24 Applied AI Engineers jobs in San Francisco
Last updated 2026-09-21. CA, USA. Click any row to apply directly on the company's career page.
Applied AI hiring in San Francisco: what the data shows
Compared with most AI hiring, this market is relatively open to earlier-career candidates — 88% of listings are mid-level or below.
Hiring is concentrated rather than broad: OpenAI alone accounts for 83% of these openings (20 of 24), with 2 other companies making up the rest.
Among the 11 cities HireIndex tracks for applied AI engineers, San Francisco is the largest market by open-role count, making it one of the strongest hubs for this skill we track.
8 of these 24 postings (33%) went live in the last 30 days, most via Ashby.
Collected from company job boards (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby), Adzuna, The Muse and LinkedIn, refreshed every Monday (2026-09-21). Each listing links to the original posting; HireIndex doesn't take applications or resumes.
| OpenAI | Applied AI Architect mid | San Francisco | 2025-08-18 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Machine Learning Engineer, Integrity mid | San Francisco | 2026-03-17 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Applied AI Engineer, Startups mid | San Francisco | 2026-06-01 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Partner Applied AI Engineer mid | San Francisco | 2026-09-10 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Digital Natives) mid | San Francisco | 2026-08-26 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Applied AI Engineer, Codex mid | San Francisco | 2025-11-21 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Applied AI Architect, Digital Natives (Strategics) mid | San Francisco | 2026-02-04 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Applied AI Architect, Digital Natives mid | San Francisco | 2026-02-04 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Applied AI Architect, Enterprise mid | San Francisco | 2026-02-04 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Applied AI Architect, Retail mid | San Francisco | 2026-09-17 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Applied AI Architect, Healthcare & Life Sciences mid | San Francisco | 2026-09-16 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Applied AI Engineer, Codex Core Agent mid | San Francisco | 2026-03-26 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | AI Systems Engineer, Codex Agents mid | San Francisco | 2026-05-15 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Startups) mid | San Francisco | 2026-08-31 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Software Engineer, Monetization ML Infrastructure mid | San Francisco | 2026-06-01 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Applied AI Engineer, Cyber mid | San Francisco | 2026-06-23 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Applied AI Engineer, Plugins mid | San Francisco | 2026-07-14 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Applied AI Engineer, Agent Enablement mid | San Francisco | 2026-07-21 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Applied AI Software Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering mid | San Francisco | 2026-07-25 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Codex) mid | San Francisco | 2026-08-27 | Apply open_in_new |
| Perplexity | Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Applied AI) senior-heavy | San Francisco | 2025-09-19 | Apply open_in_new |
| Perplexity | Applied AI Architect, Perplexity Computer mid | San Francisco | 2026-08-26 | Apply open_in_new |
| Perplexity | Member of Technical Staff (Applied AI Engineer, Agent Capabilities) senior-heavy | San Francisco | 2026-09-10 | Apply open_in_new |
| Deepgram | Software Engineer - Applied AI (Senior or Staff Level) senior-heavy | San Francisco, CA | 2026-07-04 | Apply open_in_new |
About this list
We scan AI/ML postings on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and LinkedIn every week and bucket them by city and skill. This page shows currently open Applied AI roles in San Francisco. Listings are deduplicated and company-attributed before publishing. No login or application is required — every link goes directly to the employer.