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Week of 9 March 2026

63 new roles this week across 18 companies; the biggest movers: Inception Labs (+14), Saronic (+8), Anthropic (+5).

Research

  1. Member of Technical Staff - Research Software EngineerReflection AI · Series B · New York · 24 weeks ago Builds open AI models that enable anyone to control and shape intelligent systems
  2. Member of Technical Staff, Reinforcement LearningInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–350K · 24 weeks ago Diffusion-based language models that generate text 5-7x faster and 70% cheaper than traditional LLMs
  3. Member of Technical Staff, RL InfraInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–350K · 24 weeks ago
  4. Platform Research EngineerApplied Compute · SF Bay Area · 24 weeks ago Platform for training, deploying, and improving custom AI agents on enterprise data

ML engineering

  1. Staff Software Engineer, InferenceAnthropic · Dublin · EUR 295,000–355,000/year · 24 weeks ago Develops Claude, an AI assistant, with research focused on AI safety and alignment
  2. Member of Technical Staff, Inference & ServingInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–350K · 24 weeks ago
  3. Member of Technical Staff, LLM Evaluation InfraInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–350K · 24 weeks ago
  4. Member of Technical Staff, ML Product EngineeringInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–350K · 24 weeks ago
  5. Member of Technical Staff, Training InfraInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–350K · 24 weeks ago
  6. Inference Technical Lead, On-Device TransformersOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $445K · 23 weeks ago Develops AI systems including large language models like ChatGPT for research and commercial use
  7. Safeguards Enforcement Analyst, Safety EvaluationsAnthropic · Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) · Remote · $230K–270K · 24 weeks ago
  8. Machine Learning EngineerRunSybil · SF Bay Area · 24 weeks ago AI platform that continuously tests applications and infrastructure for exploitable vulnerabilities by reasoni

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Infrastructure

  1. Staff Engineer, Datacenter Server LifecycleAnthropic · SF Bay Area · $320K–405K · 24 weeks ago
  2. Staff Software Engineer, Billing PlatformAnthropic · SF Bay Area · $320K–405K · 24 weeks ago
  3. Member of Technical Staff - Distributed Systems EngineerReflection AI · Series B · New York · 24 weeks ago
  4. Member of Technical Staff - Platform FoundationsReflection AI · Series B · New York · 24 weeks ago
  5. Member of Technical Staff, Backend, LLM ApplicationsInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–350K · 24 weeks ago
  6. Member of Technical Staff, Data InfrastructureInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–350K · 24 weeks ago
  7. Member of Technical Staff, KernelsInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–350K · 24 weeks ago
  8. Security and Compliance ManagerSierra · Late Stage · London · GBP 175,000–205,000/year · 23 weeks ago Conversational AI platform that deploys customized agents across chat, voice, email, and SMS for customer supp
  9. Technical Program Manager, Compute InfrastructureOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $257K–335K · 24 weeks ago
  10. Senior Program Manager, Data Center DeliveryTogether AI · Seed · Remote · $190K–240K · 24 weeks ago Together AI is a cloud-based platform specializing in artificial intelligence infrastructure and tools
  11. Senior IT Systems EngineerxAI · Late Stage · SF Bay Area · $148K–222K · 24 weeks ago Develops Grok, an AI platform offering reasoning, code, voice, image, and video capabilities through a unified
  12. Software Engineer, Distributed Systemsfal · Series D · Remote · 23 weeks ago Serverless GPU platform for deploying and fine-tuning generative AI models at scale
  13. Software Engineer, Platformfal · Series D · Remote · 23 weeks ago
  14. Software Engineer, Site Reliabilityfal · Series D · Remote · 23 weeks ago
  15. Research Systems EngineerApplied Compute · SF Bay Area · 24 weeks ago

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Software

  1. Member of Technical Staff - ApplicationsReflection AI · Series B · New York · 24 weeks ago
  2. Member of Technical Staff, DataInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–350K · 24 weeks ago
  3. Member of Technical Staff, Full Stack, LLM ApplicationsInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–350K · 24 weeks ago
  4. Member of Technical Staff, GeneralistInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · 24 weeks ago
  5. Member of Technical Staff, Software EngineerInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–350K · 24 weeks ago
  6. Member of Technical Staff, TrainingInception Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–350K · 24 weeks ago
  7. Technical Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - NYCOpenAI · New York City, NY · $198K–294K · 24 weeks ago
  8. Senior Full Stack EngineerSaronic · Series D · Austin · 24 weeks ago Saronic Technologies develops advanced autonomous surface vessels for naval and maritime applications
  9. Senior Software EngineerMechanize · SF Bay Area · $400K · 24 weeks ago Builds simulated work environments and evaluations for training AI agents on complex tasks
  10. Hardware Engineer - Forward DeployedSaronic · Series D · Austin · 24 weeks ago
  11. Software Engineer, GeneralistSaronic · Series D · Austin · 24 weeks ago
  12. Software Engineer, AutomationMercor · Series B · SF Bay Area · $130K–500K · 24 weeks ago Marketplace connecting domain experts with AI companies for task evaluation and model benchmarking
  13. Software Engineer, Agent - HealthcareSierra · Late Stage · SF Bay Area · $180K–390K · 24 weeks ago
  14. Enterprise Solutions Engineer - FranceElevenLabs · Series C · France · 24 weeks ago AI platform generating realistic speech, music, and sound effects across 70+ languages
  15. Enterprise Solutions Engineer - SpainElevenLabs · Series C · Spain · 24 weeks ago
  16. PCBA Product Engineer – AI HardwareFractile · Series B · Taiwan · 24 weeks ago Builds specialized processors that fuse computation with memory to run large language models up to 25x faster
  17. Training, Process Management EngineerOpenAI · London · 24 weeks ago

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Hardware

  1. Senior Processor ArchitectFractile · Series B · London · 24 weeks ago
  2. Senior Processor ArchitectFractile · Series B · Bristol · 24 weeks ago
  3. Senior Silicon Substrate & Packaging Manufacturing EngineerFractile · Series B · Taiwan · 24 weeks ago
  4. Camera Optomechanical EngineerSaronic · Series D · Austin · 24 weeks ago
  5. Marine Mechanical EngineerSaronic · Series D · Austin · 23 weeks ago
  6. Mechanical Design Build EngineerSaronic · Series D · Austin · 23 weeks ago
  7. Welder (Technician/Fabrication)Saronic · Series D · Franklin, LA · 24 weeks ago
  8. Engineering TechnicianxDOF · SF Bay Area · 23 weeks ago XDOF is the infrastructure partner for the world's most ambitious robotics builders

Product

  1. Product Manager, Agent DevelopmentSierra · Late Stage · SF Bay Area · $180K–390K · 24 weeks ago

Operations

  1. シニア・リーガルカウンセル (Senior Legal Counsel)Sierra · Late Stage · Tokyo · JPY 25,000,000–40,000,000/year · 24 weeks ago
  2. Senior Counsel, Corporate (M&A)OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $297K–330K · 23 weeks ago
  3. Senior HR Business PartnerK2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles · $120K–150K · 23 weeks ago Builds high-power satellite buses designed for LEO, MEO, and GEO missions with 10x more power than constellati
  4. Diesel MechanicSaronic · Series D · San Diego · 24 weeks ago
  5. Recruiting CoordinatorxAI · Late Stage · Tokyo · 24 weeks ago

Other

  1. Transformative AI Research Economist, Economic ResearchAnthropic · SF Bay Area · $320K–405K · 24 weeks ago
  2. Research Associate - Thin FilmsPeriodic Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · 24 weeks ago Builds AI scientists and autonomous laboratories to accelerate discovery in physical sciences

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