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
AI Developer
About The Company Kirkland & Ellis is a global law firm recognized for setting high standards of legal excellence. Its culture is grounded in teamwork, ingenuity, and continuous growth. More than 7,000 professionals,…
Senior AI Engineer – Human Capital (B2886C6)
Referment is working with a global investment and technology firm to find a senior engineer who will lead practical AI initiatives within its people function. You will work across human capital, product management and…
Senior Backend Engineer: Python, Systems Design & LLM Agents | Remote NY | Up to $300K + Equity
Senior Backend Engineer: Python, Systems Design & LLM Agents | New York | Up to $300K + Equity "The Empire has more ships. We have better pilots, and we remember everything." A rebel engineer, somewhere on the edge of…
Senior Backend Engineer | Python, Systems Design & LLM Agents | San Francisco / Remote USA | Up to $300K + Equity
Senior Backend Engineer | Python, Systems Design & LLM Agents | San Francisco / Remote USA | Up to $300K + Equity Range $200k to $300k + equity - remote "The Empire has more ships. We have better pilots, and we…
Senior AI Engineer, Platform
Senior engineer who owns QXO's internal AI platform services: building and running production agentic LLM workflows (agents, retrieval, tool-calling) in Python with LangChain/LangGraph, grounding answers in trusted business data, enforcing access controls, and measuring/improving AI quality, cost, and reliability at enterprise scale.
Senior AI Software Engineer (RD271)
Senior engineer on Defense Unicorns' Ark team building an AI-native developer product that creates, packages, validates, and delivers secure applications into government mission environments. Day-to-day work spans AI agent orchestration, isolated dev environments, Kubernetes/UDS packaging, and automated validation, using Go/TypeScript, Kubernetes, and LLM tooling. Remote in the USA; U.S. citizensh
Senior AI Software Engineer (RD271)
Senior engineer on Defense Unicorns' Ark team building an AI-native developer product that automates creating, packaging, validating, and delivering secure applications into regulated, air-gapped mission environments. Work spans AI agent orchestration, isolated dev environments, Kubernetes/UDS packaging, and automated testing.
AI Engineer
AI Engineer at Stacksync (YC) building a deterministic AI execution layer for enterprise operations: production AI agents with guardrails, schema enforcement, and verification loops that run workflows in logistics, healthcare, finance, and e-commerce. Stack is Python, React, and Postgres.
Associate AI Engineer (Onsite in Los Angeles)
Early-career engineer building production AI agents in Python and FastAPI on AWS Bedrock and AgentCore using the Strands Agents framework — tool-calling loops, MCP tools/servers, RAG pipelines, and prompt/latency/cost evaluation. Fully in-office in Los Angeles, built around pair programming and mentorship.
Senior Applied AI Engineer, Federal
About Thread AI Thread AI is focused on building an AI orchestration engine and is looking for dedicated individuals to join its growing team. Our goal is to make infrastructure simple for enterprises and public sector…
Applied AI Strategist, Federal
About Thread AI Thread AI is focused on building an AI orchestration engine and is looking for dedicated individuals to join its growing team. Our goal is to make infrastructure simple for enterprises and public sector…
Software Engineer, Applied AI (RCM)
Builds AI-powered revenue cycle management systems for healthcare providers, automating claims, denials, and financial workflows using LLM agents and full-stack development.
Senior AI Research Engineer
Senior AI Research Engineer at Archer (San Jose) designs, implements, and evaluates novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms for the company's aviation AI products — covering data, architecture, training, evaluation, benchmarking, and transitioning research prototypes to production. Core stack includes PyTorch/TensorFlow and transformer-based modeling techniques.
Principal AI Research Engineer
Principal AI Research Engineer at Archer in San Jose designs and implements cutting-edge machine learning models for electric aircraft systems, using frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow.
Senior AI Research Engineer - (SJ2026NZ)
Senior AI Research Engineer at Archer (maker of eVTOL air taxis and aviation AI) in San Jose: research, prototype, and productionize ML/deep-learning models for autonomy, trajectory prediction, and perception — from data and architecture through evaluation and deployment — using frameworks like PyTorch/TensorFlow. Offers $195,000–$204,750/year; a relevant Master's degree is required.
Senior/Lead Forward Deployed AI Engineer/Architect-Copilot/Azure
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer AI Foundry | NewRocket Location: Remote with travel (~70%) Role Overview NewRocket is seeking a highly skilled Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer and Architect to join the AI…
AI Developer
Project Manager leading onsite delivery of capital projects for life-sciences clients in New Albany, Ohio — planning, budgeting, risk management, and vendor coordination across IT, automation, quality, and engineering teams, with strict GMP/FDA/GxP compliance. Expects familiarity with MES, LIMS, ERP, and SCADA platforms.
AI Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services is seeking a highly skilled and motivated GenAI Applied Research and Data Scientist to join its innovative research team. The successful candidate will bring strong applied research…