Pleasant Hill • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
Pleasant Hill • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
Pleasant Hill • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
Pleasant Hill • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
155 ai research scientist jobs at 70 companies in Pleasant Hill, CA
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Founding Machine Learning / AI Search Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$310k/yr On-SiteFull Time
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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Lead AI Research Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
$357k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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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AI Research Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Strong ML fundamentals; experience training large models; RL/RLHF/RLAIF; ability to work across research and engineering.
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AI Research Scientist, CoreML - Monetization AI
Sunnyvale or Bellevue or Menlo Park or New York
$154k-$217k/yr HybridFull Time
PhD or Masters in AI/ML; extensive NLP/RL research; publications; Python and PyTorch; work authorized in country of employment.
Python, PyTorch
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AI Research Scientist, Applied AI, Google Cloud
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$174k-$253k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOEPhD (or equivalent), 2+ years leading a research agenda, 2+ years with machine learning (LLMs, generative AI, NLP), coding in Python/JavaScript/R/Java/C++, and publication record.
Python, JavaScript, R, Java, C++, Gemini Enterprise, Shopping Agent, CX Agent Studio, Agent Assist, Vertex AI Search - Commerce, LLM's, genAI
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Staff AI research scientist
San Francisco or Seattle or New York City or Austin or Chicago or London
$234k-$296k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years ML research experience with LLM pre-/post-training, strong publication record, Ph.D. or equivalent, expert in post-training methods (SFT, RLHF, RLAIF, DPO), Python and PyTorch/JAX proficiency, experience shipping production models.
Python, PyTorch, JAX
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Research Scientist, Conversational AI
New York or Mountain View
$190k-$230k/yr HybridFull Time
PhD in CS/EE/Linguistics; strong research in LLMs, Conversational AI or Speech; mentoring experience; hands-on experimentation; startup experience a plus.
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Machine Learning
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Senior AI Research Scientist – Foundation Models & Agentic AI
Charlotte or San Francisco or West Des Moines or Irving or Tempe or Saint Louis or Minneapolis
$139k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
4+ YOEMaster's degree in a quantitative field and 4+ years quantitative analytics experience; expertise in foundation models, LLMs, agentic AI, modern ML frameworks, GPU infra, and a strong research publication/engineering record.
GPT-4, BERT, LLaMA, Claude, PyTorch, Hugging Face, TensorFlow, GitHub Copilot, AWS, GCP
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Senior/Principal AI Research Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
$210k-$350k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years ML research experience; fluency in PyTorch or Jax; experience with large-scale training and tools (e.g., Ray, Megatron-LM); expertise in EDA, feature engineering, model development/deployment; strong programming skills.
PyTorch, Jax, Ray, verl, Megatron-LM
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Applied AI Research Scientist (Multiple Opportunities)
Palo Alto, California, United States
$175k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Applied AI/ML research, algorithm exploration, and modeling development. Strong collaboration across teams.
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AI Research Scientist- World Model
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$165k-$185k/yr HybridFull Time
3+ YOEPhD in CS/Engineering or MS with 3+ years industry experience; 2+ years in foundation models; deep learning with diffusion/3D/world models; Python/C++ and AI libraries; publications in major venues; strong teamwork.
Python, C++, TensorFlow, PyTorch, NLP libraries, CV libraries
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AI Research Scientist/Manager - Spatial Reasoning
San Mateo or San Francisco or California
$200k-$385k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Conduct research in spatial reasoning, 3D/geometric understanding, and physical reasoning; fluent in Python and ML stacks such as PyTorch or JAX; strong research/engineering record; experience with CAD/point clouds/meshes a plus.
Python, PyTorch, JAX, CAD
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Senior Quantum AI Research Scientist, Applied Research
Redmond or Santa Clara
$192k-$305k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOEPh.D. preferred in CS/Physics/Applied Math/EE, 8+ years in quantum computing and/or AI/ML research, deep ML and quantum error correction expertise, strong communication, experience with large-scale model training and hardware-aware models.
CUDA, PyTorch Distributed, Megatron-LM, JAX pmap, LoRA, QLoRA
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Research Scientist, AI
Redwood City, California, United States
$150k-$350k/yr HybridFull Time
PhD in computer science or related field or equivalent experience; significant experience building scalable DL systems; strong engineering; comfort with ambiguity; strong communication.
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Research Scientist - AI Incubation
Seattle or San Jose
$138k-$275k/yr HybridFull Time
PhD in CS/AI/ML; expertise in LLM post-training, RLHF/DPO/PPO, federated learning; distributed training; PyTorch/Transformers/DeepSpeed/CUDA; publications/open-source.
PyTorch, Transformers, DeepSpeed, CUDA
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Research Scientist, Applied Science
Palo Alto or Paris or Abu Dhabi
$175k-$270k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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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AI Research Scientist (Robot Learning)
San Francisco or Zurich
OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOEPhD-level background in CS/Data Science/Robotics (or equivalent), 3+ years training generative models, 4+ years Python development, project supervision experience, and fluent English.
Python, ROS2
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Senior Quantum AI Research Scientist, Applied Research
Redmond or Santa Clara
$192k-$305k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOEPhD preferred; 8+ years in quantum computing and/or AI/ML; deep ML/DL expertise; strong quantum information science background; excellent collaboration skills.
CUDA, PyTorch, JAX, Megatron-LM, GPU programming
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Research Scientist
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
PhD in Computer Science/AI or related field; strong publication record; experience in Generative AI, diffusion models, large-scale model training; good communication and teamwork.
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Machine Learning Frameworks
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AI Research Scientist (Generative Models for Scientific Discovery)
Santa Clara, California, United States
$184k-$253k/yr OnsiteFull Time
MS or PhD in CS/EE/Math/Statistics; strong ML/NLP and generative AI; Python with PyTorch/TensorFlow; experience with scientific data; full-time role.
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow
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Research Scientist
San Francisco or New York
$100k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Extensive experience in automated reasoning, AI for code analysis, MSc/PhD in CS, publications or artifacts, independent work, mission-driven.