Research Scientist Jobs in San Francisco
265 open roles at 58 AI companies, 63 added in the last 7 days.
15 of 265 (6%) are remote. 244 list a salary: median $257K, ranging $107K to $850K.
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Senior Scientist, Antibody Characterization
Xaira Therapeutics · South San Francisco, California, United States · $136,000 - $170,000
Product Data Scientist
Baseten · San Francisco · $185,000 - $240,000
Applied Scientist Intern, PhD (Summer 2027)
Lyft · San Francisco, CA
Applied Scientist- Pricing, Dynamic Pricing & Offer Selection
Lyft · San Francisco, CA · $140,800 - $176,000
Data Scientist, Decisions - Central Market Management
Lyft · San Francisco, CA · $128,000 - $160,000
Senior Data Scientist, Algorithm, Lyft Biz
Lyft · San Francisco, CA · $148,000 - $185,000
Senior Data Scientist, Causal Inference
Lyft · San Francisco, CA · $148,000 - $185,000
Staff Applied Scientist
Lyft · San Francisco, CA · $193,600 - $242,000
Data Scientist II, Infrastructure
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US · $114,297 - $235,319
Master's University Grad Data Scientist (USA)
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US; New York, NY, US · $124,950 - $168,000
Sr. Data Scientist, Core
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US · $139,764 - $287,749
Sr. Data Scientist, Marketing
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US · $139,764 - $287,749
Sr. Data Scientist, Monetization
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US · $164,428 - $287,749
Staff Data Scientist, Ads Product
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US · $164,695 - $339,078
Staff Data Scientist, Forecasting
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US · $164,695 - $339,078
Staff Data Scientist, Notifications
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US · $164,695 - $339,078
Staff Data Scientist, Trust and Safety
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US · $164,695 - $339,078
Staff Product Data Scientist, Lending
Block · San Francisco, CA, United States of America · $198,000 - $297,000
Senior Data Scientist, Finance & Strategy
Chime · San Francisco, CA, USA · $133,000 - $185,000
Senior Data Scientist, Organic Growth
Chime · San Francisco, CA, USA · $133,000 - $185,000
Data Scientist II, Applied ML
Brex · San Francisco, California, United States · $152,000 - $190,000
Data Scientist / Senior Data Scientist
DoorDash · San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; Austin, TX; Washington D.C. · $124,100 - $182,500
Lead Data Scientist
DoorDash · San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY · $219,700 - $323,000
Staff Machine Learning Scientist, Applied Causal Inference
DoorDash · San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; New York City, NY · $203,500 - $299,300
Senior Data Scientist
Ripple · San Francisco, CA, United States · $172,000 - $215,000
Staff Data Scientist
Ripple · San Francisco, CA, United States · $212,000 - $265,000
AI Applied Scientist
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States · $153,000 - $376,000
Data Scientist
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States · $140,000 - $348,000
Data Scientist, Finance
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States · $140,000 - $348,000
PhD Intern, AI Applied Scientist (2027)
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY
Security Scientist
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States · $140,000 - $348,000
Data Scientist - Client Platform
Discord · San Francisco Bay Area · $160,000 - $200,000
Senior Data Scientist, Causal Inference + Experimentation
Discord · San Francisco Bay Area · $220,500 - $245,000
Staff Data Scientist, Causal Inference & Experimentation
Discord · San Francisco Bay Area · $279,000 - $310,000
Data Scientist
Twitch · San Francisco, CA · $136,000 - $184,000
Senior Data Scientist, Marketing
Scopely · US - San Francisco, United States
Contract Design Control Scientist
Natera · South San Francisco
Scientist R&D
Natera · South San Francisco · $108,800 - $135,950
Senior Scientist R&D
Natera · South San Francisco · $138,100 - $172,600
Staff Scientist R&D
Natera · South San Francisco · $157,300 - $196,600
Commercial Data Scientist
Doximity · San Francisco, CA or Remote (U.S.) · $119,333 - $172,800
Senior Data Scientist
Doximity · San Francisco, CA or Remote (U.S.)
Staff Data Scientist
TaskRabbit · San Francisco, California, United States · $170,000 - $225,000
Staff Applied Scientist
Braze · San Francisco
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAI
Plaid · San Francisco HQ · $249,120 - $367,920
Senior Data Scientist - Network Value (Plaid App)
Plaid · San Francisco HQ · $190,800 - $262,800
Senior Data Scientist - Network Value (Credit)
Plaid · San Francisco HQ · $190,800 - $262,800
Senior Data Scientist - Embedded Insights
Plaid · San Francisco HQ · $190,800 - $262,800
Data Scientist, Growth
Notion · San Francisco, California · $145,000 - $233,000
Senior Data Scientist, Product Analytics
Handshake · San Francisco, CA · $175,000 - $205,000
Data Scientist, Handshake AI
Handshake · San Francisco, CA · $135,000 - $180,000
Senior/Staff Applied Scientist
Glean · San Francisco, CA · $180,000 - $330,000
Research Engineer, Applied Research
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
Member of Technical Staff - ML Research Engineer, Data
Liquid AI · San Francisco
Member of Technical Staff - Research Engineer
Black Forest Labs · San Francisco (United States) · $180,000 - $290,000
Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Numerics
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · $350,000 - $475,000
Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Inference
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · $350,000 - $475,000
Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Training Systems
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · $350,000 - $475,000
Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Kernels
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · $350,000 - $475,000
Research Engineer, Web Crawling
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · $350,000 - $475,000
Systems/GPU Research Engineer
Vastai Technologies · San Francisco · $200,000 - $330,000
Staff Research Engineer, Multi-Agent Scaling
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA · $500,000 - $850,000
PhD Data Scientist, Intern
Stripe · New York, Seattle, South San Francisco HQ
Research Engineer / Performance Engineer, RL Distributed Systems
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA · $500,000 - $850,000
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, RL Frontiers
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA · $500,000 - $850,000
Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Search Ranking
Faire · San Francisco, CA · $211,000 - $290,500
Data Scientist, B2B Strategy & Intelligence
OpenAI · San Francisco · $347,000 - $510,000
Principal Scientist, Protein Engineering
Xaira Therapeutics · South San Francisco, California, United States · $164,000 - $205,000
Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Marketplace Quality
Faire · San Francisco, CA · $211,000 - $290,500
Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Listing Quality
Faire · San Francisco, CA · $211,000 - $290,500
Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Retailer Growth
Faire · San Francisco, CA · $211,000 - $290,500
Research Scientist, World Model Post-Training
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA · $213,000 - $263,000
AI research scientist
Writer · San Francisco, CA · $199,000 - $325,000
Systems Research Engineer Intern - GPU Programming (Summer 2027)
Together AI · San Francisco
Systems Research Engineer Intern - GPU Programming (Winter 2027)
Together AI · San Francisco
Research Scientist - Environments, Data and Post-Training
Mercor · San Francisco · $250,000 - $500,000
Associate Scientist III, Cardiac Modeling
insitro · South San Francisco, CA · $107,000 - $114,000
Scientist II, High Throughput Biology
Xaira Therapeutics · South San Francisco, California, United States · $124,000 - $155,000
Machine Learning Scientist I / II, Protein Design
Lila Sciences · San Francisco, CA USA · $176,000 - $304,000
ML Scientist I/II, AI for Protein Engineering
Lila Sciences · San Francisco, CA USA · $176,000 - $304,000
Scientist II/ Senior Scientist, BioML
Lila Sciences · San Francisco, CA USA · $228,000 - $358,000
Senior ML Scientist, AI for Protein Engineering
Lila Sciences · San Francisco, CA USA · $268,000 - $358,000
Senior ML Scientist, Biological Systems
Lila Sciences · San Francisco, CA USA · $268,000 - $358,000
Senior/Principal ML Scientist, Translational Biology
Lila Sciences · San Francisco, CA USA · $268,000 - $384,000
Forward Deployed Data Scientist
Intercom · San Francisco, California · $206,600 - $229,000
Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Brand Growth
Faire · San Francisco, CA · $211,000 - $290,500
Staff Applied Scientist, LTV Modeling
Faire · New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA · $246,500 - $339,000
Research Engineer, AI for Chip Design
OpenAI · San Francisco · $380,000 - $500,000
Forward Deployed Research Scientist
Goodfire · San Francisco, CA · $220,000 - $315,000
Principal Scientist, Biology
Xaira Therapeutics · South San Francisco, California, United States · $164,000 - $205,000
Senior/ Staff AI Research Engineer
Xaira Therapeutics · Seattle, Washington, United States; South San Francisco, California, United States · $205,000 - $305,000
Research Scientist, Map Scalability
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, U.S.A ; San Francisco, CA, U.S.A ; New York City, NY, U.S.A · $213,000 - $263,000
Applied AI, Research Engineer
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · $300,000 - $400,000
Research Engineer, Safety
Decagon · San Francisco · $200,000 - $400,000
Research Engineer, Audio and Speech
Decagon · San Francisco · $200,000 - $400,000
Senior Research Engineer, Safety
Decagon · San Francisco · $200,000 - $400,000
Scientist, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK)
Kardigan · South San Francisco, California, United States · $135,000 - $160,000
Senior Data Scientist - Risk ML
Mercury Technologies · San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States · $166,600 - $250,900
Staff Data Scientist - Risk ML
Mercury Technologies · San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States · $239,000 - $298,800
Data Scientist II - Big Data R&D, Identity Graph & Deceased Monitoring
Socure · Hybrid - San Francisco, CA · $140,000 - $170,000