Occupation
Machine Learning Engineer
A machine learning engineer designs, builds, and deploys models that power data-driven products, writing Python code and using frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch to implement machine learning algorithms. They build data pipelines and apply MLOps practices to move models from experimentation into reliable production systems, typically working closely with data scientists and software engineers. This role suits people with strong programming and statistics backgrounds who enjoy both research and production engineering.
Duties & responsibilities
- Design and build machine learning models using Python and frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow to solve specific business problems
- Develop data pipelines and preprocessing workflows to prepare raw data for model training and evaluation
- Train, validate, and tune machine learning models, selecting appropriate algorithms and architectures for the task
- Deploy models to production environments and maintain their performance over time through monitoring and retraining
- Optimize models for deployment constraints such as latency, memory, or hardware limitations
- Collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and product teams to understand requirements and integrate models into larger systems
- Apply MLOps practices to automate model development, testing, and deployment workflows
What Machine Learning Engineer roles involve, from employers’ own postings.
How much does a Machine Learning Engineer make?
Employers posting Machine Learning Engineer roles list a median of $235,000 a year (middle half $195,000–$275,000), from 97 postings that state pay.
74% of open Machine Learning Engineer roles publish a range. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it. Which states’ postings state pay
Who is hiring for Machine Learning Engineer roles?
131 open Machine Learning Engineer roles from 51 employers; the most at Cohere, Intuit and Torc Robotics, and in California, New York and Michigan.
From employers’ own postings, as of.
Machine Learning Engineer in the job market
Last checked October 29, 2026
- Open roles
- 131
- Employers
- 51
- Median pay
- $235,000
- Disclose pay
- 74%
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Open Machine Learning Engineer roles (131)
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Full-time · New York, NY · $208,000 – $312,000
A machine learning engineer role focused on building production systems that detect and prevent abuse at scale. This suits experienced backend engineers who want to combine ML infrastructure work with abuse detection, split roughly 80% software engineering and 20% modeling.
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ranking - Quora (Remote)
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Full-time · Remote - Multiple Locations, United States, Ireland, Canada, & 13 other countries · $189,507 – $274,604
You'll own and improve Quora's ranking models for feed and digest recommendations, applying advanced ML techniques to one of the platform's highest-impact surfaces. This role suits experienced ML engineers who want end-to-end ownership of production systems and the opportunity to shape methodologies for a team.
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Member of Technical Staff, ML Platform
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Remote · $240,000 – $290,000
This role leads the design and development of an end-to-end model evaluation platform that will measure the quality of frontier AI models across the organization. You'll work embedded with research teams to build the infrastructure, metrics, and tooling that determines which checkpoints to train, which models to ship, and how to scientifically validate improvements.
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Sigma Computing
Internship · New York, NY · $80 – $90 / hour
Sigma seeks a PhD student in AI/ML to conduct research and build production systems spanning search, recommendations, NLP, and agentic workflows that will power their data analytics platform. The role suits researchers excited to move work from concept through deployment at a well-funded, fast-growing company.
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Machine Learning Engineer
AeroVironment
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Senior Engineer - Perception Modeling
Motional
Boston, MA · $172,000 – $229,000 · Remote
This role leads the development of perception systems for autonomous vehicles, focusing on large-scale machine learning models and real-time deployment to self-driving fleets. It suits experienced ML engineers who want to tackle complex computer vision challenges and mentor others at a company scaling towards commercial robotaxi operations.
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Senior, ML Engineer - Tracking
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Full-time · Remote - US · $177,300 – $212,800
Torc is hiring a senior machine learning engineer to develop and deploy production tracking systems for autonomous trucks, focusing on multi-object tracking, sensor fusion, and state estimation across camera, LiDAR, and radar inputs. This role suits experienced ML practitioners who want to apply deep learning and robotics expertise to real-world autonomous vehicle challenges at scale.
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Applied ML Engineer - Edge Devices
Deepgram
USA - Remote · $155,000 – $245,000
This role adapts Deepgram's speech AI models to run on non-GPU edge hardware and embedded platforms, handling quantization, operator substitution, and deployment automation to get production models onto customer devices with minimal changes. It suits an experienced engineer who has shipped models to constrained hardware and wants to own that process across many platforms.
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AI/ML Engineering Lead
Protective Life
Birmingham, AL · $124,500 – $180,000
A hands-on technical leadership role overseeing the full machine learning lifecycle—from experimentation through production deployment—on Databricks and Azure for a major life insurance company. This suits experienced engineers who want to mentor teams, set technical standards, and own both strategic direction and day-to-day implementation of ML and generative AI systems in a regulated environment.
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Opus Clip
Mountain View, CA · $280,000 – $380,000
OpusClip seeks a hands-on AI researcher to lead the development and optimization of machine learning models powering their video platform, from training through production deployment. This role combines deep technical expertise in model training and inference optimization with team leadership, suited for someone who has shipped AI systems at scale and enjoys both individual technical contribution and mentoring.
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KLA-Tencor
Milpitas, CA · $186,200 – $316,500
KLA is seeking an AI architect to design and implement AI solutions for semiconductor equipment engineering, focusing on tool health monitoring, automated troubleshooting, and engineering workflow automation. This role suits someone with hands-on AI/ML expertise who can translate complex engineering problems into scalable AI systems and work across diverse data types and engineering domains.
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What employers state they pay
Median
$235,000
Middle half
$195,000 – $275,000
From 97 of 131 open roles — the 74% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
Who employers are hiring
- Entry6%
- Mid13%
- Senior55%
- Lead / Staff / Principal27%
From 108 roles whose posting states a level.
Skills Machine Learning Engineer postings ask for
Measured from the 131 open roles, not from a curated list.
- Python107 roles81.7%
- PyTorch69 roles52.7%
- Machine Learning43 roles32.8%
- TensorFlow33 roles25.2%
- Deep Learning25 roles19.1%
- Kubernetes23 roles17.6%
- SQL21 roles16.0%
- Reinforcement Learning20 roles15.3%
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)18 roles13.7%
- C++18 roles13.7%
Where Machine Learning Engineer roles are
Among the 91 of 131 open roles we could place on a map.
- New York25
Employers hiring Machine Learning Engineers
51 in total, most open roles first.
- CCohere13 roles
Intuit10 roles- Torc Robotics10 roles
- XXPeng8 roles
- MPMenlo Ventures Portfolio7 roles
- RReddit7 roles
- AAccenture4 roles
- MMotional4 roles
Reports on Machine Learning Engineer hiring
- Georgia Added 204 New Roles This Week, Up 9.7% While Postings Fell OverallOct 18, 2026
- Illinois Openings Slip to 189 New Roles, Down 11% From Last WeekOct 18, 2026
- 10,470 Roles Closed Against 8,663 New Openings This WeekOct 17, 2026
- Software Engineer Posted Median Drops to $237,500, but Only 22 Listings Carry ItOct 15, 2026
- New York Opened 431 Roles This Week, Down 22 While Postings Overall Rose 8.5%Oct 13, 2026