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Research Engineer Jobs in San Francisco

There are currently 133 open Research Engineer jobs in San Francisco & Bay Area across 60 AI startups. 29% of these roles are at Series A–B startups. Every listing links straight to the company's official application page.

133Open roles
60Companies hiring
Oct 28, 2026Last updated
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Funding-stage mix

Series G+ 24 (18%)Series A 22 (17%)Seed 22 (17%)Series C 19 (14%)Series B 17 (13%)Series E 12 (9%)Series D 10 (8%)Growth 4 (3%)Series F 2 (2%)Series A-1 1 (1%)
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Open Research Engineer Roles in San Francisco

RoleCompanyStageLocationPosted
Founding Research EngineerRaindropSeries ASan FranciscoOct 28, 2026
Research EngineerTaste LabsSeedSan FranciscoOct 28, 2026
Research Engineer Intern - Environments, Data and Post-TrainingMercorSeries CSan FranciscoOct 27, 2026
Research Engineer, Intern – BenchmarkingMercorSeries CSan FranciscoOct 27, 2026
Senior Research EngineerTuringSeries EMultiple locationsOct 25, 2026
Senior Research Engineer, Frontier DataTuringSeries EMultiple locationsOct 25, 2026
Senior Research Engineer, SWETuringSeries EMultiple locationsOct 25, 2026
Staff Research EngineerTuringSeries EMultiple locationsOct 25, 2026
Staff Research Engineer, Enterprise KnowledgeTuringSeries EMultiple locationsOct 25, 2026
Staff Research Engineer, Frontier DataTuringSeries EMultiple locationsOct 25, 2026
Research EngineerDavid AISeries BSan FranciscoOct 23, 2026
Research Engineer, Chip Design RLAnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAOct 21, 2026
Research Engineer, RL FrontiersEtchedSeries DSan JoseOct 21, 2026
Research Engineer, Scientific Data & Workflow InfrastructureLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
Senior / Engineer II, AI Lab Research EngineerLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
Staff / Principal Research Engineer, AI Safety MitigationsLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)AnthropicSeries G+Multiple locationsOct 20, 2026
Research Engineer, InterpretabilityAnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAOct 20, 2026
Security Engineer / Research Engineer, RL SecurityAnthropicSeries G+Multiple locationsOct 20, 2026
Research Engineer, Post-TrainingDeepgramSeries CMultiple locationsOct 19, 2026
Research Engineer - RL InfrastructurePrime IntellectSeries AMultiple locationsOct 19, 2026
Research Engineer / Scientist - Reinforcement LearningPrime IntellectSeries AMultiple locationsOct 16, 2026
Research Engineer - Pre-training DataPrime IntellectSeries AMultiple locationsOct 16, 2026
Research Engineer - Data and EvaluationPrime IntellectSeries AMultiple locationsOct 16, 2026
Research Engineer - InferencePrime IntellectSeries AMultiple locationsOct 16, 2026
Research Engineer - Pre-trainingPrime IntellectSeries AMultiple locationsOct 16, 2026
Internal Acceleration, Research Engineer (ASIC)EtchedSeries DSan JoseOct 15, 2026
Internal Acceleration, Research Engineer (Hardware)EtchedSeries DSan JoseOct 15, 2026
Internal Acceleration, Research Engineer (Production)EtchedSeries DSan JoseOct 15, 2026
Internal Acceleration, Research Engineer (Kernels)EtchedSeries DSan JoseOct 15, 2026
Research Engineer, Safety & AlignmentCognitionSeries ESan FranciscoOct 9, 2026
Applied Scientist / Research Engineer — Data Quality & EvaluationMaxinsightsSeedSanta ClaraOct 9, 2026
Robotics Research Engineer / Scientist — Robot LearningMaxinsightsSeedSanta ClaraOct 9, 2026
Research Engineer — Robotics Simulation & EvaluationMaxinsightsSeedSanta ClaraOct 9, 2026
Embodied AI / VLA Research EngineerMaxinsightsSeedSanta ClaraOct 7, 2026
Research Engineer, RL EnvMecka AISeries BMultiple locationsOct 7, 2026
Research Engineer, Simulation & World ModelsMecka AISeries BMultiple locationsOct 7, 2026
Research EngineerGraphon AISeedSan FranciscoOct 6, 2026
Research Engineer, Applied ResearchSierraSeries ESan Francisco, CAOct 5, 2026
Staff Research Engineer, Multi-Agent ScalingAnthropicSeries G+Multiple locationsOct 2, 2026
Research Engineer, RL EngineeringAnthropicSeries G+Multiple locationsOct 1, 2026
Research Engineer, Content UnderstandingExaSeries CSan Francisco, CaliforniaOct 1, 2026
Research Engineer, Index IntelligenceExaSeries CSan Francisco, CaliforniaOct 1, 2026
Research Engineer, Post-trainingMedraSeries ASan FranciscoOct 1, 2026
Research Engineer / Performance Engineer, RL Distributed SystemsAnthropicSeries G+Multiple locationsSep 29, 2026
Research Engineer - BenchmarksFirecrawlSeries BMultiple locationsSep 29, 2026
Research Engineer, Post-Training Model EvaluationsAnthropicSeries G+Multiple locationsSep 27, 2026
Research EngineerAssort HealthSeries CSan FranciscoSep 24, 2026
Research Engineer, Data Infrastructure (Language Modeling)CartesiaSeries B*HQ - San Francisco, CASep 24, 2026
Research Engineer, ML InfrastructureChai DiscoverySeries CSan Francisco officeSep 24, 2026
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FAQ

How many Research Engineer jobs are open in San Francisco?

There are currently 133 open Research Engineer jobs in San Francisco across 60 AI startups on Fast AI Jobs.

What funding stages are hiring Research Engineers in San Francisco?

29% of open Research Engineer roles in San Francisco are at Series A–B startups, with the rest spread across seed and later-stage companies.

How often is this list updated?

Listings are refreshed daily from official company career pages and deduplicated by posting. Every link points to the original application page.