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Week of 24 August 2026

217 new roles this week across 37 companies; the biggest movers: Anthropic (+50), OpenAI (+34), K2 Space (+13).

Research

  1. Member of Technical Staff (AI Researcher)Perplexity · Series C · SF Bay Area · $220K–485K · 2 days ago AI-powered answer engine that provides conversational, source-backed responses to user queries
  2. Member of Technical Staff, Frontier RL EnvironmentsHark AI · SF Bay Area · $180K–450K · 3 days ago Builds multimodal AI agents with speech, vision, and text that learn your preferences and proactively complete
  3. People Research ScientistOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $198K–220K · 2 days ago Develops AI systems including large language models like ChatGPT for research and commercial use

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ML engineering

  1. Member of Technical Staff - Inference SystemsLiquid AI · Seed · Boston · yesterday Builds efficient foundation models that run on-device across phones, cars, and edge hardware without sending d
  2. AI Engineer, GTM ClaudificationAnthropic · Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) · Remote · $320K–405K · 2 days ago Develops Claude, an AI assistant, with research focused on AI safety and alignment
  3. Applied AI Engineer, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences)Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $280K–320K · 3 days ago

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Infrastructure

  1. Head of National Security Sales (DoW/IC)Anthropic · Washington DC · $550K–700K · 3 days ago
  2. Transaction Principal, EUAnthropic · London · 3 days ago
  3. Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Model Platform)Perplexity · Series C · SF Bay Area · $220K–405K · 2 days ago
  4. Principal Power Systems Control ArchitectAmerican Terawatt · SF Bay Area · 2 days ago Builds a national HVDC transmission network for large industrial electricity loads
  5. Data Center Energy Lead, EMEAAnthropic · London · 2 days ago
  6. Data Center Portfolio LeadAnthropic · Remote · $320K–405K · 2 days ago
  7. Data Center Sourcing Manager, SiliconAnthropic · Remote · $320K–405K · 3 days ago
  8. Energy Scheduling & Portfolio LeadAnthropic · Remote · $320K–405K · 2 days ago
  9. Environmental Health & Safety Manager, Data Center Construction and OperationsAnthropic · Remote · $320K–405K · 3 days ago

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Software

  1. Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, ScalingAnthropic · SF Bay Area · $320K–485K · 3 days ago
  2. Member of Technical Staff, Data FlywheelReflection AI · Series B · New York · 2 days ago Builds open AI models that enable anyone to control and shape intelligent systems
  3. Principal Dynamics EngineerK2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles · $190K–235K · yesterday Builds high-power satellite buses designed for LEO, MEO, and GEO missions with 10x more power than constellati
  4. Principal Hardware Reliability EngineerK2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles · $185K–220K · yesterday
  5. Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Agents)Perplexity · Series C · SF Bay Area · $220K–405K · yesterday
  6. Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Desktop Apps)Perplexity · Series C · SF Bay Area · $200K–400K · yesterday
  7. Principal Certification & Airworthiness EngineerMach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $160K–210K · 2 days ago Develops low-cost autonomous aerospace and defense systems including drones, munitions, and propulsion compone
  8. Principal Software EngineerValar Atomics · Torrance, CA · $195K–270K · yesterday Builds high-temperature gas reactors for industrial power, hydrogen, and clean fuel production at scale
  9. Member of Technical Staff, DesignerMirendil · Seed · SF Bay Area · 3 days ago Builds self-accelerating AI systems that automate AI research to advance science and engineering

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Hardware

  1. Global Supply Manager - Contract ManufacturingAnthropic · Remote · $320K–405K · 3 days ago
  2. Senior CNC MachinistSaronic · Series D · Austin · 2 days ago Saronic Technologies develops advanced autonomous surface vessels for naval and maritime applications
  3. Senior Mechanical Engineer (Propulsion)K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles · $140K–175K · 3 days ago
  4. Product Engineer - Manufacturing OperationsAnthropic · Remote · $320K–405K · 3 days ago

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Science

  1. Senior Clinical Trial Manager, Cambridge, MAIsomorphic Laboratories · Series B · Boston · yesterday Builds AI models to accelerate drug discovery and design novel medicines
  2. Lab ChemistMariana Minerals · Series B · Moab, UT · 2 days ago Software-first developer and operator of critical mineral projects for energy, AI, and defense

Product

  1. Senior Product Manager, PaymentsMercor · Series B · SF Bay Area · $180K–300K · 2 days ago Marketplace connecting domain experts with AI companies for task evaluation and model benchmarking
  2. Product Manager, Agent Development - Public SectorSierra · Late Stage · SF Bay Area · $180K–390K · 3 days ago Conversational AI platform that deploys customized agents across chat, voice, email, and SMS for customer supp
  3. Product Manager, LearningOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $293K–385K · 2 days ago
  4. Product Manager, Multimodal SafetyOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $293K–325K · yesterday

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Design

  1. Product Designer, Core AppsAnthropic · SF Bay Area · $305K–385K · yesterday
  2. Visual/Brand DesignerMercor · Series B · SF Bay Area · $200K–300K · yesterday
  3. Brand Designer, WebLovable · Series B · New York · 3 days ago AI platform that generates production-ready web applications and websites from natural language descriptions

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Go-to-market

  1. Head of Partnerships, JapanAnthropic · Tokyo · 2 days ago
  2. Head of Sales Strategy, Global GTMAnthropic · SF Bay Area · $310K–360K · yesterday
  3. Head of State and Local Government SalesAnthropic · Austin · $550K–700K · 3 days ago
  4. Sales Director, EnterpriseAnthropic · Seoul, KR · 2 days ago
  5. Enterprise Sales DirectorSierra · Late Stage · South Korea · 2 days ago
  6. Regional VP, SalesSierra · Late Stage · South Korea · 2 days ago
  7. Sales Development Director (NYC)LangChain · Series B · New York · 3 days ago Framework and platform for building, testing, deploying, and monitoring LLM-powered agents
  8. Sales Development Director (San Francisco)LangChain · Series B · SF Bay Area · 3 days ago
  9. Account Director, Startups | TokyoOpenAI · Tokyo · 3 days ago
  10. AWS GTM Partnership Lead, Global System IntegratorsAnthropic · SF Bay Area · $365K–425K · yesterday

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Operations

  1. Head of Treasury MarketsOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $266K–295K · 2 days ago
  2. Head of RecruitingGoodfire · Series B · SF Bay Area · $400K–500K · 2 days ago Goodfire is a San Francisco-based public benefit corporation focused on AI interpretability and safety
  3. Executive Business Partner to the CEODistyl AI · Series B · SF Bay Area · 3 days ago Builds customized generative AI systems and operating platforms for enterprise transformation
  4. Director of Congressional AffairsK2 Space · Series C · Washington, D.C., DC · $190K–270K · yesterday
  5. Director of State and Local Government AffairsK2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles · $190K–270K · yesterday
  6. Head of LegalOrnn · New York · yesterday Ornn is a financial technology platform specializing in AI compute risk management infrastructure
  7. Discovery Operations Lead, Litigation & RegulatoryAnthropic · SF Bay Area · $220K–285K · 2 days ago
  8. Senior Payroll Manager, APACAnthropic · Singapore · yesterday

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Other

  1. Head of Scaled, Ads SolutionsOpenAI · London · $302K–385K · 2 days ago
  2. Manager, Applied AI Architect, Enterprise TechAnthropic · SF Bay Area · $315K–380K · 2 days ago
  3. Product Policy Manager, Product RiskAnthropic · Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) · Remote · $245K–285K · 3 days ago
  4. Enablement Lead, GovernmentOpenAI · Washington DC · $207K–295K · 3 days ago
  5. Global Mobility Manager, Strategic InitiativesOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $220K–260K · yesterday

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