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Research Scientist Jobs in San Francisco

There are currently 213 open Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco & Bay Area across 94 AI startups. 32% of these roles are at Series A–B startups. Every listing links straight to the company's official application page.

213Open roles
94Companies hiring
Oct 30, 2026Last updated
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Funding-stage mix

Series B 45 (21%)Series G+ 35 (16%)Seed 32 (15%)Growth 28 (13%)Series A 24 (11%)Series C 17 (8%)Series E 16 (8%)Series D 7 (3%)Bootstrapped 4 (2%)Series F 4 (2%)Private Equity 1 (0%)
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Open Research Scientist Roles in San Francisco

RoleCompanyStageLocationPosted
AI Biologist - Drug DevelopmentLatchBioSeries BSan Francisco or RemoteOct 30, 2026
Member of Technical Staff - ML Research Engineer, Pre-Training DataLiquid AISeries ASan FranciscoOct 30, 2026
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Chemistry)AnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAOct 29, 2026
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Large Molecules, Antibody Design)AnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAOct 29, 2026
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Large Molecules, Process Development)AnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAOct 29, 2026
Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a ServiceSnorkel AISeries EMultiple locationsOct 29, 2026
Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a ServiceSnorkel AISeries EMultiple locationsOct 29, 2026
Research ScientistSnorkel AISeries EMultiple locationsOct 29, 2026
Research Scientist - Human-AI SystemsSnorkel AISeries EMultiple locationsOct 29, 2026
Researcher, Robot LearningMenlo ResearchBootstrappedMultiple locationsOct 28, 2026
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Human FlourishingOpenAIGrowthSan FranciscoOct 28, 2026
AI Research Intern (BS/MS)AtomsGrowthMultiple locationsOct 27, 2026
AI Research Intern (PhD)AtomsGrowthMultiple locationsOct 27, 2026
PhD GenAI Research Scientist InternDatabricksSeries G+Multiple locationsOct 27, 2026
AI Biologist - Structural BiologyLatchBioSeries BSan Francisco or RemoteOct 26, 2026
Ai Biologist - Peptide DiscoveryLatchBioSeries BSan Francisco or RemoteOct 26, 2026
Senior UX ResearcherFivetranSeries DMultiple locationsOct 26, 2026
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational Chemistry)AnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAOct 25, 2026
Research Scientist, STEMTuringSeries EMultiple locationsOct 25, 2026
Senior Research Scientist, STEMTuringSeries EMultiple locationsOct 25, 2026
Staff Research ScientistTuringSeries EMultiple locationsOct 25, 2026
Technical Recruiter, AI ResearchLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 23, 2026
Senior/Staff Applied AI Researcher, GrowthQuinceSeries EMultiple locationsOct 23, 2026
Researcher, Misalignment Monitoring LeadOpenAIGrowthSan FranciscoOct 22, 2026
Machine Learning Research Intern (Summer 2027)Scale AISeries G+Multiple locationsOct 22, 2026
Machine Learning Research Scientist, EvaluationsScale AISeries G+Multiple locationsOct 22, 2026
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-TrainingScale AISeries G+Multiple locationsOct 22, 2026
ML Research Engineer, ML SystemsScale AISeries G+Multiple locationsOct 22, 2026
Research Scientist, Agent RobustnessScale AISeries G+Multiple locationsOct 22, 2026
Research Scientist, AI Controls and MonitoringScale AISeries G+Multiple locationsOct 22, 2026
Research Scientist, Frontier Risk EvaluationsScale AISeries G+Multiple locationsOct 22, 2026
Research Scientist, Safety Post TrainingScale AISeries G+Multiple locationsOct 22, 2026
Senior Manager, Research ScientistScale AISeries G+Multiple locationsOct 22, 2026
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer, General Agents, Enterprise GenAIScale AISeries G+Multiple locationsOct 22, 2026
Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, AgentsScale AISeries G+Multiple locationsOct 22, 2026
Staff/Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer, Intelligent SystemsScale AISeries G+Multiple locationsOct 22, 2026
Research Scientist (Staff+)LightfieldSeries AHQ: San FranciscoOct 21, 2026
Applied Researcher (Staff+)LightfieldSeries AHQ: San FranciscoOct 21, 2026
Machine Learning Scientist I / II, Protein DesignLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
ML Scientist, Foundation Models for Life SciencesLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
ML Scientist I/II, AI for Protein EngineeringLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
Principal Scientist / Associate Director, Agentic AI Research for Materials ScienceLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
Research Scientist / Research Engineer, Automated SafetyLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
Senior ML Scientist, AI for Protein EngineeringLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
Senior ML Scientist, Biological SystemsLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
Senior / Principal Chemist, AI SafetyLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
Senior / Principal Computational Biologist, AI SafetyLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
Senior / Principal ML Scientist, Foundation Models for Life SciencesLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
Senior/Principal ML Scientist, Translational BiologyLila SciencesSeries BMultiple locationsOct 21, 2026
Research Scientist / Research Engineer - Web Understanding and Structured Retrieval, SearchOpenAIGrowthSan FranciscoOct 21, 2026
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FAQ

How many Research Scientist jobs are open in San Francisco?

There are currently 213 open Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco across 94 AI startups on Fast AI Jobs.

What funding stages are hiring Research Scientists in San Francisco?

32% of open Research Scientist 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.