204 staff scientist jobs at 105 companies in Oakland, CA

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Napa or Roseville or Santa Rosa
$70k-$80k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Trihydro Corporation
Trihydro Corporation: Engineering and environmental consulting firm providing technical project solutions.
3+ YOEQSP certification (or obtain within 1–2 years), 3+ years relevant experience, field inspection experience, clean driving record, strong technical writing, organization, communication, and problem-solving skills.
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Staff Scientist I
West Sacramento or Fresno or San Ramon or Marysville
$50k-$60k/yr HybridFull Time
Verdantas
Verdantas: Provides environmental science and sustainable engineering consulting services.
0+ YOEBachelor's in environmental science/engineering, 0–2 years stormwater or SWPPP experience preferred, knowledge of stormwater regulations, inspection/sampling experience, valid driver\u0002s license, ability to travel to project sites.
SMARTS, ArcGIS
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Staff Scientist, Chemistry
Foster City, California, United States
$140k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Cellanome
Cellanome: Develops a multi-omics platform for live-cell biological analysis.
5+ YOEPhD in a relevant scientific discipline and 5+ years of experience; expertise in biomolecule synthesis, bioconjugation, materials characterization, and particle-based encapsulation or delivery.
UV-Vis, HPLC/UPLC, LC-MS, NMR, FTIR
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Staff Scientist, Bioinformatics
Pleasanton, California, United States
$129k-$173k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher ScientificNYSE: TMO: Sells equipment and chemicals for scientific research and healthcare.
6+ YOEBachelor's degree plus 8+ years or advanced degree plus 6+ years in bioinformatics; NGS and oncology experience; Java, Python, Perl, Linux/Unix, relational databases, software development, and testing expertise.
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), Java, Python, Perl, Linux/Unix, relational databases
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Staff Materials Scientist – Thin Film Coatings
Cupertino, California, United States
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Vital Materials
Vital Materials: Manufactures rare metals and advanced materials for global industries.
Senior materials scientist with hands-on thin-film deposition (PVD/PECVD), coatings development, and cross-functional collaboration.
PVD, PECVD, Vacuum-based deposition, Thin-film characterization
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Staff Scientist, Research (Epigenomics)
San Carlos, California, United States
$157k-$197k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Natera
NateraNASDAQ: NTRA: Provides clinical genetic testing and diagnostics services.
8+ YOEPhD in molecular biology or genomics; 8+ years industry experience or 2+ years postdoc with 6+ years in industry; experience advancing NGS-based diagnostics, especially in oncology.
NGS platforms, PCR, hybrid capture, Excel, JMP, R, Python, Bioinformatics
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Staff Scientist, Pharmaceutical Development
South San Francisco, California, United States
$160k-$180k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Septerna
SepternaNASDAQ: SEPN: Discovers and develops oral small molecule drugs targeting GPCRs.
6+ YOEPhD/MS/BS in Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Engineering, or related field with 6–12 years of small molecule formulation development experience; strong analytical skills; cross-functional collaboration; travel up to 20%.
UPLC/HPLC, Solid-state characterization, DSC, DVS, PLM, XRPD
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Staff Scientist — Marine Acoustics
San Francisco, California, United States
$121k-$171k/yr HybridFull Time
Sofar Ocean
Sofar Ocean: Builds and deploys ocean sensing networks and develops underwater acoustic capabilities for real-world marine applications.
Deep expertise in underwater acoustics, acoustic sensing system or algorithm development, signal processing and ML/AI methods, field deployments and data analysis; Ph.D. preferred but equivalent experience considered.
LLMs
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Staff AI Scientist
Mountain View, California, United States
$210k-$284k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Intuit
IntuitNASDAQ: INTU: Provides financial software for accounting, tax, and personal finance.
4+ YOE4+ years of AI experience; BS/MS/PhD in relevant fields; strong ML/NLP/KI; Python/Scala/Java/R; SQL/Hive/SparkSQL; Linux; end-to-end ML pipelines; strong communication.
Python, Scala, Java, R, SQL, Hive, SparkSQL, Linux
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Staff AI Scientist
Palo Alto, California, United States
$190k-$300k/yr HybridFull Time
Fiddler AI
Fiddler AI: Software for monitoring and governing enterprise AI applications.
7+ YOE7+ years of applied AI experience; experience with LLMs/agentic evaluations, guardrails, dataset development, and production-grade tooling; strong Python and ML stack skills.
Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face, ML frameworks
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Staff Research Scientist
Palo Alto, California, United States
$151k-$297k/yr HybridFull Time
MongoDB
MongoDBNASDAQ: MDB: Cloud-based document database platform for software application development.
PhD in CS or related field; strong ML/NLP background; experience building neural networks for language/vision; proven empirical methods; leadership and communication skills.
Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning
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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.
3+ YOEPhD in CS/Physics/Math/Chem/EE or related field; 3+ years experience preferred; strong quantum information and computation expertise.
Qiskit, Cirq, Python, Git
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Staff Scientist II - Medicinal Chemistry
Newark, California, United States
$135k-$145k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Protagonist Therapeutics
Protagonist TherapeuticsNASDAQ: PTGX: Developing oral peptide therapeutics for complex diseases.
2+ YOEPhD in synthetic organic or medicinal chemistry plus 2–5 years of industrial medicinal chemistry experience; requires synthesis, purification, scale-up, problem-solving, and software proficiency.
Microsoft Office, ChemDraw, SciFinder, Spotfire, electronic lab notebooks
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Staff Data Scientist, Marketing
San Francisco, California, United States
RemoteFull Time
Reddit
RedditNYSE: RDDT: Social platform for community-driven discussion and content sharing.
10+ YOESenior data scientist for marketing measurement; advanced degree; 6–10+ years experience in marketing science/econometrics; Python/R/SQL; production pipelines; communicates with executives.
Python, R, SQL, Machine Learning, Data Pipelines
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GTM Staff Data Scientist
Menlo Park, California, United States
$184k-$265k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Snowflake
SnowflakeNYSE: SNOW: Cloud-based platform for data storage, processing, and analytics.
5+ YOEAdvanced quantitative degree or equivalent experience; 5+ years building production statistical or machine learning systems; expertise in causal inference, experimentation, forecasting, propensity, uplift, ranking, or recommendation systems; strong Python and SQL.
Python, SQL, CRM, LLMs
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Staff Data Scientist - Experimentation
New York City or San Francisco
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Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
8+ YOE8+ years in software/data science or statistics; SQL, Python; causal inference; A/B testing; data pipelines; cross-functional collaboration.
SQL, Python, Pyspark, Scala, A/B testing tooling, Data pipelines, Statistical methods
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Genomics Sr Staff Scientist
Palo Alto, California, United States
$67-$88/hr HybridFull Time
Stanford Health Care
Stanford Health Care: Provides comprehensive medical care, specialized treatments, and clinical research.
4+ YOEPhD or MS in molecular biology/genetics, 4+ years genetics/cancer genetics experience, 1+ year CLIA clinical lab experience including NGS, variant interpretation experience, familiarity with genomics databases, strong communication and analytical skills.
ClinVar, ClinGen, gnomAD, ExAC, HGMD, COSMIC
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Senior Staff Data Scientist
Mountain View or Korea
$174k-$290k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Coupang
CoupangNYSE: CPNG: Provides online retail, grocery delivery, and video streaming services.
8+ YOEMaster's in CS/EE/Math (or related), 8+ years data scientist experience, expertise in experimentation/statistics, strong SQL and R/Python skills, experience with large datasets and ML/LLM concepts, strong communication.
SQL, R, Python, ML, LLMs
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(USA) Staff, Data Scientist
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$143k-$286k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Walmart
WalmartNYSE: WMT: Multinational retail operating discount stores and supermarkets.
5+ YOESenior data scientist with expertise in ML (deep learning, RL, NLP), distributed computing (Spark/Hadoop), Python, big-data platforms, SQL, cloud (GCP/Azure), model deployment in high-scale production, and strong leadership.
Spark, Python, Java, C, C++, Hadoop, Hive, Pig, MapReduce, Scala, Git, SQL, GCP, Azure, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, R
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Staff Research Scientist, Perception Research
Mountain View or Kirkland or New York City
$251k-$310k/yr HybridFull Time
Waymo
Waymo: Autonomous driving technology for ride-hailing and logistics.
5+ YOEPhD preferred; 5+ years deep learning; experience with JAX, TensorFlow, PyTorch; strong Python skills.
Python, JAX, TensorFlow, PyTorch