As of October 1, 2026, 302 live postings in San Francisco are rated Builds AI. The list refreshes every six hours.
Software engineer jobs in San Francisco that build AI: 302 open roles
Updated Oct 1, 2026
302 live software engineer jobs in San Francisco that build AI. By AI level, 302 build AI. 192 work on AI. 56 use AI. 476 involve little AI. Across all AI levels, the total is 1,000+. Median salary from $230,000. The median is measured on 265 postings that publish an annual USD range. Top employers by postings: OpenAI, Anthropic, Baseten, Databricks, Sierra.
- open roles
- 302
- Build or work on AI (AI Level 3–4)
- 302
- remote
- 99
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pythontypescript
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pythontypescriptreact
$266k-$395kSan Francisco Office (Fremont St)Remote4w
gopythonlinux+2
$226k-$283kSan FranciscoRemote1mo
openaipytorchmlflow+6
$173k-$260kCalifornia - San Francisco1mo
claudecopilotcursor+5
$230k-$385kSan FranciscoRemote1mo
kubernetestrusted-execution-environmentsconfidential-computing
$405k-$485kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY1mo
pythondistributed-systems
$405k-$485kLondon, UK; San Francisco, CARemote1mo
pythontypescriptoauth+2
$405k-$485kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WARemote1mo
pythongorust+4
Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, CA - Hybrid1mo
railsgraphqlllm
$347k-$385kSan FranciscoRemote1mo
typescriptreact
$320k-$625kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA1mo
reactpythonvs-code
$405k-$485kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA1mo
differential-privacyfederated-learningsecure-multi-party-computation+1
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Common questions
How many software engineer in San Francisco jobs build AI?
How much do software engineer in San Francisco jobs pay?
As of October 1, 2026, the median starting salary is $230,000 a year, measured on the 265 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars.
Which companies are hiring for software engineer in San Francisco that build AI?
As of October 1, 2026, by number of live postings: OpenAI (61), Anthropic (40), Baseten (15), Databricks (15), Sierra (15).
Which skills come up most in software engineer jobs in San Francisco?
As of October 1, 2026, named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (155), LLM (124), Kubernetes (82), AI agents (71), TypeScript (71).
Method: counted from live, non-expired postings whose title matches the role, filtered to the AI level and, when shown, the city named above (matched against the free-text location field, which can over- or under-count secondary offices). Companies that only republish other employers' postings are excluded from the employer ranking and the salary median. Recalculated every 10 minutes. Levels follow our method.