AI Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Emerging · in 7.0% of HN hiring posts · 115 open roles at 45 companies · median $251k · first seen Jun 2011
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 22h ago12 of 45 companies (top 12 shown)
Open roles
8 of 115; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Staff Software Engineer - AI Compute, Together Cloud Together AISan Francisco$260k to $300k | Together AI | San Francisco | $260k to $300k |
Software Engineer, AI Teammates Experience AsanaSan Francisco$202k to $299k | Asana | San Francisco | $202k to $299k |
AI engineer WriterSan Francisco, CA$198k to $259k | Writer | San Francisco, CA | $198k to $259k |
Lead AI Engineer - Enterprise, Data & AI ZooxFoster City, CA$230k to $300k | Zoox | Foster City, CA | $230k to $300k |
Principal Frontend AI Engineer - Cortex Code SnowflakeUS-CA-Menlo Park$264k to $380k | Snowflake | US-CA-Menlo Park | $264k to $380k |
Senior Software Engineer, AI Security RobinhoodBellevue, WA; Menlo Park, CA$196k to $230k | Robinhood | Bellevue, WA; Menlo Park, CA | $196k to $230k |
AI Engineer BasetenSan Francisco$175k to $190k | Baseten | San Francisco | $175k to $190k |
Software Engineer, AI for Chip Design OpenAISan Francisco$266k to $468k | OpenAI | San Francisco | $266k to $468k |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
703 posts since Apr 2011 · +9% in 6 monthsSeptember 2026 17 of 256 postings, 6.6%
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About this title
A software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.
Also counted: AI engineering, artificial intelligence engineer
First sighting
...AI Engineer: http://adroll.jobscore.com/jobs/adroll/ai-engineer/atUo04o0G... Lead Visual...
Median posted salary $251k from 73 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.
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