433 lead researcher jobs at 228 companies in Hayward, CA
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Member of Technical Staff, Lead Researcher
San Francisco or Sunnyvale
$204k-$299k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Proven research track record with first‑author publications or equivalent, experience leading end-to-end ML research, strong communication and mentoring, ability to operate on real systems and data.
Gem, Covey Scout
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Interdisciplinary Researcher
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years research in geopolitics, policy, or strategic analysis; ability to lead end-to-end research, synthesize interdisciplinary information, brief senior executives, and maintain expert networks.
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Member of Technical Staff, Lead Researcher
San Francisco or Sunnyvale
$204k-$299k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Strong research record, end-to-end project leadership, excellent judgment, real-system building experience, communication and mentoring skills. A relevant PhD is typical but not required.
Gem, Covey
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Lead AI Researcher (Hybrid)
Milpitas or Seattle or San Jose or Washington
$216k-$281k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOESTEM bachelor's with 12+ years, master's with 8+ years, or PhD with 5+ years; LLM pre-training experience, publications, distributed ML training, and domain experience required.
PyTorch, TensorFlow, ACL, EMNLP, ICLR, ICML, NAACL, NeurIPS
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Design Researcher
Spring or Palo Alto or Houston
$105k-$162k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years user research experience across generative and evaluative methods, able to design research plans, synthesize insights, lead workshops, and communicate findings to stakeholders.
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Senior Researcher, Product Experience, Games Discovery
Los Gatos or New York or Los Angeles
$294k-$470k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years in product/UX research with end-to-end quantitative expertise; strong analytical and communication skills; experience leading zero-to-one research; advanced degree preferred; global research and games interest preferred.
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Lead Researcher, Large Language Models/LLM, TikTok
San Jose, California, United States
$308k-$588k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Ph.D. in CS/AI or related field; proficiency in Python/Rust/C++; experience with deep learning frameworks and LLM pretraining, inference, alignment, and distributed training.
Python, Rust, C++, PyTorch, DeepSpeed, Megatron, vLLM, PyTorch 2.0, LangChain
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Sr. Cultural Researcher, Futures Insights, Devices Experience Design
Seattle or New York or San Francisco
$152k-$227k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years leading design research with ethnographic and futures methods, portfolio required, BA/BS in related field, experience in early generative research, strong communication and facilitation skills.
Figma
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Principal Security Researcher - Advanced Threat Prevention
Santa Clara or San Francisco or San Jose
$163k-$263k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Deep hands-on vulnerability research, exploit analysis, IPS/IDS detection, network protocol expertise, strong programming/scripting, ability to lead technical work; BS/MS in CS/CE/Cybersecurity or equivalent.
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Applied AI ML Researcher Lead
Palo Alto or Jersey City
$164k-$260k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOEAdvanced degree in CS/ML/Statistics, 5+ years applied AI/ML experience, experience deploying ML to production, experiment design and evaluation, strong software engineering and distributed computing skills, leadership and mentoring experience.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock
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10x Team 研究员
Beijing or Shanghai or Hong Kong or San Francisco or London
OnsiteFull Time, Contract
Senior domain expert able to combine deep field knowledge with large-model methods, lead applied research and productization, collaborate cross-functionally, and publish results.
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Research Lead / Principal Scientist & Manager Post-Training · Alignment · Reinforcement Learning Autodesk AI Lab: London · San Francisco · Toronto · Remote (US/CA/EU) -
London or San Francisco or Toronto
RemoteFull Time
Lead post-training research for alignment in reinforcement learning; manage AI scientists; drive research strategy and publications.
Reinforcement Learning, RLHF, RLAIF, DPO, PPO, Python, PyTorch, Machine Learning
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Science Lead, Intercept
New York City or San Francisco or United States
RemoteFull Time
5+ YOEPhD or MD in immunology/infectious disease with 5+ years post-grad research; portfolio management, grant/investment experience; product development and project management; strong scientific evaluation and communication skills.
CRM
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Research Lead, Training
San Francisco or New York City
$400k-$600k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Senior research leader to set and execute model training research agenda, lead and grow a training organization, balance research with delivery, and drive interpretability-informed and alignment work.
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Customer Insights Lead
Palo Alto, California, United States
$116k-$159k/yr HybridFull Time
3+ YOE3+ years in market research, strong stakeholder management, project management, data storytelling; healthcare/medical tech experience preferred.
PowerPoint, Data visualization, Market research tools
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Jailbreaking Lead (Red Team)
Berkeley or Berkeley or United States
$170k-$250k/yr RemoteFull Time
Senior IC role, hands-on jailbreaking (50-70% time) with track record of universal jailbreaks; mentors ICs and shapes jailbreaking research; collaborates with frontier labs and governments.
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Market Research Lead
San Francisco or New York City
$234k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in data analysis and mixed-method market research; full-cycle research; quantitative/qualitative methods; experience with GTM/brand research; global studies.
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Data Strategy Lead - Hybrid
South San Francisco, California, United States
$110k-$209k/yr HybridFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years pharma/clinical research or 8+ years project management experience; bachelor’s required, master’s preferred; PMP or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt desired; strong clinical trial process, project management, communication and coaching skills.
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Tech Lead Manager, Foundation Models
Mountain View or Kirkland or New York City
$298k-$368k/yr HybridFull Time
6+ YOE2+ MgmtLeads and manages a team; deep learning research or applied research; experience with LLMs/VLMs/world models; 2+ years managing medium-size teams; strong collaboration.
LLMs, VLMs, World models, Transformer models, Deep learning frameworks
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Lead Research Scientist
Foster City, California, United States
$215k-$345k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOEPhD in CS/engineering/math/physics or related field; 5-6 years relevant experience; quantum computing expertise; leadership; proficiency with Qiskit/Cirq; mentoring.
Qiskit, Cirq
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