Median maximum salary is $219,000 for software engineering AI jobs that publish a USD range, with a median floor of $152,200, on 13,362 of 30,114 live software engineering postings. Across every category the median maximum is $202,400 on 38,515 USD postings, so software engineering sits above the market. Measured September 2026.
Software Engineering AI jobs
30114 live jobs match "Software Engineering AI jobs" right now. 6,789 are rated AI Level 2 or higher, where AI is genuinely part of the job, and the median salary starts around $147,000 a year, and the most common tools are Python, AWS, and Kubernetes.
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How much do software engineering AI jobs pay?
How many software engineering AI jobs are remote?
5,535 of 30,114 live software engineering AI jobs are remote, a 18.4% share. Across every category, 17,177 of 111,379 live jobs are remote (15.4%), so software engineering runs above the site average. Remote status is read from the posting's own location field, never inferred from the company. Measured September 2026.
Are there entry-level software engineering AI jobs?
1,587 of 30,114 live software engineering AI jobs are tagged intern or junior, and 23,325 are rated AI Level 1, where the work involves no AI at all. Seniority is read from the title and the posting text; 21,074 of 111,379 postings across the site do not state it, so these counts are floors. Measured September 2026.
Method: counts come from live postings in Level's catalog in the Software Engineering category. Measured September 2026. Levels follow our method.
Source: O*NET OnLine (U.S. Dept. of Labor) — Software Developers (SOC 15-1252.00).