Machine Learning Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Established · in 4.1% of HN hiring posts · 259 open roles at 45 companies · median $265k · first seen Apr 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 259; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Machine Learning Engineer RampNew York, NY (HQ)$200k to $330k | Ramp | New York, NY (HQ) | $200k to $330k |
Senior Software Engineer, ML Infra - Asset Safety RobloxSan Mateo, CA, United States$279k to $329k | Roblox | San Mateo, CA, United States | $279k to $329k |
Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Consumer Revenue) DiscordSan Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.)$272k to $340k | Discord | San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (U.S.) | $272k to $340k |
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, AI SentrySan Francisco, California$240k to $400k | Sentry | San Francisco, California | $240k to $400k |
Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization AI/ML OpenAISan Francisco$381k to $555k | OpenAI | San Francisco | $381k to $555k |
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, AI Platform & Agentic Apps RobinhoodMenlo Park, CA$255k to $300k | Robinhood | Menlo Park, CA | $255k to $300k |
Machine Learning Engineer, Perception WaymoMountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA$175k to $215k | Waymo | Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA | $175k to $215k |
Staff Machine Learning Engineer(Platform - Identity) CoinbaseRemote - USA$218k to $257k | Coinbase | Remote - USA | $218k to $257k |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
2,467 posts since Apr 2011 · -23% in 6 monthsSeptember 2026 8 of 256 postings, 3.1%
Related titles
About this title
Trains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.
Also counted: ML engineer, MLE
First sighting
...Alto) TellApart, Inc. is hiring Software Engineers and Machine Learning Engineers among other positions. We're a startup founded by ex-Googlers...
Median posted salary $265k from 168 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.
Sources: Hacker News Who is hiring threads and about 130 public job boards, read weekly. A title's share is not the job market's size. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.