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ML Research Scientist
Topos Bio
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Office Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Anthropic
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, RL Frontiers
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA | New York C... Onsite $500,000–$850,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
NVIDIA
Research Scientist, Fundamental Generative AI - New College Grad 2026
NVIDIA
⚡ Apply early US, CA, Santa Clara Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4w ago
Applied Intuition
Research Scientist - Reinforcement Learning, Robotics
Applied Intuition
⚡ Apply early Sunnyvale Onsite $126,000–$423,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Applied Intuition
Research Scientist - 3D Vision and Generation, Self-Driving
Applied Intuition
⚡ Apply early Sunnyvale Onsite $126,000–$423,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Applied Intuition
Research Scientist - World-Action Foundation Model, Robotics
Applied Intuition
⚡ Apply early Sunnyvale Onsite $126,000–$423,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Applied Intuition
Research Scientist (Research)
Applied Intuition
⚡ Apply early Sunnyvale Onsite $126,000–$423,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Periodic Labs
Research Scientist/Research Engineer, Materials Data
Periodic Labs
⚡ Apply early Menlo Park, CA Onsite 🛂 Visa sponsorship
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Iambic Therapeutics, Inc
Research Scientist I / II – High Throughput Chemistry
Iambic Therapeutics, Inc
⚡ Apply early San Diego HQ Onsite $113,000–$156,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Samsung Research America
Principal Research Scientist, Robotics
Samsung Research America
⚡ Apply early 665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain Vie... Onsite $242,500–$376,650
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
SN
Staff Research Scientist, AI Agents & LLMs
Snowflake
⚡ Apply early US-WA-Bellevue Hybrid $200,000–$287,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Anthropic
Staff+ Research Scientist, Multi-Agent
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA | New York C... Onsite $500,000–$850,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
NVIDIA
Research Scientist, Physical AI - Foundation Models - PhD New College Grad 2026
NVIDIA
⚡ Apply early US, CA, Santa Clara Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Odyssey
Member of Technical Staff, TLM: Research Scientist
Odyssey
⚡ Apply early Palo Alto Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
High Throughput Biology Senior Research Scientist
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
⚡ Apply early San Diego, CA Onsite $119,600–$179,400
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Anthropic
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Experimental Biology)
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $300,000–$320,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Abbott
Staff Research Scientist
Abbott
⚡ Apply early United States - California - L... Onsite $114,000–$228,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Databricks
Principal Research Scientist – Scaling
Databricks
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California Onsite $280,000–$350,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo 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 1mo ago
Procore
Staff Applied Research Scientist (Datagrid)
Procore
⚡ Apply early US - California - San Francisc... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Sunday Robotics
Machine Learning Research Engineer/Scientist
Sunday Robotics
⚡ Apply early Redwood City, CA Onsite $200,000–$450,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Astera Institute
Research Scientist, Multiregional Electrophysiology of Rodent Cognition
Astera Institute
⚡ Apply early Alameda Onsite $125,000–$175,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Astera Institute
Research Scientist / Engineer, Functional Ultrasound Imaging
Astera Institute
⚡ Apply early Alameda Onsite $120,000–$220,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Astera Institute
Research Scientist: Hierarchical Sensorimotor Perception
Astera Institute
⚡ Apply early Emeryville HQ Hybrid $150,000–$300,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Astera Institute
Research Scientist: Hierarchical RL Agents
Astera Institute
⚡ Apply early Emeryville HQ Hybrid $150,000–$300,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago

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