Live postings that name prompt engineering in the job title or description, located in San Jose, United States. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
The median starting salary is $155,600 a year, measured on the 10 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
Of the 13 live postings: AI Level 4: 7 (54%); AI Level 3: 1 (8%); AI Level 1: 5 (38%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
By number of live postings: Adobe (5), Cisco (3), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (3), Cloudera (1), Zscaler (1). Counted September 2026.
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (119), New York (74), Seattle (40), Bellevue (20), Chicago (14). Counted September 2026.
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (13), LLM (12), AI agents (8), Docker (7), Kubernetes (7). Counted September 2026.
By number of live postings: AI engineer (2), Machine learning engineer (2), Applied scientist (1), Data scientist (1). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names Prompt engineering in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.
