Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco Bay Area
There are 35 open Research Scientist 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 $204k to $330k.
Updated 2026-06-03. Figures come from live job postings and refresh daily.
30 of these Research Scientist roles in San Francisco Bay Area were posted in the last 30 days.
Pay on these live postings runs about $204k to $330k, across 22 roles that list a range.
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- Research Scientist (post-training)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…1 day ago
- Staff Research ScientistMongoDB · Palo AltoAbout Voyage AI Team at MongoDB Voyage AI team in MongoDB is building a best-in-class, general-purpose, domain-specific, and fine-tuned embedding…$151,000 – $297,0002 days ago
- Senior Staff Research Scientist, 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 – $296,6002 days ago
- Principal Research Scientist, 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…$235,400 – $365,6502 days ago
- Senior Research ScientistMongoDB · Palo AltoAbout Voyage AI Team at MongoDB Voyage AI team in MongoDB is building a best-in-class, general-purpose, domain-specific, and fine-tuned embedding…$126,000 – $248,0003 days ago
- Principal Research Scientist, Database SystemsMongoDB · New York City; Palo AltoThe mission of MongoDB Research is to advance the state of the art in database systems by conducting fundamental and applied research that directly…$168,000 – $330,0003 days ago
- Staff Research Scientist, Foundation Models - Tech ResearchRiot Games · Los Angeles, USA; Mercer Island, USA; Redwood City, USAResearch Scientists at Riot combine deep technical expertise across machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), experimental design, and systems…4 days ago
- Research Scientist, 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…$300,000 – $320,0004 days ago
- Research Scientist, 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 – $375,0004 days ago
- Staff Research Scientist, Perception ResearchWaymo · Mountain View, CA, USA ; Kirkland, WA, USA ; New York City, NY, USAWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving…$251,000 – $310,0004 days ago
- Senior Research Scientist, Foundation Model for SimulationWaymo · Mountain View, CA USA; San Francisco, CA USAWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving…$204,000 – $259,0005 days ago
- Senior Research Scientist, Foundation Model (LLM/VLM)Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USAWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving…$204,000 – $259,0005 days ago
- Research Scientist, Prediction & PlanningWaymo · Mountain View, CA USA; New York, NY USA; San Francisco, CA USA;Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving…$175,000 – $215,0005 days ago
- Research Scientist, RL for Autonomous Planning & World ModelingWaymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York City, NY, USAWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving…$204,000 – $259,0005 days ago
- Senior Research Scientist, World Action ModelingWaymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York City, NY, USAWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving…$213,000 – $263,0005 days ago
- Research Scientist - Vision Language ModelIfm Us · Sunnyvale, CAAbout the Institute of Foundation Models We are a dedicated research lab for building, understanding, using, and risk-managing foundation models. Our…8 days ago
- Research Scientist - Frontier BenchmarksSnorkel AI · San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)About Snorkel At Snorkel, we believe meaningful AI doesn’t start with the model, it starts with the data. We’re on a mission to help enterprises…$200,000 – $325,0008 days ago
- Research Scientist, Wayve LabsWayve · SunnyvaleAbout us Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to…$230,000 – $380,0008 days ago
- Research Scientist - Reinforcement Learning, RoboticsApplied 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 – $423,0009 days ago
- Research Scientist - World-Action Foundation Model, RoboticsApplied 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 – $423,0009 days ago
- Research Scientist - 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 – $423,0009 days ago
- Research Scientist - 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 – $423,0009 days ago
- Research Scientist, AI Controls and MonitoringScale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NYScale Labs, Research Scientist — AI Controls and Monitoring As the leading data and evaluation partner for frontier AI companies, Scale plays an…$216,000 – $270,00011 days ago
- Research Scientist, Agent RobustnessScale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NYScale Labs, Research Scientist — Agent Robustness As the leading data and evaluation partner for frontier AI companies, Scale plays an integral role…$216,000 – $270,00011 days ago
- Research Scientist, Frontier Risk EvaluationsScale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NYScale Labs, Research Scientist — Frontier Risk Evaluations As the leading data and evaluation partner for frontier AI companies, Scale plays an…$216,000 – $270,00011 days ago
- Research Scientist, Safety Post TrainingScale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NYScale Labs, Research Scientist — Safety Post Training As the leading data and evaluation partner for frontier AI companies, Scale plays an integral…$216,000 – $270,00011 days ago
- Senior Staff Research Scientist, Reinforcement LearningCentific · East Palo Alto, CAAbout Centific Centific is a frontier AI data foundry that curates diverse, high-quality data, using our purpose-built technology platforms to…$250,000 – $300,00016 days ago
- Principal Research Scientist - AI Scaling & OptimizationDatabricks · Mountain View, California; San Francisco, CaliforniaPrincipal Research Scientist – AI Scaling & Optimization P-1227 About Databricks AI At Databricks, we are obsessed with enabling data teams to solve…$270,000 – $350,00023 days ago
- Research Scientist, Frontier CapabilitiesLila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USAYour impact at LILA We’re building a talent-dense, high-agency research team to develop the next generation of learning systems and reasoning…$176,000 – $304,00023 days ago
- Research ScientistCogent Security · San Francisco, CAAbout Cogent Security Cogent is an Applied AI Lab building the next generation of AI agents for cybersecurity. AI has fundamentally changed how…$100,000 – $300,00025 days ago
- Research Scientist (Generative Modeling)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 – $325,0001 month ago
- Research Scientist / Engineer, HonestyAnthropic · New York City, NY; 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 — $500,0002 months ago
- Research Scientist, Societal ImpactsAnthropic · 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 Scientist, 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…$350,000 — $850,0002 months ago
- Senior Research ScientistAisafety · San Francisco, CAThe Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is a leading research and advocacy organization focused on mitigating societal-scale risks from AI. We address AI’s…$200K - $250K/yr2 months ago
Research Scientist pay distribution in San Francisco Bay Area
10th
$232k
25th
$238k
Median
$249k
75th
$295k
90th
$425k
Base salary only (excludes equity and bonus), across 22 recent Research Scientist postings in San Francisco Bay Area that disclose pay.
Common questions
How many Research Scientist jobs are open in San Francisco Bay Area?
There are 35 open Research Scientist 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 Scientist earn?
The median Research Scientist salary is $176k to $297k per year, based on 23 live postings that list a range.
How often are Research Scientist jobs updated?
Daily. Linora reads roles straight from company career pages and drops listings that close, so the Research Scientist jobs shown are current rather than reposted or expired.
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