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VP, Research
San Francisco or New York City
$454k-$567k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Scale AI
Scale AI: Provides data and infrastructure for training artificial intelligence models.
Proven leadership of ML research teams, scaling global research organizations, partnering with GTM and customers, translating research into production, and strong technical credibility in ML/infrastructure or agent systems.
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Research Lead, Training
San Francisco or New York City
$400k-$600k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Goodfire
Goodfire: Developing tools to interpret and steer artificial intelligence systems.
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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Research Specialist III, Research Support
Pleasanton, California, United States
$72k-$94k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente: Provides integrated medical care and health insurance plans.
2+ YOEBachelor's in related field plus minimum 2 years health or social science research experience (or 5 years experience); master's preferred. Experience with recruitment, consenting, data collection, and study documentation required.
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Research Librarian
Los Angeles or San Francisco
$78k-$127k/yr HybridFull Time
Nixon Peabody
Nixon Peabody: Full-service global law firm providing comprehensive legal solutions.
4+ YOE4+ years law firm research experience; Master of Library Science or Juris Doctor required (or equivalent); strong legal research, analytical, communication and technology skills.
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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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RESEARCH ANALYST II (Research and Evaluation)
Elk Grove, California, United States
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Elk Grove Unified School District
Elk Grove Unified School District: Providing public K-12 and adult education in California.
2+ YOEBachelor's degree plus 2 years data analysis or educational research experience, or Master's in specified fields. Strong data analysis and research skills required.
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Research Scientist
Sacramento County, California, United States
$7k-$10k/mo HybridFull Time
State Controller's Office
State Controller's Office: California's fiscal controller managing state financial operations and assets.
Meets Research Scientist classification minimums; performs scientific research, database queries, and modeling; may require disclosure of economic interests and meeting telework eligibility; occasional field work and irregular hours.
SQL, R, SAS, Minitab
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Research Manager
San Francisco, California, United States
$170k-$260k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Center for AI Safety
Center for AI Safety: Conducts research and advocacy to mitigate AI risks.
Experienced researcher with strong research track record, ability to unblock technical problems, people and project management skills, familiarity with empirical deep learning and large language/multimodal models, and excellent communication.
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Research Scientist
Berkeley or London or United States
$141k-$930k/yr HybridFull Time
Resolution
Resolution: Conducts research on aligning artificial superintelligence with human intent.
Graduate degree (bachelor's required; PhD or equivalent preferred) in a relevant field, track record of research and technical writing, strong mathematical background, experience with empirical or theoretical research, willingness to use AI tools.
Slack
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Research Librarian
Seattle or Anchorage or Los Angeles or New York or Portland or San Francisco or Washington
$99k-$127k/yr RemoteFull Time
Davis Wright Tremaine
Davis Wright Tremaine: National law firm providing corporate legal and litigation services.
3+ YOEMaster's in Library and Information Science or JD,3+ years legal research experience, proficiency with legal and business research platforms, knowledge of state/federal resources, AI and knowledge management familiarity, strong communication.
AI
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Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Personal AGI, Personalization
San Francisco, California, United States
$295k-$555k/yr HybridFull Time
OpenAI
OpenAI: Develops artificial intelligence models and generative AI software services.
Experience in frontier model post-training, personalization and memory research; strong ML and product-driven research skills; ability to iterate quickly, build evaluations, and work with large ML codebases and human data.
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Research Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$200k-$350k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Console
Console: Automates IT support and internal operations using AI agents.
Experience building production AI systems, evals, model adaptation, and applied research engineering to improve agent behavior in real-world conditions.
Slack, Teams, DSPy, GEPA, LoRA, QLoRA, SFT, distillation, DPO, GRPO
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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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Research Scientist
Berkeley, California, United States
$202k-$429k/yr HybridFull Time
Eleos AI Research
Eleos AI Research: Nonprofit research organization studying AI consciousness and moral status.
Design and run empirical ML research on AI well-being; strong publication record; experimental design and engineering skills; familiarity with AI welfare/safety; PhD preferred.
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Research Specialist
San Francisco, California, United States
$93k-$195k/yr OnsiteFull Time
University of California
University of California: A public research university system providing education and healthcare.
10+ YOEDoctoral degree or 10+ years research experience, ≥2 years electrophysiology, proficiency in Python/MATLAB, familiarity with Git, Jupyter, containerization; strong publication record and communication skills.
Python, MATLAB, Git, Jupyter, containerization
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Research Aide
Davis, California, United States
$21-$26/hr FieldFull Time
Limagrain
Limagrain: International agricultural cooperative specializing in seeds and cereal products.
5+ YOEHigh school diploma, 5+ years agricultural research experience, English and Spanish fluency, greenhouse and field work, ability to lift 40 lbs, driving and seed handling experience preferred.
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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, Benchmarks
San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Clera
Clera: AI talent agent matching professionals with high-growth startup roles
2+ YOE2+ years software/ML/research experience, strong Python, Docker, Linux skills; experience building AI benchmarks or evaluations; published research or technical writing; excellent communication and attention to detail.
Python, Docker, Linux
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Research Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Engram
Engram: Developing persistent memory layers for enterprise AI systems.
Deep ML background with research track record; expertise in continual learning, memory architectures, parameter-efficient fine-tuning, retrieval, synthetic data, or agents; strong systems understanding and technical communication.
LoRA, prefix tuning, state-space methods, LLM, KV cache, RL
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Research Intern
San Francisco or Lausanne
HybridInternship
Compresr
Compresr: Provides an API that compresses LLM context to reduce costs.
Comfortable training ML models/transformers, independent applied research experience, strong communication, proficient Claude Code/OpenAI/Anthropic usage; BSc/MSc in CS/DS/math/physics preferred.
GPUs, OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude Code, transformers
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