Weekly digest
Week of 17 August 2026
60 of 280 listed below
280 new roles this week across 46 companies; the biggest movers: Anthropic (+59), OpenAI (+42), xAI (+29).
Research
- AI Scientist - Agentic Engineering — Mistral AI Builds open-source AI models and platforms for deploying custom generative AI agents and applications
- AI Scientist - Physics Models — Mistral AI
- RE/RS, Data Understanding - Foundations — OpenAI Develops AI systems including large language models like ChatGPT for research and commercial use
ML engineering
- Staff + Senior Software Engineer, Inference — Anthropic Develops Claude, an AI assistant, with research focused on AI safety and alignment
- AI Engineer — Baseten Platform for deploying and serving machine learning models with high-performance inference at scale
- Machine Learning Engineer, Multimodal Perception and Authentication — OpenAI
Applied AI
- Principal Forward Deployable Autonomous Systems Engineer — Mach Industries Develops low-cost autonomous aerospace and defense systems including drones, munitions, and propulsion compone
- Manager Applied AI Architecture, Financial Services — Anthropic
- Manager Applied AI Architecture, Healthcare & Life Sciences — Anthropic
- Manager of Applied AI Architecture, Commercial — Anthropic
- Technical Deployment Lead — Anthropic
- Deployment Strategist Lead - India — ElevenLabs AI platform generating realistic speech, music, and sound effects across 70+ languages
Infrastructure
- Director, Memphis Power Plant Operations — xAI Develops Grok, an AI platform offering reasoning, code, voice, image, and video capabilities through a unified
- Member of Technical Staff, AI Infrastructure Reliability — Fireworks AI Inference engine for deploying and fine-tuning open-source AI models with low-latency, high-throughput serving
- Junior/Senior or Staff Software Engineer, Inference / Compute Infrastructure Engineering — Together AI Together AI is a cloud-based platform specializing in artificial intelligence infrastructure and tools
- Junior/Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Inference / Compute Infrastructure Engineering — Together AI
- Staff Software Engineer, Inference / Compute Infrastructure Engineering London or Amsterdam — Together AI
- Data Center Operations Lead - Partner Site Operations — Anthropic
Data
Software
- Mission Operations Chief Engineer, MUSV — Saronic Saronic Technologies develops advanced autonomous surface vessels for naval and maritime applications
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Auth & Identity — Anthropic
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Claude Managed Agents — Anthropic
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Developer Experience — Anthropic
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform Connectivity — Anthropic
Hardware
- Member of Technical Staff, Robotics Control (Whole Body Control) — xDOF XDOF is the infrastructure partner for the world's most ambitious robotics builders
- Principal GNC Engineer — Mach Industries
- Principal Reliability Supplier Industrialization Engineer [Mechanical, Composites, Castings Reliability] — Mach Industries
- Principal Reliability Supplier Industrialization Engineer [Precision Machining & Turbomachinery Reliability] — Mach Industries
- Staff Electrical Engineer — Valar Atomics Builds high-temperature gas reactors for industrial power, hydrogen, and clean fuel production at scale
- Staff Instrumentation & Controls Engineer - Hardware — Valar Atomics
Science
- Associate Director, Translational Medicine, Oncology, Cambridge, MA — Isomorphic Laboratories Builds AI models to accelerate drug discovery and design novel medicines
- Director of Clinical Pharmacology, Cambridge, MA — Isomorphic Laboratories
- Director of Nonclinical Safety, Cambridge, MA — Isomorphic Laboratories
Product
Design
- Head of Creative — Mariana Minerals Software-first developer and operator of critical mineral projects for energy, AI, and defense
- Product Design Lead, Growth - Codex — OpenAI
Go-to-market
- Regional VP, Sales — Sierra Conversational AI platform that deploys customized agents across chat, voice, email, and SMS for customer supp
- Account Director, Digital Native — OpenAI
- Account Director, Startups (Mandarin-Speaking) — OpenAI
- Head of Marketplace — OpenAI
- Partner Director, ANZ — OpenAI
- Regional Director - West — Traversal AI-powered platform that automates root cause detection and remediation for production incidents in enterprise
- BDR Enablement Lead — Anthropic
- Channel Partner Manager — Anthropic
Operations
- Tax Director, Provision & Compliance — Anthropic
- Head of Deal Desk — Fireworks AI
- Head of Order to Cash — Fireworks AI
- Tax Director, Business Advisory and Strategic Finance — OpenAI
- Principal Counsel, Corporate — Perplexity AI-powered answer engine that provides conversational, source-backed responses to user queries
- Policy Design Manager, Conventional Weapons — Anthropic
- Recruiting Operations Manager — Mistral AI
- Deputy Program Manager - SOCOM — Saronic
- Mission Operations Manager, MUSV — Saronic
General
- Internship — Chai Discovery AI platform that designs molecules and predicts biochemical interactions for drug discovery
Other
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