AI Career Observatory

AI Engineer

Builds applications and products on top of AI models, APIs and modern ML infrastructure.

Also seen as: Artificial Intelligence Engineer, AI Software Engineer

31
open jobs tracked
6
companies hiring
3
remote openings
$150K–400K
advertised range

Market status: established · Last updated Sep 29, 2026 · Source: public employer job postings tracked by AI Career Observatory

What does a AI Engineer do?

AI Engineers build product features and systems that use AI models — through APIs, open-weight models or custom pipelines. Day-to-day work includes integrating LLM APIs, building retrieval and generation pipelines, prompt design, evaluation, latency and cost optimization, and shipping AI features inside larger software products.

Job titles we classify into this role

Real, current titles from tracked postings — role names vary by employer; this is what a AI Engineer actually looks like in the market right now.

  • Applied AI Engineer, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences) Anthropic
  • Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Anthropic
  • Applied AI Engineer, DNB Anthropic
  • Applied AI Engineer, Startups Anthropic
  • Applied AI Engineer, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences) Anthropic
  • Senior GTM AI Engineer AssemblyAI
  • Staff Software Engineer, GTM AI Engineering Anthropic
  • Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise Anthropic

Title variants normalized into this role: Artificial Intelligence Engineer · AI Software Engineer — plus employer-specific patterns matched with evidence. See classification methodology.

Skills employers ask for

Share of tracked AI Engineer postings mentioning each skill (n = 31).

Current AI Engineer jobs

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Companies hiring AI Engineers

Salary

Disclosed ranges
14
P25
$300K
Median
$300K
P75
$300K

Based on 14 disclosed ranges in tracked job postings. Advertised ranges only — not offers, not total compensation. Full salary page →

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