Remote AI Engineering Jobs
Hand-curated remote AI engineering roles — LLM application engineering, ML infrastructure, and applied AI. Every listing has a published salary range. No ghost jobs, no recruiter spam, no “competitive salary.”
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Head of Tech & AI
focal
Lead the technology and AI strategy at focal — a VC firm building the proprietary intelligence layer behind its sourcing, diligence, and portfolio support.
Full-Stack Software Engineer (LLM tooling)
PrairieLearn
Build the open-source assessment platform that runs at UIUC, Cornell, McMaster, and others. The role focuses on LLM-based tooling for instructors — real users, mission-driven product, well-scoped engineering.
Senior Full-Stack Contractor (Production LLM)
ReadiFinancial
Senior contractor role at an AI-native mortgage servicing startup. Hands-on LLM application engineering — building agents and workflows that handle real money and real customers. Production LLM experience required.
Senior Data Scientist + Machine Learning Engineer
Neo.Tax
Hands-on, product-oriented ML role at a profitable tax-automation startup. Own ML and LLM problems end-to-end across classification, extraction, ranking, anomaly detection, and tool-calling agent pipelines — Pacific-time remote.
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning
SmarterDx
Build and scale ML-driven features across SmarterDx's clinical AI product suite. Real production model deployment in a regulated healthcare environment — published salary range, fully US-remote.
Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning
SmarterDx
Staff-level IC role setting ML architecture direction across SmarterDx's clinical AI products. Lead production ML infrastructure and mentor the team — fully US-remote, published salary.
Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist
SmarterDx
Research-side staff role at SmarterDx. Lead ML research on clinical document understanding and reasoning, build evaluation frameworks, and mentor researchers — fully US-remote with a real salary range.
Staff Attack Engineer, AI / LLM
Horizon3.ai
Break AI and agentic systems for a living. Research novel LLM and agent attacks (prompt injection, tool-use exploitation, model supply-chain) and turn them into automated modules inside NodeZero.
Founding Full-Stack / Applied AI Engineer
Cora AI
One of the first engineers at Cora AI. Ship voice agents, multi-agent orchestration, RAG pipelines, and the evals harness behind them. Must have shipped real LLM systems — not wrappers.
Staff Machine Learning Engineer — Ads Content Understanding
Tech lead for the Signals pod inside Reddit's Ads Content Understanding org. Owns the company-wide knowledge graph that powers ad models and RAG products. Mix of modeling, infra, and technical leadership.
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What Remote AI Engineers Are Paid in 2026
Because every listing on Solid Remote Jobs is required to publish a salary range, we can show you real numbers instead of “competitive compensation.” Across the roles we currently curate:
- Full-stack engineers building LLM tooling: $100k – $140k base
- Senior AI / engineering leadership (hands-on IC): $175k – $250k base
- Senior contractors with production LLM experience: $130 – $180 / hour
The pattern across the wider market is consistent: companies hiring remote AI engineers pay a premium for shipped production LLM work — agents, RAG pipelines, and AI features with real users — over research credentials or certificate-driven resumes.
Why This Board Is Different
Salary required, period
If a company won't publish a real range, the listing doesn't go live. That single filter removes most ghost jobs and low-ball roles before you ever see them.
Hand-curated from public sources
We review the Hacker News "Who is Hiring?" thread, company careers pages, and other public sources weekly — then verify each role before publishing.
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Remote AI Engineering Jobs — FAQ
How much do remote AI engineers make in 2026?
Across the roles we curate, published base salaries for remote AI engineering jobs currently range from $100k for full-stack engineers building LLM tooling, up to $250k+ for senior and leadership roles owning AI strategy. Senior contractors with production LLM experience are billing $130–$180/hour. Every listing on this page shows its real range — we reject listings that hide pay.
What skills do remote AI engineering jobs require?
Most roles we see are applied AI engineering, not research: building products on top of LLMs. The common stack is Python and/or TypeScript, production experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic), agent and RAG architectures, plus solid full-stack fundamentals (React, Node.js, Postgres, AWS). Shipped production work matters far more than certificates — companies repeatedly ask for "shipped, not just demos."
Are these listings real?
Yes. Every listing is hand-reviewed before it goes live. We curate from public sources like the Hacker News "Who is Hiring?" thread and company careers pages, verify the company is real and the role is current, and link back to the original posting. Listings without a real salary range don't make the cut — that filter alone removes most ghost jobs.
How often are new remote AI jobs added?
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