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

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Company	Job	Location	Salary	Posted
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteSenior Clinical Research Coordinator Cardiology OnsiteFull Time4d	San Francisco, California	----	4d	View
Lila Sciences	Lila SciencesSenior ML Scientist, Biological Systems OnsiteFull Time4d	San Francisco, California	$268k - $336k/yr	4d	View
Anthropic	AnthropicLife Sciences Operator, Lead HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship5d	San Francisco, California	$300k - $320k/yr	5d	View
Anthropic	AnthropicResearch Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational) HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship5d	San Francisco, California	$300k - $320k/yr	5d	View
Iqvia	IqviaSenior Consultant, Evidence Synthesis, Indirect Treatment Comparison (ITC) RemoteFull Time6d	Durham or Kirkland or New Providence or San Francisco or New York or Rockville or Richmond or Boston or Providence or Rosemont or San Mateo or Falls Church or Marietta or Parsippany or Wayne	$110k - $274k/yr	6d	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteSr Clinical Research Coordinator Clinical Research Network Office HybridFull Time6d	Berkeley or San Francisco	$96k - $121k/yr	6d	View
Anthropic	AnthropicLead, Frontier Red Team (Cyber) HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship6d	San Francisco or New York City	----	6d	View
Cisco	CiscoSenior AI Researcher HybridFull Time1w	San Francisco, California	$212k - $276k/yr	1w	View
Wells Fargo & Company	Wells Fargo & CompanySenior Lead AI Research Scientist – Foundation Models & Agentic AI HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship1w	Charlotte or San Francisco or West Des Moines or Irving or Tempe or Saint Louis or Minneapolis	$185k - $300k/yr	1w	View
Thomson Reuters	Thomson ReutersPrincipal Scientist- Search HybridFull Time1w	New York City or San Francisco or Los Angeles or Irvine or McLean or Washington	$212k - $394k/yr	1w	View
Figma	FigmaDirector, Research - AI Evals HybridFull Time1w	San Francisco or New York City	$258k - $348k/yr	1w	View
Anthropic	AnthropicSafeguards Enforcement Analyst, Radiological & Nuclear Harms HybridFull Time1w	United States or San Francisco or New York City or Washington	$245k - $285k/yr	1w	View
Datadog	DatadogStaff Competitive Intelligence Analyst HybridFull Time1w	New York City or San Francisco	$220k - $270k/yr	1w	View
Lila Sciences	Lila SciencesPrincipal Scientist / Associate Director, Agentic AI Research for Materials Science OnsiteFull Time1w	Cambridge or San Francisco	$288k - $420k/yr	1w	View
OpenAI	OpenAICompetitive Intelligence Lead OnsiteFull Time1w	San Francisco or New York City	$293k - $325k/yr	1w	View
Capitalone	CapitaloneDistinguished Applied Researcher OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship1w	San Francisco or McLean or Cambridge or San Jose or New York	$306k - $381k/yr	1w	View
Microsoft	MicrosoftPrincipal Security Researcher HybridFull Time1w	Redmond or San Francisco	$143k - $275k/yr	1w	View
Anthropic	AnthropicThreat Intel Manager, Model Exploitation & Fraud HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship1w	San Francisco, California	$375k - $455k/yr	1w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearch Engineer / Research Scientist - Personal AGI, Personality and Model Behavior HybridFull Time2w	San Francisco, California	----	2w	View
Anthropic	AnthropicResearcher, Education Labs HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship2w	San Francisco or New York City	$300k - $405k/yr	2w	View
Thomson Reuters	Thomson ReutersManager AI and Applied Research HybridFull Time2w	Eagan or Frisco or New York City or Ann Arbor or Toronto or San Francisco or Los Angeles or Irvine or McLean or Washington	$171k - $318k/yr	2w	View
Anthropic	AnthropicResearch Engineer, Life Sciences HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship2w	San Francisco, California	$350k - $500k/yr	2w	View
Faire	FaireStaff Applied ML/AI Scientist - Search HybridFull Time2w	Kitchener-Waterloo or Toronto or San Francisco or New York City or London	$200k - $275k/yr	2w	View
Google	GoogleStaff UX Quantitative Researcher, Search Ecosystem OnsiteFull Time2w	Mountain View or San Francisco	$188k - $275k/yr	2w	View
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)	University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)Senior Clinical Research Coordinator, Liver Biorepository OnsiteFull Time2w	San Francisco, California	$96k - $100k/yr	2w	View
Google	GoogleSenior Research Scientist, Superconducting Digital Electronics, Quantum AI OnsiteFull Time2w	Goleta or Cambridge or Mountain View or Seattle or San Francisco or Washington	$174k - $253k/yr	2w	View
Edison Scientific	Edison ScientificComputational Biologist Full Time2w	New York or San Francisco or	$220k - $300k/yr	2w	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteSenior Staff Scienitst-Quantitative Modeling, AI & Pharmacometrics OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$122k - $200k/yr	3w	View
Gartner	GartnerSr Director Analyst, AI and Software Engineering (Remote- US) RemoteFull Time3w	San Francisco or Texas or	$172k - $203k/yr	3w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearcher, Alignment CoT Monitorability HybridFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$250k - $445k/yr	3w	View
Palo Alto Networks	Palo Alto NetworksPrincipal Security Researcher OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship3w	Santa Clara or San Francisco or San Jose	$163k - $263k/yr	3w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIAgent Post-Training, Artifacts Research OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$295k - $445k/yr	3w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIAgent Post-Training, Computer Use Research OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco or Los Angeles County or California or	$295k - $445k/yr	3w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIAgent Post-Training, Connectors Research OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$295k - $445k/yr	3w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIAgent Post-Training, Context Research OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$295k - $445k/yr	3w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIAgent Post-Training, Frontier Evals and Environments Research OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$295k - $445k/yr	3w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIAgent Post-Training, Personality OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$295k - $445k/yr	3w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIAgent Post-Training, API & Power Users OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$295k - $445k/yr	3w	View
Faire	FaireSenior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Compass HybridFull Time3w	Waterloo or Toronto or New York City or San Francisco	$171k - $236k/yr	3w	View
Edison Scientific	Edison ScientificSenior/Principal AI Research Scientist OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$210k - $350k/yr	3w	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteBioinformatics Programmer HybridFull Time3w	San Francisco, California	$148k - $165k/yr	3w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearcher, Agentic Post-Training OnsiteFull Time3w	San Francisco or Los Angeles County or California or	$295k - $445k/yr	3w	View
Tempus	TempusSr. Manager, Quality Assurance OnsiteFull Time3w	Chicago or New York City or San Francisco or California or Colorado or New York	$120k - $170k/yr	3w	View
Iqvia	IqviaSenior Global Clinical Study Manager OnsiteFull Time4w	Durham or Phoenix or Gilbert or San Francisco or New York City or Indianapolis or Tampa or Rockville or Chicago or Dallas	$93k - $233k/yr	4w	View
Adobe	AdobeSenior research Scientist - Machine Learning Systems & Efficiency Engineer OnsiteFull Time4w	Seattle or San Francisco or San Jose	$143k - $271k/yr	4w	View
Lilly	LillyDirector / Sr / Exec Dir - Applied Intelligence for Discovery (AI4D) OnsiteFull Time4w	San Francisco or South San Francisco	$164k - $282k/yr	4w	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearch Engineer / Research Scientist - RE / RS - Proactivity HybridFull Time1mo	San Francisco, California	----	1mo	View
Notion	NotionUser Researcher, AI Evaluations HybridFull Time1mo	San Francisco or New York	$196k - $230k/yr	1mo	View
Capital One	Capital OneSenior Director, Research & User Intelligence, Customer and Developer Experiences OnsiteFull Time1mo	McLean or San Francisco or Cambridge or New York	$270k - $308k/yr	1mo	View
Adobe	AdobeManager, Applied Science for Data OnsiteFull Time1mo	San Jose or Seattle or San Francisco	$173k - $307k/yr	1mo	View

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

89 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.