updated october 2026

AI Engineer Jobs in San Francisco (October 2026)

188 open AI Engineer positions in San Francisco as of October 2026, across 76 hiring companies — 34 of them remote-friendly. Capital One leads with 44 openings. Listings are updated daily, and every role links straight to the employer's official application page.

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Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure (ML)

Nimble Robotics·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Staff·AI Engineer·$210k – $300k

Distributed systems Robotics infrastructure Autonomous systems Supply chain automation

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AI Robotics Research Engineer

Nimble Robotics·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Senior·AI Engineer·$180k – $220k

Reinforcement learning Computer vision Robotics control systems Neural architecture design

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AI Engineer, GTM Claudification

Anthropic·Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA·Remote

Senior·AI Engineer·$320k – $405k

Agent-based automation Autonomous workflow systems Evaluation frameworks Go-to-market ai systems

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Enterprise Deployment Strategist (AI/ML Product)

Pallet·San Francisco or New York City·On-site

Senior·AI Engineer·$150k – $240k

Ai-agent-deployment Supply-chain-automation Real-time-system-integration Mlops-pipelines

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Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Staff·AI Engineer·$350k – $850k

LLMs Long-horizon reasoning Scientific workflow automation Model interpretability

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Software Engineer, ML Networking

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA·On-site

Senior·AI Engineer·$280k – $850k

Network protocols Kernel user space networking Hardware interfacing High speed networking

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Research Engineer, Visual Knowledge Work

Anthropic·New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$350k – $850k

Computer vision Reinforcement learning LLMs Data annotation

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Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$350k – $500k

Reinforcement learning Experimental design LLMs Behavioral analysis

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Research Engineer, RL Engineering

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$500k – $850k

Reinforcement learning ML infrastructure Model training pipelines Distributed systems

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Research Engineer, Production Model Post-Training

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$350k – $500k

Distributed training frameworks Model alignment techniques Post-training optimization Safety evaluation pipelines

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Research Engineer, Model Evaluations

Anthropic·Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY·Remote

Mid·AI Engineer·$500k – $850k

Model evaluation frameworks Metric design for ai systems Interpretability analysis Benchmark development

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Research Engineer, Knowledge Team

Anthropic·Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY·Remote

Mid·AI Engineer·$350k – $850k

LLMs Knowledge graph design Data architecture Information retrieval

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Research Engineer, Discovery

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$350k – $850k

Large language model infrastructure Distributed systems optimization Model training pipelines Scientific reasoning benchmarks

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Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$300k – $405k

Reinforcement learning Security Autonomous ai systems Model autonomy

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Research Engineer, Computer Use

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$500k – $850k

Large language model interaction Software interface automation Reliable ai system design Model evaluation metrics

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Research Engineer, Code RL (Reinforcement Learning)

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY·On-site

Senior·AI Engineer·$500k – $850k

Reinforcement learning Autonomous ai agents Code generation Model autonomy

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Research Engineer, Chip Design RL (Reinforcement Learning)

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY·On-site

Senior·AI Engineer·$500k – $850k

Reinforcement learning Chip design optimization Autonomous ai agent development Model autonomy

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Product Management, Human Data Platform

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$305k – $385k

Data pipeline architecture Environment simulation Api integration Scalable data collection

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Engineering Manager, Research Data Platform

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY·On-site

Senior·AI Engineer·$405k – $850k

Data pipelines Metrics libraries Distributed systems Data quality

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Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA·On-site

Senior·AI Engineer·$500k – $850k

Gpu optimization Ml inference scaling Systems performance Distributed computing

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AI Engineer

Baseten·San Francisco·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$220k – $260k

Python Machine learning Deep learning Natural language processing

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Applied AI Engineering Lead

Peregrine Technologies·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Senior·AI Engineer·$225k – $320k

Python Machine learning Deep learning Explainable ai

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Data Science Intern

Mercor·San Francisco·On-site

Junior·AI Engineer·$0k – $0k

Python Machine learning Data pipelines Ai model evaluation

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AI Engineer, Product

Brex·San Francisco, California, United States·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$171k – $240k

Machine learning model development Spend analytics pipelines Automated finance processing Python data science

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Staff Software Engineer - GenAI inference

Databricks·San Francisco, California·On-site

Staff·AI Engineer·$191k – $233k

Genai inference engineering Large language model serving Runtime optimization Distributed systems

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CTIO - AI Engineer- Senior Manager

Pwc·NY-New York; NC-Raleigh; IL-Chicago; OH-Cincinnati; OH-Cleveland; SC-Columbia; OH-Columbus; TX-Dallas; MD-Baltimore; VA-Richmond; NY-Rochester; IL-Rosemont; CA-Sacramento; MA-Boston; MO-St. Louis; UT-Salt Lake City; TX-San Antonio; CA-San Diego; CA-San Francisco; WA-Seattle; SC-Spartanburg; NY-Albany; CT-Stamford; FL-Tampa; GA-Atlanta; OH-Toledo; OK-Tulsa; DC-Washington; CO-Denver; IA-Des Moines; MI-Detroit; FL-Boca Raton; NY-Buffalo; NJ-Florham Park; TX-Fort Worth; NC-Greensboro; CT-Hartford; TX-Houston; MI-Grand Rapids; IN-Indianapolis; CA-Irvine; FL-Jacksonville; MO-Kansas City; NV-Las Vegas; AR-Little Rock; CA-Los Angeles; KY-Louisville; AL-Birmingham; AR-Fayetteville; NY-Melville; FL-Miami; WI-Milwaukee; MN-Minneapolis; VT-Montpelier; TN-Nashville; LA-New Orleans; PA-Philadelphia; AZ-Phoenix; PA-Pittsburgh; OR-Portland·On-site

Senior·AI Engineer·$91k – $322k

Python Machine learning SQL Big data

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Data Scientist

CHAOS Industries·San Francisco, California, United States·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$150k – $170k

Machine learning model development Distributed network ai integration Real time data processing Threat detection algorithms

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Applied AI Engineer

Mintlify·San Francisco·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$130k – $200k

Python Machine learning Deep learning Natural language processing

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Enterprise Application AI Engineer

Gusto·San Francisco, CA - Hybrid·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$185k – $205k

Python Machine learning Deep learning Natural language processing

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Sr. Developer Advocate, AI and Machine Learning

Databricks·San Francisco, California·On-site

Senior·AI Engineer·$149k – $205k

Python Machine learning AI MLOps

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Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI

Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; New York, NY·On-site

Staff·AI Engineer·$252k – $315k

Distributed systems Llm integration Api design Scalability optimization

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Senior AI/ML Engineer

Chime·Chicago, IL, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA·On-site

Senior·AI Engineer

Python PyTorch Transformers Deep learning

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Staff AI/ML Engineer

Sigma Computing·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Staff·AI Engineer·$240k – $270k

Python Machine learning Natural language processing Recommendation systems

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Senior AI/ML Engineer

Sigma Computing·San Francisco, CA·On-site

Senior·AI Engineer·$240k – $270k

Python Machine learning Natural language processing Recommendation systems

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Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Tech

Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA·On-site

Mid·AI Engineer·$200k – $320k

LLMs Api integration Product architecture Evaluation frameworks

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CTIO AI Engineering Manager

Pwc·NY-New York; NC-Raleigh; NC-Charlotte; IL-Chicago; OH-Cincinnati; OH-Cleveland; SC-Columbia; OH-Columbus; TX-Dallas; MD-Baltimore; VA-Richmond; NY-Rochester; IL-Rosemont; CA-Sacramento; MA-Boston; MO-St. Louis; UT-Salt Lake City; TX-San Antonio; CA-San Diego; CA-San Francisco; CA-Silicon Valley; WA-Seattle; SC-Spartanburg; NY-Albany; CT-Stamford; FL-Tampa; GA-Atlanta; OH-Toledo; TX-Austin; OK-Tulsa; DC-Washington; CO-Denver; IA-Des Moines; MI-Detroit; NY-Buffalo; NJ-Florham Park; TX-Fort Worth; NC-Greensboro; CT-Hartford; TX-Houston; MI-Grand Rapids; IN-Indianapolis; CA-Irvine; FL-Jacksonville; MO-Kansas City; NV-Las Vegas; AR-Little Rock; CA-Los Angeles; KY-Louisville; AL-Birmingham; AR-Fayetteville; NY-Melville; FL-Miami; WI-Milwaukee; MN-Minneapolis; VT-Montpelier; TN-Nashville; LA-New Orleans; OK-Oklahoma City; PA-Philadelphia; AZ-Phoenix; PA-Pittsburgh; OR-Portland·On-site

Senior·AI Engineer·$74k – $212k

Data engineering Machine learning Predictive modeling Big data

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