Machine learning engineer jobs in California
556 open roles for machine learning engineers in California as of Nov 14, 2026. Waymo, OpenAI, Pinterest, Zoox and DoorDash USA have the most. 30 are remote and the median advertised salary is $252K.
- Sr. Software Engineer, Machine Learning & Data InfrastructureOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$179K - $268KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platforms and Agentic & ML SystemsSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$230K - $270KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Director, Machine Learning EngineeringChime · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, USA$269K - $373KLeadMachine LearningAI
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Behavioral DetectionRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KSeniorPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Staff Applied AI/ML Scientist, AcquisitionFaire · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$246K - $339KLeadMachine LearningLLMSEO
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer, PlatformBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$194K - $343KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Machine Learning EngineerVoyager Technologies, Inc. · 🇺🇸El Segundo, CA$120K - $280KPythonC++Machine Learning
- Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML PlatformAgility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$197K - $307KSeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- AI EngineerInMobi · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA$178K - $222KPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Senior Software Engineer, ML Serving PlatformDoorDash USA · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA$168K - $247KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Sr. Staff AI EngineerQualified Health Pbc · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$250K - $310KLeadPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Staff AI EngineerQualified Health Pbc · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$230K - $280KLeadPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Senior ML Engineer, PerceptionClera · 🇺🇸San Francisco$190K - $222KSeniorPythonC++Computer Vision
- Senior AI ResearcherIvo Inc · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$200K - $325KSeniorLLMPyTorchTensorFlow
- Staff/Sr. Staff/Principal AI research scientistWriter · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$234K - $384KLeadPythonMachine LearningLLM
- AI research scientistWriter · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$168K - $233KPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Staff Machine Learning ScientistNetskope · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California, United States$134K - $235KLeadPythonGCPAzure
- Partner Applied AI Engineer, Oracle and Cloud ISVOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$197K - $278KPythonLLMSnowflake
- Partner Applied AI Engineer, Google CloudOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$197K - $278KPythonGCPLLM
- Machine Learning Engineering Intern (Masters/PhD) - Summer 2027Riot Games · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, USA—InternPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Founding Engineer (AI/ML)Clera · 🇺🇸San Francisco$130K - $170KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Forward Deployed AI EngineerTuring · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States$200K - $250KPythonLLMAgile
- Machine Learning Engineer — Risk & AIOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$215K - $322KPythonMachine LearningLLM
- AI ResearcherRadixark · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KAI
- AI Research Engineer IIIAgility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$166K - $260KPythonC++PyTorch
- Applied AI Engineer, Creative ExperiencesPika · 🇺🇸Palo Alto HQ—AI
- Software Engineer, Applied Machine LearningFal Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $230KPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Machine Learning EngineerCoframe · 🇺🇸SF Bay Area$180K - $300KMachine LearningLLMAI
- Sr. Software Engineer, ML PlatformCursor · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$180K - $330KSeniorMachine LearningOpenTelemetry
- Software Engineer, ML PlatformCursor · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$140K - $225KMachine LearningOpenTelemetry
- Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Codex)OpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$302K - $335KPythonJavaScript
- Enterprise Applied AI EngineerAssemblyAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, New York, London$240K - $300KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Applied AI EngineerAssemblyAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, New York, London$150K - $250KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Director, Machine Learning Engineering - AI FoundationsRiot Games · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, USA—LeadMachine LearningLLMAI
- Mid-Level AI EngineerClera · 🇺🇸San Francisco$150K - $180KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Founding Applied AI EngineerClera · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $230KPythonTypeScriptMachine Learning
- Applied AI Engineer InternParspec · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Mateo, California—InternMachine LearningAIRAG
- Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise - EDUOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$251K - $278KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- 2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Machine Learning - Generative World Models & Controllable SimulationWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States—InternPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- 2027 Summer Intern, Machine Learning, MS/PhD, Simulation Realism (World Model)Waymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States—InternPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Staff Software Engineer, MLApptronik · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$285K - $340KLeadRustGoPython
- Machine Learning Engineer InternMatch Group · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California$47 an hourInternGoPythonJava
- Applied ResearcherRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KMachine LearningPyTorch
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer - RiskGusto · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - Hybrid$227K - $284KLeadPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, AI InfrastructureWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; New York…$251K - $310KLeadPythonC++Machine Learning
- Software Engineering Manager II - Unified Modeling (Machine Learning)Latitude AI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California$218K - $327KPythonC++Machine Learning
- Machine Learning Scientist, Biomolecular Structure PredictionProfluent · 🇺🇸Emeryville, California, United States$212K - $339KMachine LearningPyTorchAI
- AI EngineerCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA—.NETAI
- Forward Deployed Engineer - AI/ML PlatformsAnyscale · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $275KGoPythonJava
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Growth)Discord · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$220K - $275KSeniorPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
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Questions about Machine learning engineer jobs in California
- How many Machine learning engineer jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 556 open Machine learning engineer jobs in California at 165 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 36 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 Machine learning engineer jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Waymo (65), OpenAI (27), Pinterest (22), DoorDash USA (20) and Zoox (20). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote Machine learning engineer jobs in California?
- 30 of the 556 open Machine learning 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 Machine learning engineer jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $252K, based on 445 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $212K and $298K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
- How do I apply for Machine learning 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. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.






















