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Research Scientist Jobs in San Francisco

There are currently 152 open Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco & Bay Area across 71 AI startups. 39% of these roles are at Series A–B startups. Every listing links straight to the company's official application page.

152Open roles
71Companies hiring
Jun 16, 2026Last updated
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Funding-stage mix

Series B 33 (22%)Series A 27 (18%)Growth 24 (16%)Series G+ 22 (14%)Seed 14 (9%)Series E 12 (8%)Series D 8 (5%)Series C 6 (4%)Series H 2 (1%)Series F 2 (1%)Pre-Seed 1 (1%)Private Equity 1 (1%)
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Open Research Scientist Roles in San Francisco

RoleCompanyStageLocationPosted
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Behavior Planning and PredictionNuroSeries EMountain View, California (HQ)Jun 16, 2026
Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for PlanningNuroSeries EMountain View, California (HQ)Jun 16, 2026
ML Research Scientist, Prediction & Smart AgentsNuroSeries EMountain View, California (HQ)Jun 16, 2026
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for PlanningNuroSeries EMountain View, California (HQ)Jun 16, 2026
Recruiter, AI ResearchAnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAJun 15, 2026
PhD GenAI Research Scientist InternDatabricksSeries G+San Francisco, CaliforniaJun 15, 2026
Principal Research Scientist - AI Scaling & OptimizationDatabricksSeries G+Mountain View, CaliforniaJun 15, 2026
Principal Research Scientist – ScalingDatabricksSeries G+San Francisco, CaliforniaJun 15, 2026
Sr. Staff AI Research TLM - AI SystemsDatabricksSeries G+Mountain View, CaliforniaJun 15, 2026
AI ResearcherHume AISeries BRemote (NYC, San Jose)Jun 15, 2026
Senior/Staff AI Research EngineerHume AISeries BRemote (NYC, San Jose)Jun 15, 2026
Senior ML Research Scientist, End-to-End Autonomous DrivingNuroSeries EMountain View, California (HQ)Jun 15, 2026
AI Researcher, Core ML (Turbo)Together AISeries CSan FranciscoJun 15, 2026
Senior Technical Recruiter, AI/ML ResearchTogether AISeries CSan FranciscoJun 15, 2026
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer, General Agents, Enterprise GenAIScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAJun 11, 2026
Research Scientist (Generative Modeling)World LabsSeries ESan FranciscoJun 11, 2026
Applied Machine Learning Research ScientistCerebras SystemsSeries HSunnyvale CA or Toronto CanadaJun 10, 2026
Researcher, Agent Post-Training, PersonalityOpenAIGrowthSan FranciscoJun 10, 2026
Forward Deployed Research Scientist (Biology)GoodfireSeries BSan Francisco, CAJun 9, 2026
Research ScientistGoodfireSeries BSan Francisco, CAJun 9, 2026
Applied Research Scientist, AgentsLabelboxSeries DSan Francisco Bay AreaJun 8, 2026
Senior User Researcher, Enterprise & PlatformGleanSeries FSan Francisco, CAJun 5, 2026
Senior User Researcher, Enterprise & PlatformGleanSeries FMountain View, CAJun 5, 2026
Researcher, Agent Post-Training, API & Power-UsersOpenAIGrowthSan FranciscoJun 5, 2026
ML Research InternSamaya AISeries AMountain View, California, United StatesJun 4, 2026
Research Scientist, Life SciencesAnthropicSeries G+San Francisco, CAJun 2, 2026
Advanced Technology: AI/ML Research ScientistCerebras SystemsSeries HSunnyvale, CAJun 2, 2026
Applied AI Scientist, Small Language Model and AI TrainingPostmanSeries DSan Francisco, California, United StatesJun 2, 2026
AI Research Marketing Intern - Summer 2026LambdaSeries ESan Francisco Office (Second St)Jun 1, 2026
Research Scientist - Frontier BenchmarksSnorkel AISeries DSan Francisco, CA (Hybrid)May 29, 2026
Computational BiologistNewLimitSeries CSouth San Francisco, CAMay 26, 2026
Machine Learning Research Engineer, Agent Data Foundation - Enterprise GenAIScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAMay 26, 2026
Machine Learning Research Engineer, Agents - Enterprise GenAIScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAMay 26, 2026
Research Scientist, Agent RobustnessScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAMay 26, 2026
Research Scientist, AI Controls and MonitoringScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAMay 26, 2026
Research Scientist, Frontier Risk EvaluationsScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAMay 26, 2026
Research Scientist, Safety Post TrainingScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAMay 26, 2026
Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer, Agent Post-training - Enterprise GenAIScale AISeries G+San Francisco, CAMay 26, 2026
Researcher, Computer Use - Agent Post-TrainingOpenAIGrowthSan FranciscoMay 22, 2026
Researcher, Connectors - Agent Post-TrainingOpenAIGrowthSan FranciscoMay 22, 2026
Researcher, Artifacts - Agent Post-TrainingOpenAIGrowthSan FranciscoMay 22, 2026
Researcher, Context - Agent Post-TrainingOpenAIGrowthSan FranciscoMay 22, 2026
AI Research DirectorP-1 AISeedSan Francisco Bay AreaMay 22, 2026
Applied AI Researcher, Multi-Agent SystemsDistyl AISeries BSan FranciscoMay 18, 2026
Security Researcher, Agentic AI ThreatsOpenAIGrowthSan FranciscoMay 18, 2026
Multimodal LLM Researcher (MLLM)PikaSeries BPalo Alto HQMay 16, 2026
Senior Machine Learning Research EngineerDavid AISeries BSan FranciscoMay 15, 2026
Forward Deployed Research ScientistLabelboxSeries DSan Francisco Bay AreaMay 15, 2026
Principal ML Research EngineerLila SciencesSeries ASan Francisco, CA USAMay 15, 2026
AI Researcher (Multimodal Audio/Video Generation)TavusSeries BSan FranciscoMay 15, 2026
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FAQ

How many Research Scientist jobs are open in San Francisco?

There are currently 152 open Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco across 71 AI startups on Fast AI Jobs.

What funding stages are hiring Research Scientists in San Francisco?

39% 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.