Liftoff Jobs

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Week of 4 May 2026

62 new roles this week across 22 companies; the biggest movers: K2 Space (+13), OpenAI (+12), Anthropic (+8).

ML engineering

  1. Software Engineer, Productivity - Inference Runtime — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $230K–385K · 22 weeks ago Develops AI systems including large language models like ChatGPT for research and commercial use

Applied AI

  1. Senior Technical Support Engineer — LangChain · Series B · SF Bay Area · 22 weeks ago Framework and platform for building, testing, deploying, and monitoring LLM-powered agents
  2. Backend Software Engineer, Applied Foundations — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $266K–445K · 22 weeks ago
  3. Full-Stack Software Engineer, Applied Foundations — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $266K–445K · 22 weeks ago
  4. Protection Scientist Engineer, Integrity — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $198K–425K · 22 weeks ago
  5. Enterprise Solutions Engineer - USA — ElevenLabs · Series C · United States · 22 weeks ago AI platform generating realistic speech, music, and sound effects across 70+ languages
  6. Forward Deployed Engineer (Inference & Post-Training) — Together AI · Seed · SF Bay Area · $270K–300K · 22 weeks ago Together AI is a cloud-based platform specializing in artificial intelligence infrastructure and tools
  7. Enterprise AI Associate — Mercor · Series B · SF Bay Area · $110K–150K · 22 weeks ago Marketplace connecting domain experts with AI companies for task evaluation and model benchmarking

Infrastructure

  1. Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Cluster Infrastructure — Anthropic · London · GBP 325,000–485,000/year · 22 weeks ago Develops Claude, an AI assistant, with research focused on AI safety and alignment
  2. Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform — Anthropic · London · GBP 325,000–485,000/year · 22 weeks ago
  3. Staff Software Engineer, Node Infra — Anthropic · London · GBP 325,000–485,000/year · 22 weeks ago
  4. Staff+ Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $320K–485K · 22 weeks ago
  5. Sr. Electrical Commissioning Technician - Memphis — xAI · Late Stage · Southaven, MS · 22 weeks ago Develops Grok, an AI platform offering reasoning, code, voice, image, and video capabilities through a unified
  6. Senior IT Systems Engineer — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $125K–155K · 22 weeks ago Builds high-power satellite buses designed for LEO, MEO, and GEO missions with 10x more power than constellati
  7. Senior Network Engineer — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $140K–180K · 22 weeks ago
  8. Software Engineer, Core Network Engineering — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $230K–342K · 22 weeks ago
  9. Software Engineer, Delivery / CD — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $210K–490K · 22 weeks ago
  10. Systems Software Engineer, Management Plane — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $266K–445K · 22 weeks ago

All infrastructure roles →

Data

  1. Senior Software Engineer, Data — fal · Series D · SF Bay Area · $180K–225K · 22 weeks ago Serverless GPU platform for deploying and fine-tuning generative AI models at scale
  2. Data Scientist, Product — Anthropic · New York · $285K–380K · 22 weeks ago
  3. Data Engineer — Mercor · Series B · SF Bay Area · $160K–500K · 22 weeks ago
  4. Data Collection Operator — Dyna Robotics · Series A · SF Bay Area · USD 30–32/hour · 22 weeks ago Autonomous robotic arms that complete end-to-end workflows in hospitality, logistics, and factory operations

Software

  1. Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector — Anthropic · Remote · $405K–485K · 22 weeks ago
  2. Staff Software Engineer, Backend Infrastructure — Sesame AI · Series B · SF Bay Area · $175K–280K · 22 weeks ago Sesame Technology is a multifaceted technology company with diverse offerings
  3. Software Development Engineer, Test Platform — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $123K–175K · 22 weeks ago

Hardware

  1. Head of Solar — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $200K–250K · 22 weeks ago
  2. Principal Automation & Controls Engineer — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $175K–200K · 22 weeks ago
  3. Principal Solar Design Engineer — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $175K–200K · 22 weeks ago
  4. Principal Solar Process Engineer — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $175K–200K · 22 weeks ago
  5. Mechanical Commissioning Lead - Memphis — xAI · Late Stage · Southaven, MS · 22 weeks ago
  6. Senior Automation & Controls Engineer — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $140K–175K · 22 weeks ago
  7. Senior Build & Integration Engineer — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $140K–175K · 22 weeks ago
  8. Senior Integration & Test Engineer — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $140K–175K · 22 weeks ago
  9. Senior Solar Process Engineer — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $140K–175K · 22 weeks ago
  10. Manufacturing Systems Engineering Technician — Saronic · Series D · Franklin, LA · 22 weeks ago Saronic Technologies develops advanced autonomous surface vessels for naval and maritime applications
  11. Safety Engineer — Mind Robotics · SF Bay Area · 22 weeks ago Develops industrial robots with generalized physical intelligence for factory automation
  12. Networking Operating System Firmware Engineer — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $266K–445K · 22 weeks ago
  13. Mechanical Commissioning Technician - Memphis — xAI · Late Stage · Southaven, MS · 22 weeks ago
  14. Automation & Controls Engineer — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $100K–140K · 22 weeks ago
  15. Build & Integration Engineer — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $100K–140K · 22 weeks ago
  16. Avionics Technician — Mach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · USD 28–42/hour · 22 weeks ago Develops low-cost autonomous aerospace and defense systems including drones, munitions, and propulsion compone
  17. Production Supervisor — Mach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $110K–140K · 22 weeks ago
  18. Materials Engineer — Neuralink · Series E · Austin · $113K–209K · 22 weeks ago Develops implantable brain-computer interfaces enabling paralyzed individuals to control devices through thoug
  19. Product Engineer, Silicon Validation — Etched · Seed · SF Bay Area · 22 weeks ago Etched.ai is a technology startup developing specialized hardware for large language model (LLM) inference

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Science

  1. Process Engineer, Powder — Periodic Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · 22 weeks ago Builds AI scientists and autonomous laboratories to accelerate discovery in physical sciences

Product

  1. Member of Technical Staff — Product — RadixArk · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–400K · 22 weeks ago Builds open-source inference and training infrastructure systems for AI applications
  2. Product Manager, Financial Engineering — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $293K–325K · 22 weeks ago
  3. Product Manager, Integrity — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $347K–385K · 22 weeks ago

Go-to-market

  1. Director of Channel Partnerships — WithCoverage · Series B · New York City, NY · $175K–250K · 22 weeks ago Digital platform for managing insurance policies, claims, and risk for CPG brands and growing businesses
  2. Enterprise Account Executive, South EMEA (UK) — LangChain · Series B · London · 22 weeks ago
  3. Federal Account Executive — LangChain · Series B · Washington DC, DC · 22 weeks ago
  4. APAC Sales Development Leader — OpenAI · Singapore · 22 weeks ago
  5. Sales Development - Middle East — ElevenLabs · Series C · Dubai, AE · 22 weeks ago

Operations

  1. Global Senior Equity Program Manager — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $190K–230K · 22 weeks ago
  2. Manager, Commercial Counsel, GTM — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $320K–385K · 22 weeks ago
  3. Strategic Finance Lead, Corporate Finance and Capital Strategy — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $293K–325K · 22 weeks ago
  4. Senior Technical Program Manager (InfoSec), London — Isomorphic Laboratories · Series B · London · 22 weeks ago Builds AI models to accelerate drug discovery and design novel medicines
  5. Engineering Program Manager, System Build — Hark AI · SF Bay Area · $120K–300K · 22 weeks ago Builds multimodal AI agents with speech, vision, and text that learn your preferences and proactively complete
  6. Executive Assistant — Saronic · Series D · Austin · 22 weeks ago
  7. Executive Assistant — Mercor · Series B · SF Bay Area · $120K–160K · 22 weeks ago

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