167 applied research scientist jobs at 42 companies in Soquel, CA

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Staff Applied Research Scientist
Menlo Park, California, United States
$236k-$339k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Snowflake
SnowflakeNYSE: SNOW: Cloud-based platform for data storage, processing, and analytics.
8+ YOEPhD or equivalent research experience in CS, 8+ years applying TCS to large-scale systems, expertise in formal methods, distributed systems, software engineering, and practical AI/ML; track record of publications or OSS contributions.
Iceberg, Polaris, Snowpark, LLMs
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Applied Research Scientist / Engineer - Deployment
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Rhoda AI
Rhoda AI: Developing generalist robotic intelligence for real-world industrial automation.
Strong ML research and engineering skills with hands-on experience fine-tuning or adapting large models; translate customer requirements into model adaptations; customer-facing applied research or solutions engineering experience; staff-level/ senior execution expectations.
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Research Scientist, Applied Science
Palo Alto or Paris or Abu Dhabi
$175k-$270k/yr OnsiteFull Time
GenBio AI
GenBio AI: Developing AI foundation models to simulate and program biology.
PhD (or equivalent) in CS/AI/Computational Biology, proven publication record, experience translating ML research to biology, computational discovery experience, collaboration with experimental scientists, and software engineering best practices.
AlphaFold2, AlphaFold3, RosettaFold
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Senior Applied Research Scientist
Santa Clara, California, United States
$168k-$305k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs graphics processing units and artificial intelligence hardware.
2+ YOEPhD or equivalent in CS or computational biology, 2+ years relevant experience, deep learning expertise (sequences, diffusion models, LLMs), strong software skills in Python or C++, and domain expertise in biology/chemistry/drug discovery.
Python, C++
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Senior Applied Research Scientist
Santa Clara, California, United States
$168k-$305k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs GPU-accelerated computing and artificial intelligence hardware.
2+ YOEPhD (or equivalent) in CS or Computational Biology, 2+ years in deep learning/bioinformatics/structural biology/related fields, strong ML and software engineering skills, experience with model design and evaluation.
Python, C++
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Applied Research Scientist
San Jose or Seattle
$151k-$258k/yr HybridFull Time
AMD
AMDNASDAQ: AMD: Designs and manufactures computer processors and graphics technology.
Expertise training LLMs/LMMs and image/video generation models, familiarity with transformer architectures, Python development, ML frameworks, distributed training, and strong communication; PhD or Master’s preferred.
Python, PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow
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Applied Scientist
Redmond or Mountain View
$102k-$202k/yr HybridFull Time
Microsoft
MicrosoftNASDAQ: MSFT: Develops software, services, devices, and cloud computing solutions.
1+ YOEApply machine learning, deep learning, and multimodal AI to large-scale image indexing, selection, ranking, and real-time systems; experience with Big Data tooling and strong research or industry ML results.
Spark, HBase, Hadoop, Cosmos, Autopilot, Azure, Large Language Models (LLMs), Small Language Models (SLMs)
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Staff Applied Scientist, UI Control Models
Cupertino, California, United States
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Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
Hands-on applied scientist to develop compact, high-performance LLMs for UI control, combining cutting-edge AI research with product delivery.
LLMs
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Research Engineer/ Applied Scientist
San Mateo, California, United States
$280k/yr OnsiteFull Time
WisdomAI
WisdomAI: AI-powered conversational analytics platform for enterprise data teams.
5+ YOE5+ years applied ML/NLP experience, Master's required (PhD preferred), deep LLM and agent experience, production Python and ML framework skills, evaluation and benchmarking expertise.
Python
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Sr Applied Scientist
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$192k-$260k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Amazon
AmazonNASDAQ: AMZN: Global online retail and cloud computing technology provider.
3+ YOE3+ years building machine learning models; PhD or Master's plus 6+ years applied research; experience with neural deep learning; programming in Java, C++, or Python; experience with multimodal and vision-language models.
Java, C++, Python
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Applied Scientist
Palo Alto or New York City
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Mistral AI
Mistral AI: Developing frontier artificial intelligence models and enterprise AI solutions.
Expertise in PyTorch or JAX, strong Python coding, experience training/deploying large models on GPU clusters, data generation and evaluation, excellent communication and research track record.
PyTorch, JAX, Python, NCCL
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Applied Scientist
San Jose, California, United States
$121k-$239k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Adobe
AdobeNASDAQ: ADBE: Provides software for digital media creation and marketing analytics
Master's or PhD in CS/ML, strong background in generative models and large-scale training, experience with multimodal VLM finetuning, Python and PyTorch proficiency, strong research and collaboration skills.
PyTorch, Python
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Research Scientist – Central Applied Science
Menlo Park, California, United States
$184k-$257k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Meta
MetaNASDAQ: META: Develops social networking platforms and virtual reality technologies.
4+ YOEPhD in CS/statistics/OR,4+ years applied R&D experience,publications,proficiency with Python,C/C++/Java,PyTorch/TensorFlow/scikit-learn,Presto/Hive/Spark,and ability to obtain work authorization.
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, C, C++, Java, Presto, Hive, Spark
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Principal Applied Scientist - Robotics
Santa Clara or United States
$126k-$264k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Oracle
OracleNYSE: ORCL: Provides cloud infrastructure and enterprise software for global businesses.
3+ YOERequires 3–5+ years of experience and advanced applied research expertise in AI, robotics, perception, machine learning, and embodied AI, with hands-on coding and production deployment experience.
ML, AI
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Research Scientist, Applied GAI-Vision
San Jose, California, United States
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ByteDance
ByteDance: Developing AI-driven content platforms and mobile applications.
2+ YOE2+ years research experience in computer vision/generative AI, strong algorithm and programming skills, experience with generative models, image/video synthesis, multimodality, and human modeling; proficiency in C/C++ and Python.
C, C++, Python
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Senior Applied Research Scientist
Bethesda or Chevy Chase or Palo Alto or New York City
$115k-$230k/yr HybridFull Time
GEICO
GEICO: Provides vehicle and property insurance services to consumers.
3+ YOEMaster’s or PhD in a quantitative field or equivalent experience; 3+ years developing production AI/ML models; Python, SQL, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, experimentation, causal analysis, and technical leadership.
Python, SQL, PyTorch, Scikit-learn
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Senior Applied Scientist
Mountain View, California, United States
$144k-$236k/yr HybridFull Time
LinkedInNASDAQ: MSFT: Professional social network for career development and job recruitment.
3+ YOEBachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline and 3+ years of industry or relevant academic experience. Requires programming, applied statistics, statistical modeling, and machine learning experience.
R, Python, Java, Ruby, Scala, Spark, Perl, machine learning, AI
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Research Scientist
San Francisco or Palo Alto
$150k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Parallel
Parallel: Build web infrastructure and search APIs for AI agents.
Deep intuition on modern models and training; expertise in transformer, search, and recommendation model interactions; focus on applied research that can be productized at scale.
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Applied Scientist, AI
San Francisco or Menlo Park
$180k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
Sprinter Health
Sprinter Health: Mobile provider of in-home diagnostic and preventive healthcare services.
Designing and evaluating ML/AI models (ML, DL, NLP, LLMs), rigorous evaluation and error analysis, production handoff, experience with healthcare data and PHI/HIPAA-aware systems, strong communication.
Python, PyTorch, scikit-learn, NumPy, pandas, Polars, Hugging Face, Matplotlib, Claude Code, Cursor
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Staff AI Research Scientist, Applied AI, Google Cloud
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$207k-$301k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Google
GoogleNASDAQ: GOOGL: Provides online search, advertising, cloud computing, and consumer electronics.
4+ YOEPhD or equivalent experience, 4+ years research experience, 2+ years applied ML experience, publications, proficiency in Python/JavaScript/R/Java/C++, strong communication and critical thinking.
Python, JavaScript, R, Java, C++, LLMs, NLP, Gemini Enterprise, Vertex AI Search