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Science jobs in California, United States
886 open roles read nightly from companies’ own hiring pages. Each one links to the original ad.
Science jobs in California at a glance
- Open roles
- 886
- Remote
- 7%
- Posted in the last 30 days
- 235
- Advertised pay, middle half
- $126K – $300Kmedian $190K
From the 708 science jobs here that state yearly pay in USD: the top of each advertised range. Updated nightly.
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241–260 of 886 jobs
Post-Training Applied Researcher
4 weeks agoBaseten · San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull-time$200K – $275K a yearScience & researchThis role sits at the applied end of our post-training research efforts. You will work directly with stakeholders from the world’s fastest-growing AI companies to post-train open-source models that outperform frontier closed models on their specialised tasks. Your day-to-day is…
Senior Scientist, Antibody Characterization
4 weeks agoXaira Therapeutics · South San Francisco, California, United States
Senior$136K – $170K a yearScience & researchAs a part of the Protein Analytics team, you will play a crucial role in discovering and developing novel biotherapeutics. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience characterization of monoclonal and bi/multispecific antibodies within a biotherapeutics discovery…
Research Lead
4 weeks agoFAR.AI · Berkeley, California, United States +2
RemoteFull-timeLead / staff$290K – $450K a yearScience & researchResearch Leads define and own a research workstream end-to-end. Day-to-day, that means:
Discovery Management Associate
4 weeks agoGursey · San Francisco, California, United States
HybridEntry level$70K – $80K a yearScience & researchSupport and assist in reviewing, organizing, and categorizing financial, legal, corporate, real estate, and other documents for importation and metadata entry into G|S’ proprietary document management software.; Summarize and reconcile formal discovery requests and responses,…
Senior Scientist II, Analytical Development
4 weeks agoRevolution Medicines · Redwood City, California, United States
Senior$170K – $212K a yearScience & researchLead day-to-day operations to provide analytical support for API process R&D and manufacturing, formulation development and drug product manufacturing, and participate in cross-functional project team meetings.; Contribute to analytical development strategy for multiple…
Research Fellow
4 weeks agoSnorkel AI · New York, United States +2
RemoteLead / staff$85.00 – $165.00 an hourScience & researchAs a Research Fellow at Snorkel, you’ll build open benchmarks and evaluation environments that help shape how AI progress is measured. This fellowship is for PhD students and postdocs who want to turn important questions in their fields into new ways to evaluate AI capabilities.
Metrology Lab Specialist
4 weeks agoAnduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States
Full-timeSenior$47.00 – $62.00 an hourScience & researchWe are looking for a highly skilled Metrology Specialist to program, optimize, and lead complex inspections across a wide variety of products that we design and develop. In this role you will write, debug, and optimize inspection programs across contact and non-contact systems,…
Senior Research Associate, Chemistry
4 weeks agoUltima Genomics · Fremont, California, United States
SeniorFrom $35.00 an hourScience & researchUltima Genomics is a rapidly growing company that is developing ground-breaking genomics technologies. Our mission is to continuously drive the scale of genomic information to enable unprecedented advances in biology and improvements in human health. We have developed a…
Gene Editing Lab Technician (2nd Shift)
4 weeks agoOhalo · South San Francisco, California, United States
Full-timeFrom $33.00 an hourScience & researchOhalo Genetics is seeking a motivated Gene Editing Lab Technician who will contribute to the advancement of plant variety development. The successful candidate will be detail-oriented, enthusiastic about hands-on work, and responsible. Prior experience in a sterile work…
Gene Editing Lab Technician (1st Shift)
4 weeks agoOhalo · South San Francisco, California, United States
Full-timeFrom $29.50 an hourScience & researchOhalo Genetics is seeking a motivated Gene Editing Lab Technician who will contribute to the advancement of plant variety development. The successful candidate will be detail-oriented, enthusiastic about hands-on work, and responsible. Prior experience in a sterile work…
Scientist (Cell & Tissue Operations)
4 weeks agoParallel Bio · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeEntry level$125K – $140K a yearScience & researchNote to candidates: this describes a strong profile, not a checklist. If you don't match every point but believe you'd do this job well, please apply.
Xaira Therapeutics · South San Francisco, California, United States
Senior$148K – $185K a yearScience & researchWe are seeking a Project Manager, Biologics R&D to support the planning and coordination of biologics programs and projects across our early pipeline, beginning with one of our prioritized programs and spanning additional discovery-stage programs, from early-stage discovery…
Scientist, Biology
4 weeks agoMedra · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeMid level$140K – $175K a yearScience & researchWe're a team of passionate, mission-driven engineers and scientists from companies like Tesla, Amazon, SpaceX, and Neuralink. We're collaborative and love moving fast, both with our product and on team trips skiing or go-karting!; As a team, we love nerding out about…
Staff Technical Operations Scientist
4 weeks agoFreenome · Brisbane, California, United States
HybridLead / staff$176.2K – $221.6K a yearScience & researchAt Freenome, we are seeking a Staff Technical Operations Scientist to help grow the Freenome Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) team. The ideal candidate is in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) workflows, detail-orientated, and familiar working within a CLIA laboratory…
Research Technician – Surface Chemistry
4 weeks agoSarmal Inc · San Diego, California, United States
On-siteContract$72K – $85K a yearScience & researchSarmal, Inc. is a San Diego–based biotechnology company developing next-generation genomics and molecular detection platforms. Our work integrates molecular biology, chemistry, and advanced systems engineering to enable faster, more precise, and more accessible genomic insights.
Head of Research
4 weeks agoAsana · San Francisco, California, United States
HybridDirector$350K – $425K a yearScience & researchOur work informs teams at every level of the company and drives key roadmap decisions. We partner with Product Design, Product Management, Data Science, and Engineering, as well as business and marketing teams, to get deep insights about our customer's behaviors and attitudes,…
Quality Control Specialist I (Contractor)
4 weeks agoFreenome · Brisbane, California, United States
ContractEntry levelScience & researchAt Freenome, we are seeking a Quality Control Specialist I to help grow the Quality Control team within the Lab Operations Department. The ideal candidate is experienced in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) workflows, detail-orientated, and familiar working within a CLIA…
Quality Control Specialist II (Contractor)
4 weeks agoFreenome · Brisbane, California, United States
ContractSeniorScience & researchAt Freenome, we are seeking a Quality Control Specialist II to help grow the Quality Control team within the Lab Operations Department. The ideal candidate is experienced in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) workflows, detail-orientated, and familiar working within a CLIA…
Senior / Principal Chemist, AI Safety
4 weeks agoLila Sciences · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States +2
Lead / staff$268K – $384K a yearScience & researchWe're building a talent-dense, high-agency AI safety team at Lila that will engage all core teams within the organization (science, model training, lab integration, etc.), to identify and mitigate risks from scientific superintelligence while retaining the core scientific…
Clinical Research Manager
4 weeks agoHeadlands Research · Escondido, California, United States
Full-timeSenior$100K – $105K a yearScience & researchThe Clinical Research Manager combines the responsibilities of supporting the coordination of clinical trials along with leading and overseeing the research department. This role requires strong leadership skills to guide and mentor staff, provide strategic direction, manage…
Updated 07 Nov 2026 10:21 UTC from the OptiTalent job library.