🇺🇸AI agents jobs in California
1,075 open roles mentioning AI agents in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Decagon, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sierra and Scale AI have the most. 64 are remote and the median advertised salary is $232K.
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- Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Agent Engine)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $405KRustGoPython
- Engineering ManagerSapiom · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA—RailsShopifyAI agents
- Chief of StaffSapiom · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA—RailsShopifyAI agents
- Senior Software Engineer, Data EngineeringRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$243K - $295KSeniorMachine LearningAI agentsData quality
- Automation Engineer - Compute Software PerformanceZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$196K - $242KPythonC++SQL
- Strategic Partnerships LeadPallet · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $240KLead and aboveAI agents
- Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Test SystemsWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$213K - $263KSeniorPythonC++AI agents
- Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platforms and Agentic & ML SystemsSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$230K - $270KHybridSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Research Scientist, Open Benchmarks Red TeamSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); U…$200K - $340KRemotePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Staff Software EngineerSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$225K - $280KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AccountsLabelbox · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$190K - $230KPythonLLMDatabricks
- Lead Brand DesignerPallet · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$145K - $195KLead and aboveFigmaAI agentsBrand design
- Senior Site Reliability EngineerAirbyte · 🇺🇸San Francisco$196K - $235KHybridSeniorGoPythonJava
- Senior Backend Engineer, Agent InfrastructureAirbyte · 🇺🇸San Francisco$196K - $235KHybridSeniorPostgreSQLLLMKafka
- Director, Product Security, PSIRTOkta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; San Francisco, California$224K - $345KLead and aboveMachine LearningSecurity clearanceAI agents
- Sales Development Representative (SDR)Decagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$88K - $110KAI agentsCRMCold calling
- Lead Product Designer, Mobile (Native & Mobile)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $260KHybridLead and aboveSwiftLinuxSwiftUI
- IT Systems EngineerCartesia · 🇺🇸*HQ - San Francisco, CA$150K - $200KPythonTerraformDatabricks
- Senior/Staff Technical Product Manager, Agentic AI TransformationZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$212K - $267KLead and aboveLLMAIAI agents
- Software Engineer, AIAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$167K - $222KAIComputer VisionSecurity clearance
- Principal Software EngineerValar Atomics · 🇺🇸Torrance, California, United States$195K - $270KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Systems & Safety Engineering Intern [Summer 2027]Zoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA—InternPythonSQLLLM
- GTM Lead - Outbound & ProspectingElevenLabs · 🇺🇸San Francisco—RemoteLead and aboveAI agentsCRMProspecting
- Senior Engineer, Software (R6010)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA, US—SeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Software Engineer, Support TechnologyAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$405K - $485KLead and aboveLLMZendeskAI agents
- Senior Data Engineer, Marketing & GTMAmplitude · 🇺🇸San Francisco—HybridSeniorPythonSQLdbt
- Applied Data ResearcherFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$235K - $376KPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Head of Product Design (R5776)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA, US—Lead and aboveAI agentsMLOpsDesign systems
- Staff/Sr. Staff/Principal AI research scientistWriter · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$234K - $384KHybridLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM
- AI research scientistWriter · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$168K - $233KHybridPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Engineering Manager, Agents — SFHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$260K - $330KLLMAI agentsLLM evaluation
- Product Lead, T:0 (Agentic) FinanceAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$210K - $290KHybridLead and aboveAI agents
- Staff Product DesignerSapiom · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA—Lead and aboveLLMFigmaShopify
- Senior Product ManagerSapiom · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA—SeniorGoLLMShopify
- Staff Backend Engineer, Agent InfrastructureAirbyte · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $280KHybridLead and abovePostgreSQLLLMKafka
- Forward Deployed AI EngineerTuring · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States$200K - $250KPythonLLMAgile
- Staff Applied AI Engineer - Pre-SalesSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); U…$190K - $330KRemoteLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Software Engineer II, FintechTwitch · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$165K - $224KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Machine Learning Engineer — Risk & AIOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$215K - $322KPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Member of Data Staff (Data Acceleration)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$175K - $330KLead and aboveSQLLLMdbt
- Machine Learning Scientist I - Generative & Agentic AI for Drug DiscoveryFrontier Medicines · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, California, United States$100K - $159KPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Research Engineer, Real EnvironmentsMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $500KAI agentsLLM evaluation
- Senior AI Application Engineer, Creator ToolsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$243K - $295KSeniorPythonJavaC++
- Manager II, Software EngineeringSamsara · 🇺🇸San Francisco - SF9$155K - $260KGoPythonTypeScript
- Principal, Integrated Campaigns StrategistIntercom · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$189K - $226KLead and aboveAI agentsHelp deskEvent marketing
- Senior Web & Inbound Growth ManagerTogether AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $200KSeniorAI agentsReinforcement learningA/B testing
- Member of Technical Staff (Storage)Cockroach Labs · 🇺🇸🇨🇦New York, NY; Remote, United States; San Mateo, CA; Toron…$180K - $238KRemoteRustGoC++
- Deployed StrategistParallel · 🇺🇸San Francisco or Palo Alto—AI agents
- Security Risk & Compliance, SOX ITAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Was…$270K - $345KTerraformLLMCI/CD
- Member of Technical Staff, Engineering LeaderNectar Social · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$250K - $300KHybridTypeScriptReactPostgreSQL
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Who is hiring for AI agents roles in California
What AI agents roles in California pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $228K | 416 |
| Senior | $208K | 186 |
| Lead and above | $265K | 252 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about AI agents jobs in California
- How many AI agents jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 1,075 open AI agents jobs in California at 246 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 68 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 AI agents jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Decagon (64), OpenAI (55), Anthropic (48), Sierra (33) and Scale AI (28). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote AI agents jobs in California?
- 64 of the 1,075 open AI agents jobs in California (6%) 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 AI agents jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $232K, based on 865 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $192K and $285K. 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 AI agents jobs in California?
- 35 of the 1,075 open AI agents jobs in California (3%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 577 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 246 companies are hiring and 68 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 AI agents jobs in California?
- 687 of the 1,075 open AI agents jobs in California (64%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, AI, Machine Learning. Employers still list 1,075 such roles today at 246 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do AI agents jobs in California ask for?
- Most often AI agents (100%), LLM (53%), Python (43%), AI (26%), TypeScript (18%) of the 1,075 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in AI agents jobs in California?
- Software Engineer (74), Staff Software Engineer (51), Senior Software Engineer (49), Member of Technical Staff (30), Product Manager (20): the most common titles among the 1,075 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are AI agents jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 1,075 AI agents jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 246 companies, 0.7% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 68 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $232K. 64 (6%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for AI agents jobs in California?
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