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Wealthfront
People Research Scientist
Wealthfront
⚡ Apply early Palo Alto, CA Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Q Ctrl
Senior Research Scientist, Quantum Error Correction
Q Ctrl
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles Hybrid $150,000–$225,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Amgen
Scientist – Inflammation Research
Amgen
⚡ Apply early US - California - Thousand Oak... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Anthropic
Research Scientist, Interpretability
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $350,000–$850,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Kodiak
World Model Research Scientist- Physical AI
Kodiak
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, CA Onsite $190,000–$250,000 🛂 Visa sponsorship
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
WRITER
AI research scientist
WRITER
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Hybrid $199,000–$325,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Tessera Labs
Research Scientist
Tessera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose Office (HQ) Onsite $200,000–$300,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
RO
Research Scientist
Roboflow
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $250,000–$450,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Astera Institute
Research Scientist/Engineer, Deep Brain Two Photon Imaging and Optogenetics
Astera Institute
⚡ Apply early Alameda Onsite $135,000–$220,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Astera Institute
Research Scientist, All-Optical Investigation of Rodent Cognition
Astera Institute
⚡ Apply early Alameda Onsite $80,000–$150,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
NVIDIA
Senior Research Scientist - AI Security
NVIDIA
⚡ Apply early US, WA, Seattle Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
ST
Research Scientist - Frontier AI/ML & Quantum Algorithms
Sygaldry Technologies
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $200,000–$300,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Prime Intellect
Research Engineer / Scientist - Reinforcement Learning
Prime Intellect
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $150,000–$350,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
OpenAI
People Research Scientist
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $170,000–$220,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
OpenAI
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Health
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $380,000–$500,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
OpenAI
Research Scientist / Research Engineer - Foundations, Search
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $380,000–$850,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Mercor
Research Scientist - Environments, Data and Post-Training
Mercor
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $250,000–$500,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Mercor
Research Scientist, APEX Benchmarks
Mercor
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $200,000–$500,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Cohere
Senior Research Scientist, Model Evaluation
Cohere
⚡ Apply early Toronto Hybrid CA$250,000–CA$535,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
SK hynix memory solutions America Inc.
Research Scientist - Loop Engineering and AI Infrastructure
SK hynix memory solutions America Inc.
⚡ Apply early San Jose Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
MSD
Associate Principal Scientist, Clinical Research
MSD
⚡ Apply early USA - Pennsylvania - West Poin... Onsite $142,400–$224,100
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Roche
Scientist 3, CVRM Discovery Research Biology
Roche
⚡ Apply early South San Francisco Onsite $103,400–$192,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Glyphic Biotechnologies
Staff / Senior Scientist, Assay Research
Glyphic Biotechnologies
⚡ Apply early Berkeley, CA Onsite $123,000–$187,575
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Waabi
2027 Intern, PhD Research Scientist
Waabi
⚡ Apply early Toronto, ON Onsite CA$124,800–CA$135,200
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Pacific Fusion
OBA Research Scientist/Engineer – Fusion Energy Systems
Pacific Fusion
⚡ Apply early San Leandro, CA Onsite $200,000–$350,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago

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