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Week of 7 September 2026

235 new roles this week across 44 companies; the biggest movers: OpenAI (+43), Anthropic (+33), Mistral AI (+17).

Research

  1. Member of Technical Staff, Research (2026 PhD New Grad) — Fireworks AI · Series D · SF Bay Area · $200K–300K · 4 weeks ago Inference engine for deploying and fine-tuning open-source AI models with low-latency, high-throughput serving
  2. Member of Technical Staff, Research Engineer — xDOF · Series B · SF Bay Area · 4 weeks ago XDOF is the infrastructure partner for the world's most ambitious robotics builders
  3. Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning) — Anthropic · Zurich · 4 weeks ago Develops Claude, an AI assistant, with research focused on AI safety and alignment

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ML engineering

  1. Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Agents) — Perplexity · Series C · SF Bay Area · $220K–405K · 4 weeks ago AI-powered answer engine that provides conversational, source-backed responses to user queries
  2. Senior Backend Software Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (LangSmith) — LangChain · Series B · Boston · 4 weeks ago Framework and platform for building, testing, deploying, and monitoring LLM-powered agents
  3. Senior Fullstack Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform — LangChain · Series B · Boston · 4 weeks ago
  4. Performance Engineer, Inference Engine — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $350K–850K · 4 weeks ago

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Applied AI

  1. Field CTO, DACH — Mistral AI · Series D · Munich · 4 weeks ago Builds open-source AI models and platforms for deploying custom generative AI agents and applications
  2. Member of Technical Staff (Applied AI Engineer, Agent Capabilities) — Perplexity · Series C · SF Bay Area · $220K–405K · 4 weeks ago
  3. Manager, AI Deployment Engineering (Southeast Asia) — OpenAI · Singapore · 4 weeks ago Develops AI systems including large language models like ChatGPT for research and commercial use
  4. Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Codex) — OpenAI · Munich · 4 weeks ago
  5. Technical Customer Success Manager, API — Perplexity · Series C · SF Bay Area · $170K–220K · 4 weeks ago
  6. AI Deployment Specialist, Beneficial Deployments — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $200K–265K · 4 weeks ago

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Infrastructure

  1. Member of Technical Staff, Systems Infrastructure (2026 PhD New Grad) — Fireworks AI · Series D · SF Bay Area · $200K–230K · 4 weeks ago
  2. Staff Engineer, Distributed Storage and HPC & AI Infrastructure — Together AI · Seed · Bangalore India · 4 weeks ago Together AI is a cloud-based platform specializing in artificial intelligence infrastructure and tools
  3. Senior Engineering Manager, Capacity Engineering — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $405K–485K · 4 weeks ago
  4. Emerging Clouds & International Coverage Lead — Baseten · Late Stage · SF Bay Area · $150K–235K · 4 weeks ago Platform for deploying and serving machine learning models with high-performance inference at scale
  5. Global Capacity Manager — Baseten · Late Stage · SF Bay Area · $170K–230K · 4 weeks ago

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Data

  1. Member of Technical Staff - Multilingual Data — Reflection AI · Series B · SF Bay Area · 4 weeks ago Builds open AI models that enable anyone to control and shape intelligent systems
  2. Data Engineer, GTM — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $320K–405K · 4 weeks ago
  3. Data Platform Engineer — Mercor · Series B · SF Bay Area · $160K–500K · 4 weeks ago Marketplace connecting domain experts with AI companies for task evaluation and model benchmarking

All data roles →

Software

  1. Head of, Financial Systems Engineering — Mistral AI · Series D · Paris · 4 weeks ago
  2. Staff Software Engineer, Search — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $320K–405K · 4 weeks ago
  3. Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Inference Path — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $320K–485K · 4 weeks ago
  4. Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Sampling Path — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $320K–485K · 4 weeks ago
  5. Tech Lead, Robotics Runtime & Middleware — Mind Robotics · SF Bay Area · 4 weeks ago Develops industrial robots with generalized physical intelligence for factory automation
  6. Software Engineering Manager, AI Observability & Evals Platform — LangChain · Series B · Boston · 4 weeks ago
  7. Engineering Manager, ChatGPT Search Infrastructure — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $401K–445K · 4 weeks ago

All software roles →

Hardware

  1. Principal Tooling Engineer — K2 Space · Series D · Los Angeles · $175K–200K · 4 weeks ago Builds high-power satellite buses designed for LEO, MEO, and GEO missions with 10x more power than constellati
  2. Hardware Strategic Sourcing Manager, Optics — OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $226K–378K · 4 weeks ago
  3. Lead RTL Designer (PPA Experience) — Fractile · Series B · Bristol - The Crescent · 4 weeks ago Builds specialized processors that fuse computation with memory to run large language models up to 25x faster
  4. Lead RTL Designer (PPA Experience) — Fractile · Series B · London Bristol · 4 weeks ago
  5. Manufacturing Engineering Manager — Skild AI · SF Bay Area · $100K–300K · 4 weeks ago Builds foundation models for general-purpose robots that adapt across hardware and tasks

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Science

  1. Research Leader (Toxicology), Cambridge, MA — Isomorphic Laboratories · Series B · Boston · 4 weeks ago Builds AI models to accelerate drug discovery and design novel medicines
  2. R&D Metallurgist — Mariana Minerals · Series B · SF Bay Area · $110K–140K · 4 weeks ago Software-first developer and operator of critical mineral projects for energy, AI, and defense

Product

  1. Product Manager — Crosby · Series B · New York City, NY · $200K–260K · 4 weeks ago AI-powered contract review for MSAs, DPAs, and NDAs with lawyer oversight and fixed pricing

Design

  1. Senior Product Designer — Mercor · Series B · SF Bay Area · $200K–300K · 4 weeks ago
  2. Senior Cinematographer, Brand Studio — Perplexity · Series C · SF Bay Area · $150K–180K · 4 weeks ago
  3. User Experience Researcher, Platform — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $305K–385K · 4 weeks ago

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Go-to-market

  1. Head of Regulated Industries, Customer Success — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $320K–350K · 4 weeks ago
  2. Head of Strategic Startups — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $550K–750K · 4 weeks ago
  3. VP, Demand Generation — Mistral AI · Series D · Paris · 4 weeks ago
  4. Account Director, Digital Natives — OpenAI · Delhi, IN · 4 weeks ago
  5. Account Director, Digital Natives - Nordics — OpenAI · Stockholm, SE · 4 weeks ago
  6. Account Director, Mid-Market — OpenAI · Remote · 4 weeks ago
  7. Customer Success Manager, Beneficial Deployments - Life Sciences — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $200K–265K · 4 weeks ago
  8. Manager, Account Executive - Hedge Funds — Anthropic · New York · $450K–550K · 4 weeks ago

All go-to-market roles →

Operations

  1. Head of Accounting Policy — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $385K–570K · 4 weeks ago
  2. Enforcement Operations Lead, Cloud Partners — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $285K–330K · 4 weeks ago
  3. Executive Escalations Manager — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $210K–260K · 4 weeks ago
  4. Lead, Security Controls Assurance - SOX — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $410K–510K · 4 weeks ago
  5. Social Escalations Manager — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $210K–260K · 4 weeks ago
  6. Strategic Projects Lead, Recruiting — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $235K–300K · 4 weeks ago
  7. Transaction Manager, Canada — Anthropic · Travel Required · Remote · 4 weeks ago
  8. Warehouse and Logistics Manager - International — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $405K–485K · 4 weeks ago
  9. Warehouse and Logistics Manager - North America — Anthropic · SF Bay Area · $405K–485K · 4 weeks ago
  10. Solution Operations Manager, Value & Ops Excellence — Mistral AI · Series D · Paris · 4 weeks ago

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General

  1. Member of Technical Staff, New Grad (BS/MS) — Fireworks AI · Series D · SF Bay Area · $160K–180K · 4 weeks ago
  2. Robotics — Genesis AI · Seed · London · 4 weeks ago Develops general-purpose robots powered by foundation models for physical tasks across factories, hospitals, a
  3. Don't See Your Role? Apply Here! — Periodic Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · 4 weeks ago Builds AI scientists and autonomous laboratories to accelerate discovery in physical sciences

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