🇺🇸Prompt engineering jobs in California
171 open roles mentioning Prompt engineering in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Sierra, Anthropic, Scale AI, Drata and OpenAI have the most. 10 are remote and the median advertised salary is $245K.
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Job titles in Prompt engineering roles in California
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- Partner Sales ManagerInterface Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$190K - $220KGenerative AIPrompt engineeringRisk management
- Senior Backend Engineer, Agent InfrastructureAirbyte · 🇺🇸San Francisco$196K - $235KHybridSeniorPostgreSQLLLMKafka
- Staff Backend Engineer, Agent InfrastructureAirbyte · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $280KHybridLead and abovePostgreSQLLLMKafka
- 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
- Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack — CodexOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$459K - $536KLead and abovePrompt engineering
- Senior Machine Learning EngineerCheckr · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$207K - $244KSeniorPythonRubyMachine Learning
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards EvalsAnthropic · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA$320K - $485KLead and aboveLLMAI agentsLLM evaluation
- Senior Forward Deployed EngineerSuki · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA$225K - $250KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform - PrismSoFi · 🇺🇸CA - San Francisco; WA - Seattle—SeniorGoPythonJava
- AI ArchitectBraze · 🇺🇸San Francisco$114K - $163KSQLLLMAI
- Customer Success AnalystHeartflow · 🇺🇸Rohnert Park, California; San Francisco, California$135K - $170KPythonSQLLLM
- Content DesignerPerplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$240K - $300KLLMLLM evaluationPrompt engineering
- Director, Model Risk — AI & FraudOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$200K - $300KLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Software Engineer, Digital Employee ExperienceDatabricks · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$160K - $220KSeniorPythonSQLDocker
- Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer ExperienceSoFi · 🇺🇸CA - San Francisco; WA - Seattle—Lead and aboveGoPythonJava
- Senior Platform EngineerEarnIn · 🇺🇸Mountain View, US · +1 more location$228K - $279KSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- AI Enablement EngineerPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$140K - $210KLLMAWSAI
- Enterprise Sales EngineerBox · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA, United States · +1 more location$192K - $240KPythonJavaScriptLLM
- Principal Customer Success ManagerIntercom · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois; NYC, Remote; San Francisco, California$222K - $247KRemoteLead and abovePrompt engineeringHelp deskCSAT
- Content DesignerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$287K - $318KHybridGenerative AIPrompt engineeringContent marketing
- Sr. Engineering Manager, AI PlatformIllumio · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California - HQ$233K - $280KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Sr. Engineering Manager, Core ProductsIllumio · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California - HQ$233K - $280KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Senior Product Manager, Applied AIMetropolis · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States$180K - $205KSeniorSQLLLMSnowflake
- Strategist Lead, Agent DevelopmentSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$200K - $350KLead and aboveLLMRAGPrompt engineering
- Senior Manager, 1:Many Account-Based MarketingRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$154K - $257KSeniorTableauAI agentsGenerative AI
- Senior Network Automation EngineerVast · 🇺🇸Long Beach, California, United States$131K - $186KSeniorPythonDockerTerraform
- Legal Innovation SpecialistAdyen · 🇺🇸San Francisco$135K - $170KPrompt engineeringData governanceGoogle Workspace
- 2027 Finance Data Analyst InternAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States—InternPythonSQLLLM
- Compliance AnalystOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$53K - $79KLLMMandarinPrompt engineering
- Software Engineer, Applied AIShepherd · 🇺🇸San Francisco$170K - $400KTypeScriptReactNode.js
- Compliance Technology Program LeadBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$143K - $258KLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMAI agents
- Project Coordinator III (6350)itD Tech · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA—SQLTableauLooker
- Content Designer II (Remote Eligible - Costa Rica)Smartsheet · 🇺🇸San Jose, CR—LLMFigmaGenerative AI
- Senior Enterprise Automation EngineerCrusoe · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA - US$145K - $170KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Staff Software Engineer, ProductDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KLead and abovePythonLLMAI agents
- Senior SaaS Operations EngineerFastly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$132K - $186KSeniorTerraformGCPAgile
- Senior Software Engineer, ProductDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KSeniorPythonLLMAI agents
- Operations Specialist - FF AcademyAlxCrypto Holdings Inc. · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$72K - $75KPythonSQLLLM
- Senior Software Engineer, AI Developer ToolsDocker · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$161K - $261KRemoteSeniorRustPythonJava
- Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer ToolsDocker · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$170K - $276KRemoteLead and aboveRustPythonJava
- AI Video CreatorHeyGen · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, San Francisco—AIPrompt engineeringVideo editing
- Contract Student Worker – AI Validation and Benchmarking Engineer (40hrs / week Full-Time)Zoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA—PythonLLMJira
- Deployed Architect, Professional Services (Remote)LangChain · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$170K - $270KRemotePythonTypeScriptTerraform
- Deployed Architect, Professional Services (San Francisco)LangChain · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$170K - $300KPythonTypeScriptTerraform
- AI Software EngineerGallatin · 🇺🇸El Segundo, CA$80K - $210KPythonC++LLM
- Sr. Automation Engineer - IT Asset ManagementDatabricks · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Mountain View, California; San Fran…$122K - $197KSeniorPythonSQLLLM
- Technical Lead, AI Engineering (Sales, Service & Supply Chain)Lucid Motors · 🇺🇸Newark, CA$217K - $318KLead and abovePythonLLMAWS
- Staff+ Fullstack Software Engineer, Safeguards EngineeringAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KLead and abovePythonTypeScriptReact
- Machine Learning Engineer, Trust & SafetyVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City$208K - $312KHybridGoPythonTypeScript
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Who is hiring for Prompt engineering roles in California
What Prompt engineering roles in California pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $245K | 69 |
| Senior | $206K | 39 |
| Lead and above | $268K | 34 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about Prompt engineering jobs in California
- How many Prompt engineering jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 171 open Prompt engineering jobs in California at 83 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 8 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 Prompt engineering jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Sierra (24), Anthropic (8), Scale AI (6), Interface Ai (5) and OpenAI (5). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote Prompt engineering jobs in California?
- 10 of the 171 open Prompt engineering 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 Prompt engineering jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $245K, based on 143 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $202K and $268K. 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 Prompt engineering jobs in California?
- 4 of the 171 open Prompt engineering jobs in California (2%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 86 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 83 companies are hiring and 8 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 Prompt engineering jobs in California?
- 146 of the 171 open Prompt engineering jobs in California (85%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, AI, Machine Learning. Employers still list 171 such roles today at 83 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do Prompt engineering jobs in California ask for?
- Most often Prompt engineering (100%), LLM (84%), AI agents (63%), Python (57%), RAG (45%) of the 171 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in Prompt engineering jobs in California?
- Software Engineer (12), Staff Software Engineer (11), Strategist (11), Senior Software Engineer (6), Forward Deployed Engineer (4): the most common titles among the 171 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are Prompt engineering jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 171 Prompt engineering jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 83 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 8 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $245K. 10 (6%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for Prompt engineering jobs in California?
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