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Reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area

124 open roles for reinforcement learning researchers in San Francisco Bay Area as of Nov 15, 2026. Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Applied and Waymo have the most. 5 are remote and the median advertised salary is $288K.

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Skills asked for in reinforcement learning researcher roles in San Francisco Bay Area

Reinforcement learning64 · 52%LLM61 · 49%Python58 · 47%PyTorch56 · 45%Machine Learning56 · 45%LLM evaluation23 · 19%Distributed training21 · 17%

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Questions about reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area

How many reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area are open right now?
There are 124 open reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area at 66 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 8 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
Which companies have the most reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
Right now the most openings are at Anthropic (16), OpenAI (8), xAI (5), Applied (5) and Waymo (4). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
5 of the 124 open reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (4%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
What do reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area pay?
The median advertised salary is $288K, based on 84 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $240K and $412K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
Is it hard to get one of the reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
7 of the 124 open reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (6%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 21 postings that state experience, the median asks for 3 years. 66 companies are hiring and 8 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
How is AI changing reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
105 of the 124 open reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (85%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, Machine Learning, PyTorch. Employers still list 124 such roles today at 66 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
What skills do reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area ask for?
Most often Reinforcement learning (52%), LLM (49%), Python (47%), Machine Learning (45%), PyTorch (45%) of the 124 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
Which job titles come up most in reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
Member of Technical Staff (20), Research Engineer (19), Research Scientist (10), Sr. Model Engineer (4), Research Engineer / Research Scientist (4): the most common titles among the 124 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
Are reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area in demand in 2026?
124 reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 66 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 8 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $288K. 5 (4%) can be done remotely.
How do I apply for reinforcement learning researcher jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
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