54 AI Software Engineers jobs in San Francisco
Last updated 2026-06-08. CA, USA. Click any row to apply directly on the company's career page.
54
open roles
11
companies hiring
28%
senior / lead
19
new in 30 days
AI Software Engineer hiring in San Francisco: what the data shows
Compared with most AI hiring, this market is relatively open to earlier-career candidates — 72% of listings are mid-level or below.
Hiring is concentrated rather than broad: OpenAI alone accounts for 52% of these openings (28 of 54), with 10 other companies making up the rest.
Among the 14 cities HireIndex tracks for AI software engineers, San Francisco is the second-largest market by open-role count, making it one of the strongest hubs for this skill we track.
19 of these 54 postings (35%) went live in the last 30 days, most via Ashby.
Sourced directly from employer career pages via Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Indeed, and LinkedIn — verified every Monday (2026-06-08). Every listing links to the company's own site; HireIndex does not take applications or resumes.
| Company | Role | Location | Posted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | Manager, Partner AI Deployment Engineering - AWS mid | San Francisco | 2026-06-04 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Software Engineer, Backend (Cooperative AI) mid | San Francisco | 2026-02-12 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Software Engineer, AI Safety mid | San Francisco | 2025-03-17 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | AI Support Engineer - San Francisco mid | San Francisco | 2026-02-24 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Partner AI Deployment Engineer mid | San Francisco | 2025-08-27 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | AI Deployment Engineering Manager, Digital Natives mid | San Francisco | 2026-06-05 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | AI Deployment Engineer- ChatGPT Ecosystem mid | San Francisco | 2025-10-14 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | AI Deployment Engineer- Codex mid | San Francisco | 2025-11-21 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Software Engineer, Cooperative AI mid | San Francisco | 2026-01-07 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | AI Success Engineer - San Francisco mid | San Francisco | 2026-04-09 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | AI Deployment Manager - San Francisco mid | San Francisco | 2026-05-11 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Data Science Manager, Integrity mid | San Francisco | 2026-02-03 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | AI Emerging Risks Analyst mid | San Francisco | 2026-04-21 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Manager, AI Success Engineers - San Francisco mid | San Francisco | 2026-02-18 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | AI Support Engineer, Government - San Francisco mid | San Francisco | 2026-02-20 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Recruiter, AI/ML Research mid | San Francisco | 2026-02-23 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Senior Counsel, AI Product senior | San Francisco | 2026-05-14 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | AI Deployment Manager - Pilots - San Francisco mid | San Francisco | 2026-03-23 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | AI Deployment Manager - Core Ecosystem, EDU mid | San Francisco | 2026-03-26 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Counsel, AI Policy mid | San Francisco | 2026-04-28 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Software Engineer, Kernel Performance & AI Tooling mid | San Francisco | 2026-04-17 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Abuse Investigator (AI Self-Improvement Risk) mid | San Francisco | 2026-04-15 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | AI Deployment Engineering Manager, Startups mid | San Francisco | 2026-05-19 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Platform mid | San Francisco | 2026-05-19 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Software Engineer, ML Systems & Training Architecture mid | San Francisco | 2026-05-22 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Principal Recruiter, Strategic AI Talent senior-heavy | San Francisco | 2026-05-19 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Senior Counsel, Employment (AI Enablement) senior | San Francisco | 2026-05-28 | Apply open_in_new |
| OpenAI | Software Engineer, Monetization ML Infrastructure mid | San Francisco | 2026-06-01 | Apply open_in_new |
| Writer | Software engineer, generative AI mid | San Francisco, CA | 2026-06-03 | Apply open_in_new |
| Writer | Enterprise AI transformation lead (West) mid | San Francisco, CA | 2026-03-11 | Apply open_in_new |
| Writer | AI engineer mid | San Francisco, CA | 2026-05-18 | Apply open_in_new |
| Writer | Enterprise AI adoption lead (West) mid | San Francisco, CA | 2026-04-13 | Apply open_in_new |
| Writer | Strategic AI adoption lead (West) mid | San Francisco, CA | 2026-04-13 | Apply open_in_new |
| Writer | Strategic AI transformation lead (West) mid | San Francisco, CA | 2026-04-13 | Apply open_in_new |
| Writer | AI deployment engineer (West) mid | San Francisco, CA | 2026-05-06 | Apply open_in_new |
| Perplexity | Member of Technical Staff (AI Inference Engineer) senior-heavy | San Francisco | 2026-04-13 | 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 | Member of Technical Staff (AI Policy and Strategic Initiatives) senior-heavy | San Francisco | 2026-06-08 | Apply open_in_new |
| Perplexity | Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Multimodal) senior-heavy | San Francisco | 2026-06-06 | Apply open_in_new |
| Perplexity | Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Agents) senior-heavy | San Francisco | 2026-06-06 | Apply open_in_new |
| Cohere | Senior Member of Technical Staff, Multimodal AI senior-heavy | San Francisco | 2024-12-03 | Apply open_in_new |
| Plaid | Staff Software Engineer - AI Applications senior-heavy | San Francisco HQ | 2026-03-30 | Apply open_in_new |
| Plaid | AI Partner Development - GTM Pod mid | San Francisco HQ | 2026-05-19 | Apply open_in_new |
| Plaid | AI Marketing Technologist Lead mid | San Francisco HQ | 2026-05-29 | Apply open_in_new |
| Deepgram | Software Engineer, Voice Agents / AI - Deepgram for Restaurants mid | San Francisco, CA | 2026-02-26 | Apply open_in_new |
| Deepgram | Senior AI Community Engineer senior | San Francisco, CA | 2026-04-24 | Apply open_in_new |
| Harvey | Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform senior-heavy | San Francisco | 2026-04-24 | Apply open_in_new |
| Harvey | Senior Privacy and AI Counsel senior | San Francisco | 2026-03-17 | Apply open_in_new |
| Harvey | Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform senior | San Francisco | 2026-03-12 | Apply open_in_new |
| Harvey | Business Development Lead, Cloud & AI mid | San Francisco | 2026-04-25 | Apply open_in_new |
| Speak | AI Product Engineer mid | San Francisco | 2023-09-19 | Apply open_in_new |
| Parallel | Member of Technical Staff, AI senior-heavy | San Francisco or Palo Alto | 2025-06-13 | Apply open_in_new |
| Sprig | Software Engineer, AI Team mid | San Francisco, CA | 2026-06-04 | Apply open_in_new |
| Distyl | AI Engineer mid | San Francisco, CA | 2026-06-04 | 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 AI Software Engineer 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.