AI Research Jobs in San Francisco
42 open roles posted in the last 30 days. AI research scientist and research engineer roles in industry labs and applied research teams. Updated September 10, 2026.
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Jack & Jill · San Francisco, CA
todayFounding MTS - Data Platform ($150k-$300k + Equity) at well-funded AI research startup
$150,000 – $300,000data-analysismachine-learningdata-engineeringLiquid AI · San Francisco, CA
todayMember of Technical Staff - ML Research Engineer, Data
directorllmpythonpytorchetl+2Drift AI · San Francisco, CA
todayStaff/Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer
director$250,000 – $350,000machine-learninggenerative-aiagentic-aiobservability+4Drift AI · San Francisco, CA
todaySenior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents
director$259,200 – $324,000machine-learninggenerative-aillmagentic-ai+4Merge Labs · San Francisco, CA
yesterdayML Research Scientist - De Novo Design
$200,000 – $270,000artificial-intelligencemlopsdata-structuresllm+3Merge Labs · San Francisco, CA
yesterdayML Research Scientist - Computational Biophysics
$200,000 – $270,000artificial-intelligencemachine-learningdata-structurespython+1Meta · San Francisco, CA
yesterdayAI Research Scientist, FAIR Chemistry
$184,000statisticspythongenerative-aidata-science+2Drift AI · San Francisco, CA
yesterdayAssociate Manager, AI Research Lab Strategy & Operations
Remote$124,000 – $155,000llmexcela/b-testingDrift AI · San Francisco, CA
yesterdayMachine Learning Research Scientist Agents - Enterprise GenAI
$264,800 – $331,000machine-learninggenerative-aidata-structuresllm+1Drift AI · San Francisco, CA
yesterdayStaff Machine Learning Research Scientist Agent Post-training - Enterprise GenAI
director$264,800 – $331,000cybersecurityllmmachine-learninggenerative-ai+2Drift AI · San Francisco, CA
yesterdayMachine Learning Research Scientist, Agent Data Foundation - Enterprise GenAI
$264,800 – $331,000machine-learninggenerative-aidata-structuresetl+1WindBorne Systems · Redwood City, CA
2 days agoMachine Learning Research Engineer, Applied Research
Hybrid$140,000 – $240,000machine-learningpythonpytorchWindBorne Systems · Redwood City, CA
2 days agoMachine Learning Research Engineer, Model Evaluation
Hybrid$140,000 – $240,000excelagentic-aipythonpytorch+4WindBorne Systems · Redwood City, CA
2 days agoMachine Learning Research Engineer
Hybrid$140,000 – $240,000pythonpytorchmachine-learningtime-series+2distyl · San Francisco
Oct 16Applied AI Researcher, System Self-Improvement
Hybrid$150,000 – $250,000railsreinforcement-learningagentic-aireact+2Lightning AI · San Francisco, CA
3 days agoResearch Engineer, AI/ML Systems
Remote$165,000 – $310,000artificial-intelligencepytorcha/b-testingobservability+4openai · San Francisco
Feb 23Hybrid$216,000 – $240,000artificial-intelligenceopenaimachine-learningsystem-designDatabricks · San Francisco, CA
4 days agoStaff Software Engineer - AI Research Infrastructure
senior$199,000 – $270,000databricksllmetlc+++4Cisco · San Francisco, CA
6 days agosenior$216,300 – $280,800artificial-intelligenceagentic-aidata-structuresmachine-learning+4CHEManager International · San Mateo, CA
7 days agoML Research Scientist, Foundation Models (Senior / Staff / Principal)
directordeep-learningmachine-learninggenerative-aireinforcement-learning+4Harnham · South San Francisco, CA
7 days agoRemotemid_levelmachine-learningunit-testingpythonpytorchdistyl · San Francisco
May 18Applied AI Researcher, Multi-Agent Systems
Hybrid$150,000 – $250,000railsreinforcement-learningopenaidata-analysisAnthropic · San Francisco, CA
10 days agoApplied AI Research (Capabilities)
Hybrid$2,080 – $4,160anthropicllmfine-tuningmachine-learning+4Sandia National Laboratories · Livermore, CA
10 days agoSenior/Principal AI Researcher (CA), Onsite
director$165,000 – $280,600data-structuresagentic-aidata-scienceartificial-intelligence+4Wells Fargo · San Francisco, CA 94104
11 days agoSenior Lead AI Research Scientist – Foundation Models & Agentic AI
Hybriddirector$185,000 – $300,000agentic-aigenerative-aimachine-learninga/b-testing+4Anthropic · San Francisco, CA
11 days agoTransformative AI Research Economist, Economic Research
Hybrid$320,000 – $405,000anthropictime-seriesllmpython+2Cisco · San Francisco, CA
13 days agoAI Researcher II (Intern) - United States
Remoteentry_level$44,000 – $185,000agentic-aidata-structuresetlllm+4Together AI · San Francisco, CA
13 days agoAI Researcher, Core ML (Turbo)
$200,000 – $280,000vllmllmtransformerspython+4Elio · San Mateo, CA
13 days agoentry_levelmachine-learningdata-sciencecomputer-visionreinforcement-learning+4Suno · San Francisco, CA
13 days ago$250,000 – $330,000artificial-intelligencemachine-learningdata-governanceRational · San Francisco, CA, US
13 days ago$150,000 – $200,000machine-learningCalico Life Sciences · South San Francisco, CA
13 days agoSenior / Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer
director$220,000 – $290,000etltransformerspytorchpython+4radai · San Francisco - Onsite
14 days agosenior$170,000 – $220,000artificial-intelligencegenerative-aia/b-testingtransformers+4Databricks · San Francisco, CA
14 days agoPhD GenAI Research Scientist Intern
entry_levelgenerative-aidatabricksllmdeep-learning+3Meta · San Francisco, CA
23 days agoAI Research Scientist, FAIR Chemistry
$184,000statisticspythongenerative-aidata-science+2MeeBoss · San Francisco, CA
24 days agoseniorstatisticspythonpytorchtensorflow+4Meta · San Francisco, CA
25 days agoAI Research Scientist, CoreML - Monetization
$184,000llmnlppythonpytorch+4Lightning AI · San Francisco, CA
26 days agoRemote$165,000 – $310,000pytorchobservabilitycudavllm+4Zero RFI · San Francisco, CA
Aug 11Hybridsenior$250,000 – $300,000artificial-intelligencedata-structurescomputer-visiondeep-learning+4