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How many AI Engineer jobs in California are there right now?

There are 931 open AI Engineer jobs in California on JobsRadar right now, from 393 companies hiring directly. 681 of them disclose pay, with a median of $225,900 a year and most offers between $195,000 and $267,333. 56 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on August 26, 2026 at 22:05 UTC.

AI Engineer salary range in California

$195k 25th
$225.9k Median
$267.3k 75th
$160.7k
$307.5k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $6k – $1,000k · outliers off-axis
Based on 681 disclosed live listings
Updated Aug 26, 2026 from live listings
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OpenAI
Applied AI Engineer, Agent Enablement
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $197,000–$280,000
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OpenAI
Applied AI Engineer, Plugins
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $197,000–$280,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2h ago
Perplexity
Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Agents)
Perplexity
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $220,000–$405,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2h ago
Ditto
AI Engineer
Ditto
⚡ Apply early Remote (Washington D.C., Atlan... · location restricted $185,000–$259,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2h ago
Merlinlabs
Lead AI Dataloop and Release Engineer
Merlinlabs
⚡ Apply early Boston or San Francisco Bay Ar... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2h ago
Merlinlabs
Staff Software Engineer, AI Foundation Model
Merlinlabs
⚡ Apply early Boston or San Francisco Bay Ar... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2h ago
Influur
AI Engineer
Influur
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Bay Area · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2h ago
Stitch Fix
ML Platform Engineer
Stitch Fix
⚡ Apply early Remote, USA · location restricted $136,000–$167,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3h ago
Anduril Industries
Agentic AI Engineer, Automation
Anduril Industries
⚡ Apply early Costa Mesa, California, United... Onsite $220,000–$292,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4h ago
Anduril Industries
Senior ML Engineer, Core Development
Anduril Industries
⚡ Apply early Costa Mesa, California, United... Onsite $220,000–$292,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4h ago
Samsung Semiconductor
Senior Engineer, Architecture & Performance Research Engineer for Data Center and Agentic AI CPU
Samsung Semiconductor
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $138,000–$206,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Amplitude
Senior AI Engineer
Amplitude
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $211,000–$316,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Zscaler
Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer-AI Security (Network, Security, LLM)
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early Bellevue, Washington, USA; San... Onsite $154,000–$220,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Wayve
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, AV Core
Wayve
⚡ Apply early Sunnyvale Onsite $336,400–$370,300
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roku
Software Engineer, Embedded Agentic AI
Roku
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California Onsite $170,000–$210,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
Roku
Software Engineer, Embedded Agentic AI
Roku
⚡ Apply early Austin, Texas Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
Vast
Staff Software Engineer, AI Tooling
Vast
⚡ Apply early Long Beach, California, United... Onsite $159,900–$267,700
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
Samsung Semiconductor
Staff Engineer, Architecture & Performance Research Engineer for Data Center and Agentic AI CPU
Samsung Semiconductor
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $163,000–$253,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
Samsung Semiconductor
Principal Engineer, Architecture & Performance Research Engineer for Data Center and Agentic AI CPU
Samsung Semiconductor
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $219,000–$351,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
DoorDash USA
Machine Learning Engineer, Drive
DoorDash USA
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale,... Onsite $137,100–$201,600
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
DoorDash USA
Machine Learning Engineer, Marketplace Optimization
DoorDash USA
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale,... Onsite $137,100–$201,600
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
DoorDash USA
Staff Machine Learning Engineer - DashPass
DoorDash USA
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale,... Onsite $137,100–$201,600
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
DoorDash USA
Software Engineer, Machine Learning Infrastructure - Generative AI
DoorDash USA
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale,... Onsite $137,100–$201,600
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
DoorDash USA
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Fulfillment Planning
DoorDash USA
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale,... Onsite $137,100–$201,600
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
DoorDash USA
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Infrastructure - Generative AI
DoorDash USA
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale,... Onsite $137,100–$201,600
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many AI Engineer jobs in California are open right now?
931 AI Engineer jobs in California are open across 393 companies, as of August 26, 2026.
What do AI Engineer jobs in California pay?
Across the 681 AI Engineer jobs in California that disclose pay, the median is $225,900 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $195,000 and $267,333.
Which companies are hiring AI Engineer jobs in California?
OpenAI, Perplexity, Ditto, Merlinlabs and Influur are among the 393 companies currently hiring AI Engineer jobs in California.
How current are these listings?
Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on August 26, 2026 at 22:05 UTC.

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