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Applied AI Architect a new title on company job boards

Engineering · Emerging, unverified · not on Hacker News yet · 65 open roles at 4 companies · median $278k

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Designs how a customer's systems should use a model provider's models, from prototype to production.

first seen Dec 2024, job board

Why it exists

Written by rule from our own data

First seen in our data in December 2024, in a company job-board posting from Anthropic. Today 65 open roles use the title at 4 companies, most of them in AI labs.

  1. PostingThe oldest Applied AI Architect posting we holdAnthropic, Dec 2024 · backs: first sighting
  2. PostingApplied AI Architect, Democratic PartnershipsAnthropic, Nov 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title

Where it is posted

Sectors

  • AI lab63
  • AI application1

Cities

  • San Francisco23
  • New York14
  • Tokyo, Japan6
  • Munich, Germany6
  • London, United Kingdom6
  • Seattle4
  • Seoul, South Korea4
  • Bengaluru, India4
  • Washington3
  • Sydney, Australia3

Countries and remote

  • United States28
  • India6
  • Japan6
  • Germany6
  • United Kingdom6
  • South Korea4
  • Australia3
  • France2
  • Italy1
  • Singapore1
Remote option34%

Posted pay

Middle half $249k to $295k, median $278k from 27 postings that state a base range (USD a year).

Who is hiring for it

Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago
#CompanyOpen roles
1AnthropicAn American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California.35
2OpenAIAn American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco, California.28
3BrazeAn American cloud-based software company based in New York City.1
4PerplexityAn AI application company hiring most for Member of Technical Staff and Machine Learning Engineer.1

Open roles

8 of 65; company pages list the rest
Open role$240k to $315k

Applied AI Architect, Democratic Partnerships

San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

AnthropicPosting ↗
Open role$217k to $241k

Manager, Cyber - Applied AI Architect

San Francisco

OpenAIPosting ↗
Open role$200k to $250k

Applied AI Architect, Perplexity Computer

San Francisco

PerplexityPosting ↗
Open role

Director, Applied AI Architects

New York City

BrazePosting ↗
Open role$240k to $315k

Applied AI Architect, International Policy

San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

AnthropicPosting ↗
Open role$240k to $315k

Applied AI Architect, Beneficial Deployments (Global & Public Health)

San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

AnthropicPosting ↗
Open role$275k to $315k

Applied AI Architect, Public Sector (State & Local Government)

San Francisco, CA

AnthropicPosting ↗
Open role$275k to $315k

Applied AI Architect, Public Sector (Federal Civilan)

San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

AnthropicPosting ↗
Role
Applied AI Architect, Democratic PartnershipsAnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$240k to $315k
Manager, Cyber - Applied AI ArchitectOpenAISan Francisco$217k to $241k
Applied AI Architect, Perplexity ComputerPerplexitySan Francisco$200k to $250k
Director, Applied AI ArchitectsBrazeNew York City
Applied AI Architect, International PolicyAnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$240k to $315k
Applied AI Architect, Beneficial Deployments (Global & Public Health)AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$240k to $315k
Applied AI Architect, Public Sector (State & Local Government)AnthropicSan Francisco, CA$275k to $315k
Applied AI Architect, Public Sector (Federal Civilan)AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$275k to $315k

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About this title

Designs how a customer's systems should use a model provider's models, from prototype to production.

49 open postings titled "Applied AI Architect" at Anthropic, OpenAI, Perplexity (job-board scan, 2026-09-24). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.

Median posted salary $278k from 27 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.