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Machine Learning Engineer in San Francisco Salary at AI Startups

Base pay from 259 open roles at 51 AI companies that list a salary range. Annual USD.

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25th percentile

$216K

Median

$251K

75th percentile

$312K

Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $100K, highest $850K.

Pay by role

RoleCompanySalary range
Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$500K–$850K
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning) San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$500K–$850K
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$500K–$850K
Software Engineer, ML NetworkingSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$280K–$850K
Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization AI/MLSan FranciscoOpenAI$381K–$555K
Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads MeasurementSan Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, USPinterest$315K–$551K
Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads QualityPalo Alto, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, USPinterest$315K–$551K
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Ads DeliverySan Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, USPinterest$315K–$551K
Enterprise Applied AI LeaderSan FranciscoMercor$300K–$520K
Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer, Safeguards ResearchSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$350K–$500K
ML/Research Engineer, SafeguardsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$350K–$500K
Training: ML Framework EngineerSan FranciscoOpenAI$295K–$500K
Machine Learning Data Scientist, ForecastingSan FranciscoOpenAI$340K–$500K
Software Engineer, Systems & Platform Applied AISan FranciscoMercor$220K–$500K
Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier EngineeringSan FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Machine Learning Engineer, Frontier Data ProductsSan FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Software Engineer, Machine LearningSan FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Tech Lead, Systems & Platform Applied AISan FranciscoMercor$250K–$500K
Software Engineer, Staff: Applied AI, Science & EngineeringNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Site Reliability Engineer, Safeguards ML InfraSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Account Abuse (Machine Learning)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Inference PathSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Sampling PathSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Sr. Manager, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads Measurement Products San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, USPinterest$228K–$469K
Sr. Manager, Machine Learning Engineering-Applied ResearchSan Francisco, CA, US; Remote, USPinterest$228K–$469K
Engineering Manager, Machine LearningSan Francisco, CaliforniaSentry$220K–$450K
Software Engineer, Monetization ML InfrastructureSan FranciscoOpenAI$347K–$445K
Principal Software Engineer, Machine LearningSan Francisco, CAAttentive$350K–$430K
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Product ML InfrastructurePalo Alto, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, USPinterest$245K–$429K
Machine Learning Engineer, API MulticloudSan FranciscoOpenAI$223K–$423K
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, TEAMSan Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NYDoorDash$282K–$415K
Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Megas) San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$405K
Staff Software Engineer, GTM AI Engineering Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$405K
Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth EngineeringSan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$405K
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Applied AI)San FranciscoPerplexity$220K–$405K
Member of Technical Staff (ML Engineer, Recommendations & User Modeling)San FranciscoPerplexity$220K–$405K
Member of Technical Staff (Applied AI Engineer, Agent Capabilities)San FranciscoPerplexity$220K–$405K
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Financial ProductsSan FranciscoAdyen$297K–$401K
Applied AI, Research Engineer San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$300K–$400K
Machine Learning EngineerSan Francisco, CA & New York, NYGoodfire$200K–$400K
Engineering Manager, Applied AISan FranciscoMercor$250K–$400K
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, AISan Francisco, CaliforniaSentry$240K–$400K
Machine Learning Engineer, Multimodal Perception and AuthenticationSan FranciscoOpenAI$342K–$399K
Manager II, Machine Learning Engineering-Content FoundationSan Francisco, CA, US; Remote, CA, USPinterest$223K–$390K
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Bidding & PacingSan Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, USPinterest$223K–$390K
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Conversion Core ModelingSan Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, USPinterest$223K–$390K
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Shopping AdsSan Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, USPinterest$223K–$390K
Applied AI Engineer, Codex Core AgentSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$385K
Senior / Principal ML Scientist, Foundation Models for Life SciencesSan Francisco, CA USALila Sciences$268K–$384K
Senior/Principal ML Scientist, Translational BiologySan Francisco, CA USALila Sciences$268K–$384K
Lead, ML Data Operations San FranciscoSuno Studio$241K–$383K
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Content DiscoverySan FranciscoSuno Studio$241K–$383K
Applied AI Architect, Partnerships San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$275K–$380K
Manager Applied AI Architecture, Financial ServicesNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$315K–$380K
Manager Applied AI Architecture, Healthcare & Life SciencesNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$315K–$380K
Manager of Applied AI Architecture, CommercialSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$315K–$380K
Manager of Applied AI Architecture, StartupsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$315K–$380K
Software Engineer, ML Systems & Training ArchitectureSan FranciscoOpenAI$295K–$380K
Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, AgentsSan Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NYScale AI$302K–$378K
Software Engineer - Machine LearningSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United StatesFigma$153K–$376K
ML Engineer, LS AISan Francisco, CA USALila Sciences$252K–$374K
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, LLM/VLM Model Architecture & OptimizationMountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Waymo$298K–$368K
Sr Staff Tech Lead, Machine Learning Engineer, PerceptionMountain View, California, United States, San Francisco, California, United StatesWaymo$298K–$368K
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAISan Francisco HQPlaid$249K–$368K
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer, General Agents, Enterprise GenAISan Francisco, CA; New York, NYScale AI$290K–$363K
Tech Lead Manager- MLRE, ML SystemsSan Francisco, CA; New York, NYScale AI$290K–$363K
Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning San Francisco, CAAttentive$320K–$360K
Scientist II / Senior ML Scientist, Data-Efficient Learning for Drug DiscoveryCambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USALila Sciences$228K–$358K
Senior ML Scientist, AI for Protein EngineeringSan Francisco, CA USALila Sciences$268K–$358K
Senior ML Scientist, Biological SystemsSan Francisco, CA USALila Sciences$268K–$358K
Senior Staff Machine Learning EngineerSan Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CADoorDash$243K–$357K
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ConsumerSan Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WADoorDash$243K–$357K
Senior Staff TLM, Data Mining and Sampling for ML and EvaluationMountain View, California, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; New York City, New York, United States.Waymo$281K–$356K
Senior Engineering Manager, Machine LearningSan Francisco, California, United StatesCheckr$302K–$355K
Staff/Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer, Intelligent SystemsSan Francisco, CA; New York, NYScale AI$250K–$350K
Member of Technical Staff, AI EngineeringSan Francisco, CAHandshake$200K–$350K
Senior Staff Applied AI Engineer - Context RetrievalMountain View, California; San Francisco, CaliforniaDatabricks$229K–$343K
Engineering Manager, Machine Learning (Safety)San Francisco Bay Area (or Remote U.S.)Discord$272K–$340K
Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Consumer Revenue)San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.)Discord$272K–$340K
Staff Applied AI/ML ScientistSan Francisco, CAFaire$247K–$339K
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USALila Sciences$252K–$336K
Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Digital Natives)San FranciscoOpenAI$302K–$335K
Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Startups)San FranciscoOpenAI$302K–$335K
Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Codex)San FranciscoOpenAI$302K–$335K
Applied AI Delivery LeadSan FranciscoOpenAI$234K–$335K
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Data FlywheelMountain View, CA USA; San Francisco, CA USA;Waymo$250K–$335K
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Applied ScienceSan Francisco, CA, US; Remote, USPinterest$161K–$332K
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Core Engineering San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, USPinterest$190K–$332K
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, EPD AdsSan Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, USPinterest$190K–$332K
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)San Francisco, CA; New York, NYScale AI$265K–$331K
Machine Learning EngineerAustin, Texas, United States; South San Francisco, California, United StatesNeuralink$129K–$331K
Applied AI Engineer, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$280K–$320K
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise TechSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$200K–$320K
Senior Machine Learning EngineerSan Francisco, CAAttentive$244K–$320K
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - FraudSan Francisco HQPlaid$229K–$315K
Applied AI Architect, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences Community & Enablement)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$275K–$315K
Applied AI Architect, CommercialSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$240K–$315K
Applied AI Architect, CyberSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$240K–$315K
Applied AI Architect, Enterprise TechSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$240K–$315K
Applied AI Architect, IndustriesNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$240K–$315K
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