Remote AI Engineering Jobs
Remote AI engineering roles — LLM application engineering, ML infrastructure, and applied AI — posted directly by hiring companies. Every listing has a published salary range. No ghost jobs, no recruiter spam, no “competitive salary.”
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Every role published from now on is posted directly by the hiring company with a real salary range. Join the list at the bottom of this page and you'll get the first batch the week it drops.
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 remote AI roles we've reviewed:
- 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.
Posted directly by companies
No scraped or aggregated listings. Every role is submitted by the hiring company and hand-approved before publishing — if it's on the board, it's real and it's hiring.
Applicants get scouted
Every applicant gets a professional scouting report built from their public work — so strong candidates get seen on their merits instead of buried in a resume pile.
Remote AI Engineering Jobs — FAQ
How much do remote AI engineers make in 2026?
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 board shows its real range — we reject listings that hide pay.
What skills do remote AI engineering jobs require?
Most roles 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 role is posted directly by the hiring company and hand-approved before it goes live. A listing only makes the board if the company publishes a real salary range — that filter alone removes most ghost jobs. Applications route straight to the company, not through a recruiter.
What happens when I apply?
Your application goes directly to the hiring company. Every applicant is also scouted: we prepare a professional scouting report from your public footprint (GitHub, publications, talks, LinkedIn) that the company reviews alongside your application. Research uses public sources only — it's how strong candidates get seen instead of buried in a resume pile.
How often are new remote AI jobs added?
Roles go live as companies post them — the board is intentionally small and direct-post only, quality over volume. Join the email list at the bottom of this page and you'll get new roles the week they drop.
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