AI Engineering Jobs in United States
There are 3,909 open AI Engineering jobs in United States on freehire right now. 1,111 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 | $173,950 | $210,000 | $244,875 | 567 |
| USD | hour | $25 | $38 | $55 | 25 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- ai 96%
- llm 70%
- python 65%
- machine-learning 58%
- agentic-ai 56%
- cloud 51%
- api 48%
- rag 38%
How the work is done
- Remote 723 · 18%
- Hybrid 603 · 15%
- Onsite 562 · 14%
Visa sponsorship offered in 53% of the 469 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 850
- Lead 328
- Staff 234
- Principal 200
- Intern 139
- C-level 114
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 348
- 501-1000 employees 148
- 11-50 employees 71
- 51-200 employees 42
- 1-10 employees 12
- 201-500 employees 12
People Analytics AI Engineer
Build AI-powered HR tools and automations to streamline people operations, integrating systems like Workday and Salesforce using Python and LLMs.
Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative AI, Geo
Embedded engineer on Google's Geo/Maps Platform who deploys generative-AI systems at major partners' sites: building agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, and evaluation/observability tooling, while feeding field insights back into the product roadmap. Core stack is Python, LLM/agent frameworks, and vector databases.
Software and AI Engineer
Early-career engineer on CoreWeave's internal Strategy and Transformation team, building AI agents, copilots, and full-stack internal apps that connect enterprise systems (ERP, HRIS, MRP, DCIM). Day-to-day work spans React frontends, Node.js/Go/Python backends, and LLM integrations via LangChain, OpenAI, and Gemini.
Software Engineer, Applied AI Agents, Professional Intelligence, DeepMind
Software engineer at Google DeepMind building production LLM agent systems for professional users: designing agent capabilities and typed tools, grounding/citation verification, and evaluation suites to measure factual accuracy and multi-step reasoning. Core stack is Python or TypeScript with LLM apps (RAG, tool use, agent orchestration) and end-to-end production ownership.
Sr Director, Head of Enterprise Applied AI
Senior Director leading SoFi's enterprise-wide internal AI adoption: partnering with technology and business leaders to identify and deliver high-impact Generative and Agentic AI initiatives, build governance and best practices, and lead a team of product managers and engineers. Requires deep modern-AI knowledge plus executive-level change leadership.
Senior Staff AI Engineer
Hands-on senior AI engineer in SoFi's independent risk organization: set the technical direction for a next-gen AI platform, build graph-based agentic LLM orchestration, fine-tune and serve models at scale, and mentor other engineers. Core stack includes Python, LangGraph, RAG/LLMs, PEFT/LoRA, vLLM/Kubernetes inference, and Snowflake/DynamoDB.
Staff Applied AI Engineer
Staff-level applied AI engineer at Ivanti who builds data pipelines over Snowflake and unstructured data, ships churn analytics and predictive models, and produces production LLM/agentic AI systems optimized for token cost and latency. Also defines enterprise reference architectures and MLOps/LLMOps standards for other teams.
AI Engineer (TS/SCI with Polygraph is REQUIRED)
AI Engineer building LLM/RAG-based tooling for vulnerability identification and mitigation inside classified enclaves, supporting an intelligence-community mission at Fort Meade. Day-to-day: LLM orchestration, data/vector pipelines, and RAG database design using Python and data engineering, with an active TS/SCI plus polygraph required.
Staff Data and AI Engineer - Enterprise
Designs and builds enterprise-scale data pipelines, AI agent systems, and analytics for corporate platforms like Workday and Oracle, using Databricks and RAG architectures.
Enterprise Application AI Engineer
Designs and implements AI-driven automation across Gusto’s enterprise systems (ERP, finance, HR) to make workflows predictive and self-improving, using AI agents, Model Context Protocols, and integrations with NetSuite, Zuora, and Jira.
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Locus Robotics builds autonomous warehouse robots. This on-site role partners with internal teams to turn business problems into AI agents, RAG-powered tools, and automated workflows for internal operations — hands-on Python/LLM development with enterprise integrations. No new H-1B sponsorship; H-1B transfers accepted.
Lead Applied AI Engineer
Lead Applied AI Engineer at Appian builds production AI systems that reason about enterprise applications end to end — agents and orchestration, spec extraction from existing systems, application intelligence/retrieval, and LLM evaluation pipelines. It's a hands-on, mentor-heavy role based 5 days a week in the McLean, VA headquarters.
Principal Applied AI Engineer
Principal-level engineer acting as the technical lead for applied AI at Appian: architecting, building, and operating production LLM systems (agents, code generation, retrieval, evaluation, observability) on the company's AI-powered process automation platform, while mentoring engineers and setting technical standards. On-site in McLean, VA.
Director, Applied AI
Lead a senior team building the B2B data graph and intelligence that powers ZoomInfo's AI agents, blending classical ML/data science with LLM and agentic systems from training data through model serving. The Director stays hands-on, shipping code and prototypes while owning evaluation standards, inference cost/latency, and hiring.
AI Engineer I
Early-career AI engineer at Klaviyo building backend systems and AI agents for its marketing platform serving 200K+ customers. Day to day is backend-heavy Python work (FastAPI/Django): scalable services, async pipelines, and deploying generative/agentic AI in production, including orchestration, RAG, and evals.
AI Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)
An 11-week paid summer engineering internship (June 1–August 13) at Klaviyo's Boston headquarters; interns work on-site 5 days a week and are placed on a full-stack, back-end, or front-end team building Klaviyo's ecommerce data and personalization platform.
Senior AI Engineer, Unstructured AI
Senior AI Engineer on Collibra’s Unstructured AI Team, building full-stack systems to process unstructured data (PDFs, contracts) at scale using Python, FastAPI, LLMs, and Spark. Focus on context engineering for AI systems and end-to-end delivery from prototype to production.