Applied AI Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Emerging · in 1.3% of HN hiring posts · 56 open roles at 12 companies · median $257k · first seen Sep 2017
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 22h ago12 of 12 companies
| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  OpenAI | 34 | |
| 2 |  Anthropic | 6 | |
| 3 |  Cognition | 3 | |
| 4 |  Databricks | 2 | |
| 5 |  Ramp | 2 | |
| 6 |  Scale AI | 2 | |
| 7 |  StackBlitz | 2 | |
| 8 |  Arize AI | 1 | |
| 9 |  Cohere | 1 | |
| 10 |  LangChain | 1 | |
| 11 |  Perplexity | 1 | |
| 12 |  Snorkel AI | 1 |
Open roles
8 of 56; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Partner Applied AI EngineerOpenAISan Francisco$197k to $278k | OpenAI | San Francisco | $197k to $278k |
| Member of Technical Staff (Applied AI Engineer, Agent Capabilities)PerplexitySan Francisco$220k to $405k | Perplexity | San Francisco | $220k to $405k |
| Applied AI Engineer - ANZCognitionSydney$180k to $225k | Cognition | Sydney | $180k to $225k |
| Applied AI Engineer, FullstackRampNew York, NY (HQ)$204k to $352k | Ramp | New York, NY (HQ) | $204k to $352k |
| Senior Staff Applied AI Engineer - Context RetrievalDatabricksMountain View, California; San Francisco, California$229k to $343k | Databricks | Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California | $229k to $343k |
| Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise TechAnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$200k to $320k | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | $200k to $320k |
| Applied AI Engineer, Federal - Top Secret ClearanceSnorkel AINew York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); United States (Remote)$170k to $300k | Snorkel AI | New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); United States (Remote) | $170k to $300k |
| Lead Applied AI EngineerLangChainNew York, NY | LangChain | New York, NY | Not stated |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
70 posts since Apr 2011 · +46% in 6 monthsSeptember 2026 2 of 256 postings, 0.78%
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About this title
Turns frontier models into working products for specific customers or use cases.
Also counted: applied AI
First sighting
...Senior AI Engineer (Berkeley): http://grnh.se/bvfg3l1 Applied AI Engineer (Berkeley): http://grnh.se/2gpwkx1 Software Engineer (Berkeley):...
Median posted salary $257k from 22 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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