AI Research Engineer
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San Francisco, CA · $300k a year · Posted November 4, 2026
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November 2026
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among computer and information research scientists, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for computer and information research scientists: 34% (high).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...Member of Technical Staff – Research | Frontier AI San Francisco | Up to $300,000 Base + Equity | 5 Days Onsite What happens when the... ...We're particularly interested in researchers and research engineers who have worked on one or more of the following: LLM evaluation...