What does a ai engineer remote earn?

Remote builder roles often pay 5–15% below the equivalent SF on-site band but offer wider geographic flexibility. The typical band for a ai engineer runs $160k–$260k base + significant equity.

Are AI engineer jobs remote remote-friendly?

Every listing on this page is fully remote. That's the filter.

What companies hire AI engineer jobs remote?

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.

Remote AI Engineer Jobs

Remote AI engineer roles are real but rarer than the SF on-site version. The highest-paying companies are still pulling people back to the office, and most hire remote only when the candidate refuses to relocate. The roles that exist tend to come from companies with strong async culture and a product that benefits from worldwide eval traffic. Realistic remote-US AI engineer comp ranges $180k–$280k base; lower at smaller companies, equity grants generally larger.

230 active 22% remote median salary $240k

1.	AI Engineer (Distyl) San Francisco, California, United States+1 \| $150,000 – $250,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, llms, ai systems \| 1mo ago
2.	AI Engineer (Backend) (Duffel) London, United Kingdom \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| llm systems, eval frameworks, agent orchestration \| 1mo ago
3.	AI Engineer (Plurai) United States \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, node.js, go \| 1mo ago
4.	AI Engineer (Dataro) United States \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| claude code, cursor, cowork \| 1mo ago
5.	AI Engineer (Ready Health) California, United States \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| llm, prompt engineering, vision models \| 1mo ago
6.	AI Engineer (Intern) (Juniper Square) United States+1 \| $50 – $57/hr \| remote \| full-time \| internship \| python, tensorflow, pytorch \| 1mo ago
7.	AI Engineer, Quality (Evals) (Fieldguide) San Francisco, California, United States+1 \| $170,000 – $220,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| typescript, react, python \| 1mo ago
8.	AI Engineer (Vote) United States+2 \| remote \| internship \| internship \| python, machine learning, multimodal machine learning \| 1mo ago
9.	AI Engineer (Light) United Kingdom+1 \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| kotlin, react, aws \| 1mo ago
10.	AI Engineer - Data Migrations & Exchanges (Finvi) United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, scala, java \| 1mo ago
11.	AI Engineer (Agentic Systems / Computer Vision / Industrial AI) (Epic Placements) Austin, Texas, United States \| $200,000 – $240,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| python, typescript, fastapi \| 1mo ago
12.	AI/ML Engineer (Hilo Aviation, Inc.) United States \| remote \| contract \| mid \| python, pytorch, tensorflow \| 1mo ago
13.	AI GTM Engineer Intern (Surface Labs) United States+1 \| $10,000 – $20,000/mo \| remote \| internship \| internship \| python, typescript, playwright \| 1mo ago
14.	AI / ML Engineer CTO Co-Founder (CoPatible) United States \| remote \| full-time \| executive \| machine learning, pattern recognition, neural networks \| 1mo ago
15.	Ai Data Engineer - Remote (ProfitSolv) United States \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| aws, s3, glue \| 1mo ago
16.	AI Agent Engineer (LaunchPad Lab) United States \| $125,000 – $175,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| langchain, langgraph, crewai \| 1mo ago
17.	AI Product Engineer (Rhythms) United States \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| python, react, next.js \| 1mo ago
18.	AI Product Engineer (Sekai) United States \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| python, next.js, ai \| 1mo ago
19.	AI Research Engineer, Search and Context ($225k - $285k + equity) at Hex (Standout) United States \| $225,000 – $285,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, javascript, typescript \| 1mo ago
20.	AI Solutions Engineer (Baseten Labs) United States \| $165,000 – $330,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, ai/ml, ml model development \| 1mo ago
21.	AI Automation Engineer (QuSecure) United States \| $80,000 – $130,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| software engineering, api integration, prompt engineering \| 1mo ago
22.	AI Automation Engineer (AI Workflows & Business Systems) (Brainlancer) United States \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| n8n, make, clay \| 1mo ago
23.	Staff AI Engineer (Conveyor) United States \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| llms, prompt engineering, rag flows \| 1mo ago
24.	Staff AI Engineer (MLabs) New York, United States \| $175,000 – $250,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, go, typescript \| 1mo ago
25.	AI Go-to-Market Engineer (Belgium) (Flosum) Belgium \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| python, javascript, api \| 1mo ago
26.	AI Native Junior Engineer (enter.health) United States \| $80,000 – $100,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| javascript, typescript, python \| 4w ago
27.	Senior AI Engineer (Olli Health) United States+1 \| $140,000 – $220,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, react, typescript \| 4w ago
28.	Senior AI Engineer (DepoDirect) United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, typescript, ruby \| 1mo ago
29.	Senior AI Engineer (Fieldguide) United States \| $190,000 – $255,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| typescript, python, postgres \| 1mo ago
30.	Python AI Engineer (DeweyLearn, Inc.) United States+11 \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, ai, llm \| 1mo ago
31.	Senior Ai Engineer (Hansei Solutions) United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, sql, machine learning \| 1mo ago
32.	AI Staff Software Engineer (Natera) United States \| $145,600 – $182,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, java, go \| 1mo ago
33.	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
34.	Applied AI Engineer (Rillet) San Francisco, California, United States+2 \| $180,000 – $240,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, backend systems, apis \| 1mo ago
35.	AI/ML/NLP Software Engineer (Troupe) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States+1 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, react \| 1mo ago
36.	Applied AI Engineer (Institutes of Health) United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| llm apis, claude, gpt-4 \| 1mo ago
37.	Applied AI Engineer (GC AI) United States+1 \| $165,000 – $350,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| llm implementation, llm optimization, production ai systems \| 1mo ago
38.	Applied AI Engineer - National Security (TS/SCI) (TRM Labs) District of Columbia, United States \| $200,000 – $265,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, api integration, sql \| 1mo ago
39.	Applied AI Engineer – Agentic Workflows (Cohere) San Francisco, California, United States \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| python, typescript, llm \| 1mo ago
40.	Applied AI Engineer - Life Sciences & Healthcare (Vi) Austin, Texas, United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| typescript, python, databases \| 1mo ago
41.	Senior Rails Engineer (TrakPro) Ireland+2 \| €48,000 – €60,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| rails, hotwire, turbo \| 3w ago
42.	Founding AI Engineer (Part Time) - Prompt Engineering & LLM Applications (Y22 AI) United States \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| prompt engineering, llm applications, python \| 1mo ago
43.	Founding AI Engineer (LinkMD AI) United States \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, llm, ai \| 1mo ago
44.	Founding AI Engineer (Kaelux) United States \| From $160,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| ai engineering, langgraph, n8n \| 1mo ago
45.	Founding AI Engineer (Healthcare) (ReClym Health) United States+1 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| fastapi, react, next.js \| 1mo ago
46.	Principal AI Engineer (Beverage Distribution Consultants, Inc) United States+1 \| $140,000 – $175,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, asyncio, pydantic \| 1mo ago
47.	Principal AI Engineer (Nxt Level) New York City, United States \| $200,000 – $350,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| llms, generative ai, prompt engineering \| 1mo ago
48.	Principal AI Engineer – Automation & AI (eClinical Solutions) United States \| $160,000 – $200,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, api development, system integration \| 1mo ago
49.	Principal AI Engineer (Pair Team) United States \| $240,000 – $260,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| agentic ai, langgraph, mastra \| 1mo ago
50.	Tech Lead, AI Engineer, Senior/Lead Infra engineer/devops (EggAI) European Union+2 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| ai, devops, infrastructure \| 3w ago

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Frequently asked questions

What does a ai engineer remote earn?: Remote builder roles often pay 5–15% below the equivalent SF on-site band but offer wider geographic flexibility. The typical band for a ai engineer runs $160k–$260k base + significant equity.
Are AI engineer jobs remote remote-friendly?: Every listing on this page is fully remote. That's the filter.
What companies hire AI engineer jobs remote?: 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.