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AI research jobs in San Francisco

Nowhere packs more frontier ML work into seven square miles. Research scientist and research engineer roles at Bay Area portfolio companies, gathered in one place.

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Research Engineer, Model Evaluation and Improvement
Benchling · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
$136k - $167k View role →
Senior Research Engineer (Onsite/Hybrid)
KoBold Metals · San Francisco Bay Area
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Research Engineer, Infrastructure
Harvey · San Francisco · Full Time
$230k - $450k View role →
Research Engineer / Scientist, Data & Evals
Harvey · San Francisco · Full Time
$230k - $450k View role →
Research Engineer / Scientist, Reinforcement Learning
Harvey · San Francisco · Full Time
$230k - $450k View role →
Senior Vice President, Chemistry
Rezo Therapeutics · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
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Senior Applied Scientist (Onsite/Hybrid)
KoBold Metals · San Francisco Bay Area
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Member of Technical Staff - Research, AI Safety
Vals AI · San Francisco · Full Time
$130k - $185k View role →
Member of Technical Staff - Research, Cyber
Vals AI · San Francisco · Full Time
$130k - $185k View role →
Research, Tinker, RL Systems
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Member of Technical Staff - Research Engineer, Post-training
Preference Model · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $350k View role →
Member of Technical Staff - Research Engineer, RL Environments
Preference Model · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $350k View role →
Director, Program Management
Rezo Therapeutics · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
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Research Operations Lead
Mercury Technologies · San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States
$189k - $237k View role →
UX Researcher I
Sleeper · San Francisco · Full Time
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Researcher, Figma Design
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
$169k - $250k View role →
PhD Intern, AI Applied Scientist (2027)
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY
$74/hr View role →
Senior Content Writer, Research & Insights
Hercules · San Francisco · Full Time
$100k - $250k View role →
Research Engineer, Index Intelligence
Exa · San Francisco, California · Full Time
$180k - $350k View role →
Research Engineer, Content Understanding
Exa · San Francisco, California · Full Time
$180k - $350k View role →
Applied Scientist Intern, PhD (Summer 2027)
Lyft · San Francisco, CA
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Research Engineer, Web Crawling
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Researcher - Rapid Research
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
$169k - $250k View role →
Research, Mid Training
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research, Finetuning Science
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research Lead, Tinker, Fine-tuning Science
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Security Scientist
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
$140k - $348k View role →
Research Engineer, Audio and Speech
Decagon · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $400k View role →
Research Engineer, Safety
Decagon · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $400k View role →
Senior Research Engineer, Safety
Decagon · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $400k View role →
Research Product Manager
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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ML Researcher - Posttraining
krea.ai · San Francisco · Full Time
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ML Researcher - Image / Video Diffusion
krea.ai · San Francisco · Full Time
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Founding Research Engineer
Basis · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
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Research, General Agents
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
$400k - $500k View role →
Research, Coding Agents
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research, Post-Training Evals
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research, Safety
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Applied Research Scientist, AI Research
Descript · San Francisco, CA or Remote, US
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Research, RL Scaling
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Spatial Computing Research Engineer
Schemata (Traverse3d) · San Francisco · Full Time
$181k - $323k View role →
Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Inference
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research, Pre-Training Data
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research, Audio Expertise
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Numerics
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research, Vision Expertise
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Kernels
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Training Systems
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Member of Technical Staff, Research
Primitive Labs · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
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Research Engineer
Decagon · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $400k View role →
Staff User Researcher
Harvey · San Francisco · Full Time
$159k - $265k View role →
Applied Scientist, AI
Sprinter Health · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
$180k - $260k View role →
Applied Scientist, Optimization & Logistics
Sprinter Health · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
$160k - $220k View role →
AI Research Scientist
Sprinter Health · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
$160k - $220k View role →
Research Scientist
Sesame · San Francisco · Full Time
$190k - $320k View role →
Member of Technical Staff - Research
Vals AI · San Francisco · Full Time
$130k - $185k View role →
Research Scientist, Video Foundation Models
Cantina · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research Engineer
Sesame · San Francisco · Full Time
$190k - $320k View role →
Clinical AI Researcher
Ambience Healthcare · San Francisco · Full Time
$205k - $255k View role →
Senior Research Engineer, Audio and Speech
Decagon · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $400k View role →
Senior Research Scientist
EliseAI · San Francisco · Full Time
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Junior Research Scientist
EliseAI · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research Scientist
Hedra · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $325k View role →
Research Engineer
Hedra · San Francisco · Full Time
$175k - $275k View role →
Forward Deployed Research Scientist
Labelbox · San Francisco Bay Area
$200k - $300k View role →
Research Scientist
OpenEvidence · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research Scientist
Cursor · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
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Machine Learning Scientist - ML Research
Arena · SF Bay Area · Full Time
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AI Applied Scientist
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
$153k - $376k View role →
Research, Evals
Exa · San Francisco, California · Full Time
$180k - $350k View role →
Machine Learning Research Scientist
Sentra · San Francisco / Bay Area · Full Time
$120k - $300k View role →
ML Research Engineer
Specter · San Francisco · Full Time
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Researcher, Figma Agentic Experiences
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
$169k - $250k View role →
Senior Research Engineer
Decagon · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $400k View role →
Open Application for Scientists and Research Associates
Rezo Therapeutics · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
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2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Depot Automation
Waymo · San Francisco, California
$70/hr View role →
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Weather Perception
Waymo · San Francisco, CA, USA
$70/hr View role →
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Machine Learning, Driver Refinement Foundations
Waymo · San Francisco, CA, USA
$70/hr View role →
AI/ML PhD Intern (Summer 2027)
Sigma Computing · San Francisco, CA
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2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Planner Machine Learning
Waymo · San Francisco, California
$85/hr View role →
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Perception Systems Engineering: Pedestrian Detection Precision
Waymo · San Francisco, California
$85/hr View role →
Machine Learning Intern (PhD) - Summer 2027
DoorDash · San Francisco, CA +3
$131k - $192k View role →
Research Analyst Intern (Economics & Finance) - Summer 2027
The Brattle Group · San Francisco, California, United States
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Machine Learning Research Intern 2027
Phonic · San Francisco · Full Time
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Machine Learning Intern
Droyd Robotics · San Francisco, CA · Intern
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