Machine Learning Engineer Salary in San Francisco

Machine Learning Engineer jobs in San Francisco hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $294,048/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Humans&

humansand.ai
humansand.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Machine Learning · AI Research Labs · 1-10 employees · Startup · Hiring 2
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Machine Learning · AI Research Labs · 1-10 employees · Startup · Hiring 2
Humans& is a human-centric frontier AI lab building models that understand people and help them work together.
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Open 286 daysTop 25% pay 10 months ago Long shot · 9%

Member of Technical Staff

$450k per year · Staff+ · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
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Hacktron AI

hacktron.ai
hacktron.ai · HQ: Singapore · Application Security · Cybersecurity AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2025 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
HQ: Singapore · Application Security · Cybersecurity AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2025 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
Hacktron AI is a security company building a system that autonomously reviews code, finds vulnerabilities and writes exploits. Its small, high-ownership team recruits interns and founding technical staff in San Francisco after raising a seed round. The company is headquartered in Singapore.
Zayne Zhang · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Mohan Pedhapati · Director
Harsh Jaiswal · Director
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Open 287 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 10 months ago Long shot · 7%

Member of Technical Staff (Security)

≈ $199k – $396k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
OpenAI
LLM
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Open 287 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 10 months ago Long shot · 7%

Member of Technical Staff (Engineering)

≈ $186k – $370k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Go
TypeScript
Python
Node JS
JavaScript
Node JS
Nest.JS
AI/ML
LangGraph
OpenAI
LangChain
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
CI/CD
+6
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Open 287 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 10 months ago Long shot · 3%

Member of Technical Staff Intern

$36k – $60k per year · Intern · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Internship · Intern
Go
TypeScript
Python
Node JS
JavaScript
Node JS
Nest.JS
AI/ML
LangGraph
LangChain
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
CI/CD
+5
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Volt

volt.ai
volt.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Machine Learning · Video Surveillance · 11-50 employees · Est. 2018 · Startup · Hiring 2
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Machine Learning · Video Surveillance · 11-50 employees · Est. 2018 · Startup · Hiring 2
Our Mission VOLT is building the future of safety - proactive AI protecting people and pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Book a Demo Our story Founding vision Our founding team has decades of security and tech expertise.
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Open 292 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago Visa sponsor 10 months ago Long shot · 6%

Technical Product Manager (AI & Systems)

$150k – $180k per year · Senior · 8+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
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Revic

revic.ai
revic.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Sales Enablement · Marketing & Sales AI · 1-10 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 6
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Sales Enablement · Marketing & Sales AI · 1-10 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 6
Revic helps revenue teams win by focusing on the accounts that actually convert. Our AI agents continuously score every account based on what's working in the field-real sales data, not static ICPs or outdated intent. The result: fewer dead ends, more winnable deals.
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Open 296 daysVerified live · 25 min ago 10 months ago Long shot · 3%

Founding GTM AI Engineer

≈ $125k – $278k per year (Estimated) · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Full-Time
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Luminai

luminai.com
luminai.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) · 51-200 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust C · Hiring 15
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) · 51-200 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust C · Hiring 15
Luminai automates the repetitive manual steps inside business processes without replacing the systems underneath them. It records how staff move between applications and then performs those sequences on their behalf. Insurance, healthcare and government customers use it where integration projects would take years.
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Likely inactiveTop 25% pay 10 months ago Long shot · 4%

Applied AI Engineer

$170k – $250k per year · Hybrid (San Francisco, New York, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time
OpenAI
Machine Learning
Management
Notion
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Tensorlake

tensorlake.ai
tensorlake.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · AI Development Tools · 1-10 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · AI Development Tools · 1-10 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
Sandboxes for AI agents. Securely run untrusted, LLM-generated code in isolated Firecracker microVM sandboxes that scale from one to thousands — with snapshot, suspend/resume, and durable orchestration.
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Open 297 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago Visa sponsor 10 months ago Long shot · 5%

Senior Applied Research Scientist – Core AI & Document Intelligence

≈ $139k – $264k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Python
AI/ML
LoRA
Fine-tuning
Quantization
Multimodal AI
NLP
Context Engineering
Agentic Workflows
Computer Vision
PyTorch
RAG
LLM
AI Agents
PEFT
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Navigate

navigate.ai
navigate.ai · HQ: London, United Kingdom · Industrial AI · AI Agents · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 5
HQ: London, United Kingdom · Industrial AI · AI Agents · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 5
An AI copilot for every person in the field. NavigateAI upskills and coaches your team, runs real-time quality control, manages the project in the background, and provides expert knowledge, instantly.
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Open 297 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago Visa sponsor 10 months ago Long shot · 5%

AI Product Manager

≈ $127k – $271k per year (Estimated) · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Full-Time
SQL
AI/ML
World Models
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Open 488 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 3%

AI Engineer

$150k – $300k per year · Junior · 2+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Junior
OpenCV
MediaPipe
TensorFlow
Computer Vision
PyTorch
LLM
Game Dev
Unity
Meta Quest SDK
Robotics
SLAM
Localization
+2
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Inference

inference.ai
inference.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · AI Compute & Inference · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 4
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · AI Compute & Inference · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 4
Models. Agents. GPUs. Whatever you need — we've got it. Ghost agent VMs, Maestro model routing, Engine wholesale GPUs, and Academy, on one platform.
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Open 300 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 10 months ago Long shot · 5%

Machine Learning Researcher

$250k – $350k per year · Middle · 3+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Middle
C#
C#
.NET
AI/ML
DeepSpeed
RLHF
Reinforcement Learning
Knowledge Distillation
TRL
Transformers
Hugging Face
DPO
SFT
Post-training
Megatron-LM
GPT-5
Model Distillation
PyTorch
LLM
Multimodal AI
DevOps
GitHub
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Open 300 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 10 months ago Long shot · 3%

Applied Machine Learning Engineer

$220k – $320k per year · Junior · 2+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Junior
C#
C#
.NET
AI/ML
DeepSpeed
Knowledge Distillation
Axolotl
Transformers
Hugging Face
SFT
Post-training
GPT-5
Model Distillation
PyTorch
LLM
Multimodal AI
DevOps
GitHub
Analytics
ETL/ELT
+8
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Emcap

emcap.com
emcap.com · San Francisco · Venture Capital · Trust B · Hiring 6
San Francisco · Venture Capital · Trust B · Hiring 6
Emergence Capital is the leading venture capital firm focused on early-stage B2B software. We partner with founders transforming the way the world works.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 314 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 11 months ago Long shot · 9%

Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI

≈ $189k – $353k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · 4+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Staff
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Databases
Weaviate
Chroma
Pinecone
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Embeddings
Prompt Engineering
RAG
LLM
LlamaIndex
NLP
LangChain
+6
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Mercator

mercatorintelligence.com
mercatorintelligence.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Management Consulting · AI Agents · Trust B · Hiring 5
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Management Consulting · AI Agents · Trust B · Hiring 5
Mercator is building the decision layer to orchestrate global supply chains; replacing trillions of dollars in waste with better decisions.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 320 daysTop 25% pay 11 months ago Long shot · 9%

AI & Data Engineer

$160k – $250k per year · Staff+ · 10+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Gemini
TensorFlow
RAG
LLM
AI Agents
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GO-Global

graphon.com
graphon.com · HQ: Santa Cruz, United States · Custom Software Development · Virtualization & Containers · 11-50 employees · Hiring 2
HQ: Santa Cruz, United States · Custom Software Development · Virtualization & Containers · 11-50 employees · Hiring 2
Reduce the Cost and Complexity of Delivering Your Windows Application. An alternative to Citrix and RDS that reduces IT effort and impresses end-users.
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Open 321 daysTop 25% pay 11 months ago Long shot · 9%

Research Engineer

$180k – $300k per year · Staff+ · 10+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Master's Degree · Staff
Multimodal AI
Machine Learning
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Anything

anything.agency
anything.agency · San Francisco · CMS & Digital Experience Platforms · Web Development Services · 11-50 employees · Trust B · Hiring 4
San Francisco · CMS & Digital Experience Platforms · Web Development Services · 11-50 employees · Trust B · Hiring 4
Enterprise Headless CMS agency specialising in Storyblok. We design and deliver enterprise websites, multi-brand platforms and legacy CMS migrations built for search and AI.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 321 daysTop 25% pay 11 months ago Long shot · 5%

Backend Engineer - AI

$125k – $200k per year · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
TypeScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
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Withkrew

withkrew.com
withkrew.com · HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Consumer Loans & Pawnshops · AI Agents · 1-10 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 5
HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Consumer Loans & Pawnshops · AI Agents · 1-10 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 5
Krew builds AI agents that automate the consumer credit lifecycle for lenders, from onboarding to collections. Its technology targets banks and finance companies across the Middle East. The company is headquartered in Dubai.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 322 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago Visa sponsor 11 months ago Long shot · 9%

Member of Technical Staff (AI Engineering)

$150k – $250k per year · Staff+ · 2+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Python
AI/ML
LangGraph
Fine-tuning
LangChain
AI Agents
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Open 346 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 12 months ago Long shot · 9%

Member of Technical Staff (Forward Deployed)

$150k – $250k per year · Staff+ · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Staff
Go
Python
AI/ML
LLM
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Open 347 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago Visa sponsor 12 months ago Long shot · 9%

Member of Technical Staff (Backend Engineering)

$150k – $250k per year · Staff+ · 2+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Go
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
LLM
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Lassie

lassie.ai
lassie.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Revenue Cycle & Medical Billing · 51-200 employees · Startup · Trust D · Hiring 14
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Revenue Cycle & Medical Billing · 51-200 employees · Startup · Trust D · Hiring 14
Lassie automates your admin — enrollments, payment posting, EFT reconciliation — so your team can focus on patients.
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Likely inactiveVerified live · 1 hour ago 11 months ago Long shot · 4%

Software Engineer, Applied AI

≈ $145k – $312k per year (Estimated) · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
TypeScript
Python
Python
Django
Databases
SQLite
Redis
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Pydantic AI
AI Agents
Frontend
Tailwind CSS
DevOps
Vercel
GCP
Management
Linear
Notion
+5
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The Path

thepath.ai
thepath.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Digital Mental Health · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 3
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Digital Mental Health · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 3
AI therapy built to move you forward. It challenges your blind spots, remembers your history, and checks in between sessions. Built by a neuroscientist.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 334 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 11 months ago Long shot · 5%

AI Research Engineer

≈ $164k – $365k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
Fine-tuning
Red Teaming
LLM
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Oumi

oumi.ai
oumi.ai · HQ: New York, United States · Machine Learning · AI Development Tools · 1-10 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Hiring 2
HQ: New York, United States · Machine Learning · AI Development Tools · 1-10 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Hiring 2
The right model beats the biggest model. Build and deploy custom AI models from a prompt — up to +50% accuracy and up to 90% lower cost vs. frontier models, and 2 hours from prompt to production.
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Open 342 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 12 months ago Long shot · 12%

Senior Field ML Engineer

≈ $149k – $287k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Hybrid (Bellevue, New York, San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Python
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Multimodal AI
Diffusion Models
RAG
LLM
Machine Learning
AI Agents
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Pharos Art Pte Ltd

pharos.sg
pharos.sg · San Francisco · Digital Marketing · Graphic Design · Est. 2014 · Hiring 2
San Francisco · Digital Marketing · Graphic Design · Est. 2014 · Hiring 2
About Us Who We Are Pharos Art Pte Ltd is an Interior Design and Renovation company in Singapore, founded in 2014.Backed by years of experience, we continue to strive to meet our customers' needs and expectations.
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Open 342 daysVerified live · 16 min ago 12 months ago Long shot · 4%

Physician AI Researcher

≈ $156k – $347k per year (Estimated) · Equity · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
Python
AI/ML
NLP
Context Engineering
LLM
MedTech
HL7
FHIR
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Serval

serval.com
serval.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · IT Service & Asset Management · 501-1000 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 62, 5 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · IT Service & Asset Management · 501-1000 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 62, 5 new
Serval is a San Francisco software company that builds an AI-native enterprise service management and ITSM platform, using agents to automate employee requests, onboarding and offboarding, just-in-time access and help desk tickets. Founded in early 2024 and backed by Sequoia Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Meritech, First Round and General Catalyst, it counts Fox, Notion, Perplexity, Vercel and Brex among its customers and extends into HR, finance, security and legal workflows. It is scaling its go-to-market team with account executives, sales managers, solutions engineers and deployment strategists, alongside recruiters, business systems and brand design roles.
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Open 353 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 12 months ago Long shot · 6%

Software Engineer, Agent Systems

$200k – $325k per year · Middle · 4+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Middle
TypeScript
AI/ML
LLM
AI Agents
Perplexity
DevOps
Vercel
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Flux

flux.ai
flux.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · EDA Software · 51-200 employees · Est. 2019 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 7
HQ: San Francisco, United States · EDA Software · 51-200 employees · Est. 2019 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 7
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Flux is a cloud-native electronic design automation (EDA) platform specializing in AI-assisted printed circuit board (PCB) design. Operating directly in the browser, the platform features real-time multiplayer collaboration alongside an AI copilot that assists hardware engineers with component sourcing, schematic capture, automated routing, and continuous design rule checks.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 12 months ago Fading · 32%

Software Engineer, Agentic Products

$183k – $250k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
AI/ML
LangGraph
Agentic Workflows
LangChain
LLM
AI Agents
NLP
Frontend
Redux
React.js
DevOps
GitHub
Design
Figma
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Gamma

gamma.app
gamma.app · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Office & Productivity Software · 51-200 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 20
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Office & Productivity Software · 51-200 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 20
Gamma generates presentations, documents and simple websites from a prompt or an outline. Its documents scroll like web pages rather than being fixed to slide dimensions, and the design is applied automatically. The product grew quickly among people who need a deck faster than PowerPoint allows.
Michael Bock · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Gavin Nachbar · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Nachbar Gavin · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Kevin Zhang · Director
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Top 25% payVerified live · 28 min ago Visa sponsor 12 months ago Fading · 29%

AI Engineer

$180k – $300k per year · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
TypeScript
Python
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Prompt Engineering
LLM
Braintrust
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Machine Learning Engineer Salary in San Francisco
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