As of November 10, 2026, the median starting salary is $231,000 a year, measured on the 200 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Compare with AI salaries by field.
$220k-$485kSan Francisco7mo
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Rust jobs in San Francisco: 222 open roles
Updated Nov 10, 2026
Live postings that name Rust in the job title or description, located in San Francisco, United States. Each one is rated from Little AI to Builds AI for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 222
- Build or work on AI (AI Level 3–4)
- 136
- remote
- 73
Median starting salary: $231,000.
$250k-$300kSan Francisco2mo
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$200k-$290kSan Francisco14mo
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$400k-$500kSan Francisco3mo
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$500k-$850kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY19mo
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$200k-$300kSan Francisco 29mo
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$160k-$280kSan Francisco3mo
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$250k-$330kSan Francisco5mo
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$190k-$270kSan Francisco5mo
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$295k-$500kSan FranciscoRemote12mo
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$250k-$405kSan FranciscoRemote2w
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San Francisco, CA, US; USRemote1mo
pythonkubernetespytorch
$231k-$340kSan FranciscoRemote2mo
openaianthropicazure-openai
$266k-$445kSan FranciscoRemote2mo
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$266k-$445kSan FranciscoRemote2mo
crustpython
$223k-$423kSan Francisco2mo
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$199k-$270kNew York City, New York; San Francisco, California5mo
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$500k-$850kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA1mo
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$300k-$350kSan Francisco2mo
$165k-$330kSan FranciscoRemote8mo
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$315k-$560kSan Francisco, CA12mo
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$165k-$330kSan FranciscoRemote2w
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$320k-$485kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA5mo
$500k-$850kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA13mo
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$320k-$485kNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA1mo
$266k-$445kSan FranciscoRemote2mo
$250k-$485kSan Francisco1w
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AI level of Rust jobs in San Francisco
- ●●●● Builds AI100 (45%)
- ●●●○ Works on AI36 (16%)
- ●●○○ Uses AI5 (2%)
- ●○○○ Little AI81 (36%)
Companies hiring for Rust in San Francisco
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Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do Rust jobs in San Francisco pay?
How much AI work do Rust jobs in San Francisco involve?
As of November 10, 2026, of the 222 live postings: Builds AI ●●●●: 100 (45%); Works on AI ●●●○: 36 (16%); Uses AI ●●○○: 5 (2%); Little AI ●○○○: 81 (36%). See what each level means.
Which companies are hiring for Rust jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: OpenAI (48), Anthropic (42), Perplexity (19), Thinking Machines Lab (12), Baseten (7).
Which other cities have Rust jobs?
As of November 10, 2026, cities with their own list, by number of live postings: New York (200), Seattle (173), Santa Clara (92), Austin (78), Los Angeles (55).
Which skills come up most in Rust jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (162), C++ (90), Kubernetes (83), AWS (58), LLM (51).
Which roles are open in Rust jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Software engineer (148), Cybersecurity (16), Forward deployed engineer (2), Machine learning engineer (2), Solutions architect (2).
A posting counts when it names Rust in its title or description. Counted on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.