Data scientist jobs in San Francisco

Updated Oct 1, 2026

Level lists 95 open jobs in San Francisco whose title matches data scientist. They are posted by 38 companies. 45 (47%) work on AI or build AI, where AI is part of the daily work. 39 of these jobs also allow remote work.

open jobs: 95
Build or work on AI: 45
remote: 39

Median starting salary: $191k.

Data Scientist II, Applied ML

Brex

$152k-$190kSan Francisco, California, United States4h ago

Data Scientist, Marketing

Harvey

$170k-$260kSan FranciscoRemote8mo

Sr. Data Scientist, Core

San Francisco, CA, US; USRemote27mo

pytorchtensorflowscikit-learn

Staff Data Scientist - International Product Marketing

Adobe

$155k-$281kSan Francisco1w

openaiclaudecopilot+5

Data Scientist

Twitch

$136k-$184kSan Francisco, CA2mo

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Key numbers

As of October 1, 2026, Level lists 95 open roles for data scientists in San Francisco.
These jobs are posted by 38 companies.
22 of the data scientists jobs in San Francisco build AI (AI Level 4).
23 of the data scientists jobs in San Francisco work on AI (AI Level 3).
14 of the data scientists jobs in San Francisco use AI (AI Level 2).
36 of the data scientists jobs in San Francisco involve little AI (AI Level 1).
39 of them (41.1%) are marked remote.
The median starting salary is $191k a year, across 81 postings with an annual range in USD.

Common questions

How many data scientist jobs are open in San Francisco?

As of October 1, 2026, Level lists 95 open jobs for data scientists in San Francisco; 45 of them work on AI or build AI.

Which companies are hiring data scientists in San Francisco?

As of October 1, 2026, by number of open jobs: OpenAI (16), Pinterest (11), Socure (6), Waymo (6), Anthropic (5).

How much do data scientist jobs pay in San Francisco?

As of October 1, 2026, the median starting salary is $191k a year, measured on the 81 postings that publish an annual range in USD.

Method: counted from live postings shown on Level whose title matches the role and whose location, as published by the employer, names the city; a job listing several cities counts in each of them. Companies that only republish other employers' postings are excluded. Updated every 6 hours. Levels follow our method.