Machine Learning Engineer jobs in Berkeley hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $269,286/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.
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formenergy.com • HQ: Somerville, United States • Energy Storage • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2017 • Trust A • Hiring 164, 4 new
HQ: Somerville, United States • Energy Storage • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2017 • Trust A • Hiring 164, 4 new
Form Energy is an American energy storage company that develops and manufactures iron-air batteries able to discharge electricity for around 100 hours, using the reversible rusting of iron to store energy at low material cost. Founded in 2017, it builds its batteries at a factory in Weirton, West Virginia, runs research in Berkeley, California, and supplies multi-day storage systems to utilities to cover extended shortfalls in wind and solar output. The company is headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States.
provectus.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • AI Consulting & Integration • Est. 2010 • Hiring 38, 4 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • AI Consulting & Integration • Est. 2010 • Hiring 38, 4 new
Provectus is a technology consulting firm that delivers artificial intelligence, machine learning, data engineering and cloud projects for enterprise clients, with a strong focus on generative AI solutions built on Amazon Web Services. Founded in 2010, it runs engineering teams across the United States, Latin America, Armenia and Eastern Europe and hires machine learning engineers, forward deployed engineers and business development staff. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
$180k – $200k per year • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • San Francisco • Los Angeles • Berkeley • Oakland • San Mateo • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Architect
far.ai • HQ: Berkeley, United States • Nonprofits & Foundations • AI Research Labs • AI Safety & Alignment • 51-200 employees • Est. 2022 • Trust A • Hiring 14
HQ: Berkeley, United States • Nonprofits & Foundations • AI Research Labs • AI Safety & Alignment • 51-200 employees • Est. 2022 • Trust A • Hiring 14
FAR.AI is a research non-profit working on technical artificial intelligence safety alongside field building for the wider community. Its researchers study adversarial robustness, model evaluations and alignment methods, and published widely discussed attacks that defeated superhuman game playing systems. The organisation also runs conferences, fellowships and a research hub that hosts visiting safety researchers; its events series brings together researchers from frontier laboratories, academia and government institutes.
deel.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Employer of Record & PEO • Payroll Services • 51-200 employees • Est. 2017 • Startup • Hiring 9, 5 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Employer of Record & PEO • Payroll Services • 51-200 employees • Est. 2017 • Startup • Hiring 9, 5 new
Hire, pay, and manage teams in 150+ countries with Deel. Run global payroll, ensure compliance, and streamline HR operations—all on one powerful platform.
convergentresearch.org • HQ: Cambridge, United States • Research Institutes • Science & Engineering • 11-50 employees • Est. 2021 • Trust A • Hiring 21, 3 new
HQ: Cambridge, United States • Research Institutes • Science & Engineering • 11-50 employees • Est. 2021 • Trust A • Hiring 21, 3 new
Convergent Research creates focused research organisations that attack scientific and engineering bottlenecks too large for a single academic laboratory and too unprofitable for a startup. Its model funds a fixed term team with a concrete engineering goal, and the organisations it has launched span brain mapping, biology tooling, materials and computing. The group works with philanthropic funders and spins each organisation out as an independent institute; its portfolio institutes operate as independent non-profits once their initial programme is funded.
voleon.com • HQ: Berkeley, United States • Machine Learning • Financial AI • Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2007 • Trust A • Hiring 56, 1 new
HQ: Berkeley, United States • Machine Learning • Financial AI • Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2007 • Trust A • Hiring 56, 1 new
The Voleon Group is a premier quantitative investment management firm headquartered in Berkeley, California, that specializes in machine learning-driven trading strategies. Founded in 2007 by scientists Michael Kharitonov and Jon McAuliffe, the hedge fund combines advanced data science, statistical modeling, and computational AI to forecast financial markets and execute systematic algorithmic trades.
metr.org • HQ: Berkeley, United States • Nonprofits & Foundations • AI Research Labs • AI Safety & Alignment • AI Evaluation & Observability • 51-200 employees • Est. 2022 • Trust B • Hiring 7
HQ: Berkeley, United States • Nonprofits & Foundations • AI Research Labs • AI Safety & Alignment • AI Evaluation & Observability • 51-200 employees • Est. 2022 • Trust B • Hiring 7
METR, the Model Evaluation and Threat Research organisation, measures whether frontier artificial intelligence models can autonomously complete long and dangerous tasks. Its evaluations of autonomous replication, research engineering and time horizon scaling are run with leading laboratories before deployment, and its published time horizon curve became a widely cited measure of agent progress. The non-profit develops open task suites and methodology so that third parties can reproduce its results.
liberate.com • HQ: Berkeley, United States • AI Agents • InsurTech • 11-50 employees • Est. 2022 • Likely startup • Trust C • Hiring 18, 3 new
HQ: Berkeley, United States • AI Agents • InsurTech • 11-50 employees • Est. 2022 • Likely startup • Trust C • Hiring 18, 3 new
Liberate is a Series A funded artificial intelligence company that builds AI agent and automation technology for the insurance industry. It hires platform engineers, forward deployed engineers, AI agent engineers and enterprise account executives to deploy its products with customers. The company is headquartered in Berkeley, California, United States.
eleosai.org • HQ: New York, United States • AI Safety & Alignment • Machine Learning • 11-50 employees • Est. 2024 • Hiring 1
HQ: New York, United States • AI Safety & Alignment • Machine Learning • 11-50 employees • Est. 2024 • Hiring 1
Eleos AI Research investigates questions of artificial intelligence wellbeing and moral status. Its work combines philosophy of mind with empirical model analysis. The non-profit advises laboratories on model welfare policies.
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Fully remote11%
3
Hybrid52%
14
On site37%
10
Visa sponsorship33%
9
Relocation package26%
7
Equity15%
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The market right now
Alion currently lists 27 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs in Berkeley from 9 companies. 1 of them was posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 6 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. 8 of the 27 carry the marks of a stale or abandoned posting - open far beyond the usual time to fill, reposted, or on a board that mostly never closes a role - and are marked as likely inactive; the list can hide them. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
24 of these Machine Learning Engineer jobs in Berkeley state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $200K and $385K a year, with a median of $250K. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
11% of the listings are fully remote and a further 52% are hybrid, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Machine Learning Engineer jobs in Berkeley right now are Liberate (8), FAR.AI (6), The Voleon Group (3), Deel (2), Convergent Research (2), and METR (2). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Python (15), Machine Learning (15), AI Agents (11), Claude (7), Interpretability (7), PyTorch (6), OpenAI (6), and GPT-5 (6). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Machine Learning Engineer jobs in Berkeley, 9 state visa sponsorship, 7 offer a relocation package, and 4 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
How many Machine Learning Engineer jobs in Berkeley are open right now?
There are 27 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs in Berkeley on Alion from 9 companies. The list was last refreshed on October 21, 2026.
Are all of these Machine Learning Engineer jobs in Berkeley still being filled?
Probably not all of them. 8 of the 27 show the marks Alion reads as a likely inactive posting: open far longer than employers usually take to fill such a role, reposted several times, or sitting on a board that rarely closes anything. They stay listed with a warning, and the list can hide them with one switch.
What do Machine Learning Engineer jobs in Berkeley pay?
The median is $250K a year, and the middle half of the market falls between $200K and $385K. This is based on the 24 listings that state pay.
Are any of these roles remote?
3 of the 27 listings (11%) are fully remote, and you can filter the list down to them in one click.
Which companies are hiring?
The most active employers right now are Liberate, FAR.AI, The Voleon Group, Deel, Convergent Research, and METR. Each has its own page on Alion with the rest of its open roles.
Can I get visa sponsorship or relocation?
Yes - of the current listings, 9 state visa sponsorship and 7 offer a relocation package. Both are filters on the jobs page.
How do I apply?
Open any listing and apply on the employer's own board through the link on the page. No account is required to browse or to apply.
