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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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52 roles · a16z portfolio plus wider market
PhD Machine Learning Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)
Lyft · San Francisco, CA
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PhD Intern, AI Applied Scientist (2027)
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY
$74/hr this month Apply →
Research Engineer, Index Intelligence
Exa · San Francisco, California · Full Time
$180k - $350k this month Apply →
Research Engineer, Content Understanding
Exa · San Francisco, California · Full Time
$180k - $350k this month Apply →
Applied Scientist Intern, PhD (Summer 2027)
Lyft · San Francisco, CA
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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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Member of Technical Staff - Research Engineer, Post-training
Preference Model · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $350k Apply →
R&D Metallurgist
Mariana Minerals · San Francisco HQ · Full Time
$110k - $140k Apply →
Research Engineer, Audio and Speech
Decagon · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $400k Apply →
Senior Research Engineer, Safety
Decagon · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $400k Apply →
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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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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Applied Research Scientist, AI Research
Descript · Remote
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Research, Safety
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research, RL Scaling
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, Vision Expertise
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, Pre-Training Data
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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AI Research Scientist
Sprinter Health · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
$160k - $220k Apply →
Research Scientist
Sesame · San Francisco · Full Time
$190k - $320k Apply →
Director, Research - AI Evals
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
$258k - $348k Apply →
Head of Research
Vals AI · San Francisco · Full Time
$225k - $275k Apply →
Member of Technical Staff - Research
Vals AI · San Francisco · Full Time
$130k - $185k Apply →
Research Engineer, Post-Training
Harvey · San Francisco · Full Time
$231k - $340k Apply →
Member of Technical Staff, Post-Training, RL
Mirendil · San Francisco · Full Time
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Research Engineer
Sesame · San Francisco · Full Time
$190k - $320k Apply →
Clinical AI Researcher
Ambience Healthcare · San Francisco · Full Time
$205k - $255k Apply →
Senior Research Engineer, Audio and Speech
Decagon · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $400k Apply →
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 Apply →
Research Engineer
Hedra · San Francisco · Full Time
$175k - $275k Apply →
Forward Deployed Research Scientist
Labelbox · San Francisco Bay Area
$200k - $300k Apply →
Research Scientist
OpenEvidence · San Francisco · Full Time
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Applied Legal Researcher
Harvey · San Francisco · Full Time
$180k - $220k Apply →
Research Scientist
Cursor · San Francisco · 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 Apply →
Machine Learning Research Scientist
Sentra · San Francisco / Bay Area · Full Time
$120k - $300k Apply →
Senior Research Engineer
Decagon · San Francisco · Full Time
$200k - $400k Apply →
Research, ML
Exa · San Francisco, California · Full Time
$180k - $350k Apply →
Open Application for Scientists and Research Associates
Rezo Therapeutics · San Francisco, CA · Full Time
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2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Planner Machine Learning
Waymo · San Francisco, California
Wider market $85/hr this month Apply →

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