AI engineer jobs in California
311 open roles for AI engineers in California as of Nov 15, 2026. OpenAI, Distyl, Scale AI, Figure and Anthropic have the most. 16 are remote and the median advertised salary is $225K.
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Skills asked for in AI engineer roles in California
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- Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Agent Engine)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $405KRustGoPython
- AI EngineerInMobi · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA$178K - $222KPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Sr. Staff AI EngineerQualified Health Pbc · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$250K - $310KHybridLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Staff AI EngineerQualified Health Pbc · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$230K - $280KHybridLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Principal GenAI Data EngineerZscaler · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington, USA; Santa Clara, California, USA$186K - $265KLead and abovePythonLLMAgile
- Partner Applied AI Engineer, Oracle and Cloud ISVOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$197K - $278KPythonLLMSnowflake
- Partner Applied AI Engineer, Google CloudOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$197K - $278KHybridPythonGCPLLM
- Senior Staff AI EngineerZscaler · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California, USA$180K - $225KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- 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
- Engineering Director, AI AgentsAircall.io, Inc. · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office$292K - $360KLead and abovePythonTypeScriptReact
- Founding Senior Applied AI EngineerGoaly · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA, USA—SeniorRustPythonTypeScript
- Agent Systems EngineerAdaption · 🇺🇸San Francisco—HybridLLM
- Applied AI Engineer, Creative ExperiencesPika · 🇺🇸Palo Alto HQ—AIGenerative AIFine-tuning
- Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Codex)OpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$302K - $335KHybridPythonJavaScriptAI
- Enterprise Applied AI EngineerAssemblyAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, New York, London$240K - $300KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Applied AI EngineerAssemblyAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, New York, London$150K - $250KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Senior AI EngineerEllipsis Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco - Hybrid$160K - $210KHybridSeniorPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Applied AI Engineer InternParspec · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Mateo, California—HybridInternMachine LearningAIRAG
- Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise - EDUOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$251K - $278KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer ToolingScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; New York, NY$252K - $315KLead and aboveNode.jsDockerTerraform
- Applied AI Engineer, Team LeadLuminai · 🇺🇸SF Bay Area$200K - $350KLead and aboveMachine Learning
- AI EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA—Hybrid.NETAIAI agents
- Quality Operations Lead, Gen AIScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; New York, NY$134K - $168KLead and aboveSQLGenerative AILLM evaluation
- ML Systems, LLM Post-TrainingAlpha Design Ai Inc · 🇺🇸San Jose—PythonC++LLM
- Software engineer, generative AIWriter · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$132K - $240KHybridPythonTypeScriptReact
- Backend/AI EngineerReducto · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office$200K - $300KPythonLLMAI
- Provider Growth & AI Agent Operations LeadWonderschool · 🇺🇸San Francisco—Lead and aboveAIAI agents
- Software and AI EngineerCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$153K - $204KGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer ExperienceSoFi · 🇺🇸CA - San Francisco; WA - Seattle—Lead and aboveGoPythonJava
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer ExperienceSoFi · 🇺🇸CA - San Francisco; WA - Seattle—Lead and aboveLLMCI/CDAI
- Applied AI Engineer, Agentic Systems & IdentitySkylo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$170K - $185KHybridGoPythonTypeScript
- Principal Software Engineer, GenAI PlatformRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$329K - $362KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Associate AI Engineer (Onsite in Los Angeles)Fuel Cycle · 🇺🇸Los Angeles Office$90K - $110KJuniorPythonSQLPostgreSQL
- AI Engineer, Internal ToolsFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$153K - $296KLLMAWSAI
- Founding Applied AI EngineerDoss · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $260KPostgreSQLLLMAI
- Sr. Staff Applied AI Engineer, GTMZscaler · 🇺🇸Remote - USA; Santa Clara, California, USA$180K - $225KRemoteLead and abovePythonLLMAgile
- Member of Technical Staff, AI Engineering for BiosecurityRadical Numerics · 🇺🇸San Francisco—PythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- AI Software Engineer (Vehicle Engineering)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KPythonDockerMachine Learning
- Sales Advisor, AI SoftwareScorpion Enterprises, LLC · 🇺🇸Valencia, CA—SEOAI
- AI Engineer - Quality and Post-TrainingGlean · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$200K - $280KPythonTypeScriptMachine Learning
- AI Engineer - Data and EvalsGlean · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$200K - $280KPythonTypeScriptSQL
- AI Engineer, DesignNubank · 🇺🇸Palo Alto—HybridAIAI agentsObservability
- AI EngineerEmbedding Vc · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA—HybridPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager, AI AgentCresta · 🇺🇸New York, United, States (Hybrid); San Francisco, United…$150K - $200KRemoteSeniorLLMAIAI agents
- Applied AI EngineerUnify · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office$250K - $320KHybridPythonTypeScriptLLM
- Senior Applied AI Engineer 2Drata · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco$157K - $252KHybridSeniorPythonLLMAI
- Senior / Staff Full-Stack AI EngineerSuno · 🇺🇸San Francisco$228K - $363KHybridLead and abovePythonTypeScriptReact
- Founding AI Agent EngineerAlleviatehealth · 🇺🇸San Francisco—AI
- Product Enablement Manager, AI AgentsAircall.io, Inc. · 🇺🇸New York Office; San Francisco Office$94K - $110K
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Who is hiring for AI engineer roles in California
Where AI engineer roles in California are
- 🇺🇸California311
- 🇺🇸United States310
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area263
- 🇺🇸New York, NY23
- 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA18
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA9
- 🇺🇸Pittsburgh, PA4
- 🇺🇸San Diego, CA3
- 🇺🇸Washington, DC2
- 🇺🇸Boston, MA2
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
What AI engineer roles in California pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $218K | 134 |
| Senior | $207K | 40 |
| Lead and above | $270K | 50 |
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 engineer jobs in California
- How many AI engineer jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 311 open AI engineer jobs in California at 179 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 18 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 engineer jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at OpenAI (16), Distyl (10), Scale AI (8), Figure (7) and Anthropic (6). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote AI engineer jobs in California?
- 16 of the 311 open AI engineer jobs in California (5%) 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 engineer jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $225K, based on 226 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $190K 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 AI engineer jobs in California?
- 8 of the 311 open AI engineer jobs in California (3%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 148 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 179 companies are hiring and 18 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 engineer jobs in California?
- 304 of the 311 open AI engineer jobs in California (98%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often AI, LLM, Machine Learning. Employers still list 311 such roles today at 179 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do AI engineer jobs in California ask for?
- Most often AI (81%), LLM (73%), Python (59%), Machine Learning (31%), AI agents (26%) of the 311 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in AI engineer jobs in California?
- AI Engineer (46), Applied AI Engineer (40), Senior AI Engineer (11), Member of Technical Staff (10), Staff Software Engineer (8): the most common titles among the 311 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are AI engineer jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 311 AI engineer jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 179 companies, 0.2% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 18 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $225K. 16 (5%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for AI engineer jobs in California?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.
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