Senior Level Research and Development (R&D) Jobs in San Francisco, CA

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All2,682 Information Technology340 Software Development341 Sales179 Engineering252 Finance and Accounting207 Product Management260 Project and Program Management173 Data and Analytics188 Business Operations134 Marketing106 Research and Development (R&D)77 Healthcare Services - Allied Health16 Business Development79 Legal and Compliance83 Human Resources67 Administrative & Clerical Support15 Customer Service15 Healthcare Services - Advanced Practice18 Creative and Art Services36 Communications and Public Affairs24 Design27 Supply Chain / Logistics / Procurement18 Healthcare Services - Nursing10 Protective Services0 Food and Beverage Services1 Education services1 Environment, Health, and Safety6 Skilled Trades - General Labor0 Quality Assurance6 Social Services0 Transportation Services1 Skilled Trades - Manufacturing and Industrial1 Skilled Trades - Construction1 Skilled Trades - Mechanical and Electrical0 Skilled Trades - Maintenance and Repair0 Custodial Services0

Company	Job	Location	Salary	Posted
Anthropic	AnthropicResearch Scientist, Life Sciences OnsiteFull Time2d	San Francisco, California	$300k - $320k/yr	2d	View
OpenAI	OpenAIDeveloper Education Lead HybridFull Time2d	San Francisco, California	$198k - $335k/yr	2d	View
Lilly	LillyDirector, Discovery Bioinformatics Oncology OnsiteFull Time3d	San Francisco, California	$194k - $339k/yr	3d	View
Google	GoogleDirector, Research and Collaborations, Future of Work OnsiteFull Time3d	Mountain View or New York or San Francisco	$262k - $365k/yr	3d	View
CoreWeave	CoreWeaveExecutive Researcher HybridFull Time3d	New York City or Livingston or Bellevue or Sunnyvale or San Francisco	$150k - $190k/yr	3d	View
Novartis	NovartisRegional Director of Medical Science Liaison, Cardiovascular and Metabolic (CVM) RemoteFull Time4d	Los Angeles or San Diego or San Francisco	$225k - $419k/yr	4d	View
Adobe	AdobeSenior Applied Researcher OnsiteFull Time4d	San Jose or Seattle or San Francisco	$143k - $271k/yr	4d	View
Adaption	AdaptionSenior Research Scientist RemoteFull Time4d	San Francisco or New York or Toronto or Europe or San Francisco or North America	----	4d	View
Anthropic	AnthropicMember of Staff, AI & Rule of Law HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship6d	San Francisco, California	$295k - $345k/yr	6d	View
OpenAI	OpenAIRE/RS, Data Understanding - Foundations OnsiteFull Time6d	San Francisco, California	----	6d	View
OpenAI	OpenAIRE/RS, Data Understanding (MM) HybridFull Time6d	San Francisco, California	----	6d	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCPrincipal Applied Scientist, Music Catalog and Search, Amazon Music Search and Catalog OnsiteFull Time6d	Sunnyvale or San Francisco	$229k - $309k/yr	6d	View
Palo Alto Networks	Palo Alto NetworksSr. Staff Security Researcher OnsiteFull Time1w	Santa Clara or San Francisco or San Jose	$140k - $226k/yr	1w	View
DeepMind	DeepMindDirector, UX, Integrated Assistant, DeepMind OnsiteFull Time1w	Mountain View or New York or San Francisco	$344k - $383k/yr	1w	View
Plaid	PlaidSenior Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAI HybridFull Time1w	San Francisco or New York City or Seattle	$229k - $315k/yr	1w	View
U.S. Customs and Border Protection	U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionOperational Psychologist HybridFull Time1w	----	$126k - $164k/yr	1w	View
Scale AI	Scale AIHead of Policy & Security Research Lab OnsiteFull Time1w	San Francisco or Washington	$198k - $247k/yr	1w	View
Google	GoogleSenior UX Quantitative Researcher, Human Factors OnsiteFull Time1w	San Jose or Miami or New York or San Francisco	$159k - $231k/yr	1w	View
Cisco	CiscoPrincipal Machine Learning Engineer RemoteFull Time1w	San Jose or Pleasanton or Houston or Iselin or Denver or Seattle or New York or Irvine or Boston or Brooklyn or San Diego or Bellevue or Milpitas or Austin or Mountain View or Raleigh–Durham (RTP) or Los Altos or Redwood City or San Francisco or Santa Clara or San Mateo or Dallas or Sunnyvale or Palo Alto	$292k - $369k/yr	1w	View
Google	GoogleSenior Research Scientist, Superconducting Digital Electronics, Quantum AI OnsiteFull Time1w	Cambridge or Mountain View or Seattle or San Francisco or Washington D.C. or Goleta	$174k - $252k/yr	1w	View
Salesforce	SalesforceSenior Director, Salesforce Futures HybridFull Time1w	San Francisco or Chicago or New York	$182k - $305k/yr	1w	View
Drata	DrataSenior Applied Research Engineer HybridFull Time1w	San Francisco, California	$167k - $226k/yr	1w	View
Drata	DrataSenior Applied Research Engineer 2 HybridFull Time1w	San Francisco, California	$192k - $260k/yr	1w	View
Drata	DrataStaff Applied Research Engineer HybridFull Time1w	San Francisco, California	$221k - $299k/yr	1w	View
ICF	ICFSenior Fisheries Biologist OnsiteFull Time1w	San Francisco, California	$74k - $125k/yr	1w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearcher, Connectors - Agent Post-Training HybridFull Time1w	San Francisco, California	$250k - $380k/yr	1w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearcher, Artifacts - Agent Post-Training HybridFull Time1w	San Francisco, California	$250k - $380k/yr	1w	View
Palo Alto Networks	Palo Alto NetworksSr. Principal Security Researcher - Advanced Threat Prevention (ATP) OnsiteFull Time2w	Santa Clara or San Francisco or San Jose	$163k - $263k/yr	2w	View
Lila Sciences	Lila SciencesPrincipal / Sr. Principal BioML Scientist OnsiteFull Time2w	San Francisco, California	$172k - $271k/yr	2w	View
DeepMind	DeepMindAI Cybersecurity Team Lead, DeepMind OnsiteFull Time2w	Mountain View or San Francisco	$262k - $365k/yr	2w	View
UCSF Campus BU	UCSF Campus BUClinical Research Manager OnsiteFull Time2w	San Francisco, California	$200k - $300k/yr	2w	View
Google	GoogleResearch and Insights Manager, Search and AI Innovation OnsiteFull Time2w	San Francisco or Mountain View or New York	$142k - $205k/yr	2w	View
Lilly	LillyPrincipal Biologist - Cutaneous Biology OnsiteFull Time2w	San Diego or San Francisco	$71k - $187k/yr	2w	View
Edison Scientific	Edison ScientificStaff Toxicologist OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$275k - $350k/yr	3w	View
Edison Scientific	Edison ScientificHead of DMPK OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$275k - $350k/yr	3w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIModel Policy Manager HybridFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$207k - $295k/yr	3w	View
Lila Sciences	Lila SciencesSr. Principal / Distinguished ML Scientist, Autonomous Science for Cell Biology OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	----	3w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIPeople Data Scientist HybridFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$198k - $260k/yr	3w	View
Meta	MetaAI Research Scientist, Audio-Visual Understanding, FAIR HybridFull Time3w	Menlo Park or New York City or San Francisco	$154k - $217k/yr	3w	View
Meta	MetaAI Research Scientist, CoreML - Monetization HybridFull Time3w	Sunnyvale or Bellevue or Menlo Park or Seattle or New York or San Francisco	$184k - $257k/yr	3w	View
Meta	MetaAI Research Engineer, FAIR Chemistry OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$122k - $181k/yr	3w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIProtection Scientist Engineer, Intelligence and Investigations HybridFull Time1mo	San Francisco or New York City or Washington or Remote - US	$198k - $425k/yr	1mo	View
Lila Sciences	Lila SciencesSenior / Principal Scientist, AI for Protein Engineering OnsiteFull Time1mo	Cambridge or San Francisco	$268k - $358k/yr	1mo	View
Apple	AppleOptics and Vision Scientist OnsiteFull Time1mo	Cupertino or San Francisco	----	1mo	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearcher, Alignment Training OnsiteFull Time1mo	San Francisco, California	----	1mo	View
Iqvia	IqviaTherapeutic Strategy VP, Infectious Disease/Respiratory (Home - Based) RemoteFull Time1mo	Durham or Boston or San Francisco or Washington	----	1mo	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearcher, Misalignment Research OnsiteFull Time1mo	San Francisco, California	$295k - $445k/yr	1mo	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearcher, Alignment Science HybridFull Time1mo	San Francisco, California	$250k - $445k/yr	1mo	View
Plaid	PlaidFraud Researcher HybridFull Time1mo	San Francisco, California	$139k - $191k/yr	1mo	View
Lila Sciences	Lila SciencesPrincipal / Senior Principal Scientist, Foundation Models for life Sciences OnsiteFull Time1mo	San Francisco, California	$288k - $480k/yr	1mo	View
Munich Re	Munich ReProduct Development Business Partner (Princeton, NJ, US) OnsiteFull Time1mo	Princeton or Philadelphia or New York City or Chicago or San Francisco	$138k - $215k/yr	1mo	View
Capital One	Capital OneSenior Director, Applied Research OnsiteFull Time1mo	San Francisco, California	$382k - $436k/yr	1mo	View
Figma	FigmaRapid Researcher RemoteFull Time1mo	San Francisco or New York or	$169k - $250k/yr	1mo	View
OpenAI	OpenAIAI Emerging Risks Analyst HybridFull Time1mo	San Francisco, California	$198k - $320k/yr	1mo	View
Paloaltonetworks	PaloaltonetworksPrincipal Machine Learning Engineer OnsiteFull Time1mo	Santa Clara or San Francisco or San Jose	$157k - $254k/yr	1mo	View
Palo Alto Networks	Palo Alto NetworksSr Staff Security Researcher OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship1mo	Santa Clara or San Francisco or San Jose	$140k - $226k/yr	1mo	View
Uber	UberSenior Survey Scientist HybridFull Time1mo	New York or San Francisco	$171k - $190k/yr	1mo	View
OpenAI	OpenAIAbuse Investigator (AI Self-Improvement Risk) HybridFull Time1mo	San Francisco, California	$288k - $320k/yr	1mo	View
OpenAI	OpenAIStrategic Risk Analyst, Behavioral & Psychological Risk OnsiteFull Time1mo	San Francisco, California	$288k - $320k/yr	1mo	View
Lilly	LillyDirector/Senior Director, Analytical Methods (Methods4Insight) HybridFull Time1mo	Boston or Indianapolis or San Diego or San Francisco or Louisville	$194k - $339k/yr	1mo	View
Lilly	LillyDirector/Senior Director, ADMET & PK/PD Modeling OnsiteFull Time1mo	Indianapolis or Boston or San Francisco	$177k - $308k/yr	1mo	View
PwC	PwCDeals - Capital Markets Accounting Advisory Services - Senior Manager OnsiteFull Time1mo	San Francisco, California	$124k - $280k/yr	1mo	View
Scale AI	Scale AIDirector, Enterprise Research HybridFull Time2mo	San Francisco or New York	$290k - $362k/yr	2mo	View
Microsoft	MicrosoftPrincipal Applied Scientist - CoreAI OnsiteFull Time2mo	Redmond or Garden City or San Francisco or Mountain View or Boston	$140k - $275k/yr	2mo	View
Weights & Biases	Weights & BiasesReinforcement Learning Engineer HybridFull Time2mo	Bellevue or San Francisco or	$188k - $275k/yr	2mo	View
CoreWeave	CoreWeaveVP of Product, Research and Training Infrastructure HybridFull Time2mo	Bellevue or Livingston or New York or San Francisco or Sunnyvale	$233k - $341k/yr	2mo	View
Anthropic	AnthropicPolicy Design Manager, Age-Appropriate Design HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship2mo	San Francisco or New York City	$245k - $285k/yr	2mo	View
Adobe	AdobeDirector of Research & Strategy, Adobe Express RemoteFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$170k - $323k/yr	2mo	View
Asana	AsanaHead of R&D Operations HybridFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$269k - $316k/yr	2mo	View
OpenAI	OpenAIMachine Learning Engineer, Integrity OnsiteFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	----	2mo	View
Superhuman	SuperhumanStaff User Researcher HybridFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$240k - $300k/yr	2mo	View
Anthropic	AnthropicTransformative AI Research Economist, Economic Research OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship2mo	San Francisco, California	$300k - $405k/yr	2mo	View
Anthropic	AnthropicAnalyst, The Anthropic Institute HybridFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$295k - $345k/yr	2mo	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearcher, Loss of Control OnsiteFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$295k - $445k/yr	2mo	View
Adobe	AdobeStaff Quantitative UX Researcher, Frame.io HybridFull Time2mo	San Francisco or San Jose or New York or North America	$140k - $266k/yr	2mo	View
Edison Scientific	Edison ScientificSenior/Principal AI Research Scientist OnsiteFull Time3mo	San Francisco, California	$210k - $350k/yr	3mo	View
Anthropic	AnthropicResearch Lead, Training Insights HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship3mo	San Francisco or New York City	----	3mo	View

Senior Level Research and Development (R&D) Jobs in San Francisco, CA, updated daily

77 open research and development (r&d) roles in San Francisco, CA, pulled directly from company career pages and refreshed daily, newest first. Pick a role and apply with a resume tailored to it using ApplyBolt.