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Science jobs in San Francisco, United States
390 open roles read nightly from companies’ own hiring pages. Each one links to the original ad.
Science jobs in San Francisco at a glance
- Open roles
- 390
- Remote
- 10%
- Posted in the last 30 days
- 92
- Advertised pay, middle half
- $180K – $350Kmedian $285K
From the 282 science jobs here that state yearly pay in USD: the top of each advertised range. Updated nightly.
Hiring most here
- OpenAI 25
- Anthropic 19
- LatchBio 17
- Capable Labs 12
- Thinking Machines Lab 11
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LatchBio · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeMid level$140K – $180K a yearScience & researchYou will contribute to our technical approach for evaluating how AI agents can help diagnose, treat, conduct research and perform target discovery in rare and progressive disease. Working with scientists, physician-scientists, software engineers and computational biologists,…
People Research Scientist
2 days agoCrusoe · San Francisco, California, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeScience & researchWe're looking for a People Research Scientist to join our People Science and Workforce Intelligence team. You'll be the research lead for the wider People organization bringing scientific rigor to the questions that matter most as Crusoe scales: how well do we hire, what makes…
AI Biologist - Genetic Medicines
3 days agoLatchBio · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeMid level$140K – $180K a yearScience & researchYou will contribute to our technical approach for evaluating agent performance at reasoning across the genetic medicines pipeline – gene therapy, gene editing, and RNA therapeutics from target validation and drug discovery to clinical development.
Chai Discovery · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeScience & researchWe are hiring research scientists to work on foundation model pre-training. Our models learn the foundations of molecular structure and interaction, and their success depends on carefully designed architectural components, training objectives, and data mixes.
Research Scientist, Applied Research
3 days agoChai Discovery · San Francisco, California, United States
Full-timeScience & researchWe are hiring research scientists to improve the real-world performance of our foundation models. The work involves planning targeted data generation campaigns, designing evals that accurately measure model performance, and formulating post-training recipes aimed at making…
Plasmidsaurus · San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull-time$170K – $185K a yearScience & researchWe are now looking to combine our deep experimental expertise with robotics and emerging AI tools to rethink how biology experiments are performed and push the boundaries of knowledge generation. You will be developing new scientific capabilities to explore more questions, test…
AI research scientist
3 days agoWRITER · San Francisco, California, United States +2
HybridFull-timeSenior$199K – $325K a yearScience & researchAI research at WRITER isn't just about publishing papers — it's about building the scientific foundation that powers some of the most ambitious enterprise AI deployments in the world. As an AI research scientist, you'll be at the center of that work. You'll drive a high-impact…
Human Archive · San Francisco, California, United States
Full-time$25.00 – $50.00 an hourScience & researchWe’re running a research study in our SF office and need someone to manage the day to day operations behind it. It is one of the best opportunities to get hands-on experience at frontier of physical AI/robotics. You will work directly with our research ends and cofounders and…
California State University · San Francisco, California, United States
Lead / staff$6,382.00 – $6,773.00 a monthScience & researchUnder the general direction of the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies & Career Development, the Project Lead provides strategic leadership and day-to-day management of the federally funded Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP). The incumbent leads implementation of the…
AI Biologist - Immunology
4 days agoLatchBio · San Francisco, California, United States
RemoteFull-timeMid level$140K – $180K a yearScience & researchYou will contribute to our technical approach for evaluating how AI agents reason about immunology. Working with software engineers and computational biologists, you'll build ground-truth benchmark datasets, drawn from studies, your experience, and novel work, that rigorously…
Research Lead, Open Benchmarks Grants
4 days agoSnorkel AI · New York, United States +2
HybridLead / staff$231K – $390K a yearScience & researchSnorkel AI is the frontier AI data lab, helping teams build the data and environments behind high-performing frontier and agentic AI. We combine technology with research-driven AI data development to create datasets, benchmarks, evals, and custom solutions for real-world AI…
Snorkel AI · New York, United States +2
HybridDirector$163K – $280K a yearScience & researchSnorkel AI is the frontier AI data lab, helping teams build the data and environments behind high-performing frontier and agentic AI. We combine technology with research-driven AI data development to create datasets, benchmarks, evals, and custom solutions for real-world AI…
Lab Technician
4 days agoGLIDE · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeEntry level$31.00 – $33.00 an hourScience & researchPerform high-volume phlebotomy (venipuncture) for STI testing, RNA confirmatory testing, and research specimens.; Perform CLIA-waived and moderate complexity testing including rapid HIV, HCV, and syphilis tests.; Process specimens and prepare samples for transport to off-site…
R&D Technician & Lab Manager
4 days agoMultiply Labs · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeSenior$45.00 – $50.00 an hourScience & researchWe are seeking a highly skilled, hands-on R&D Lab & Shop Manager to lead daily operations across our prototyping lab, machine shop, and assembly areas. In this role, you will bridge the gap between design engineering and physical hardware execution, managing machine shop…
AI Neuroscientist
5 days agoLatchBio · San Francisco, California, United States
RemoteFull-time$140K – $180K a yearScience & researchLatch builds rigorous scientific benchmarks (benchmarks.bio) for AI agents across biology. We work with frontier labs and pharma to measure whether agents can handle real biological workflows: the messy, multi-layer reasoning that matters in the field.
AI Biologist - Proteomics
5 days agoLatchBio · San Francisco, California, United States
RemoteFull-time$140K – $180K a yearScience & researchLatch builds rigorous scientific benchmarks (benchmarks.bio) for AI agents across biology. We work with frontier labs and pharma to measure whether agents can handle real biological workflows: the messy, multi-layer reasoning that matters in the field.
AI Biologist - Structural Biology
5 days agoLatchBio · San Francisco, California, United States
RemoteFull-time$140K – $180K a yearScience & researchLatch builds rigorous scientific benchmarks (benchmarks.bio) for AI agents across biology. We work with frontier labs and pharma to measure whether agents can handle real biological workflows: the messy, multi-layer reasoning that matters in the field.
AI Biologist - Peptide Discovery
5 days agoLatchBio · San Francisco, California, United States
RemoteFull-time$140K – $180K a yearScience & researchLatch builds rigorous scientific benchmarks (benchmarks.bio) for AI agents across biology. We work with frontier labs and pharma to measure whether agents can handle real biological workflows: the messy, multi-layer reasoning that matters in the field.
AI Biologist - Microscopy
5 days agoLatchBio · San Francisco, California, United States
RemoteFull-time$140K – $180K a yearScience & researchLatch builds rigorous scientific benchmarks (benchmarks.bio) for AI agents across biology. We work with frontier labs and pharma to measure whether agents can handle real biological workflows: the messy, multi-layer reasoning that matters in the field.
AI Biologist - Metagenomics
5 days agoLatchBio · San Francisco, California, United States
RemoteFull-timeMid level$140K – $180K a yearScience & researchYou will contribute to our technical approach for evaluating how AI agents reason through complex microbiome and metagenomics datasets. Working with software engineers and computational biologists, you'll build ground-truth benchmark datasets, drawn from real published…
Updated 07 Nov 2026 10:21 UTC from the OptiTalent job library.