AI Engineering Jobs in United States
There are 3,909 open AI Engineering jobs in United States on freehire right now. 796 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are ai, llm and python.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $165,000 | $201,750 | $241,925 | 690 |
| USD | hour | $36 | $58 | $68 | 21 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- ai 89%
- llm 60%
- python 53%
- machine-learning 50%
- agentic-ai 48%
- cloud 42%
- api 38%
- generative-ai 35%
How the work is done
- Remote 683 · 17%
- Hybrid 547 · 14%
- Onsite 356 · 9%
Visa sponsorship offered in 54% of the 859 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 965
- Lead 330
- Principal 220
- Staff 216
- C-level 77
- Intern 72
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 853
- 501-1000 employees 325
- 11-50 employees 134
- 51-200 employees 98
- 201-500 employees 19
- 1-10 employees 15
AI Software Engineer (Freelance)
Build and refine AI-driven workflows and autonomous agents for a high-traffic e-commerce platform, setting technical strategy and coaching engineers on scalable distributed systems.
Gen. AI Engineer
Job Description Job Description Overview We are seeking a Senior GenAI / Agentic AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy enterprise-scale AI applications that leverage Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented…
AI Engineer - Equity Only
Build and deploy AI systems for a social media app, including RAG, multi-agent LLM workflows, and generative media, using Python, LangChain/LangGraph, and GCP.
Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Public Sector
Builds and deploys secure, production-grade generative AI solutions for government and education clients, integrating Google Cloud with customer systems while ensuring compliance and performance.
Member of Technical Staff (Applied AI Research)
Design and run cutting-edge AI benchmarks that shape how the industry measures model capabilities, evaluating every major release and publishing influential analysis.
Staff AI Agent Engineer
Staff AI Agent Engineer at Liberate builds and deploys AI agents to automate insurance workflows, working hands-on with LLMs, prompts, and agent frameworks while owning customer deployments end-to-end.

Agent Engineer
Agent Engineer Department: Engineering Location: San Francisco Employment Type: FullTime At Variance, we are using disruptive technologies to solve some of our digital age's oldest and most complex problems, using…
AI Engineer
Build and refine an AI agent that collaborates with engineering teams to solve design problems using agentic frameworks, structured reasoning, and custom models.

Software Engineer, Generative AI
Build and deploy generative-AI systems that turn patient-clinician conversations into trusted clinical notes, using LLMs, retrieval, and agentic workflows in a healthcare-focused startup.
Applied AI Site Reliability Engineer III - PxE Talent
This role focuses on ensuring the reliability, performance, and cost-effectiveness of AI and agentic workloads running on cloud platforms, using observability, SLOs, and automation to maintain high-quality production systems.
Tax LLM Extern
An externship in Washington, DC assisting policy experts with international tax research, drafting policy documents, and engaging with stakeholders to shape global commerce regulations.
Senior AI Engineer
Senior AI Engineer designs and builds production-grade AI systems (agentic workflows, RAG, orchestration) for Thales’ inflight passenger experience, leading cloud and edge deployments while mentoring teams.
Associate Director – AI / Generative AI Engineering
Lead the design and deployment of enterprise-grade generative AI systems, including LLM integration and RAG pipelines, to embed AI capabilities into secure, scalable financial-market workflows at a global market-infrastructure provider.
Associate Director – AI / Generative AI Engineering
Lead the design and deployment of enterprise-grade generative AI systems, including LLM integration, RAG pipelines, and AI-driven data access patterns for a global capital-markets infrastructure provider.
AI Engineer
Build and deploy AI systems for automotive manufacturing, including computer vision for defect detection and predictive maintenance, using Python, TensorFlow, and industrial automation tools.
Sr Manager, PMT-ES, Design Systems, AWS Applied AI Solutions
Lead the product vision and engineering for an AI-native design system that reimagines human-AI interaction, managing a cross-functional team to drive adoption and business outcomes.
LLM Red Team Specialist - Failure Modes & Edge Cases
Design and run adversarial tests to expose hidden weaknesses in cutting-edge AI models, turning findings into robust evaluation benchmarks.