learning

1w ago→

Senior Research Engineer, LLM Training & Post-Training

Lightning AI·New York, New York, United States; Remote; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist·$165k – $310k

PyTorch Distributed training LLMs Gpu acceleration

1w ago→

Applied Researcher I (AI Foundations, LLM Core and Agentic AI)

Capital One·New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; McLean, VA; Cambridge, MA; San Jose, CA·On-site

Junior·Research Scientist·$219k – $250k

Python PyTorch TensorFlow LLMs

1w ago→

Senior Quantitative Scientist, Implementation

Verana Health·New York, United States, San Francisco, California, United States Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, Remote ·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist·$141k – $177k

Python R SQL Machine learning

2w ago→

Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Chemistry)

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$300k – $320k

Medicinal chemistry Small molecule synthesis Analytical chemistry Experimental design

2w ago→

Senior Applied Scientist - Shipper Pricing

Uber Freight·San Francisco, CA 94158, United States·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$183k – $223k

Machine learning Causal inference Optimization Real-time bidding

2w ago→

PhD Research Scientist Intern

Canva·San Francisco, CA, United States·On-site

Research Scientist

Machine learning AI Data analysis Research

3w ago→

Research Engineer / Research Scientist / AI Systems Engineer, RSI

OpenAI·San Francisco·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$295k – $445k

Machine learning Deep learning Python PyTorch

3w ago→

Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-training

Anthropic·Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY·Remote

Mid·Research Scientist·$350k – $850k

LLMs Pre training data pipelines Transformer architectures Distributed computing

3w ago→

Research Scientist/Engineer, Biological Safety

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Mid·Research Scientist·$300k – $405k

Machine learning Natural language processing Adversarial ml Biosecurity

3w ago→

Research Scientist, Interpretability

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Mid·Research Scientist·$350k – $850k

Mechanistic-interpretability Neural-network-parameter-analysis Algorithm-reverse-engineering Ai-safety-research

3w ago→

Research Scientist, Life Sciences

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Mid·Research Scientist·$300k – $320k

LLMs Biological nlp Reinforcement learning Scientific benchmarking

3w ago→

Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY·On-site

Mid·Research Scientist·$500k – $850k

Reinforcement learning LLMs Autonomous agent development Code generation rl

3w ago→

AI Research Scientist

Cogent Security·San Francisco, CA, New York, NY·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist·$100k – $300k

LLMs Agentic ai architectures Cybersecurity threat detection Distributed data processing

3w ago→

Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Personal AGI, Personalization

OpenAI·San Francisco·On-site

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

Reinforcement learning Dataset creation Evaluation metrics LLMs

3w ago→

Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational)

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Mid·Research Scientist·$300k – $320k

Computational biology Machine learning for biology Genomics data analysis Deep learning for scientific discovery

3w ago→

Research Scientist, Takeoff Intel

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$350k – $850k

LLMs Reinforcement learning Model evaluation frameworks Recursive self-improvement

3w ago→

Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Personal AGI, Memory

OpenAI·San Francisco·On-site

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

Reinforcement learning Memory architectures LLMs Deep learning

3w ago→

People Research Scientist, Recruiting

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

Mid·Research Scientist·$285k – $380k

Experimental design Behavioral research Recruiting analytics Statistical modeling

3w ago→

Manager, Research Scientist

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

Senior·Research Scientist·$290k – $363k

Python Machine learning Deep learning Natural language processing

1mo ago→

AI Applied Scientist

Figma·San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist·$153k – $376k

Machine learning Ai model development Computer vision Natural language processing

1mo ago→

Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Personal AGI-Model Experience

OpenAI·San Francisco·On-site

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

Python Natural language processing Deep learning Agi

1mo ago→

Research Scientist - Human Alignment, Consumer Devices

OpenAI·San Francisco·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$380k – $445k

Python Machine learning Deep learning Natural language processing

1mo ago→

AI Research Scientist

Sprinter Health·San Francisco, CA, Menlo Park, CA·On-site

Mid·Research Scientist·$160k – $220k

Deep learning Reinforcement learning Healthcare data analysis Nlp for clinical text

1mo ago→

Principal AI Research Scientist, Research Director - AI Scaling

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

Senior·Research Scientist·$270k – $340k

Python AI Machine learning Natural language processing

1mo 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

1mo ago→

Principal Research Scientist/TLM - AI Scaling

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

Senior·Research Scientist·$270k – $340k

Python TensorFlow PyTorch Natural language processing

1mo ago→

Research Staff, Data Science

Deepgram·USA | Remote; San Francisco, CA; Ann Arbor, MI·Hybrid

Staff·Research Scientist·$150k – $220k

Python Machine learning Natural language processing Speech recognition

1mo ago→

Research Engineer / Research Scientist -Personal AGI, Proactivity

OpenAI·San Francisco·On-site

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

Reinforcement learning Datasetcreation Evaluations Posttrainingmethods

2mo ago→

Account Executive, LLMs

Goodfire·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Mid·Research Scientist

LLMs Model interpretability Neural network architectures Ai safety

2mo 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

2mo 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

2mo ago→

Scientist /Senior Scientist, Multimodal & Relational Machine Learning Foundation Models

Altos Labs·San Francisco Bay Area, CA;San Diego, CA·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$201k – $258k

Multimodal learning Relational ml Foundation models Biological data processing

2mo ago→

Forward Deployed Research Scientist (Biology)

Goodfire·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$220k – $315k

Neural network interpretability Model debugging Ai safety research Machine learning theory

2mo ago→

Research Scientist - Salesforce AI Research

Salesforce·California - Palo Alto; California - San Francisco·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$117k – $314k

Machine learning Ai research Crm ai systems Natural language processing

2mo ago→

Research Scientist

Goodfire·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist·$200k – $400k

Neural network interpretability Model debugging Ai safety frameworks Attention mechanism analysis

2mo ago→

Research Scientist

Adobe·San Jose; Seattle; San Francisco·Hybrid

Senior·Research Scientist·$121k – $239k

Machine learning Deep learning Computer vision Natural language processing

3mo ago→

Research Scientist, Safety Post Training

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

Senior·Research Scientist·$216k – $270k

Python Machine learning AI Research

3mo ago→

Research Staff, LLMs

Deepgram·USA | Remote, San Francisco, CA, Ann Arbor, MI·Hybrid

Staff·Research Scientist·$150k – $250k

LLMs Speech to text optimization Foundation model research Audio processing

3mo ago→

Forward Deployed Research Scientist

Labelbox·San Francisco Bay Area·On-site

Mid·Research Scientist·$200k – $300k

Computer vision annotation Active learning algorithms Data quality assurance Distributed data pipelines

3mo ago→

Research Scientist, Frontier Capabilities

Lila Sciences·Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA·On-site

Mid·Research Scientist·$176k – $304k

LLMs Reinforcement learning Scientific reasoning Experimental design

3mo ago→

Research Scientist, Agent Robustness

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

Senior·Research Scientist·$216k – $270k

Machine learning RLHF Dpo Grpo

3mo ago→

Research Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring

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

Senior·Research Scientist·$216k – $270k

Machine learning Python Anomaly detection Runtime monitoring

3mo ago→

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Methodology: live Research Scientist listings whose location includes San Francisco, sourced daily from company career pages and ATS APIs. Multi-office roles appear under every listed location.

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