Yes, by the count of open roles. 739 live postings carry the title AI engineer, out of 184,740 AI-related jobs at 1,132 companies tracked by Level, and 7,410 of those jobs are rated Builds AI, meaning AI is the core of the work rather than a mention. Measured November 2026.
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Jobs that build AI
7,437 open roles build AI. Designing, training, evaluating or deploying AI models, or the infrastructure that runs them, is the job itself. Without AI, the role would not exist. Most are in Software Engineering, Data, and Research. Tools named most often: Python, PyTorch, and TensorFlow. Median pay starts at $176,900, and 24% are remote.
Updated Nov 9, 2026
New AI jobs (Builds AI ●●●●) by email
7,400+ jobs
Sorted by AI centrality, then recency$218k-$257kUSARemote5mo
pytorchtensorflow
$270k-$300kSan Francisco6mo
vllmcursorelevenlabs+1
$207k-$219kUnited StatesRemote7mo
tensorflowscikit-learnkeras+1
$165k-$330kSan FranciscoRemote7mo
vllmcursorclay
Bengaluru, Maruthi Onyx - TESCO TSA7mo
langchainlanggraphcrewai
$143k-$193kUS, WA, Seattle7mo
$206k-$303kBellevue, WA / Sunnyvale, CA 8mo
San Francisco, CA; New York, NY8mo
Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland9mo
$405k-$485kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY9mo
$240k-$380kUS, CA, Santa Clara9mo
pytorch
Amsterdam9mo
cursorelevenlabsdecagon
Pune, Gera Commerzone SEZ7mo
langchainlanggraphcrewai
Newest roles at this level
Taguig City2h ago
azuregoogle-cloud
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia5h ago
lattice-os
Munich, GermanyRemote8h ago
pythonjavascript
$148k-$270kUnited StatesRemote10h ago
pytorchmojomax-serving+1
$500k-$850kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYRemote14h ago
pythonrl-environments
$168k-$227kUS, MA, Wilmington16h ago
embedded-gpus
$168k-$245kMilpitas, California, US1d
claudecursordevin+2
HYDERABAD OFFICE APAC PSC GDOP1d
copilottensorflowkeras+4
$220k-$357kPalo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA1d
csupercomputersgpus
Jobs that build AI, by role and by remote work
Each page below holds at least ten live jobs at this level. How the level is measured.
- Remote jobs that build AI1,806
- Software Engineering jobs that build AI3,519
- Data jobs that build AI1,573
- Research jobs that build AI1,161
- Other jobs that build AI807
- Sales jobs that build AI179
- Security jobs that build AI62
- Product jobs that build AI52
- Operations jobs that build AI33
- HR jobs that build AI23
- Healthcare jobs that build AI17
- Marketing jobs that build AI12
Are AI engineers in high demand?
Are AI engineers well paid?
Yes, against the wider market. Median maximum salary is $257,550 and the median floor is $184,000, on 175 live AI engineer postings that publish a USD range. Across all 45,345 USD postings the median maximum is $200,000, so AI engineer titles sit above the market. Measured November 2026.
Is AI a high paying job?
Yes, and the more central AI is to the role, the more it pays. Builds AI jobs, where AI is the core of the work, show a median maximum of $263,000 on 3,289 USD postings, against $189,098 on 34,849 Little AI postings, where the work involves no AI at all. Measured November 2026.
What skills does an AI engineer need?
An AI engineer needs hands-on skill with the tools employers name most: Python (9,687), Aws (5,681), Excel (4,484), Sql (3,342), and Claude (3,116), across 67,473 live jobs that cite at least one AI tool. 739 postings carry the AI engineer title, and 328 of those mention a degree. Measured November 2026.
How many AI engineer jobs are open right now?
Right now, Level lists 739 live postings that carry the exact title AI engineer, out of 184,740 AI-related jobs tracked at 1,132 companies. Titled roles undercount the real total, since many postings use similar titles instead, like machine learning engineer, which totals 672. Measured November 2026.