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10
last 24 hours
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56
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How many Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco are there right now?

There are 113 open Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco on JobsRadar right now, from 56 companies hiring directly. 81 of them disclose pay, with a median of $267,500 a year and most offers between $212,000 and $343,850. 10 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 7, 2026 at 17:16 UTC.

Research Scientist salary range in San Francisco

$212k 25th
$267.5k Median
$343.9k 75th
$186.3k
$440k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $98k – $850k · outliers off-axis
Based on 81 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 7, 2026 from live listings
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SA
Research Scientist, Safety Post Training
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $216,000–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
SA
Research Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $216,000–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
SA
Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA... Onsite $302,400–$378,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
SA
Senior Manager, Research Scientist
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $290,400–$363,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
SA
Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $216,000–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
SA
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-Training
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA... Onsite $165,600–$207,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
SA
Research Scientist, Agent Robustness
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $216,000–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
SA
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Evaluations
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA... Onsite $165,600–$207,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
Septerna
Scientist/Research Scientist, Molecular Pharmacology (contract position)
Septerna
⚡ Apply early South San Francisco, Californi... Onsite $145,600–$145,600
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 19h ago
SA
Research Scientist - Human-AI Systems
Snorkel AI
⚡ Apply early New York City, NY (Hybrid); Sa... Hybrid $200,000–$375,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 21h ago
SA
Research Scientist
Snorkel AI
⚡ Apply early New York City, NY (Hybrid); Sa... Hybrid $200,000–$375,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Adobe
2027 Intern - Applied and Research Scientist/Engineer
Adobe
⚡ Apply early San Jose Onsite $93,600–$126,880
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
SA
Research Scientist - Frontier Benchmarks
Snorkel AI
⚡ Apply early New York City, NY (Hybrid); Sa... Hybrid $200,000–$375,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Topos Bio
ML Research Scientist
Topos Bio
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Office Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Tiger Analytics Inc.
Operation Research Scientist - Demand Planning/Forecasting
Tiger Analytics Inc.
⚡ Apply early Dallas, Texas, United States · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w 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 1w ago
Turing
Staff Research Scientist
Turing
⚡ Apply early United States Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Turing
Senior Research Scientist, STEM
Turing
⚡ Apply early United States Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Turing
Research Scientist, STEM
Turing
⚡ Apply early United States Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Anthropic
Staff+ Research Scientist, Multi-Agent
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA | New York C... Onsite $500,000–$850,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Anthropic
Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Experimental Biology)
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $300,000–$320,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
WRITER
AI research scientist
WRITER
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Hybrid $199,000–$325,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
RO
Research Scientist
Roboflow
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $250,000–$450,000
● 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
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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Frequently asked questions

How many Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco are open right now?
113 Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco are open across 56 companies, as of October 7, 2026.
What do Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco pay?
Across the 81 Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco that disclose pay, the median is $267,500 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $212,000 and $343,850.
Which companies are hiring Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco?
Scale AI, Septerna, Snorkel AI, Adobe and Topos Bio are among the 56 companies currently hiring Research Scientist jobs in San Francisco.
How current are these listings?
Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on October 7, 2026 at 17:16 UTC.

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