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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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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 Strategy Lead
Sprig · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
$165k - $200k View role →
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
Luvu · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
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User Research Associate (UX)
Sleeper · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research, General Agents
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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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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Member of Technical Staff - Research & Post-training
Preference Model · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $350k View role →
Research, Safety
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research Engineer, Model Evaluation and Improvement
Benchling · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
$136k - $265k View role →
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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Research, Post-Training
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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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 →
Senior or 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 →
Director, Research - AI Evals
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
$258k - $348k View role →
Research Engineer, Generalist
Exa · San Francisco, California · Full Time
$180k - $350k View role →
Member of Technical Staff - Research
Vals AI · San Francisco · Full Time
$140k - $185k View role →
Head of Research
Vals AI · San Francisco · Full Time
$225k - $275k View role →
Research Engineer, Post-Training
Harvey · San Francisco · Full Time
$231k - $340k View role →
User Research Intern
Sleeper · 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
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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 →
Applied Legal Researcher
Harvey · San Francisco · Full Time
$180k - $220k View role →
Research Scientist
Cursor · San Francisco · Full Time
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AI Applied Scientist
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
$153k - $376k View role →
Research Engineer
Gamma · San Francisco · Full Time
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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 →
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 →
Research, ML
Exa · San Francisco, California · Full Time
$180k - $350k 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, Quantitative UX Researcher, Growth/International Expansion
Waymo · 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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