Research Engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area
There are 71 open Research Engineer roles in San Francisco Bay Area on Linora right now, pulled daily from company career pages across Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, and Workday. Typical pay runs $231k to $405k.
Updated 2026-07-27. Figures come from live job postings and refresh daily.
29 of these Research Engineer roles in San Francisco Bay Area were posted in the last 30 days.
Pay on these live postings runs about $231k to $405k, across 47 roles that list a range.
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- Staff Research Engineer, Data AgentsDatabricks · San Francisco, CaliforniaAbout Databricks Databricks is the Data + AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over…$190,000 – $270,0003 days ago
- Research Engineer, Robot IntelligenceSamsung Research America · 665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USALab Summary: The Robot Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is a new facility dedicated to advancing the field of robotics through…$163,600 – $324,5003 days ago
- Research EngineerDecagon · San FranciscoAbout Decagon Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experiences. Our technology…$200,000 – $400,0005 days ago
- Research Engineer (New Grad)Genmo · San Francisco HQWe are Genmo, a research lab dedicated to building open, state-of-the-art models for video generation towards unlocking the right brain of AGI. Join…6 days ago
- Staff Research Engineer - CodeTuring · San Francisco, California, United StatesAbout Turing Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for…$250,000 – $350,0007 days ago
- Research EngineerSuperannotate · San FranciscoAbout SuperAnnotate SuperAnnotate helps the world’s leading AI teams build responsible, next-generation models powered by high-quality human data…7 days ago
- Research Engineer, Post-Training InferenceTogether AI · San FranciscoAbout the role The Model Shaping team at Together AI works on products and research focused on tailoring open foundation models to downstream…$200,000 – $290,0008 days ago
- Research Engineer, Infrastructure, InferenceThinking Machines Lab · San FranciscoThinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building a future where everyone…$350,000 – $475,00010 days ago
- Research Engineer, Developer Experience, TinkerThinking Machines Lab · San FranciscoThinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building a future where everyone…$350,000 – $475,00012 days ago
- Research Engineer, Domain ScalingAnthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 – $850,00013 days ago
- Research Engineer, InterpretabilityAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$315,000 – $560,00013 days ago
- Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$300,000 – $405,00013 days ago
- Research Engineer, DiscoveryAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 – $850,00013 days ago
- Research Engineer, Chip Design RL (Reinforcement Learning)Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$500,000 – $850,00013 days ago
- Research Engineer, Economic Research Data PlatformAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$320,000 – $405,00013 days ago
- Research Engineer, Computer UseAnthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$500,000 – $850,00013 days ago
- Research Engineer, Code RL (Reinforcement Learning)Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$500,000 – $850,00013 days ago
- Research EngineerConsole · San Francisco (On-site)Console is building the AI agents that power autonomous enterprises. We use AI to autonomously resolve IT, HR, Legal, Finance, Security, and Ops…13 days ago
- Research Engineer, Frontier Speculative DecodingTogether AI · San Francisco, New York CityAbout the Role Together AI is building the Inference Platform that powers the world's most advanced generative AI models. Your role will be a…$190,000 – $270,00017 days ago
- Research Engineer, Core MLTogether AI · San FranciscoAbout the Role This is a research engineering role with direct production impact. You won’t be publishing ideas in isolation—you will translate new…$200,000 – $280,00017 days ago
- Research EngineerGreptile · San FranciscoWe want to build agents that autonomously validate code changes. Today that looks like AI that reviews pull requests in GitHub, catching bugs and…17 days ago
- Research Engineer, VoiceInflection AI · Palo Alto, California, United StatesAbout Inflection AI Inflection AI is a Public Benefit Corporation empowering people with human-centered, emotionally intelligent AI. We’re shaping…$225,000 – $325,00018 days ago
- Research Engineer (Senior Staff+), Safeguards LabsAnthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 – $850,00018 days ago
- Research Engineer, GeneralistExa · San Francisco, CaliforniaExa is an applied AI lab building a search engine unlike the world has ever seen. We build massive-scale infra to crawl the entire web, train…20 days ago
- Research Engineer, Life SciencesAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 – $500,00024 days ago
- Principal Research Engineer, Model Training & Post-TrainingInflection AI · Palo Alto, California, United StatesAbout Inflection AI Inflection AI is a Public Benefit Corporation empowering people with human-centered, emotionally intelligent AI. We’re shaping…$400,000 – $550,00025 days ago
- Senior/Staff Research Engineer, PerceptionGatik AI · Mountain View, CAWho we are: Founded in 2017, Gatik is the leader in autonomous middle mile logistics. We deliver goods safely and efficiently using medium duty…26 days ago
- Research Engineer, Visual Knowledge WorkAnthropic · New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 – $850,00027 days ago
- Research Engineer / Scientist, AlignmentAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 – $500,00027 days ago
- Research Engineer, Post-TrainingHarvey · San FranciscoWhy Harvey At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform…$231,000 – $340,0001 month ago
- Principal Research Engineer, Post-TrainingCharacter · Redwood City, CAAbout the Role and Team As a Principal Research Engineer on the Post-Training team, you will drive the technical vision, execution, and evolution of…1 month ago
- Research Engineer, Pretraining ScalingAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 – $850,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer (Scaling Multimodal Data)World Labs · San FranciscoAbout World Labs: We build foundational world models that can perceive, generate, reason, and interact with the 3D world — unlocking AI's full…1 month ago
- Research Engineer / Scientist (3D Reconstruction)World Labs · San FranciscoAbout World Labs: We build foundational world models that can perceive, generate, reason, and interact with the 3D world — unlocking AI's full…$250,000 – $350,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer / Scientist (3D Tech Lead)World Labs · San FranciscoAbout World Labs: We build foundational world models that can perceive, generate, reason, and interact with the 3D world — unlocking AI's full…$250,000 – $350,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer / Scientist (SLAM)World Labs · San FranciscoAbout World Labs: We build foundational world models that can perceive, generate, reason, and interact with the 3D world — unlocking AI's full…$250,000 – $350,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer, Performance RL (Reinforcement Learning)Anthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 – $850,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer / Research Scientist, TokensAnthropic · New York City, NY; New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 – $500,0001 month ago
- Senior Research Engineer, Robot IntelligenceSamsung Research America · 665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USALab Summary: The Robot Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is a new facility dedicated to advancing the field of robotics through…$158,800 – $218,1001 month ago
- Staff Research Engineer, Robot IntelligenceSamsung Research America · 665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USALab Summary: The Robot Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is a new facility dedicated to advancing the field of robotics through…$179,200 – $246,1501 month ago
- Senior Staff Research Engineer, Robot IntelligenceSamsung Research America · 665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USALab Summary: The Robot Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is a new facility dedicated to advancing the field of robotics through…$197,800 – $296,6001 month ago
- Senior Research Engineer - Video SearchNvidia · US, CA, Santa ClaraNVIDIA is the platform upon which every new AI-powered application is built. We are seeking a senior research engineer to design and build video…1 month ago
- Research Engineer, AIBiohub · Redwood City, CA (Hybrid)Biohub is the first large-scale initiative bringing frontier AI models, massive compute, and frontier experimental capabilities under one roof. We're…$214,000 – $375,0001 month ago
- Research EngineerItron · San Jose, CAItron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources…$60,000 – $115,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer, Materials ScienceDeepMind · Mountain View, California, USAt Google DeepMind, we value diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary…$141,000 – $202,0002 months ago
- Senior Research Engineer - Video AgentsCanva · San Francisco, CA, United StatesAbout the role In your role as Senior Research Engineer, you'll be at the heart of building the next generation of generative video and audio…$220,000 – $280,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer - AI/RL InfrastructureApplied Intuition · Sunnyvale, California, United StatesAbout Applied Intuition Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon…$126,000 – $423,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer - Robotic Hardware, Simulation and DataApplied Intuition · Sunnyvale, California, United StatesAbout Applied Intuition Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon…$126,000 – $423,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer - Reinforcement Learning, Self-DrivingApplied Intuition · Sunnyvale, California, United StatesAbout Applied Intuition Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon…$126,000 – $423,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer - 3D Vision and Generation, Self-DrivingApplied Intuition · Sunnyvale, California, United StatesAbout Applied Intuition Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon…$126,000 – $423,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer - Robot LearningApplied Intuition · Sunnyvale, California, United StatesAbout Applied Intuition Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon…$126,000 – $423,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer - EvalsAgi Inc · San Francisco OfficeThink Different. Build the Future. 🚀 Our Mission Build everyday AGI. Trustworthy, consumer-grade agents that redefine human–AI collaboration for…2 months ago
- Research EngineerLightning AI · London, England, United Kingdom; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United StatesWho We Are Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning. Founded in 2019, we build an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and…$120,000 – $250,0002 months ago
- Research EngineerAutodesk · San Francisco, CA, USAJob Requisition ID # 26WD97951 Research Engineer Autodesk Research – Manufacturing Industry Futures, San Francisco Location: San Francisco, CA Work…$122,000 – $219,0102 months ago
- Research Engineer, Knowledge FoundationsAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 – $850,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer InternPlus 2 · Santa Clara, CAPlusAI is a Physical AI company pioneering AI-based virtual driver software for factory-built autonomous trucks. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with…2 months ago
- Senior Research EngineerMem0 · San Francisco Bay AreaRole Summary: Own the end-to-end lifecycle of memory features—from research to production. You’ll fine-tune models for extraction, updates…2 months ago
- Research Engineer - Training PlatformRhoda Ai · Mountain ViewAt Rhoda AI, we’re building the next generation of generalist intelligent robots. We own the full robotics stack from high-performance hardware and…2 months ago
- Senior Research Engineer, Voice + SpeechDecagon · San FranciscoAbout Decagon Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experiences. Our technology…$200,000 – $400,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer, Frontier CapabilitiesLila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USAYour Impact at LILA The AI Research team is tackling one of the most exciting, open problems in AI: training LLMs to run long-horizon scientific…$189,000 – $289,0002 months ago
Research Engineer pay by level in San Francisco Bay Area
| Level | Roles | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 44 | $275k | $403k | $438k |
| Staff | 6 | $230k | $300k | $600k |
Base salary only (excludes equity and bonus), from recent Research Engineer postings in San Francisco Bay Area that disclose pay. Levels are read from job titles; levels with too few postings are omitted.
Common questions
How many Research Engineer jobs are open in San Francisco Bay Area?
There are 71 open Research Engineer roles in San Francisco Bay Area on Linora right now, pulled daily from company career pages across Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, and Workday.
How much does a Research Engineer earn?
The median Research Engineer salary is $214k to $375k per year, based on 89 live postings that list a range.
How often are Research Engineer jobs updated?
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Companies hiring Research Engineers now
Anthropic25SecurityScorecard7Thinking Machines Lab6Decagon5Tamus5Applied Intuition5World Labs4Samsung Research America4
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