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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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Laboratory Technician
3 months agoPeriodic Labs · Menlo Park, California, United States
On-siteContract$45.00 – $67.00 an hourScience & researchPeriodic Labs is seeking a hands-on, detail-oriented Lab Technician to support the daily operations of our high-throughput materials experimentation facility. You’ll work directly alongside our scientists and engineers to keep the lab running at the pace our science demands —…
Anthropic · San Francisco, California, United States
On-site$300K – $320K a yearScience & researchAnthropic's Life Sciences team is building a world-class research group focused on making fundamental biological discoveries. The team combines cutting-edge AI with hands-on biological research, positioning Anthropic at the forefront of AI-accelerated scientific discovery.
Computational Scientist, Structural & Thermal
3 months agoPeriodic Labs · Menlo Park, California, United States
On-siteFull-time$250K – $350K a yearScience & researchPeriodic Labs is building AI systems that can simulate physical science, verify predictions, and train on the full scientific method. We are looking for a Computational Scientist to develop structural, thermal, and coupled thermo-mechanical simulation capabilities for…
Halluminate · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$250K – $320K a yearScience & researchBase: $250–320k · Equity: 0.20–0.35% · Location: San Francisco, in-person
California State University · Los Angeles, California, United States
ContractEntry level$3,408.00 – $6,072.00 a monthScience & researchThe Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry seeks graduate students as applicants for Graduate Assistant. This position provides an opportunity to gain valuable experience in instructional support, and academic program operations while pursuing graduate studies at Cal State…
DoorDash USA · San Francisco, California, United States +4
Full-timeManager$136K – $200K a yearScience & researchAI Research Lab is one of DoorDash’s frontier innovation hubs, focused on building the foundation for an AI-native future across our three core audiences: consumers, merchants, and dashers. As AI capabilities accelerate, the AI Research Lab operates at the center of technical…
Research Scientist
3 months agoSesame · San Francisco, California, United States +2
On-siteFull-time$190K – $320K a yearScience & researchNew and novel approaches are needed to realize all of our product goals. As a Machine Learning Scientist at Sesame, you are a research-oriented person with experience in NLP, Speech, and/or Computer Vision with a focus on deep learning. You are up to date on recent papers and…
Equity Research Vice President – FinTech
3 months agoFinancial Technology Partners · San Francisco, California, United States +1
ExecutiveScience & researchFinancial Technology Partners (FT Partners) is the only investment bank focused exclusively on the dynamic and rapidly growing financial technology (FinTech) sector. Founded by senior Goldman Sachs alumni, Steve McLaughlin, FT Partners is consistently recognized as a top-tier…
Research Scientist
3 months agoPantograph · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeScience & researchPantograph is training general models that start by watching internet-scale video and end up on robots. We think the path to capable robots runs through general intelligence rather than narrow, robot-specific skills. We're scaling simple methods across video games, real-world…
Computational Scientist, Chemistry
3 months agoAxiom · South San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeScience & researchWork with senior drug discovery scientists to build and use AI agents that design compounds, test hypotheses, and advance safer, more effective drugs.; Equip agents with molecular modeling, machine learning, and cheminformatics tools to optimize potency, selectivity, safety,…
Member of Technical Staff, Proteomics
3 months agoLatchBio · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeLead / staffScience & researchYou will design our technical approach to teaching agents how to understand and handle complex proteomic data, mapping out end-to-end data analysis workflows and working from instrument outputs to real scientific decisions.
Sr Electrolyte Scientist
3 months agoBlue Current · Hayward, California, United States
Senior$111.6K – $160K a yearScience & researchAs a Sr. Electrolyte Scientist, you will be focused on synthesizing and characterizing new solid state electrolyte materials, with a focus on inorganic materials. You will be designing and assessing novel electrolyte materials for targeted improvement of Blue Current’s solid…
Computational Scientist, Mass Spectrometry
3 months agoAxiom · South San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeScience & researchBuild computational tools and AI agents for LC-MS/MS feature detection, peak alignment, molecular identification, quantification, and quality control.; Develop agents that predict molecular fragmentation and identify structures by combining mass spectra, chromatography, UV, and…
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States +1
Director$288K – $420K a yearScience & researchOwn the technical direction for agentic AI systems applied to materials science at Lila. You will set and execute the roadmap for autonomous agents that plan, run, and interpret materials experiments, based on understanding of internal knowledge and state-of-the-art research…
Researcher, World Models
4 months agoMenlo · Palo Alto, California, United States +1
HybridFull-timeScience & researchWe are hiring a Researcher to advance the world models at the core of Asimov's ability to perceive, predict, and act. You will work at the intersection of self-supervised representation learning, predictive architectures, and embodied control, in close collaboration with our…
Research Scientist, Materials Characterization
4 months agoPeriodic Labs · Menlo Park, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeSenior$250K – $350K a yearScience & researchJoin a world-class team of scientists and engineers pushing the boundaries of materials research in a groundbreaking lab where AI and automation unlock discoveries at unprecedented speed and scale. As a Research Scientist within the Periodic Labs experimental effort, you bring…
Research Scientist, Thin Films
4 months agoPeriodic Labs · Menlo Park, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeSenior$250K – $350K a yearScience & researchJoin a world-class team of scientists and engineers pushing the boundaries of materials research in a groundbreaking lab where AI and automation unlock discoveries at unprecedented speed and scale.
Drug Discovery Scientist
4 months agoAxiom · South San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeSeniorScience & researchLead Axiom drug discovery programs from initial hypothesis through lead optimization, integrating medicinal chemistry, human biology, computational methods, and AI agents to develop safer, more effective drugs.; Help select programs where Axiom has a distinctive advantage,…
Cloudflare · Austin, Texas, United States +3
HybridLead / staff$194K – $266K a yearScience & researchYou’ll help define how machine learning models run across Cloudflare’s global network, from frontier open LLMs and real-time voice models to customer-deployed models served on heterogeneous GPUs and next-generation accelerators. You’ll work with systems engineers, product…
Research Associate, Biology
4 months agoAnthropic · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteEntry level$95K – $120K a yearScience & researchAnthropic's Life Sciences team is building a world-class research group focused on making fundamental biological discoveries. The team combines cutting-edge AI with hands-on biological research, positioning Anthropic at the forefront of demonstrating how AI tools can accelerate…
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