Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco Bay Area
There are 55 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 $216k to $310k.
Updated 2026-10-25. Figures come from live job postings and refresh daily.
12 of these Research Scientist roles in San Francisco Bay Area were posted in the last 30 days.
Pay on these live postings runs about $216k to $310k, across 27 roles that list a range.
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- Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational Chemistry)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…$300,000 – $320,000today
- Research ScientistOutset · San FranciscoOutset invented a better way to do research: AI-powered user interviews. Global brands like Hubspot, Microsoft, Uber and Nestle use Outset to achieve…3 days ago
- Research Scientist (Staff+)Lightfield · HQ: San FranciscoAbout Lightfield Lightfield is reimagining CRM as a world model of a business. By learning from emails, meetings, and customer conversations, we’re…4 days ago
- Research Scientist / Research Engineer, Search IntegrityOpenai · San FranciscoAbout the Team The Foundations Research team works on high-risk, high-reward ideas that could shape the next decade of AI. Our goal is to advance the…4 days ago
- Research Scientist / Research Engineer, Search - Knowledge GraphsOpenai · San FranciscoAbout the Team The Foundations Research team works on high-risk, high-reward ideas that could shape the next decade of AI. Our goal is to advance the…4 days ago
- Research Scientist / Research Engineer, Automated SafetyLila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USAYour Impact at LILA We're building a talent-dense, high-agency AI safety team at Lila that will engage all core teams within the organization…$180,000 – $298,0004 days ago
- Senior Research ScientistPersona · San FranciscoAbout Persona Persona is the configurable identity platform built for businesses in a digital-first world. Verifying individuals and organizations is…11 days ago
- Research ScientistPersona · San FranciscoAbout Persona Persona is the configurable identity platform built for businesses in a digital-first world. Verifying individuals and organizations is…11 days ago
- Staff Research ScientistServiceNow · Santa Clara, California, United StatesAs a Staff Researcher, you will work on research questions that most AI labs simply do not have access to. ServiceNow AI Research is chartered to…$202,500 – $354,40011 days ago
- Research Scientist - Loop Engineering and AI InfrastructureSK hynix memory solutions America Inc. · San JoseAbout the Company: At SK hynix memory solutions, we're at the forefront of semiconductor innovation, developing advanced memory solutions that power…23 days ago
- Research Scientist, Robot Foundation ModelsWayve · Sunnyvale, California USABefore the detail, here's the challenge you'd help us solve. We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a…23 days ago
- Research ScientistLatent · San FranciscoAbout Latent Latent is the enterprise pharmacy intelligence platform, powered by a clinical agentic engine, that enables health systems to grow their…27 days ago
- Research Scientist, World Model Post-TrainingWaymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; New York, 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 – $263,0001 month ago
- Research ScientistRoboflow · San FranciscoWho We Are Roboflow is building the visual cortex for AGI. Every day, millions of developers and half of the Fortune 100 use Roboflow to count cells…$250,000 – $450,0001 month ago
- Principal Research Scientist I, Analytical Lead (R&D)AbbVie · South San Francisco, CA, United StatesAbout the Team AbbVie Biologics Analytical Research & Development (Biologics ARD) is a global analytical sciences organization responsible for CMC…1 month ago
- Research Scientist - Environments, Data and Post-TrainingMercor · San FranciscoAbout Mercor Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between…1 month ago
- Research Scientist - Information Theory and Statistical InferenceEvolver · Palo Alto, CaliforniaAbout Evolver Evolver is an AI technology company transforming professional services. We combine deep domain expertise, advanced AI, and continuous…1 month ago
- Research Scientist - Autonomous SystemsEvolver · Palo Alto, CaliforniaAbout Evolver Evolver is an AI technology company transforming professional services. We combine deep domain expertise, advanced AI, and continuous…1 month ago
- Research Scientist, Map ScalabilityWaymo · Mountain View, CA, U.S.A ; San Francisco, CA, U.S.A ; New York City, NY, U.S.AWaymo 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 – $263,0001 month ago
- Research Scientist (Control)Apolloresearch · London & San FranciscoTHE OPPORTUNITY Join our new AGI safety product team and help transform AI control research into practical tools that directly reduce risks from AI…1 month 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 – $259,0001 month ago
- Research Scientist, APEX BenchmarksMercor · San FranciscoAbout Mercor Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between…1 month ago
- Research ScientistIdler · San FranciscoAbout idler idler is a frontier data research lab. We build the evals and environments that the world's leading frontier labs use to measure and…2 months ago
- Principal Research Scientist - EvaluationsCanva · San Francisco, , United StatesAbout the role Canva's generative models are judged by millions of people who will never read a benchmark. They just know whether the design looks…$310,000 – $420,0002 months ago
- Research Scientist - Humanoid RoboticsApplied · SunnyvaleApplied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating…2 months ago
- Research ScientistTessera Labs · San Jose Office (HQ)About Tessera Labs Tessera Labs is a new category of enterprise software: an AI platform that changes how the world's largest companies run. Every…2 months ago
- Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Chemistry)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…$300,000 – $320,0002 months ago
- Staff Research Scientist, Foundation Models RecipesWaymo · Mountain View, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US; Kirkland, WA, USWaymo 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 – $310,0002 months ago
- Principal Research Scientist, RoboticsSamsung 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…$242,500 – $376,6503 months ago
- Research Scientist - 3D Vision and Generation, Self-DrivingApplied · SunnyvaleApplied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating…3 months ago
- Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational)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…$300,000 – $320,0003 months ago
- Research ScientistSesame · San FranciscoAbout Sesame Sesame believes in a future where computers are lifelike - with the ability to see, hear, and collaborate with us in ways that feel…3 months ago
- Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Experimental Biology)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…$300,000 – $320,0003 months ago
- Staff Research Scientist, AI SafetyBiohub · 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…$241,000 – $301,0004 months ago
- Senior Research Scientist, PerceptionWaymo · 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 – $263,0004 months ago
- Research Scientist, Agentic Data & BenchmarkingIfm Us · Sunnyvale, CAAbout the Institute of Foundation Models The Institute of Foundation Models (IFM) is a dedicated research lab for building, understanding, using, and…4 months ago
- Research Scientist (diffusion)Genmo · San Francisco HQWe are Genmo, a research lab developing the world’s most sophisticated video world models to understand, simulate, and interact with the physical…4 months ago
- Research Scientist (post-training)Genmo · San Francisco HQWe are Genmo, a research lab developing the world’s most sophisticated video world models to understand, simulate, and interact with the physical…4 months 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 months ago
- Staff Research Scientist, PerceptionWaymo · 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…$251,000 – $310,0004 months ago
- Principal 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 – $300,0004 months 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…4 months 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 – $297,0005 months ago
- Research Scientist / Engineer - Pre-training Data & EvaluationRhoda Ai · Palo AltoAt Rhoda AI, we’re building the next generation of generalist intelligent robots. We own the full robotics stack from high-performance hardware and…5 months 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 – $270,0005 months ago
- Research Scientist / Engineer - Video Generation ModelingRhoda Ai · Palo AltoAt Rhoda AI, we’re building the next generation of generalist intelligent robots. We own the full robotics stack from high-performance hardware and…5 months ago
- Research Scientist / Engineer - Post-training & Robot LearningRhoda 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…5 months ago
- Research Scientist - Frontier AI/ML & Quantum AlgorithmsSygaldry Technologies · San FranciscoAbout Sygaldry Sygaldry Technologies is building quantum-accelerated AI servers to exponentially speed up training and inference for AI. By…5 months 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…$101,000 – $273,0005 months 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 – $375,0006 months 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 – $270,0007 months 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 – $270,0007 months 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 – $270,0007 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 – $850,00011 months ago
- Research ScientistGoodfire · San Francisco, CAAbout Goodfire Goodfire is a research company using interpretability to understand, learn from, and design AI systems. Our mission is to build the…$200,000 – $400,00017 months ago
Research Scientist pay distribution in San Francisco Bay Area
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$232k
25th
$239k
Median
$278k
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$310k
90th
$350k
Base salary only (excludes equity and bonus), across 27 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 55 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 $200k to $270k per year, based on 71 live postings that list a range.
How often are Research Scientist jobs updated?
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Companies hiring Research Scientists now
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