107 ai research scientist jobs at 37 companies in Santa Cruz, 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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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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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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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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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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Principal Research Scientist - AI Scaling & Optimization
San Francisco or Mountain View
$270k-$350k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lead a research team focused on foundation model efficiency, scalable ML systems, and optimization; strong Python and PyTorch programming; proven research impact.
Python, PyTorch
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ML Research Scientist (Embodied AI & Reinforcement Learning)
Palo Alto, California, United States
$175k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
PhD or equivalent research experience in ML/robotics/CS/neuroscience, strong publication/technical track record in RL/embodied AI, deep learning and large-scale training expertise, proficiency in Python, simulation and policy evaluation experience.
Python
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AI Research Scientist (Generative Models for Scientific Discovery)
Santa Clara, California, United States
$131k-$180k/yr OnsiteFull Time
MS/PhD in CS, CE, EE, Math, Statistics or related; strong ML/deep learning/NLP background; experience with LLM pretraining, SFT, post-training alignment (e.g., RLHF); Python and PyTorch/TensorFlow proficiency; experience with scientific data, publishing, and mentoring.
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow
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Visual Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Scientist
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Conduct research in visual intelligence, computational neuroscience, and AI; prototype algorithms and translate research into product features working with cross-functional teams.
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Research Scientist - Frontier Benchmarks
Redwood City or Palo Alto or San Francisco
$200k-$325k/yr HybridFull Time
Experience in AI/ML evaluation, NLP or related fields; strong communication; PhD preferred; cross-functional collaboration; startup environment.
Python, Pytorch, TensorFlow, NLP
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Staff Applied Research Scientist
Menlo Park, California, United States
$236k-$339k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEPhD or equivalent research experience in CS, 8+ years applying TCS to large-scale systems, expertise in formal methods, distributed systems, software engineering, and practical AI/ML; track record of publications or OSS contributions.
Iceberg, Polaris, Snowpark, LLMs
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Applied AI Scientist
Tel Aviv or Foster City or Plano or Toronto or Vancouver or London or Amsterdam or Tbilisi or Medellin
HybridFull Time
3+ YOEBachelor's in CS/Engineering (AI focus), 3+ years AI/ML engineering experience, production deployment of agentic AI systems, proficiency with Python and SQL, LLMs, RAG and vector DBs, cloud deployment (AWS preferred).
Python, SQL, AWS, LLMs, RAG, vector databases
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