What data and AI roles pay

4,283 postings · 208 companies

Machine Learning Engineer salary

Trains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.

162 posted ranges at 38 companies · median $265k · H-1B median $226k (1,542 filings)

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By level

Median of posted rangesMiddle halfH-1B median

LevelPostedH-1B
Entry1 posted$170k to $216kone posting$163k9 filings
Mid1 posted$300kone posting$174k51 filings
Senior49 posted$238k$213k to $263k$235k298 filings
Staff65 posted$281k$248k to $319k$277k82 filings
Principal4 posted$346k$312k to $382k$285k12 filings
Manager1 posted$500k to $555kone posting$248k5 filings
Not stated41 posted$238k$180k to $270k$221k1,085 filings

By company

Waymo$238kAn autonomous vehicle company posting pay on 113 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.H-1B $240kZoox$296kZoox, Inc. is an American technology company subsidiary of Amazon developing driverless vehicles that provide mobility as a service.H-1B $214kReddit$276kA consumer company posting pay on 88 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.H-1B $263kAirbnb$227kAirbnb, Inc. is an American company operating an online marketplace for short-and-long-term homestays, experiences and services in various countries and regions.H-1B $225kNuro$243kNuro, Inc. is an American autonomous vehicle technology company based in Mountain View, California.H-1B $199kRoblox$285kThe Roblox Corporation is an American video game developer based in San Mateo, California.H-1B $259kOpenAI$453kOpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco, California.Plaid$272kPlaid Inc. is an American financial services company based in San Francisco, California.H-1B $281kSigma Computing$271kA tech employer posting pay on 29 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.Braze$249kBraze, Inc. is an American cloud-based software company based in New York City.Coinbase$237kCoinbase Global, Inc. is an American cryptocurrency exchange.H-1B $214kScale AI$265kScale AI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence infrastructure and software company based in San Francisco, California.H-1B $237kAnduril Industries$256kA tech employer posting pay on 543 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.Samsara$249kSamsara Inc. is an American IoT company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that provides telematics software and insights for physical operations.Databricks$222kDatabricks, Inc. is an American data and artificial intelligence software company headquartered in San Francisco, California.Anthropic$403kAnthropic, PBC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California.Mercor$335kAn AI data company posting pay on 37 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.H-1B $231kSpaceXAI$310kSpaceXAI LLC is an American artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk.Spotify$309kA consumer company posting pay on 8 open jobs, mostly Research Scientist roles.H-1B $225kCoreWeave$214kCoreWeave, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence (AI) cloud-computing company based in Livingston, New Jersey.Roku$472kRoku, Inc. is an American company that produces streaming devices and TVs, distributes streaming services and operates an ad business on its platform.Perplexity$313kAn AI app company posting pay on 45 open jobs, mostly Member of Technical Staff roles.Suno$312kAn AI app company posting pay on 32 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.Discord$306kA consumer company posting pay on 16 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.H-1B $340kGen Digital$300kA security company posting pay on 13 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.Robinhood$278kRobinhood Markets, Inc. is an American financial services company based in Menlo Park, California.H-1B $211kAppLovin$276kAppLovin Corporation is an American mobile technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.Ramp$265kRamp Business Corporation is an American multinational financial technology company that offers corporate charge cards, expense management, and bill-payment software.Labelbox$265kAn AI data company posting pay on 5 open jobs, mostly Forward Deployed Engineer roles.H-1B $230kFigma$265kA software company posting pay on 26 open jobs, mostly Engineering Manager roles.Anyscale$255kAn AI infrastructure company posting pay on 11 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.Together AI$250kCloud platform for training, fine-tuning and serving open-source AI models.H-1B $233kNebius$229kNebius Group N.V., headquartered in Amsterdam, is a technology company that provides artificial intelligence infrastructure.Deepgram$200kA tech employer posting pay on 18 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.ClickHouse$194kThe real-time analytics database and ClickHouse Cloud.Planet Labs$181kPlanet Labs PBC, known as "Planet.", is a publicly traded American Earth imaging company based in San Francisco, California.Peloton$166kPeloton Interactive, Inc. is an American exercise equipment and media company based in New York City.H-1B $132kTwilio$145kTwilio Inc. is an American cloud communications company based in San Francisco, California, which provides programmable communication tools for making and receiving phone calls, sending and receiving text messages, and...H-1B $155k
CompanyPosted
WaymoAn autonomous vehicle company posting pay on 113 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$238k$213k to $263k
ZooxZoox, Inc. is an American technology company subsidiary of Amazon developing driverless vehicles that provide mobility as a service.$296k$254k to $349k
RedditA consumer company posting pay on 88 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$276k$230k to $322k
AirbnbAirbnb, Inc. is an American company operating an online marketplace for short-and-long-term homestays, experiences and services in various countries and regions.$227k$206k to $248k
NuroNuro, Inc. is an American autonomous vehicle technology company based in Mountain View, California.$243k$194k to $291k
RobloxThe Roblox Corporation is an American video game developer based in San Mateo, California.$285k$259k to $311k
OpenAIOpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco, California.$453k$381k to $498k
PlaidPlaid Inc. is an American financial services company based in San Francisco, California.$272k$229k to $315k
Sigma ComputingA tech employer posting pay on 29 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$271k$255k to $288k
BrazeBraze, Inc. is an American cloud-based software company based in New York City.$249k$184k to $314k
CoinbaseCoinbase Global, Inc. is an American cryptocurrency exchange.$237k$218k to $257k
Scale AIScale AI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence infrastructure and software company based in San Francisco, California.$265k$235k to $294k
Anduril IndustriesA tech employer posting pay on 543 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$256k$220k to $292k
SamsaraSamsara Inc. is an American IoT company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that provides telematics software and insights for physical operations.$249k$179k to $319k
DatabricksDatabricks, Inc. is an American data and artificial intelligence software company headquartered in San Francisco, California.$222k$190k to $253k
AnthropicAnthropic, PBC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California.$320k to $485k2 postings
MercorAn AI data company posting pay on 37 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$170k to $500k2 postings
SpaceXAISpaceXAI LLC is an American artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk.$180k to $440k2 postings
SpotifyA consumer company posting pay on 8 open jobs, mostly Research Scientist roles.$254k to $363k2 postings
CoreWeaveCoreWeave, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence (AI) cloud-computing company based in Livingston, New Jersey.$181k to $246k2 postings
RokuRoku, Inc. is an American company that produces streaming devices and TVs, distributes streaming services and operates an ad business on its platform.$370k to $574kone posting
PerplexityAn AI app company posting pay on 45 open jobs, mostly Member of Technical Staff roles.$220k to $405kone posting
SunoAn AI app company posting pay on 32 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$241k to $383kone posting
DiscordA consumer company posting pay on 16 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$272k to $340kone posting
Gen DigitalA security company posting pay on 13 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$300kone posting
RobinhoodRobinhood Markets, Inc. is an American financial services company based in Menlo Park, California.$255k to $300kone posting
AppLovinAppLovin Corporation is an American mobile technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.$221k to $331kone posting
RampRamp Business Corporation is an American multinational financial technology company that offers corporate charge cards, expense management, and bill-payment software.$200k to $330kone posting
LabelboxAn AI data company posting pay on 5 open jobs, mostly Forward Deployed Engineer roles.$250k to $280kone posting
FigmaA software company posting pay on 26 open jobs, mostly Engineering Manager roles.$153k to $376kone posting
AnyscaleAn AI infrastructure company posting pay on 11 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$226k to $283kone posting
Together AICloud platform for training, fine-tuning and serving open-source AI models.$200k to $300kone posting
NebiusNebius Group N.V., headquartered in Amsterdam, is a technology company that provides artificial intelligence infrastructure.$195k to $262kone posting
DeepgramA tech employer posting pay on 18 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.$155k to $245kone posting
ClickHouseThe real-time analytics database and ClickHouse Cloud.$150k to $238kone posting
Planet LabsPlanet Labs PBC, known as "Planet.", is a publicly traded American Earth imaging company based in San Francisco, California.$161k to $201kone posting
PelotonPeloton Interactive, Inc. is an American exercise equipment and media company based in New York City.$141k to $191kone posting
TwilioTwilio Inc. is an American cloud communications company based in San Francisco, California, which provides programmable communication tools for making and receiving phone calls, sending and receiving text messages, and...$129k to $161kone posting

Posted ranges

Principal$295k to $345k

Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Matchmaking

San Francisco Bay Area

Robloxseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Staff$230k to $322k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Forecasting & Scenarios

Remote (US)

Redditseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Senior$260k to $313k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Economy ML

San Francisco Bay Area

Robloxseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$254k to $305k

Machine Learning Engineer - Vision Foundation Models

San Francisco Bay Area

Zooxseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Senior$217k to $303k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Forecasting & Scenarios

Remote (US)

Redditseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Senior$243k to $295k

Senior Software Engineer (Machine Learning) - Economy ML

San Francisco Bay Area

Robloxseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Senior$220k to $292k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Applied Intelligence)

Elsewhere in the US

Senior$220k to $292k

Senior ML Engineer, Core Development

Elsewhere in the US

Not stated$212k to $272k

Machine Learning Engineer - Lendscore

New York City

Plaidseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Staff$218k to $257k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Compliance Automation (Platform)

Remote (US)

Coinbaseseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Staff$190k to $253k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, CustomerLake (ML/LLM)

New York City

Databricksseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Senior$200k to $235k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Relevance

Elsewhere in the US

Airbnbseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$167k to $222k

Software Engineer - ML Infrastructure

Elsewhere in the US

Not stated$129k to $161k

Machine Learning Engineer 2

Remote (US)

Twilioseen Nov 4Posting ↗
Staff$293k to $410k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, GenAI Platform

Remote (US)

Redditseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Staff$266k to $372k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Feed Relevance

Remote (US)

Redditseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Staff$266k to $372k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Understanding

Remote (US)

Redditseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Not stated$217k to $322k

Machine Learning Engineer, Answers Relevance

Remote (US)

Redditseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Staff$230k to $322k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Creative Effectiveness

Remote (US)

Redditseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Staff$230k to $322k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads ML Efficiency

Remote (US)

Redditseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Staff$230k to $322k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, AI Security

Remote (US)

Redditseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Staff$230k to $322k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Consumer

Remote (US)

Redditseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Staff$230k to $322k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Retrieval

Remote (US)

Redditseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Staff$230k to $322k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Retrieval & Targeting

Remote (US)

Redditseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Senior$217k to $303k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Remote (US)

Redditseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Senior$217k to $303k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads ML Efficiency

Remote (US)

Redditseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Senior$213k to $263k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Scenes, Traffic Controls

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Not stated$186k to $260k

Machine Learning Engineer

Remote (US)

Redditseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Senior$204k to $259k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Oct 28Posting ↗
Staff$254k to $350k

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Training Optimization

San Francisco Bay Area

Zooxseen Oct 21Posting ↗
Staff$227k to $325k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Home Surfaces

New York City

Spotifyseen Oct 21Posting ↗
Staff$251k to $310k

Staff ML Engineer, Generative Model Performance & Efficiency

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Oct 21Posting ↗
Not stated$177k to $270k

Software Engineer, ML Training Optimization

San Francisco Bay Area

Zooxseen Oct 21Posting ↗
Senior$191k to $225k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, CX

Remote (US)

Coinbaseseen Oct 21Posting ↗
Not stated$162k to $186k

Machine Learning Engineer, Assistance Engineering

Remote (US)

Airbnbseen Oct 21Posting ↗
Not stated$381k to $510k

Machine Learning Engineer, Implicit Signals

San Francisco Bay Area

OpenAIseen Oct 14Posting ↗
Staff$242k to $348k

Senior / Staff Machine Learning Engineer - 3D Sensor Simulation

San Francisco Bay Area

Zooxseen Oct 14Posting ↗
Not stated$189k to $283k

Machine Learning Engineer - 3D Sensor Simulation

San Francisco Bay Area

Zooxseen Oct 14Posting ↗
Not stated$213k to $263k

Machine Learning Engineer - Gen SWE

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Oct 14Posting ↗
Staff$218k to $257k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Remote (US)

Coinbaseseen Oct 14Posting ↗
Senior$197k to $243k

[2027] Senior Machine Learning Engineer - PhD Early Career

San Francisco Bay Area

Robloxseen Oct 14Posting ↗
Senior$175k to $215k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Growth

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Oct 14Posting ↗
Staff$241k to $383k

Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Content Discovery

San Francisco Bay Area

Sunoseen Oct 7Posting ↗
Senior$212k to $295k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, 3D Data

San Francisco Bay Area

Robloxseen Oct 7Posting ↗
Not stated$189k to $270k

Software Engineer - Learned Trajectory Machine Learning Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area

Zooxseen Oct 7Posting ↗
Not stated$150k to $238k

Machine Learning Engineer (AI/ML)

New York City

ClickHouseseen Oct 7Posting ↗
Senior$191k to $223k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Payments

Remote (US)

Airbnbseen Oct 7Posting ↗
Senior$370k to $574k

Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning

San Francisco Bay Area

Rokuseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Not stated$221k to $331k

Software Engineer, Machine Learning

San Francisco Bay Area

AppLovinseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Staff$184k to $314k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform

New York City

Brazeseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Staff$184k to $314k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform

Austin

Brazeseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Staff$184k to $314k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform

Chicago

Brazeseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Staff$184k to $314k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform

San Francisco Bay Area

Brazeseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Staff$270k to $305k

Staff AI/ML Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area

Staff$270k to $305k

Staff AI/ML Engineer

New York City

Mid$300k

AI / Machine Learning Engineer II

San Francisco Bay Area

Gen Digitalseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Senior$240k to $270k

Senior AI/ML Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area

Senior$240k to $270k

Senior AI/ML Engineer

New York City

Not stated$155k to $245k

Applied ML Engineer - Edge Devices

Remote (US)

Deepgramseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Senior$200k to $227k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Trust

San Francisco Bay Area

Airbnbseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Senior$161k to $201k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Washington DC area

Planet Labsseen Sep 25Posting ↗
Not stated$381k to $555k

Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization AI/ML

San Francisco Bay Area

OpenAIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$500k to $555k

Engineering Manager, MLE

San Francisco Bay Area

OpenAIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$180k to $500k

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Anonymization

San Francisco Bay Area

Mercorseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Software Engineer, Machine Learning

San Francisco Bay Area

Mercorseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Principal$340k to $492k

Senior Staff / Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Autonomy Behaviors

San Francisco Bay Area

Zooxseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$320k to $485k

Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Inference Path

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$320k to $485k

Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Sampling Path

San Francisco Bay Area

Anthropicseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$437k to $485k

Machine Learning Engineer, Core Experimentation

Seattle area

OpenAIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$180k to $440k

Machine Learning Engineer, Ads

San Francisco Bay Area

SpaceXAIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$180k to $440k

Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendation Systems

San Francisco Bay Area

SpaceXAIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$223k to $423k

Machine Learning Engineer, API Multicloud

San Francisco Bay Area

OpenAIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$220k to $405k

Member of Technical Staff (ML Engineer, Recommendations & User Modeling)

San Francisco Bay Area

Perplexityseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$281k to $402k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Content Platform

New York City

Spotifyseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Principal$329k to $399k

Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Alt Defense

San Francisco Bay Area

Robloxseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$342k to $399k

Machine Learning Engineer, Multimodal Perception and Authentication

San Francisco Bay Area

OpenAIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$277k to $389k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Perception

Boston area

Zooxseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$153k to $376k

Software Engineer - Machine Learning

San Francisco Bay Area

Figmaseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$298k to $368k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, LLM/VLM Model Architecture & Optimization

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$298k to $368k

Sr Staff Tech Lead, Machine Learning Engineer, Perception

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$249k to $368k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAI

San Francisco Bay Area

Plaidseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$254k to $366k

Senior / Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Behavior Models for Road Users

San Francisco Bay Area

Zooxseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Principal$292k to $365k

Principal Machine Learning Engineer- LLM Fine-tuning and Optimization

Elsewhere in the US

Airbnbseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$200k to $358k

Lead Machine Learning Engineer - ML Infrastructure

Remote (US)

Samsaraseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$281k to $356k

Senior Staff ML Engineer, Driver Understanding and Evaluation

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$194k to $352k

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Inference Platform

San Francisco Bay Area

Nuroseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$194k to $352k

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure, Optimization

San Francisco Bay Area

Nuroseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$235k to $352k

Staff/Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Behavior & Planning

San Francisco Bay Area

Nuroseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$254k to $350k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Perception 3D Segmentation

San Francisco Bay Area

Zooxseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$254k to $350k

Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Machine Learning & System Optimization

San Francisco Bay Area

Zooxseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$254k to $350k

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Inference Optimization

San Francisco Bay Area

Zooxseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$242k to $349k

Senior / Staff Software Engineer - Learned Trajectory Machine Learning Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area

Zooxseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$274k to $343k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector

Washington DC area

Scale AIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$272k to $340k

Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Consumer Revenue)

San Francisco Bay Area

Discordseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$250k to $335k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Data Flywheel

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$200k to $330k

Machine Learning Engineer

New York City

Rampseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$179k to $319k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Edge AI

Remote (US)

Samsaraseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$229k to $315k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Embedded Insights

New York City

Plaidseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$229k to $315k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Infra/Ops - Fraud

New York City

Plaidseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$229k to $315k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - Fraud

New York City

Plaidseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$229k to $315k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud

San Francisco Bay Area

Plaidseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$259k to $311k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads

San Francisco Bay Area

Robloxseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$248k to $310k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Post Training

Remote (US)

Airbnbseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$251k to $310k

Staff/Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer - World Modeling, Simulation

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$251k to $310k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Infrastructure

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$251k to $310k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Mapping

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$251k to $310k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$251k to $310k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation Realism

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$251k to $310k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, TLM , Labeling Automation

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$251k to $310k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Vision-Language Foundation Models

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$251k to $310k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Maneuvering Tech

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$251k to $310k

Staff Tech Lead, Machine Learning Engineer, Perception

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$244k to $305k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Data & Eval

Elsewhere in the US

Airbnbseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$244k to $305k

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Trust

Remote (US)

Airbnbseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$225k to $305k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Perception

San Francisco Bay Area

Zooxseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$238k to $302k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer(TLM), Driver Understanding and Evaluation

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$238k to $302k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer - VLM/LLM

San Francisco Bay Area

Waymoseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$255k to $300k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, AI Platform & Agentic Apps

San Francisco Bay Area

Robinhoodseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$200k to $300k

Machine Learning Engineer - Inference

San Francisco Bay Area

Together AIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$235k to $294k

Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector

Washington DC area

Scale AIseen Sep 24Posting ↗
PostingRange
Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Matchmaking (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxPrincipalSan Francisco Bay Area$295kto $345k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Forecasting & Scenarios (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditStaffRemote (US)$230kto $322k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Economy ML (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$260kto $313k
Machine Learning Engineer - Vision Foundation Models (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$254kto $305k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Forecasting & Scenarios (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditSeniorRemote (US)$217kto $303k
Senior Software Engineer (Machine Learning) - Economy ML (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$243kto $295k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Applied Intelligence) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Anduril IndustriesSeniorElsewhere in the US$220kto $292k
Senior ML Engineer, Core Development (the posting, opens in a new tab)Anduril IndustriesSeniorElsewhere in the US$220kto $292k
Machine Learning Engineer - Lendscore (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidNot statedNew York City$212kto $272k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Compliance Automation (Platform) (the posting, opens in a new tab)CoinbaseStaffRemote (US)$218kto $257k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, CustomerLake (ML/LLM) (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksStaffNew York City$190kto $253k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Relevance (the posting, opens in a new tab)AirbnbSeniorElsewhere in the US$200kto $235k
Software Engineer - ML Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)Anduril IndustriesNot statedElsewhere in the US$167kto $222k
Machine Learning Engineer 2 (the posting, opens in a new tab)TwilioNot statedRemote (US)$129kto $161k
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, GenAI Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditStaffRemote (US)$293kto $410k
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Feed Relevance (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditStaffRemote (US)$266kto $372k
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Understanding (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditStaffRemote (US)$266kto $372k
Machine Learning Engineer, Answers Relevance (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditNot statedRemote (US)$217kto $322k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Creative Effectiveness (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditStaffRemote (US)$230kto $322k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads ML Efficiency (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditStaffRemote (US)$230kto $322k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, AI Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditStaffRemote (US)$230kto $322k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Consumer (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditStaffRemote (US)$230kto $322k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Retrieval (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditStaffRemote (US)$230kto $322k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Retrieval & Targeting (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditStaffRemote (US)$230kto $322k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditSeniorRemote (US)$217kto $303k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads ML Efficiency (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditSeniorRemote (US)$217kto $303k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Scenes, Traffic Controls (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Machine Learning Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)RedditNot statedRemote (US)$186kto $260k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Training Optimization (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$254kto $350k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Home Surfaces (the posting, opens in a new tab)SpotifyStaffNew York City$227kto $325k
Staff ML Engineer, Generative Model Performance & Efficiency (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Software Engineer, ML Training Optimization (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$177kto $270k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, CX (the posting, opens in a new tab)CoinbaseSeniorRemote (US)$191kto $225k
Machine Learning Engineer, Assistance Engineering (the posting, opens in a new tab)AirbnbNot statedRemote (US)$162kto $186k
Machine Learning Engineer, Implicit Signals (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$381kto $510k
Senior / Staff Machine Learning Engineer - 3D Sensor Simulation (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$242kto $348k
Machine Learning Engineer - 3D Sensor Simulation (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$189kto $283k
Machine Learning Engineer - Gen SWE (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)CoinbaseStaffRemote (US)$218kto $257k
[2027] Senior Machine Learning Engineer - PhD Early Career (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$197kto $243k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Growth (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$175kto $215k
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Content Discovery (the posting, opens in a new tab)SunoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$241kto $383k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, 3D Data (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$212kto $295k
Software Engineer - Learned Trajectory Machine Learning Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$189kto $270k
Machine Learning Engineer (AI/ML) (the posting, opens in a new tab)ClickHouseNot statedNew York City$150kto $238k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Payments (the posting, opens in a new tab)AirbnbSeniorRemote (US)$191kto $223k
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (the posting, opens in a new tab)RokuSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$370kto $574k
Software Engineer, Machine Learning (the posting, opens in a new tab)AppLovinNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$221kto $331k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)BrazeStaffNew York City$184kto $314k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)BrazeStaffAustin$184kto $314k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)BrazeStaffChicago$184kto $314k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)BrazeStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$184kto $314k
Staff AI/ML Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Sigma ComputingStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$270kto $305k
Staff AI/ML Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Sigma ComputingStaffNew York City$270kto $305k
AI / Machine Learning Engineer II (the posting, opens in a new tab)Gen DigitalMidSan Francisco Bay Area$300kto $300k
Senior AI/ML Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Sigma ComputingSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$240kto $270k
Senior AI/ML Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Sigma ComputingSeniorNew York City$240kto $270k
Applied ML Engineer - Edge Devices (the posting, opens in a new tab)DeepgramNot statedRemote (US)$155kto $245k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Trust (the posting, opens in a new tab)AirbnbSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $227k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Planet LabsSeniorWashington DC area$161kto $201k
Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization AI/ML (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$381kto $555k
Engineering Manager, MLE (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAIManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$500kto $555k
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Anonymization (the posting, opens in a new tab)MercorSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $500k
Software Engineer, Machine Learning (the posting, opens in a new tab)MercorNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Senior Staff / Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Autonomy Behaviors (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxPrincipalSan Francisco Bay Area$340kto $492k
Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Inference Path (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$320kto $485k
Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Sampling Path (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$320kto $485k
Machine Learning Engineer, Core Experimentation (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSeattle area$437kto $485k
Machine Learning Engineer, Ads (the posting, opens in a new tab)SpaceXAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $440k
Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendation Systems (the posting, opens in a new tab)SpaceXAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $440k
Machine Learning Engineer, API Multicloud (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$223kto $423k
Member of Technical Staff (ML Engineer, Recommendations & User Modeling) (the posting, opens in a new tab)PerplexityNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$220kto $405k
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Content Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)SpotifyStaffNew York City$281kto $402k
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Alt Defense (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxPrincipalSan Francisco Bay Area$329kto $399k
Machine Learning Engineer, Multimodal Perception and Authentication (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$342kto $399k
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Perception (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxStaffBoston area$277kto $389k
Software Engineer - Machine Learning (the posting, opens in a new tab)FigmaNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$153kto $376k
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, LLM/VLM Model Architecture & Optimization (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$298kto $368k
Sr Staff Tech Lead, Machine Learning Engineer, Perception (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$298kto $368k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAI (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$249kto $368k
Senior / Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Behavior Models for Road Users (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$254kto $366k
Principal Machine Learning Engineer- LLM Fine-tuning and Optimization (the posting, opens in a new tab)AirbnbPrincipalElsewhere in the US$292kto $365k
Lead Machine Learning Engineer - ML Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)SamsaraSeniorRemote (US)$200kto $358k
Senior Staff ML Engineer, Driver Understanding and Evaluation (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$281kto $356k
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Inference Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)NuroStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$194kto $352k
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure, Optimization (the posting, opens in a new tab)NuroStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$194kto $352k
Staff/Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Behavior & Planning (the posting, opens in a new tab)NuroStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$235kto $352k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Perception 3D Segmentation (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$254kto $350k
Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Machine Learning & System Optimization (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$254kto $350k
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Inference Optimization (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$254kto $350k
Senior / Staff Software Engineer - Learned Trajectory Machine Learning Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$242kto $349k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AIStaffWashington DC area$274kto $343k
Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Consumer Revenue) (the posting, opens in a new tab)DiscordStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$272kto $340k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Data Flywheel (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $335k
Machine Learning Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)RampNot statedNew York City$200kto $330k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Edge AI (the posting, opens in a new tab)SamsaraStaffRemote (US)$179kto $319k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Embedded Insights (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidSeniorNew York City$229kto $315k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Infra/Ops - Fraud (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidSeniorNew York City$229kto $315k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - Fraud (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidSeniorNew York City$229kto $315k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$229kto $315k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$259kto $311k
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Post Training (the posting, opens in a new tab)AirbnbStaffRemote (US)$248kto $310k
Staff/Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer - World Modeling, Simulation (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Mapping (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation Realism (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, TLM , Labeling Automation (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Vision-Language Foundation Models (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Maneuvering Tech (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Tech Lead, Machine Learning Engineer, Perception (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Data & Eval (the posting, opens in a new tab)AirbnbStaffElsewhere in the US$244kto $305k
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Trust (the posting, opens in a new tab)AirbnbStaffRemote (US)$244kto $305k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Perception (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$225kto $305k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer(TLM), Driver Understanding and Evaluation (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $302k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer - VLM/LLM (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $302k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, AI Platform & Agentic Apps (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobinhoodStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$255kto $300k
Machine Learning Engineer - Inference (the posting, opens in a new tab)Together AINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $300k
Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AINot statedWashington DC area$235kto $294k

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CityPosted
San Francisco Bay Area103 open jobs with posted pay here.$270k$220k to $305k
Remote (US)28 open jobs with posted pay here.$265k$218k to $308k
New York City14 open jobs with posted pay here.$260k$220k to $310k
Elsewhere in the US9 open jobs with posted pay here.$239k$212k to $265k
Washington DC area4 open jobs with posted pay here.$265k$235k to $294k
Seattle area1 open job with posted pay here.$437k to $485kone posting
Boston area1 open job with posted pay here.$277k to $389kone posting
Austin1 open job with posted pay here.$184k to $314kone posting
Chicago1 open job with posted pay here.$184k to $314kone posting

H-1B by prevailing-wage level

The level the employer chose on the filing: I is entry, IV is fully competent. FY2025 Q4 to FY2026 Q3.

Level I: $180k (118) · Level II: $200k (391) · Level III: $232k (272) · Level IV: $252k (321)

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q1267$221k
FY2025 Q2494$198k
FY2025 Q3504$211k
FY2025 Q4245$230k
FY2026 Q1232$229k
FY2026 Q2515$213k
FY2026 Q3550$227k

Posted median by week

Week ofRangesMedian
Sep 21129$270k
Oct 5148$269k
Oct 12145$265k
Oct 19137$265k
Oct 26156$265k
Nov 2162$265k

Recent changes

Range movedNov 4 · 6d ago
Waymo

Raised the pay range for Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Scenes, Traffic Controls: now $213k to $263k, was $175k to $215k. Posting ↗

And 1 more: Staff/Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer - World Modeling, Simulation.

PostedNov 4 · 6d ago
Anduril Industries

Posted Software Engineer - ML Infrastructure at $167k to $222k. Posting ↗

ReopenedNov 4 · 6d ago
Waymo

Put Staff/Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer - World Modeling, Simulation back on its board at $251k to $310k. Posting ↗

RetitledNov 4 · 6d ago
Waymo

Retitled Senior/Staff ML Engineer, 3D/4D World Modeling, Simulation as Staff/Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer - World Modeling, Simulation. Posting ↗

And 1 more: Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Scenes, Traffic Controls.

RetitledNov 4 · 6d ago
Mercor

Retitled Machine Learning Engineer, Frontier Data Products as Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Anonymization. Posting ↗

ClosedNov 4 · 6d ago
Together AI

Took down Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Voice AI ($220k to $280k), last seen Oct 28. Posting ↗

And 1 more: Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Voice AI.

ClosedNov 4 · 6d ago
Cerebras

Took down Senior Software Engineer, ML API - AI Inference, last seen Oct 28. Posting ↗

ClosedNov 4 · 6d ago
Nebius

Took down Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Model Training and Reinforcement Learning ($195k to $262k), last seen Oct 28. Posting ↗

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