1,057 research scientist jobs at 310 companies in Berkeley, CA

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Founding Machine Learning / AI Search Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$310k/yr On-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Build the ML and AI search behind HiringCafe — ranking, recommenders, retrieval, and LLM agents that surface jobs people would never find on their own.
Python, PyTorch, Elasticsearch, LLMs
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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 Scientist
Berkeley, California, United States
HybridFull Time, Part Time
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation: Independent non-profit research institute focused on public health improvement.
5+ YOEAdvanced degree (PhD, MD, JD) or equivalent; at least five years in relevant research; ability to independently develop a research program; proven record of peer-reviewed funding; eligible to work for any US employer.
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Research Scientist
San Jose or Santa Barbara
$150k-$350k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Alpha Design AI
Alpha Design AI: AI-native EDA platform for semiconductor design and verification.
Degree in CS/ML/EE or equivalent research experience; deep expertise in large language models, deep learning and AI agent architectures; experience with large-scale model training and productionizing research; strong Python and ML framework skills.
PyTorch, JAX, Python, Electronic Design Automation (EDA), RTL, LLMs
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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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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 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 Scientist
Redwood City, California, United States
$180k-$300k/yr HybridFull Time
DatologyAI
DatologyAI: Automated data curation for efficient AI model training.
3+ YOE3+ years deep learning research; strong fundamentals; experience in data pruning/curation, curriculum learning, synthetic data, dataset distillation, embedding models, and PyTorch; ability to run large-scale experiments.
Python, PyTorch
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Research Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Tabula Bio
Tabula Bio: An AI-first therapeutics using physics-based modeling and experimental data to design bacteriophage therapies.
Ph.D. in physics or related (or equivalent research experience); strong numerical methods, large-scale simulation, PDE modeling, statistical mechanics, optimization, HPC; fluency in Python; PyTorch familiarity a plus; collaborative with wet lab.
Python, PyTorch, High-performance computing
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Research Scientist
Redwood City, California, United States
$115k-$130k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Galvanize Therapeutics
Galvanize Therapeutics: Developer of pulsed electric field energy medical devices.
4+ YOEMS or higher in biological sciences or biomedical engineering, 4+ years research experience, expertise in in vitro/in vivo methods (ELISA, microscopy, flow cytometry), ability to lift up to 70 lbs, local travel ~30%.
ELISA, fluorescent microscopy, flow cytometry, Pulsed Electric Field Systems
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Lead AI Research Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
$357k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Workato
Workato: Enterprise platform for automating business workflows and integrating applications.
5+ YOELead AI research scientist to define a 24-month roadmap, mentor 10+ researchers, publish papers, and partner to productionize prototypes.
PyTorch, JAX, LLM frameworks, CUDA
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Research Scientist - Audio
Redwood City, California, United States
$225k-$400k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Retell AI
Retell AI: Develops human-like AI voice agents for automated call centers.
Strong ML research background; experience with PyTorch; ability to translate research into production; startup-ready; collaborative communicator.
Python, PyTorch, LLMs, Audio Models
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Research Scientist, Google Research
Mountain View, California, United States
$147k-$211k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Google
GoogleNASDAQ: GOOGL: Provides online search, advertising, cloud computing, and consumer electronics.
PhD in computer science or related field, coding experience in Python/JavaScript/R/Java/C++, scientific publication history, and research ownership experience preferred.
Python, JavaScript, R, Java, C++
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Research Scientist (Intern)
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteInternship
Xterra AI
Xterra AI: A stealth-mode AI research advancing foundation models.
0+ YOEInternship in ML/AI with hands-on RL/LLM experience preferred; strong research ability and publication potential.
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Research Scientist (ICML)
San Francisco, California, United States
$250k-$450k/yr OnsiteFull Time
AfterQuery
AfterQuery: Curating specialized datasets and environments to train frontier AI models.
Experience with LLM training and evaluation, ability to design and run SFT and RL experiments, strong analytical and communication skills, preference for candidates with undergraduate or master's research experience.
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Research Scientist/ Research Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$160k-$350k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Collinear
Collinear: Builds simulation platforms to improve AI agent reliability.
Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in a technical field; strong software engineering; ML foundation models; RL or simulation experience; Python CLI-first development; reproducible research.
Python, Command Line, Reinforcement Learning, Simulation
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Staff Research Scientist
Foster City, California, United States
$169k-$271k/yr HybridFull Time
Visa
VisaNYSE: V: Global payment technology facilitating electronic funds transfers.
PhD in a quantitative field, extensive experience in ML/deep learning and generative models, strong publication record, and software engineering skills (Python); ability to lead research and collaborate cross-functionally.
Python
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Research Scientist
San Francisco or New York
$100k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Cogent Security
Cogent Security: Autonomous AI agents for enterprise vulnerability remediation.
Extensive experience in automated reasoning, AI for code analysis, MSc/PhD in CS, publications or artifacts, independent work, mission-driven.
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Research Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Deft Robotics
Deft Robotics: Developing AI-powered wheeled humanoid robots for manufacturing automation.
3+ YOEPhD or MS in CS, ML, robotics; strong ML fundamentals; 3+ years deploying ML systems; production experience.
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Ray
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Research Scientist
New York City or Redwood City
$150k-$350k/yr HybridFull Time
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub: Builds AI-powered technologies for biomedical research and disease study.
PhD in computer science or related field or equivalent experience; strong background in building and scaling deep learning systems; solid engineering fundamentals; comfortable with ambiguity; strong communication.
Python, Deep Learning Frameworks, PyTorch, TensorFlow, GPU Computing, RL, Multi-agent systems