What does a ai engineer in new york earn?

NYC base salaries track close to SF for senior builder roles, and the city has a heavier mix of fintech, healthtech, and enterprise-AI startups than the Bay. The typical band for a ai engineer runs $160k–$260k base + significant equity.

Are AI engineer jobs in new york remote-friendly?

3 of the current 57 listings (5%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in New York.

What companies hire AI engineer jobs in new york?

Jobs Base aggregates listings across YC-backed startups, growth-stage companies, and selected larger companies hiring with builder-role characteristics.

What's the difference between a ai engineer and a regular ai engineer?

Jobs Base only lists builder roles. Positions where one person owns the product end-to-end. We filter out ticket-driven, narrowly-scoped roles even when the title matches. About 9% of listings scraped match this definition.

AI Engineer Jobs in New York

NYC AI engineer roles cluster at fintech (Hebbia, Bridgewater-style hedge fund AI, Two Sigma-adjacent), enterprise SaaS (Casetext-style document/contract products), and healthcare (Abridge, Latent, Nabla-style clinical AI). Compensation tracks close to SF for senior roles, slightly below for mid-level. The work tends to involve more enterprise-grade reliability and audit requirements than the SF average: fewer "ship the demo" roles, more "ship the production system".

57 active 5% remote median salary $250k

1.	AI Engineer - Paige (Pave) New York, New York, United States \| $166,600 – $264,500/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| llms, agentic architectures, retrieval systems \| 1mo ago
2.	AI Engineer & Product Lead (Lettermark) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| llm, agent architecture, context management \| 1mo ago
3.	AI Engineer (Rilla) New York, New York, United States \| $200,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, fastapi \| 2mo ago
4.	AI/ML Engineer \| Python \| LLM Agents \| Agentic Workflows \| Must have startup experience (Optimal) New York, New York, United States \| $180,000 – $280,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| python, llm agents, agentic workflows \| 1mo ago
5.	AI Agent Engineer (CollectWise) New York, New York, United States \| $200,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| node.js, aws, sql \| 1mo ago
6.	AI Product Engineer (Epic Placements) New York, New York, United States \| $150,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| aws, terraform, docker \| 1mo ago
7.	AI Product Engineer (Doing Things) New York, New York, United States \| $110,000 – $130,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| rAG, agents, minimum viable product \| 1mo ago
8.	AI Product Engineer - Private Equity Platform (The D. E. Shaw Group) New York, New York, United States \| $185,000 – $250,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| llms, agentic frameworks, apis \| 1mo ago
9.	AI Software Engineer, Founding Team (Gabriel Talent Consulting) New York, New York, United States+1 \| $230,000 – $265,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, postgresql, redis \| 1mo ago
10.	AI Fullstack Engineer – Build Real-World Systems (Revin Inc.) New York, New York, United States \| $150,000 – $250,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, react, typescript \| 1mo ago
11.	AI Full Stack Engineer (ZENDA, LLC) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| ai, llm, automation \| 1mo ago
12.	Staff AI Engineer (uiAgent) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| ai agents, agent architectures, rag pipelines \| 2mo ago
13.	Applied AI Engineer (Taktile) New York, New York, United States \| $110,000 – $160,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, sql, rest apis \| 1mo ago
14.	Founding AI Engineer (Edelman Legal Consulting PLLC) New York, New York, United States \| hybrid \| contract \| lead \| ai, rag, llm \| 1mo ago
15.	Founding AI Engineer (RDE Advisors, Inc.) New York, New York, United States \| $65,000 – $80,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| next.js 14, typescript, tailwind css \| 1mo ago
16.	Founding AI/ML Engineer (Prismera) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| llm orchestration, retrieval infrastructure, document understanding \| 1mo ago
17.	AI-Native Data Platform Engineer (Farther) New York, New York, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| python, sql, aws s3 \| 1mo ago
18.	Founding AI/ML Engineer / Startup / $500k+ / NYC (Open Talent) New York, United States \| $500,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| llms, rag, agentic systems \| 1mo ago
19.	Senior AI Product Engineer (Metaforms) New York, New York, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, langchain, langgraph \| 1mo ago
20.	Founding AI Product Engineer at AI Startup (Besty AI) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| ai, llm, product management \| 1mo ago
21.	Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Distyl) New York, New York, United States \| $150,000 – $250,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| python, llm, ai systems \| 1mo ago
22.	Senior Software / AI Engineer (Pathos) New York, New York, United States \| $180,000 – $200,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, typescript, llm \| 1mo ago
23.	Senior Software Engineer, AI (Bubble) New York, New York, United States \| $183,000 – $237,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| typescript, python, llm apis \| 1mo ago
24.	Senior Software Engineer - AI Products (Rippling) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, django, react \| 1mo ago
25.	Forward Deployed Engineer \| AI Engineer (Reflection) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| python, typescript, docker \| 1mo ago
26.	Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed) (Invisible Technologies) New York, New York, United States \| $180,000 – $264,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, langchain, openai \| 1mo ago
27.	Founding Engineer \| Backend Infrastructure / AI Agents \| TypeScript \| Python \| Must have startup experience (Optimal) New York, New York, United States \| $150,000 – $225,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| backend infrastructure, sre, devops \| 1mo ago
28.	Founding Engineer (Stilta) New York, NY, United States+1 \| $100,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, ai agents \| 1mo ago
29.	Founding Engineer (Recruiting from Scratch) New York, New York, United States \| $170,000 – $185,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| python, django, typescript \| 1mo ago
30.	Senior Full Stack Engineer / Ruby on Rails / Union Square, NYC (Motion Recruitment) New York, New York, United States \| $160,000 – $200,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| ruby on rails, full-stack development, database design \| 1mo ago
31.	Software Engineer (Lantern) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| python, fastapi, next.js \| 1mo ago
32.	Full Stack Engineer (Mentor Talent Acquisition) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| typescript, postgresql, llm \| 1mo ago
33.	Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier AI Lab (Skyrocket Ventures) New York, New York, United States \| Up to $250,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| python, ai, backend engineering \| 1mo ago
34.	Associate, AI (Interplay) New York, New York, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| openai, anthropic, gemini \| 4w ago
35.	Staff Full Stack Engineer (NYC) (Knit) New York, New York, United States \| $250,000 – $300,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| python, fastapi, react \| 1mo ago
36.	Founding Product Engineer (VOYGR) New York, New York, United States+1 \| $150,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, fastapi, llm prompting \| 1mo ago
37.	Software Engineer (Jack) New York, New York, United States \| $80,000 – $140,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| frontend development, react, full-stack \| 1mo ago
38.	Founding Software Engineer (Recruiting from Scratch) New York, New York, United States \| $250,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| typescript, react, next.js \| 1mo ago
39.	Founding Engineering Lead (Meeno) New York, United States \| $180,000 – $220,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| backend, mobile, web \| 1mo ago
40.	Senior Software Engineer, Product (Kaizen) New York, New York, United States \| $180,000 – $250,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| react, next.js, node.js \| 1mo ago
41.	Full Stack Engineer (Norlantic Capital) New York, New York, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| kotlin, ktor, java \| 1mo ago
42.	Forward Deployed Engineer Lead (Reflection AI) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, docker \| 2mo ago
43.	Full Stack Engineer (Kepler) New York, New York, United States \| $230,000 – $260,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| rust, typescript, react \| 1mo ago
44.	Founding Frontend Engineer (Talently) New York, New York, United States \| $200,000 – $240,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| typescript, react, graphql \| 2mo ago
45.	Full Stack Software Engineer (Northslope Technologies) New York, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| typescript, react, restful apis \| 1mo ago
46.	MLE @ Krnel (NYC, Full-Time) (krnel.ai) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| machine learning, devops, ci/cd \| 4w ago
47.	Founding ML Engineer / Series A / NYC / $250k + Founding Equity (Open Talent) New York, New York, United States \| $250,000 – $500,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, pytorch, llms \| 1mo ago
48.	Staff Fullstack Engineer (uiAgent) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| react, node.js, kubernetes \| 2mo ago
49.	Founding Machine Learning Engineer (Adaptive Security) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, java, typescript \| 1mo ago
50.	Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (CollectWise) New York, New York, United States \| $240,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| node.js, react.js, aws \| 1mo ago

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Frequently asked questions

What does a ai engineer in new york earn?: NYC base salaries track close to SF for senior builder roles, and the city has a heavier mix of fintech, healthtech, and enterprise-AI startups than the Bay. The typical band for a ai engineer runs $160k–$260k base + significant equity.
Are AI engineer jobs in new york remote-friendly?: 3 of the current 57 listings (5%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in New York.
What companies hire AI engineer jobs in new york?: Jobs Base aggregates listings across YC-backed startups, growth-stage companies, and selected larger companies hiring with builder-role characteristics.
What's the difference between a ai engineer and a regular ai engineer?: Jobs Base only lists builder roles. Positions where one person owns the product end-to-end. We filter out ticket-driven, narrowly-scoped roles even when the title matches. About 9% of listings scraped match this definition.