Data Scientist Jobs in San Francisco

50+ data scientist jobs in San Francisco from 18 employers. Get referred by a verified employee instead of applying cold.

Who is hiring data scientists in San Francisco

RefOpen currently lists 52 live data scientist roles in San Francisco, posted by 18 different employers, 30 of them in the last seven days. The companies posting most often right now are Pinterest, OpenAI and Chime. Every one of these is a real opening pulled from the employer's own careers page or an aggregator, not a reposted listing.

What the roles are called

Job titles in this market cluster around Data Scientist, Finance Forecasting, Senior Data Scientist, Referrals, Data Scientist and Data Scientist, Product. Titles vary far more than the work does, so it is worth searching the family rather than one exact phrase: a "Data Scientist, Finance Forecasting" at one company and a "Senior Data Scientist, Referrals" at another are frequently the same job at the same level.

Why a referral matters for data scientist roles in San Francisco

San Francisco is a competitive market for this function, and with 18 employers hiring at once the same candidates are applying to many of them. A cold application lands in an applicant tracking system alongside hundreds of others and is filtered before a human sees it. A referral is submitted from inside the company, which puts the application in front of a recruiter as a named recommendation rather than another row in a queue.

How to get referred in San Francisco

Create a RefOpen profile, find the data scientist role you want in San Francisco, and request a referral from a verified employee at that company. You do not need an existing connection there. If nobody takes up your request, the cost is refunded in full, so the downside of asking is nothing.

Frequently asked questions

How many data scientist jobs are there in San Francisco?

RefOpen lists 52 live data scientist openings in San Francisco from 18 employers, including 30 posted in the past week.

Which companies hire data scientists in San Francisco?

The most active employers on RefOpen right now are Pinterest, OpenAI, Chime, Anthropic and Discord. The full list changes as roles are posted and filled.

Can I get a referral without knowing anyone at the company?

Yes. That is what RefOpen is for. Verified employees at the company opt in to refer candidates they do not already know, so you are not dependent on an existing network.

Does a referral guarantee an interview?

No, and any site that promises one is misleading you. A referral gets your application read by a person inside the company instead of filtered by software. If no employee takes your request, RefOpen refunds it in full.

Is RefOpen free for job seekers in San Francisco?

Browsing jobs and creating a profile is free. Requesting a referral costs a small amount, priced for the local market, and is refunded if the request is not taken up.