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Week of 2 February 2026

35 new roles this week across 12 companies; the biggest movers: Anthropic (+13), OpenAI (+6), Etched (+6).

ML engineering

  1. Staff Software Engineer, Inference — Anthropic · London · GBP 325,000–390,000/year · 35 weeks ago Develops Claude, an AI assistant, with research focused on AI safety and alignment
  2. Model Performance Software Engineer, Claude Code — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $405K–485K · 35 weeks ago

Applied AI

  1. Applied AI Architect, Digital Natives — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $221K–278K · 35 weeks ago Develops AI systems including large language models like ChatGPT for research and commercial use
  2. Applied AI Architect, Digital Natives (Strategics) — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $218K–278K · 35 weeks ago
  3. Applied AI Architect, Enterprise — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $221K–276K · 35 weeks ago
  4. Deployment Strategist — Serval · Series A · SF Bay Area · $150K–280K · 35 weeks ago AI-powered enterprise service management platform that automates employee requests, onboarding, and IT operati

Infrastructure

  1. Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $325K–485K · 35 weeks ago
  2. Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability Engineering — Anthropic · Dublin · EUR 235,000–295,000/year · 35 weeks ago
  3. Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability Engineering — Anthropic · London · GBP 325,000–390,000/year · 35 weeks ago
  4. Data Center Controls Engineer — Anthropic · Travel Required · Remote · $320K–405K · 35 weeks ago
  5. Software Engineer, GPU Infrastructure - HPC — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $230K–490K · 35 weeks ago
  6. Network Engineer - ML Infrastructure (High-Speed Interconnects) — xAI · Late Stage · SF Bay Area · $180K–440K · 35 weeks ago Develops Grok, an AI platform offering reasoning, code, voice, image, and video capabilities through a unified

Software

  1. Systems Engineering Manager — Modal · Series C · New York · $275K–330K · 35 weeks ago Modal is a cloud-based serverless computing platform designed for data science and machine learning teams
  2. Senior Quality Engineer — Valar Atomics · Torrance, CA · $150K–200K · 35 weeks ago Builds high-temperature gas reactors for industrial power, hydrogen, and clean fuel production at scale
  3. Software Engineer, Admin Experience — Sierra · Late Stage · SF Bay Area · $230K–390K · 35 weeks ago Conversational AI platform that deploys customized agents across chat, voice, email, and SMS for customer supp
  4. Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $347K–445K · 35 weeks ago
  5. Software Engineer (Deployment Systems) — Mach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $120K–180K · 35 weeks ago Develops low-cost autonomous aerospace and defense systems including drones, munitions, and propulsion compone

Hardware

  1. Systems Architecture, Integration, and Test Engineer (Electrical and/or Software) — Saronic · Series D · Austin · 35 weeks ago Saronic Technologies develops advanced autonomous surface vessels for naval and maritime applications
  2. EDA Algorithm Engineer — Ricursive Intelligence · Series A · SF Bay Area · 35 weeks ago Designs AI chips using machine learning to optimize semiconductor development and inference performance
  3. ASIC Firmware Engineer, Modeling — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $226K–445K · 35 weeks ago
  4. Hardware Validation Engineer — Etched · Seed · SF Bay Area · $150K–275K · 35 weeks ago Etched.ai is a technology startup developing specialized hardware for large language model (LLM) inference
  5. DV Intern — Etched · Seed · SF Bay Area · 35 weeks ago
  6. Electrical Platform Intern — Etched · Seed · SF Bay Area · 35 weeks ago
  7. Firmware Intern — Etched · Seed · SF Bay Area · 35 weeks ago
  8. Mechanical / Thermal Intern — Etched · Seed · SF Bay Area · 35 weeks ago
  9. RTL Intern — Etched · Seed · SF Bay Area · 35 weeks ago

Science

  1. Process Engineer — Substrate · SF Bay Area · 35 weeks ago Builds next-generation semiconductor fabrication technology to extend Moore's Law and reduce fab costs

Product

  1. Product Manager, Safeguards (Cyber) — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $305K–385K · 35 weeks ago

Go-to-market

  1. Senior Partner Account Manager –Global Systems Integrator Alliances — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $300K–365K · 35 weeks ago
  2. Developer Relations Engineer — Sierra · Late Stage · New York · $175K–280K · 35 weeks ago

Operations

  1. Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering — Anthropic · New York · $320K–405K · 35 weeks ago
  2. Real Estate Portfolio Manager — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $275K · 35 weeks ago
  3. Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $290K–365K · 35 weeks ago
  4. Technical Program Manager, Safeguards (Infrastructure & Evals) — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $290K–365K · 35 weeks ago
  5. Finance & Strategy, Datacenter Strategic Initiatives — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $240K–325K · 35 weeks ago

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