What does a product engineer in san francisco earn?

SF compensation runs at the top end of the band. Founding engineer offers commonly clear $200k base + 0.5–2% equity at seed-to-Series-A. The typical band for a product engineer runs $140k–$210k base + meaningful equity.

Are product engineer jobs in san francisco remote-friendly?

1 of the current 20 listings (5%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in San Francisco.

What companies hire product engineer jobs in san francisco?

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 product engineer and a regular product 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.

Product Engineer Jobs in San Francisco

San Francisco product engineer postings come heavily from Series B-and-later companies that have outgrown the founding-engineer playbook but haven't (yet) split product, design, and engineering into separate departments. Compensation is among the highest in the role globally. Total comp commonly $250k–$400k including equity at well-funded companies. The SF version of the role often involves more direct customer contact than equivalent NYC or remote postings.

20 active 5% remote median salary $238k

1.	AI Product Engineer (Speak) San Francisco, California, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| react, node, typescript \| 3mo ago
2.	AI Engineer (EQL Tech (sales & engineering talent)) San Francisco, California, United States+1 \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| llm apis, vector databases, fine-tuning \| 3mo ago
3.	Frontend Engineer (React \| TypeScript) (Epic Placements) San Francisco, California, United States \| $200,000 – $270,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| react, typescript, next.js \| 3mo ago
4.	Applied AI Engineer — Greylock Investment Team (Greylock Partners) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| ai, llm, python \| 3mo ago
5.	AI Engineer (Varick Agents) San Francisco, California, United States \| $175,000 – $225,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| llms, agent architectures, evaluation systems \| 3mo ago
6.	Frontend Engineer (Pulsa) San Francisco, California, United States \| $180,000 – $220,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| frontend architecture, html, css \| 3mo ago
7.	Founding Engineer (Python, Typescript, React) (Trinity Consulting Group) San Francisco, California, United States \| $150,000 – $180,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, react \| 3mo ago
8.	Full-Stack Engineer (Actively AI) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, fastapi, react \| 3mo ago
9.	Machine Learning Engineer (Shields Group Search) San Francisco, California, United States \| $180,000 – $260,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| transformer architectures, pytorch, deep learning \| 3mo ago
10.	Senior Frontend Engineer, AI (Airwallex) San Francisco, California, United States \| $147,000 – $252,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| react, typescript, vite \| 3mo ago
11.	Founding Engineer (Lance (YC W26)) San Francisco, California, United States \| $160,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| python, javascript, software development \| 2mo ago
12.	Senior Software Engineer, AI Engineer (Midi Health) San Francisco, California, United States+1 \| $170,000 – $210,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, llm, machine learning \| 2mo ago
13.	Founding Engineer (Arcadia) San Francisco, California, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| react, typescript, python \| 3mo ago
14.	Founding Engineer (SF, On-site) (Caddie AI) San Francisco, California, United States \| $150,000 – $180,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, react \| 3mo ago
15.	Full Stack Engineer (AI Systems & Quality) at Segmental AI (Segmental AI) San Francisco, California, United States+2 \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| full stack, backend development, frontend development \| 2mo ago
16.	Principal Machine Learning Engineer (Lila Sciences) San Francisco, California, United States \| $252,000 – $374,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| pytorch, jax, tensorflow \| 2mo ago
17.	Founding Software Engineer (MIRA) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| llm, fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation (rag) \| 3mo ago
18.	Software Engineer – Frontend & UX Design (CompFly AI) San Francisco, California, United States \| $100,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| react, typescript, ux design \| 3mo ago
19.	Founding Engineer ($170K - $250K + 0.5% - 1.5% Equity) at Healthcare AI startup backed by Scale AI Angels (CoffeeSpace) San Francisco, California, United States \| $170,000 – $250,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, typescript, cloud platforms \| 2mo ago
20.	Applied AI Engineer (Artisan) San Francisco, United States+2 \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| ai, llm, prompt engineering \| 3mo ago

Frequently asked questions

What does a product engineer in san francisco earn?: SF compensation runs at the top end of the band. Founding engineer offers commonly clear $200k base + 0.5–2% equity at seed-to-Series-A. The typical band for a product engineer runs $140k–$210k base + meaningful equity.
Are product engineer jobs in san francisco remote-friendly?: 1 of the current 20 listings (5%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in San Francisco.
What companies hire product engineer jobs in san francisco?: 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 product engineer and a regular product 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.