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Foster City, CA3 days ago

$215,300–$344,600 Per Year

We engage with the company's numerous technology and product teams, world-wide business partners, academics, and governments, to explore and develop technologies that will shape the future of the payments industry and impact the lives of billions of people.   . Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Foster City, CA3 days ago

$169,100–$270,800 Per Year

The ideal candidate will focus on conducting advanced research in one or more subfields, for example, quantum error correction, quantum optimization, quantum simulation, quantum machine learning, distributed quantum computing and/or quantum security and privacy with the aim of applying their research outcomes to financial services and payments. We engage with the company's numerous technology and product teams, world-wide business partners, academics, and governments, to explore and develop technologies that will shape the future of the payments industry and impact the lives of billions of people.

Santa Clara,, California11 days ago

$50–$52 Per Hour
Contractor

The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. This role involves working on cutting-edge technologies to design and develop advanced silicon anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to the scaling up of innovative materials and processes.

San Francisco, CA8 days ago

Our goal is to provide new faculty members with clinical experiences that match their interests in ambulatory general internal medicine while simultaneously creating opportunities to explore and develop a path for academic success and a rewarding career in academic medicine. Our faculty enjoy extraordinarily diverse roles, staffing multiple clinical services (including ambulatory teaching and non- teaching general medicine clinics), and leading many quality, safety, IT, education, and research programs.

San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

$27–$30.61

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint, with working knowledge of social media platforms and strong comfort using and quickly learning online tools such as Box, Doodle Polls, iContact, Canvas, Canva, Concur, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. Under the direction of the Deputy Director of Academic Program Services, the Academic Program Services Coordinator is responsible for providing instructional, administrative and program support to faculty, faculty-led research and other programmatic centers including general administrative support to the academic program.

San Francisco, California15 days ago

$150,000–$350,000 Per Year

Strong signals include backgrounds from Meta, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Google, Waymo, Intrinsic, and David AI, with direct computer vision experience, robotics exposure, and applied performance engineering depth. Their thesis: high-quality video training data is the key bottleneck limiting progress in video AI, robotics, AR/VR, generative media, and agentic systems.

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San Francisco, CA6 days ago

YES Under guidance of Vice Dean and Assistant Dean for Administration and Finance, develops and implementssolutions with high level stakeholders such as faculty, senate committee chairs, senior administrators, , to develop solutions to complex problems; providing briefings on key issues. YES Providing strategic oversight for the development of the annual, faculty compensation; determining priorities, recommending and implementing changes to methods, unit planning, staffing, programs and other financial activities.

San Francisco, CA9 days ago

$80,000–$80,000

Led by Professor Robin Feldman, a nationally respected scholar frequently cited by the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court, C4i responds to over 50 government requests annually and plays an active role in national policy conversations. Candidates from non-traditional backgrounds—such as AI policy roles in tech companies, AI labs, AI safety organizations, or government AI initiatives—are strongly encouraged to apply if they also possess substantial legal expertise and analytical capabilities.

San Francisco, California10 days ago

$150,000–$250,000 Per Year

The company is post-Series A with a small, high-impact technical team, direct partnerships with top frontier AI labs, and a focus on training data quality, evaluation rigor, and post-training optimization — with direct model improvement impact. AfterQuery builds training data infrastructure and evaluation systems used by frontier AI labs to improve large language models and next-generation AI systems.

Palo Alto, CA10 days ago

Full-time

In addition, Academic Deans serve as key ambassadors of the academic program—partnering in admissions, contributing to school communications, and helping to represent INTL’s educational vision to current and prospective families. This position also requires the employee to remain on campus for one (1) week following the conclusion of the academic year and to return to campus one (1) week prior to the regular faculty return date in order to support back-to-school planning, preparation, and related activities.

Santa Clara, California17 days ago

Mountain View, CA9 days ago

Full-time
Employee

From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more. Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.Minimum qualifications: PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.

South San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

Perform molecular assays, including DNA/RNA purification, DNA electrophoresis, RT-PCR, QPCR, ddPCR. Work independently on projects as well as collaborate and communicate effectively across teams to ensure project timelines are met.

San Francisco, CA22 days ago

$81,989.60–$90,000

Under the general supervision of the Head of Research and Reference, the Research and Instruction Librarian will administer the Law School's scholarship repository and coordinate with the Law School's web developer, Law Library staff and the Communications Department of the Law School to oversee and produce library web content, in addition to providing legal reference, research, and instructional services to the UC Law San Francisco community. Participate in the library's faculty liaison program by providing in-depth research assistance to assigned faculty and their RAs and by keeping assigned faculty abreast of research relevant to their scholarship.

Berkeley, CA30+ days ago

$70,000–$95,000

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San Jose, CA30+ days ago

Remote

$15,000–$36,000

We’re inviting individuals from all backgrounds, including those searching for entry level positions, such as, receptionist or typist roles, to express interest in joining upcoming consumer research studies. Research formats vary and may include focus groups (remote online or in-person), video interviews, product evaluations, or digital feedback sessions .

San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

Research Advisors promote a collaborative, cutting-edge, and self-sustaining research and policy-making environment, by producing briefings, memos, and other material on economic conditions and policy matters for the Bank's President and Boards of Directors; generating research papers for high-level conference venues and professional publications; contributing to Bank and external publications and making public presentations to support the Bank’s public engagement goals; and providing management and service support for the activities of the Department, the Bank, and System. Research Advisors are typically on a confirmed path to being a leading scholar in her/his field of research, as established by impactful and growing contributions to the advancement of research in their field, particularly via publications in external peer-reviewed scholarly journals and other highly respected research outlets.

Emeryville, CA30+ days ago

$219,980–$284,680 Per Year

Leadership & Publication: Lead research projects, publish results in peer-reviewed journals (e.g., SIGGRAPH), and maintain Pixar’s presence in the global research community. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

Emeryville, CA30+ days ago

$162,945–$210,870 Per Year

Leadership & Publication: Lead research projects, publish results in peer-reviewed journals (e.g., SIGGRAPH), and maintain Pixar’s presence in the global research community. + Track Record: Sustained history of original research and publications in top-tier forums (ACM SIGGRAPH, CVPR, NeurIPS) and recognized leadership in the field.

Foster City, CA29 days ago

$258,100–$451,800 Per Year

You will build and lead a world-class team of researchers, establish Visa as a thought leader in GenAI for commerce and payments, and translate cutting-edge research into transformative products and services. Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Palo Alto, CA30+ days ago

Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research (PAVIR) is seeking a full-time Clinical Research Assistant to work under the guidance/direction of VAPAHCS Principal Investigator (PI) - Dr. Minal Vasanawala - while supporting different aspects of the clinical research program in Nuclear Medicine Service, which includes facilitating clinical trials from inception to closeout. PAVIR engages in the administration of funds and providing support for the conduct of research at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) to find new and improved ways to combat human disease and help people with disabilities.

Palo Alto, CA30+ days ago

$45–$100 Per Hour

The scope of the role is intentionally flexible, allowing a high-performing analyst to expand their responsibilities over time by taking ownership of new research areas, developing novel analytical frameworks, and influencing how macroeconomic intelligence is integrated into xAI's broader mission. Given xAI's flat organizational structure, the analyst will operate with a high degree of autonomy and accountability, contributing directly to research outputs and strategic discussions rather than functioning in a narrow support capacity.

Redwood City, CA30+ days ago

$120,000–$160,000 Per Year

Prepare biological samples for mass spectrometry, including cell and tissue lysis, protein extraction, enrichment, cleanup, digestion, desalting, and quality control to ensure MS‑ready samples. Design, execute, and troubleshoot immunoprecipitation experiments (e.g., antibody selection, bead chemistry, binding/wash/elution conditions) coupled to LC‑MS/MS analysis, including optimization of immunoprecipitation conditions for downstream bottom‑up mass spectrometry workflows.

San Francisco, CA24 days ago

Full-time
Employee

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Reston, VA, USA.Minimum qualifications: Master's degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related quantitative field. Our team works on a wide variety of cybersecurity challenges including agentic security operations, threat intelligence contextualization, security-tuning LLMs, dark web threat detection, and more.

Dublin, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

The Advanced Development and Design (ADD) team within XRM is responsible for long-term research into the technologies underlying our X-ray imaging devices, as well as novel imaging modalities and applications. The pay offered for this role may be influenced by factors such as job location, scope of role, qualifications, education, experience, & complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent.

Palo Alto, CA25 days ago

PAVIR engages in the administration of funds and providing support for the conduct of research at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) to find new and improved ways to combat human disease and help people with disabilities. The Clinical Research Data Analyst will directly support a busy and high-performing research program by working both independently and as part of a team on clinical data analysis.

Palo Alto, CA30+ days ago

Monitor recruitment of study subjects, data completion, and protocol deviations; Prepare regular progress reports on these matters and propose and implement strategies to keep team on target, with input from the principal investigator as needed; Schedule sessions, help with obtaining written informed consent, and run participants through their respective protocols; Ensure essential documentation and recording of patient and research data in appropriate files per institutional and regulatory requirements; Manage research project databases, develop flow sheets and other study related documents, and complete study documents/case report forms; Conduct quality assessment of data in project redcap database. Coordinate community educational outreach events about dementia and aging in English and/or Spanish; Foster community relationships; Assist in creating outreach materials and utilize materials created by Principal Investigator (PI) and the team to conduct small educational events to increase dementia awareness in the community; Interview community participants to identify their educational needs; Assist the PI and the team to create educational materials based on community needs analyses.

Mountain View, CA25 days ago

Full-time
Employee

From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our research scientists work on real-world problems that span the breadth of computer science, such as machine (and deep) learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis, improving compilers for mobile platforms, as well as core search and much more. Our teams aspire to make discoveries that impact everyone, and core to our approach is sharing our research and tools to fuel progress in the field -- we publish regularly in academic journals, release projects as open source, and apply research to Google products.

Vallejo, California30+ days ago

The Director plans and implements instructional programs for professional nursing education; plans and administers the budgets of the SON; recommends appointment, retention, and promotion of SON faculty and staff, and represents the School of Nursing in University councils, community professional organizations, and ceremonial functions. The Director also guides all accreditation activities for the School of Nursing for the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PsychNP), and Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Graduate Certificate programs and evaluates additional areas for possible growth and new programs.

Milpitas, California30 days ago

Remote

Responsibilities: Responsible for developing the regional annual Marketing plans to drive profitable growth across the key market areas and segments and lead a team of ~10 commercial marketing associates (product, field, and growth) in execution of marketing plans and tactics. Downstream from product development, drive collaboration with counterparts in commercial organization to encourage rapid adoption of Waters Biosciences products and solutions and expand customer utilization of existing products and solutions through demand generation.

South San Francisco, CA18 days ago

The successful candidate will gain exposure to high-throughput assay systems, organoid cultures, and next-generation sequencing workflows, fostering significant career growth in a collaborative and innovative environment. This role offers an excellent opportunity for a technically proficient laboratory professional to contribute to cutting-edge projects involving tissue culture, molecular biology, and flow cytometry.

Menlo Park, California30+ days ago

$225,000–$275,000 Per Year

Palo Alto, CA30+ days ago

Full-time

About the Leslie Family Preschool: As a Preschool Teacher at the OFJCC Leslie Family Preschool you will create and implement programs and promote learning in a licensed, Reggio -inspired, play based, constructivist preschool program serving children ages 18 months to 5 years in accordance with our guiding principles and values. Our diverse and passionate staff of 250+ collaborate to make our 8.5-acre campus a truly special place for the nearly 25,000 visitors every week.

San Francisco, CA18 days ago

$91,520–$99,632 Per Year

If you are seeking an organization that values, promotes and develops leadership by delivering culturally sensitive, multi-generational, community-based services that empower families to build strong, healthy, and vibrant neighborhoods with the vision of a strong, healthier and more vibrant community that respects and celebrates its many rich, cultural traditions, please apply. 3+ years of program management; 3+ years of supervisory experience mentoring, coaching and training of staff; 3+ years community-based experience in a setting working with families and community organizations who have experienced poverty, crisis, trauma, and other adverse events.

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Menlo Park, CA1 day ago

$30–$32 Per Hour

Additionally, this role will sit at the heart of their global effort to quantify the impact of the work of its communications team for all reactive as well as proactive activity, establish strategic KPIs and identify leanings from evaluating media activity. Must Have Skills2+ years of experience in a media analysis, research, journalistic, communications or related role, or working for a media agency, media analysis firm, a media measurement platform or think tank.

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San Francisco, CA6 days ago

Within the Dean's Office, the Communications Office leads schoolwide strategic communications for both internal and external audiences and works in collaboration with communications partners across UCSF to align messaging with institutional priorities and ensure consistent representation of the School within the broader UCSF community. Serves as the School's primary liaison with communications partners across UCSF and the University of California system, collaborating with campus communications offices, UCOP initiatives, and other schools to align messaging and contributing to coordinated institutional communications strategies and messaging across the institution.

San Francisco, California27 days ago

Remote

$60–$80 Per Hour

Collaborate with other pharmaceutical-research experts to design the environment, shape task scope, and review scenarios for realism and rigor. Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for pharma-research agent benchmarks.

San Francisco, California10 days ago

Remote

$60–$80 Per Hour

San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

Remote

You believe customers are more than a number: Samsara engineers enjoy a rare closeness to the end user and you will have the opportunity to participate in customer interviews, collaborate with customer success and product managers, and use metrics to ensure our work is translating into better customer outcomes. • You want to impact the industries that run our world: The software, firmware, and hardware you build will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.

Emeryville, CA30+ days ago

$140,000–$230,000 Per Year

Furthermore, this digital platform is fully programmable in the way 3D printing is digital—but whereas 3D printing produces parts of a single material using a single process, the Matter Compiler technology platform is a multi-process, multi-material system: bits and raw materials go in, and complete, functional micromachines come out. While experience in traditional MEMS is valuable, our Design Engineers rapidly grow beyond those frameworks, collaborating closely with design peers, process engineers, and technicians to co-evolve device and platform capabilities.

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Oakland, CA6 days ago

Remote

$50–$85 Per Hour

Conveys findings and conclusions of work orally, in writing, visually, in presentations, and by developing graphical representations of the behavioral data, as appropriate to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences, including technical and nontechnical staff, stakeholders, and other members of the client's treatment team. Accesses ongoing training and professional development to maintain familiarity with current industry and academic research to apply the latest and most useful evidence-based intervention; in an effort to bring about a positive change.

San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

Develop deep research pipelines to ensure LLMs do not confuse similar entities, providing accurate compliance decisions beyond the capabilities of generic models like ChatGPT. Client’s AI agents automate AML, KYC, KYB, and transaction monitoring, targeting a $50B+ market currently dominated by manual compliance labor.

San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

$70,304–$73,000 Per Year

In addition to the direct student work, CPAs are expected to manage a variety of administrative tasks, including but not limited to: documentation of advising sessions and outreach, tracking Scholar document submissions, looking at data to analyze engagement trends, and noticing trends across school clusters. Foster rapport with students through consistent and non-judgmental communication in advising sessions, as well as through proactive identification of supports that address the unique needs of first-generation and low-income students.

San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

At Appodeal, we're more than just a company—we're a team united by a common mission: Help people discover and grow their talents through products that enable successful mobile app businesses! We are looking for a technology or product leader who has built ML-driven product organizations where data science plays a central role in revenue generation and product optimization.

Santa Clara, California30+ days ago

$184,120–$306,870 Per Year

The role focuses on early program influence, ecosystem engagement, and long‑term platform adoption, positioning Keysight as a trusted teaching and research lab solutions partner aligned with industry‑relevant engineering workflows. Responsibilities: The Americas Education Business Development Manager (BDM) drives strategic growth of Keysight’s education business across universities, community colleges, and research institutions.

Sunnyvale, CA29 days ago

Full-time
Employee

From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more. We're the driving team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future.

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Mountain View, CA5 days ago

Full-time
Employee

Collaborate cross-functionally with Architecture, Silicon, and Product Design teams to resolve complex electrical design trade-offs. By leveraging cutting-edge automation and academic research collaborations, we solve critical hardware challenges to ensure the performance and robustness of Google's flagship devices.

San Francisco, CA30+ days ago

$206,400–$276,700 Per Year

Our work involves optimizing media processing, introducing new media codecs, developing quality and performance assessment frameworks and conducting innovative media R&D towards future platform capabilities for the purposes of achieving velocity, scale, and efficiency through an optimized media platform as well as redefining storytelling through innovative media experiences. You will be part of a team conducting innovative research and advanced development involving advanced computer vision algorithms and applied ML/AI techniques to address the tasks such as media enhancement, understanding, analysis, compression, and enhancing storytelling through innovative media experiences.

Sunnyvale, CA30+ days ago

Full-time
Employee

From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more. We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future.

Oakland, California30+ days ago

$27.50–$33.50 Per Hour

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Academic Research Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Lead Research Scientist Visa Technology and Operations LLC

Staff Research Scientist Visa Technology and Operations LLC

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Academic Ambulatory General Internist (SFVAHCS) University of California , San Francisco

Academic Program Services Coordinator UC Law SF

Member of Technical Staff, Applied Research — Sieve David Joseph & Company

Senior Consultant, Academic Affairs University of California , San Francisco

Senior Research Manager UC Law SF

Research Scientist – Frontier Data — AfterQuery David Joseph & Company

French Academic Dean & Director of French Affairs Silicon Valley International School

Staff AI Research Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc

Research Scientist/Engineer, Autonomous Security, DeepMind Google

Research Associate, Molecular and Cellular Biology MYOVENTIVE

Research & Instruction Librarian UC Law SF

Research Associate I/II, Viral Vector Production Azalea Therapeutics, Inc.

Part-Time/Full-Time Research Panel. Entry Level. Receptionist or Typist Welcome ApexFocusGroup

Research Advisor Federal Reserve Bank (FRB)

Senior Research Scientist The Walt Disney Company

Research Scientist The Walt Disney Company

Head of Generative AI Research Visa Technology and Operations LLC

Clinical Research Assistant – Nuclear Medicine Service PAVIR

Finance Expert - Macro Research Analyst xAI

Proteomics Scientist, Assay Research Seer Inc.

Research Data Scientist, Cybersecurity, Google Cloud Google

ADD Summer Research Intern (Laminography applications) Zeiss Group

Clinical Research Data Analyst II – Chronic Liver Diseases PAVIR

Clinical Research Assistant – Dementia and Aging PAVIR

Research Scientist, Algo Spark Google

Director of the School of Nursing Touro University California

Marketing Director - Biosciences - US Remote Waters Corporation

Associate Scientist The Steely Group

Principal Scientist Exponent Inc.

Early Childhood Education (ECE) Teacher Oshman Family JCC

Campus Supervisor I (Early Childhood & Education) Mission Neighborhood Centers

Media Analyst II Epitec, Inc

Director of Communications University of California , San Francisco

Drug Discovery Expert - Fully Remote Mercor

Drug Discovery Expert - AI Trainer Mercor

Staff Machine Learning Engineer Samsara

Device Design Engineer Atomic Machines

Board Certified Behavior Analyst BCBA Amare Dignitas

Member of Technical Staff Backend Fuku

College Persistence Advisor SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity)

Independent Board Director (ML-Driven Product & Data Platform Leader) Appodeal

Business Development Manager - Education Keysight Technologies, Inc.

RTL Design Engineer, TPU and ML, PhD Graduate Google

Staff Signal and Power Integrity Engineer Google

Principal Software Engineer The Walt Disney Company

Hardware Architecture Modeling Engineer, PhD, University Graduate Google

Environmental Biologist - Oakland Dudek

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