AI Engineer Jobs in California.

California is the largest state economy in the United States, home to Silicon Valley technology, Hollywood entertainment, aerospace, agriculture, and a vast healthcare and services sector. Its job market stretches from the Bay Area to Los Angeles and San Diego. Browse jobs in California from companies hiring across every field.

AI engineers build applications and systems on top of modern machine learning and language models. Find AI engineer roles from companies hiring worldwide.

Total jobs
1,142
positions indexed
New today
2
last 24 hours
Companies
423
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere

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

There are 1,142 open AI Engineer jobs in California on JobsRadar right now, from 423 companies hiring directly. 829 of them disclose pay, with a median of $222,000 a year and most offers between $185,500 and $261,000. 2 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 11, 2026 at 03:34 UTC.

AI Engineer salary range in California

$185.5k 25th
$222k Median
$261k 75th
$154.9k
$307.2k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $48k – $1,000k · outliers off-axis
Based on 829 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 11, 2026 from live listings
See full salary breakdown
Flexion Robotics
AI Research Engineer - Human Data - Robotics
Flexion Robotics
⚡ Apply early Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 29m ago
Redwood Materials
Software Engineer - ML/Computer Vision (Battery Sorting)
Redwood Materials
⚡ Apply early McCarran, NV; San Francisco, C... Onsite $152,500–$200,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1h ago
PI
ML Engineer - API Platform
Physical Intelligence
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
LangChain
Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (NY)
LangChain
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $175,000–$240,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Brightmachines
Senior Robot Perception Engineer - Visual Inspection/MLOps
Brightmachines
⚡ Apply early Burlingame, California Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
AiDASH, Inc.
Staff MLOps Engineer
AiDASH, Inc.
⚡ Apply early Palo Alto, California, United... Hybrid $230,000–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
BILL
Senior Staff AI Security Engineer
BILL
⚡ Apply early Draper, Utah, United States; S... Onsite $194,300–$243,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Riot Games
Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Unpublished R&D Product
Riot Games
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles, USA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Xaira Therapeutics
Senior/ Staff AI Research Engineer
Xaira Therapeutics
⚡ Apply early Seattle, Washington, United St... Onsite $235,000–$358,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Xaira Therapeutics
BioMedical AI Research Engineer
Xaira Therapeutics
⚡ Apply early South San Francisco, Californi... Onsite $227,000–$295,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Gallatin
AI Software Engineer
Gallatin
⚡ Apply early El Segundo, CA Onsite $80,000–$210,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Taskrabbit
Senior Full Stack Engineer - AI Innovation
Taskrabbit
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California, Uni... Hybrid $130,000–$180,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
LangChain
Senior Backend Software Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (SF)
LangChain
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $180,000–$240,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
LangChain
Frontend Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform
LangChain
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $160,000–$195,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
LangChain
FullStack Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (LangSmith)
LangChain
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $145,000–$180,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
LangChain
Senior Fullstack Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (SF)
LangChain
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $175,000–$240,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Higharc
Machine Learning Engineer
Higharc
⚡ Apply early Remote (New York City, NY) · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Zoox
Senior AI Inference Engineer - Model Optimization & Deployment
Zoox
⚡ Apply early Boston, MA Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Shieldai
Perception Engineer - Multimodal & Embodied AI (R6022)
Shieldai
⚡ Apply early San Diego, California Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
AM
MLOps Engineer
Atomic Machines
⚡ Apply early Emeryville, California Onsite $200,000–$250,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Anduril Industries
Senior Systems Engineer, AI Containerized Systems
Anduril Industries
⚡ Apply early Costa Mesa, California, United... Onsite $166,000–$208,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
AM
Generative AI CAD Engineer
Atomic Machines
⚡ Apply early Emeryville, California Onsite $210,000–$260,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Nuro
Software Engineer, AI Platform - New Grad
Nuro
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California (HQ) Onsite $153,000–$176,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Nuro
Senior Software Engineer, Perception ML
Nuro
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California (HQ) Onsite $193,930–$291,150
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Nuro
Staff Software Engineer, Behavior ML Data
Nuro
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California (HQ) Onsite $193,930–$352,290
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago

Frequently asked questions

How many AI Engineer jobs in California are open right now?
1,142 AI Engineer jobs in California are open across 423 companies, as of October 11, 2026.
What do AI Engineer jobs in California pay?
Across the 829 AI Engineer jobs in California that disclose pay, the median is $222,000 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $185,500 and $261,000.
Which companies are hiring AI Engineer jobs in California?
Flexion Robotics, Redwood Materials, Physical Intelligence, LangChain and Brightmachines are among the 423 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 October 11, 2026 at 03:34 UTC.

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