Research Scientist Jobs in California.

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Research scientists design and run the studies that create new knowledge. Find research scientist roles from employers hiring worldwide.

Total jobs
131
positions indexed
New today
7
last 24 hours
Companies
63
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere
Nuro
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Behavior Planning and Prediction
Nuro
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California (HQ) Onsite $160,360–$240,540
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SA
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Evaluations
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA... Onsite $180,600–$225,750
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
SA
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-Training
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA... Onsite $180,600–$225,750
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Samsung SDS America
AI Research Scientist, Real-Time Video Understanding & Physical AI
Samsung SDS America
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California, Uni... Onsite $230,000–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Descript
Applied Research Scientist, AI Research
Descript
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA or Remote, U... · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
World Labs
Research Scientist (Generative Modeling)
World Labs
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $250,000–$325,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
World Labs
Research Engineer / Scientist (SLAM)
World Labs
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $250,000–$350,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
World Labs
Research Engineer / Scientist (Robot Learning)
World Labs
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $250,000–$350,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
World Labs
Research Engineer / Scientist (3D Tech Lead)
World Labs
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $250,000–$350,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
OpenAI
People Research Scientist
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $198,000–$220,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
SA
Research Scientist
Snorkel AI
⚡ Apply early New York City, NY (Hybrid); Sa... Hybrid $200,000–$350,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Tessera Labs
Research Scientist
Tessera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose Office (HQ) Onsite $200,000–$300,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Anthropic
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Chemistry)
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $300,000–$320,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Anthropic
People Research Scientist, Recruiting
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA | New York C... Onsite $285,000–$380,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Anthropic
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational)
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $300,000–$320,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Anthropic
Research Scientist, Life Sciences
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $300,000–$320,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Anthropic
Research Scientist/Engineer, Biological Safety
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $300,000–$405,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Anthropic
Research Scientist, Interpretability
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $350,000–$850,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Anthropic
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Tokens
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early New York City, NY; New York Ci... Onsite $350,000–$500,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Anthropic
Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $350,000–$500,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Anthropic
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-training
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early Remote-Friendly (Travel-Requir... · location restricted $350,000–$850,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
SA
Senior Manager, Research Scientist
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $290,400–$363,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Databricks
Principal Research Scientist – Scaling
Databricks
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California Onsite $280,000–$350,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Databricks
Principal AI Research Scientist, Research Director - AI Scaling
Databricks
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California; San... Onsite $270,000–$340,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Databricks
PhD GenAI Research Scientist Intern
Databricks
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California Onsite $112,320–$124,800
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago

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