AI Engineering Jobs in United States
There are 3,910 open AI Engineering jobs in United States on freehire right now. 798 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 | $201,500 | $241,700 | 689 |
| 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 548 · 14%
- Onsite 357 · 9%
Visa sponsorship offered in 54% of the 859 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 963
- Lead 332
- Principal 220
- Staff 216
- C-level 77
- Intern 72
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 852
- 501-1000 employees 325
- 11-50 employees 134
- 51-200 employees 98
- 201-500 employees 19
- 1-10 employees 15
Junior AI Software Engineer [$212k/yr] TS/SCI-FS Poly with Security Clearance
Build and maintain AI infrastructure and LLM inference services, integrate models into core systems, and ensure reliable pipelines for secure environments.
Mid-Level AI Software Engineer [$308k/yr] TS/SCI-FS Poly with Security Clearance
Design and develop AI-enabled software using Python, LLMs, and RAG pipelines, building backend services, REST APIs, and scalable data pipelines with SQL and Elasticsearch.
Senior AI Engineer
Build and lead Prophet’s MAIA multi-agent AI platform, defining architecture, prototyping solutions, and shipping production-grade AI systems that integrate with enterprise workflows.
Senior SDET Lead - Playwright, Selenium & GenAI Testing
Lead a team of quality engineers to design and implement automated testing strategies using Playwright, Selenium, and GenAI testing tools for enterprise applications.
AI Software Engineer with Security Clearance
Develop AI systems for government clients, focusing on secure, mission-critical applications with a focus on cybersecurity and compliance.
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test — LLM Evaluation & Automation, T3E
Senior SDET builds automated LLM evaluation pipelines and infrastructure to catch model regressions before release, using LLM-as-a-judge and Python-based tooling.
Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI
Build platform APIs for AI world models, data pipelines, and inference systems that power 1X’s humanoid home robot NEO, integrating AI across the robot’s software stack.
AI Platform Engineer: LLM Orchestration & Scalable Backend
Builds scalable backend services and LLM orchestration systems to securely deploy AI models for product teams, with a focus on agent workflows and production observability.
Senior Lead Python Engineer - AI/LLM on AWS
Lead Python engineering for AI/LLM services on AWS, designing scalable data pipelines and model inference systems while guiding cross-functional teams.
Backend/AI Engineer
Build and optimize the core API that parses enterprise PDFs and spreadsheets using vision models and LLMs, integrating cutting-edge AI to extract structured data at scale.
Agentic AI Software Engineer
Builds and deploys autonomous AI agent systems for government missions, focusing on agentic workflows, multi-agent collaboration, and cloud-native architectures using Python and modern AI frameworks.
GenAI Engineer
Build and deploy generative AI solutions for federal clients, including RAG systems, LLM fine-tuning, and AI agents using cloud platforms like AWS Bedrock and Google Vertex AI.
Generative AI Applications Engineer (Agents & RAG)
Builds secure, production-grade generative AI applications for U.S. federal programs using agentic workflows, RAG, and cloud AI services like AWS Bedrock and Azure OpenAI.