162 ml research engineer jobs at 96 companies in Cotati, CA

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Research Scientist / Research Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$100k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Clera
Clera: AI talent agent matching professionals with high-growth startup roles
0+ YOEExperience may range from 0–12 years. Requires strong fundamentals and execution; research candidates need ML or related expertise, while engineering candidates need software skills building ML systems or scalable data infrastructure.
Large Language Models (LLMs), NLP, RLHF, ML
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Research Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$200k-$400k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Decagon
Decagon: Conversational AI platform for automated customer support.
2+ YOE2+ years AI/ML engineering or research experience, experience training and deploying LLMs, fluency in Python and modern ML tooling, track record of productionizing research.
Python, LLMs
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Staff Research Engineer, Scientific Computing and ML/Physics Infrastructure
Cambridge or London or San Francisco
$224k-$294k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lila Sciences
Lila Sciences: Develops an AI platform for autonomous scientific research and discovery.
Strong software engineering in Python, experience with ML/scientific computing, distributed systems, GPU performance, PyTorch/JAX/CUDA, Linux and containers, orchestration systems, and working with research teams.
Python, PyTorch, JAX, CUDA, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Slurm, Ray, Flyte, Argo, CI
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Founding ML Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Capable
Capable: Early-stage biotech developing novel peptide-based therapeutics.
Experienced in biomolecular modeling and ML for drug discovery; ability to fine-tune protein/structure models, build ML systems that integrate with wet-lab workflows, and evaluate model impact on drug development.
ESM, AlphaFold-family models, RFdiffusion, ProteinMPNN
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Senior ML Engineer, Perception Research
Mountain View or New York City or Kirkland or San Francisco
$213k-$263k/yr HybridFull Time
Waymo
Waymo: Autonomous driving technology for ride-hailing and logistics.
2+ YOEMaster's or PhD in a technical field plus 2+ years of industry or postdoctoral research experience in reinforcement learning or foundation models; scalable distributed model training experience required.
Multimodal LLMs, World Models, Camera, LiDAR, Radar, Transformer, Data Parallel, FSDP, Diffusion, Autoregressive Models
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Research Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$180k-$280k/yr HybridFull Time
SuperAnnotate
SuperAnnotate: Platform for building high-quality training datasets for AI models.
MS/PhD or equivalent research experience in ML/CS, deep ML knowledge, hands-on experience with RL/agentic systems or multimodal evaluation, strong Python skills, autonomy, and technical writing.
Python
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Research Engineer / Research Scientist - RE / RS - Proactivity
San Francisco, California, United States
$295k-$555k/yr HybridFull Time
OpenAI
OpenAI: Develops artificial intelligence models and generative AI software services.
Strong ML engineering and research experience with LLM post-training, reinforcement learning, dataset creation, evaluations, and ability to work in a large ML codebase.
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Staff Research Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$195k-$230k/yr HybridFull Time
Onton
Onton: An AI-powered search engine for product discovery and shopping.
Significant software/ML/research engineering experience, deep understanding of AI (neurosymbolic approaches), strong implementation and critical thinking skills; PhD/Master's preferred.
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Research Engineer
Berkeley or London or United States
$141k-$930k/yr HybridFull Time
Resolution
Resolution: Conducts research on aligning artificial superintelligence with human intent.
Strong software engineering with production Python, ML framework experience (PyTorch or Jax), distributed-training knowledge, ability to ship complex systems, bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in CS/physics/math/ML, and motivation for ASI alignment.
Python, PyTorch, Jax, CUDA, Slack
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Research Engineer - Data & Evals
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Epsilon Health
Epsilon Health: Provides AI-powered radiology diagnostic services and medical imaging software.
2+ YOE2+ years ML or data engineering experience, strong Python, experience in data quality or evaluation for ML, ability to build pipelines and evaluation metrics, collaborate with clinicians in fast-moving research settings.
Python, DICOM, Spark, Airflow, Databricks
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Senior Research Engineer - Video Agents
San Francisco, California, United States
$220k-$280k/yr HybridFull Time, Temporary
Canva
Canva: Online graphic design platform for creating and editing visual content.
5+ YOE5+ years ML research or research engineering; experience shipping LLM-powered systems; Python and PyTorch; multimodal models; agent planning, memory, and evals; strong experimentation.
Python, PyTorch
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Research Engineer, Applied AI
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
HeyMilo
HeyMilo: Automates candidate screening and interviews using AI voice agents.
Advanced degree in AI/ML or CS, strong RL and LLM experience, Python and systems engineering skills, experience with containers and cloud, and ability to own research-to-production projects.
Python, Docker, Linux, LLMs
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Research Engineer Intern
San Francisco, California, United States
$10k-$19k/yr OnsiteInternship, Full Time
Center for AI Safety
Center for AI Safety: Conducts research and advocacy to mitigate AI risks.
Must be a current university student, have empirical ML research experience and at least one top‑venue publication or equivalent contributions, able to run and debug ML experiments, and familiar with PyTorch.
PyTorch
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Research Platform Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$200k-$300k/yr HybridFull Time
World Labs
World Labs: Building foundational AI models to perceive and simulate 3D worlds.
5+ YOE5+ years building and shipping production systems; strong in at least one area of ML infra, distributed systems, data systems, or research tooling; Python expert; experience with ML researchers; high ownership mindset.
Python, C++, CUDA, Rust, Go
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Applied ML Engineer
San Francisco or Singapore
HybridFull Time
Adaption
Adaption: Develops efficient AI systems that adapt in real-time.
4+ YOE4+ years ML or applied research experience, 2+ years customer-facing technical experience, strong software engineering skills, familiarity with PyTorch/JAX/TensorFlow, and excellent communication.
PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow
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Research Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Altara
Altara: Building a scientific intelligence platform for physical R&D.
Experience in applying AI/ML engineering, multi-agent workflows, multimodal data, or knowledge retrieval systems; strong product-minded and customer-focused mindset.
Python, Machine Learning, Multimodal data, LLM, Knowledge retrieval
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AI/ML Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$155k-$205k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Ello
Ello: AI-powered reading coach for children developing literacy skills.
3+ YOE3+ years building AI products; strong Python; experience with evaluation, research, and ML foundations.
Python, Jupyter, Machine Learning
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Research Engineer, AGI Safety and Alignment, DeepMind
San Francisco or Mountain View or New York City
$174k-$253k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Google
GoogleNASDAQ: GOOGL: Provides online search, advertising, cloud computing, and consumer electronics.
3+ YOEBachelor's in CS or related,3+ years software/ML engineering or ML research,experience with research teams and large-model training,strong communication and critical thinking.
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Applied Research Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$145k-$196k/yr HybridFull Time
Drata
Drata: Automated security and compliance platform for businesses.
3+ YOE3+ years in applied research, NLP/IR/ML; 1+ year production AI/ML; strong IR; RAG; Python; communicate findings.
Python, Jupyter Notebook, Vector databases, Information retrieval, RAG, LLM evaluation, ranking models, cross-encoders
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Research Engineer, AI Models
San Francisco or United States
HybridFull Time
EnCharge AI: Develops energy-efficient analog in-memory AI hardware and software systems.
5+ YOE5+ years in ML research/systems, strong Python and PyTorch, hands-on with transformers/diffusion models, fine-tuning and evaluation pipelines, hardware-aware ML optimizations and benchmarking experience.
Python, PyTorch, PyTorch Profiler, Nsight