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.

84 active 60% remote median salary $215k

1.	AI Engineer (Plurai) United States \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, node.js, go \| 4mo ago
2.	AI Engineer (Dataro) United States \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| claude code, cursor, cowork \| 4mo ago
3.	AI Engineer (Ready Health) California, United States \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| llm, prompt engineering, vision models \| 4mo ago
4.	AI Engineer (Vote) United States+2 \| remote \| internship \| internship \| python, machine learning, multimodal machine learning \| 4mo ago
5.	AI Engineer - Data Migrations & Exchanges (Finvi) United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, scala, java \| 4mo ago
6.	AI/ML Engineer (Hilo Aviation, Inc.) United States \| remote \| contract \| mid \| python, pytorch, tensorflow \| 4mo ago
7.	AI / ML Engineer CTO Co-Founder (CoPatible) United States \| remote \| full-time \| executive \| machine learning, pattern recognition, neural networks \| 4mo ago
8.	Ai Data Engineer - Remote (ProfitSolv) United States \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| aws, s3, glue \| 4mo ago
9.	AI Agent Engineer (LaunchPad Lab) United States \| $125,000 – $175,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| langchain, langgraph, crewai \| 4mo ago
10.	AI Product Engineer (Sekai) United States \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| python, next.js, ai \| 4mo ago
11.	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 \| 4mo ago
12.	AI Automation Engineer (QuSecure) United States \| $80,000 – $130,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| software engineering, api integration, prompt engineering \| 4mo ago
13.	AI Automation Engineer (AI Workflows & Business Systems) (Brainlancer) United States \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| n8n, make, clay \| 4mo ago
14.	Staff AI Engineer (MLabs) New York, United States \| $175,000 – $250,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, go, typescript \| 4mo ago
15.	AI Go-to-Market Engineer (Belgium) (Flosum) Belgium \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| python, javascript, api \| 4mo ago
16.	AI Native Junior Engineer (enter.health) United States \| $80,000 – $100,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| javascript, typescript, python \| 3mo ago
17.	Senior AI Engineer (DepoDirect) United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, typescript, ruby \| 4mo ago
18.	Python AI Engineer (DeweyLearn, Inc.) United States+11 \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, ai, llm \| 4mo ago
19.	Senior Ai Engineer (Hansei Solutions) United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, sql, machine learning \| 4mo ago
20.	AI/ML/NLP Software Engineer (Troupe) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States+1 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, react \| 4mo ago
21.	Applied AI Engineer (Institutes of Health) United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| llm apis, claude, gpt-4 \| 4mo ago
22.	Applied AI Engineer - Life Sciences & Healthcare (Vi) Austin, Texas, United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| typescript, python, databases \| 4mo ago
23.	Founding AI Engineer (Part Time) - Prompt Engineering & LLM Applications (Y22 AI) United States \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| prompt engineering, llm applications, python \| 4mo ago
24.	Founding AI Engineer (LinkMD AI) United States \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, llm, ai \| 4mo ago
25.	Founding AI Engineer (Kaelux) United States \| From $160,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| ai engineering, langgraph, n8n \| 4mo ago
26.	Founding AI Engineer (Healthcare) (ReClym Health) United States+1 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| fastapi, react, next.js \| 4mo ago
27.	Principal AI Engineer (Beverage Distribution Consultants, Inc) United States+1 \| $140,000 – $175,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, asyncio, pydantic \| 4mo ago
28.	Founding AI GTM Engineer (Grasply™) United States \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, api integration, rest api \| 4mo ago
29.	Senior AI Fullstack Engineer (etera) United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| react native, expo, typescript \| 4mo ago
30.	Founding Engineer (AI startup-Remote) (CyberCoders) Seattle, Washington, United States \| $170,000 – $200,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, machine learning, aws \| 4mo ago
31.	Founding Engineer - AI-Native (NeoRecruit) India \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| flutter, dart, react.js \| 4mo ago
32.	GTM Engineer (AICRO) United States \| remote \| contract \| mid \| claude code, agentic workflows, demand generation \| 4mo ago
33.	Staff Engineer - Data & AI (CyberCoders) Texas, United States \| $180,000 – $220,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| data pipelines, ai infrastructure, llm \| 4mo ago
34.	Founding AI Platform Engineer – Autonomous AI Systems (LLMs, RL, Reasoning) (Hudson Modeling) New York, United States \| $350,000 – $450,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| llm, reinforcement learning, rl \| 4mo ago
35.	Senior Python AI Engineer (DeweyLearn, Inc.) United States+11 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, api development, llms \| 4mo ago
36.	Founding Senior AI Engineer (Equity-Only / Part-Time) — RAG, Conversational AI & Agentic Systems (Really Global) United States \| remote \| part-time \| senior \| python, retrieval systems, semantic search \| 4mo ago
37.	Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Malleable AI) United States \| $200,000 – $250,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, fastapi, react \| 4mo ago
38.	Full-Stack Applied AI Engineer (Bitovi) United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| ai, gen-ai, rag \| 4mo ago
39.	Senior Software Engineer (AI) (Limelight) United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| llms, prompt engineering, rag \| 4mo ago
40.	Senior Software Engineer – AI Systems & Architecture (Item Alignment Inc) New Jersey, United States \| $125,000 – $210,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| java, python, llm \| 4mo ago
41.	Full-Stack Software/AI Engineer (Aiola CPA, PLLC) United States \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, node.js, react \| 4mo ago
42.	Founding Head of Engineering (AI) (Deploy IQ) United Kingdom \| remote \| full-time \| executive \| ai/ml, llms, agent systems \| 4mo ago
43.	Full-Stack Product Engineer (AI & Prompt Systems) (Intelligenic) United States \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, javascript, react.js \| 4mo ago
44.	Sr/Staff Application & AI Engineer (AI Center of Excellence) (Raintree Systems) Alabama, United States+16 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| typescript, node.js, react.js \| 4mo ago
45.	Head of AI (MultiBase GmbH) Germany \| remote \| full-time \| executive \| python, llms, ai agents \| 4mo ago
46.	Full-stack Founding Engineer (AI/Healthcare) (ReClym Health) New York, United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, llm prompt engineering, conversational ai \| 4mo ago
47.	Principal Engineer, Generative & Agentic AI (Zip Co) United States+1 \| $215,000 – $270,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| generative ai, agentic ai, large language models \| 4mo ago
48.	Senior Automation & AI Platform Engineer (GBS Group) Argentina+6 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| software engineering, platform engineering, api integrations \| 4mo ago
49.	Founding Engineer (Neighborbrite) United States \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| generative vision models, llm, next.js \| 4mo ago
50.	Founding Engineer (Vye Health) United States \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| react, postgresql, aws \| 4mo 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.