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Research Scientist Jobs in San Francisco

There are currently 165 open Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco & Bay Area across 81 AI startups. 35% of these roles are at Series A–B startups. Every listing links straight to the company's official application page.

165Open roles
81Companies hiring
Jul 30, 2026Last updated
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Funding-stage mix

Series A 31 (19%)Series B 27 (16%)Series G+ 25 (15%)Growth 23 (14%)Seed 22 (13%)Series E 10 (6%)Series C 10 (6%)Series D 9 (5%)Series F 3 (2%)Unknown 2 (1%)Private Equity 2 (1%)Pre-Seed 1 (1%)
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Open Research Scientist Roles in San Francisco

RoleCompanyStageLocationPosted
Research Scientist - RL TrainingSnorkel AISeries DRedwood City, CA (Hybrid)Jul 30, 2026
AI Research ScientistP-1 AISeedSan Francisco Bay AreaJul 29, 2026
AI Research Scientist - Spatial ReasoningP-1 AISeedSan Francisco Bay AreaJul 29, 2026
Research Scientist, Takeoff IntelAnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 28, 2026
ML Scientist I/II, Nucleic Acid DesignLila SciencesSeries ASan Francisco, CA USAJul 27, 2026
Applied AI Scientist, Small Language Model and AI TrainingPostmanSeries DSan Francisco, California, United StatesJul 27, 2026
Research Scientist, DataPeriodic LabsSeedMenlo Park, CAJul 25, 2026
PhD GenAI Research Scientist InternDatabricksSeries G+San Francisco, CaliforniaJul 24, 2026
Principal AI Research Scientist, Research Director - AI ScalingDatabricksSeries G+Mountain View, CaliforniaJul 24, 2026
Principal Research Scientist – ScalingDatabricksSeries G+San Francisco, CaliforniaJul 24, 2026
Co-Op, ML Scientist for Protein EngineeringLila SciencesSeries ASan Francisco, CA USAJul 24, 2026
Manager, Research ScientistScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 24, 2026
Formal Verification Research ScientistVoltai-Palo Alto OfficeJul 23, 2026
People Research Scientist, RecruitingAnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 22, 2026
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Personal AGI-Model ExperienceOpenAIGrowthSan FranciscoJul 22, 2026
Applied Researcher - Deployment Intelligence & Continuous LearningDyna RoboticsSeries ARedwood City, CAJul 21, 2026
Research Scientist/Engineer, Biological SafetyAnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 21, 2026
Senior/Staff User ResearcherHarveySeries G+San FranciscoJul 21, 2026
Research Scientist - Multimodal Agent, Consumer DevicesOpenAIGrowthSan FranciscoJul 21, 2026
Applied Researcher, Audio Post-TrainingCartesiaSeries B*HQ - San Francisco, CAJul 20, 2026
Member of Technical Staff — ML Research, InterpretabilityCausal LabsSeedSan FranciscoJul 20, 2026
Member of Technical Staff — ML Research, MultimodalCausal LabsSeedSan FranciscoJul 20, 2026
Member of Technical Staff — ML Research, PlanningCausal LabsSeedSan FranciscoJul 20, 2026
Member of Technical Staff, TLM: Research ScientistOdysseySeries BPalo AltoJul 20, 2026
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Behavior Planning and PredictionNuroSeries EMountain View, California (HQ)Jul 20, 2026
Senior ML Scientist, Biological SystemsLila SciencesSeries ASan Francisco, CA USAJul 17, 2026
AI Research ScientistSprinter HealthSeries BSan Francisco, CAJul 17, 2026
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational)AnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 16, 2026
Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for PlanningNuroSeries EMountain View, California (HQ)Jul 16, 2026
ML Research Scientist, Prediction & Smart AgentsNuroSeries EMountain View, California (HQ)Jul 16, 2026
Senior ML Research Scientist, End-to-End Autonomous DrivingNuroSeries EMountain View, California (HQ)Jul 16, 2026
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for PlanningNuroSeries EMountain View, California (HQ)Jul 16, 2026
Staff Mixed Methods ResearcherAbridgeSeries ESF OfficeJul 15, 2026
Sr. Staff, ML Researcher - LLM Algorithmic Optimizationd-MatrixSeries CSanta ClaraJul 15, 2026
Recruiter, AI ResearchAnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 14, 2026
Researcher, Education LabsAnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 14, 2026
Research Scientist, InterpretabilityAnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 14, 2026
Research Scientist, Life SciencesAnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 14, 2026
Transformative AI Research Economist, Economic ResearchAnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 14, 2026
Research ScientistSesame AISeries BSan FranciscoJul 14, 2026
Researcher, World ModelsMenlo Research-San FranciscoJul 10, 2026
AI Researcher, Core ML (Turbo)Together AISeries CSan FranciscoJul 10, 2026
Senior Technical Recruiter, AI/ML ResearchTogether AISeries CSan FranciscoJul 10, 2026
Research Scientist, Materials CharacterizationPeriodic LabsSeedMenlo ParkJul 9, 2026
Research Scientist, Thin FilmsPeriodic LabsSeedMenlo ParkJul 9, 2026
Machine Learning Research Engineer, Agent Data Foundation - Enterprise GenAIScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 9, 2026
Machine Learning Research Engineer, Agents - Enterprise GenAIScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 9, 2026
ML Research Engineer, ML SystemsScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 9, 2026
Research Scientist, Agent RobustnessScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 9, 2026
Research Scientist, AI Controls and MonitoringScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAJul 9, 2026
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FAQ

How many Research Scientist jobs are open in San Francisco?

There are currently 165 open Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco across 81 AI startups on Fast AI Jobs.

What funding stages are hiring Research Scientists in San Francisco?

35% 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.