LLM Engineer salaries
Live salary data from first-party LLM Engineer postings (USD/yr). No surveys — pay ranges employers actually publish.
$285kmedian
$145klow
$34500khigh
123data points
Roles with published pay
Software Engineer, Cloud Agents
OpenAI · San Francisco
$293k–385k/yr
Software Engineer, Cyber Frontier
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–325k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent Infrastructure
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Manager, Partner AI Deployment Engineering - AWS
OpenAI · San Francisco
$251k–335k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent (Brazilian Portuguese speaking)
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
$180k–390k/yr
Software Engineer- BIS (Baseten Inference Stack)
Baseten · San Francisco
$180k–360k/yr
Software Engineer, GenAI
Abridge · SF Office
$255k–300k/yr
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - SF
OpenAI · San Francisco
$185k–325k/yr
Partner AI Deployment Engineer
OpenAI · San Francisco
$197k–278k/yr
AI Deployment Engineer, Cyber
OpenAI · San Francisco
$234k–260k/yr
Inference Technical Lead, On-Device Transformers
OpenAI · San Francisco
$445k/yr
AI Deployment Engineer, Startups
OpenAI · San Francisco
$198k–280k/yr
Software Engineer, Agents
Mercor · San Francisco or NYC
$130k–500k/yr
AI Deployment Engineer- Codex
OpenAI · San Francisco
$197k–278k/yr
Research Engineer / Research Scientist- Personal AGI (Post Training)
OpenAI · San Francisco
$295k–555k/yr
IC Agentic Engineering Manager - Stargate
OpenAI · San Francisco
$293k–385k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent
Sierra · Toronto
$180k–390k/yr
Software Engineer, ML Systems & Training Architecture
OpenAI · San Francisco
$295k–380k/yr
Software Engineer, Model Inference
OpenAI · San Francisco
$295k–555k/yr
AI Deployment Engineer
OpenAI · San Francisco
$197k–278k/yr
Full Stack Software Engineer, Codex
OpenAI · San Francisco
$255k–405k/yr
Full Stack Software Engineer, ChatGPT ImageGen
OpenAI · San Francisco
$185k–385k/yr
Agent Development Manager
Decagon · Toronto
$130k–180k/yr
Research Engineer/Scientist - Human Alignment, Consumer Devices
OpenAI · San Francisco
$380k–445k/yr
Product Engineer, GTM Innovation
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure - Research
OpenAI · San Francisco
$250k–380k/yr
Engineering Manager - Forward Deployed Engineering (LLM)
Baseten · San Francisco
$260k–380k/yr
Software Engineer, Inference - Multi Modal
OpenAI · San Francisco
$295k–555k/yr
RE / RS - Foundations, Search
OpenAI · San Francisco
$445k–555k/yr
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Search & Retrieval Infrastructure
Pinecone · US Remote
$190k–270k/yr
Agent Development Manager
Decagon · New York City
$150k–220k/yr
Research Engineer, Codex
OpenAI · San Francisco
$295k–445k/yr
Product Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Seattle
OpenAI · Seattle
$162k–280k/yr
Software Engineer, Localization
OpenAI · San Francisco
$185k–300k/yr
Research Engineer, Applied AI Engineering
OpenAI · San Francisco
$250k–555k/yr
Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF
OpenAI · San Francisco
$162k–280k/yr
Backend Software Engineer (Evals)
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
AI Deployment Engineer, Startups
OpenAI · New York City
$198k–280k/yr
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Gov
OpenAI · Washington, DC
$207k–385k/yr
Machine Learning Engineer, Integrity
OpenAI · San Francisco
$266k–555k/yr
AI Deployment Engineering Manager, Startups
OpenAI · San Francisco
$251k–335k/yr
Member of Technical Staff (Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI)
Perplexity · New York City
$205k–335k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent (Korean Speaking)
Sierra · Singapore
$295k–495k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent (Cantonese Speaking)
Sierra · Singapore
$295k–495k/yr
Full Stack Software Engineer, GTM Innovation
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Staff AI research scientist
Writer · San Francisco, CA
$234k–296k/yr
Engineering Manager, Cooperative Systems
OpenAI · Seattle
$325k–385k/yr
Software Engineer - Training Product
Baseten · San Francisco
$165k–330k/yr
Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov
OpenAI · Washington, DC
$146k–280k/yr
AI Deployment Engineer, Messenger Integrations
OpenAI · San Francisco
$197k–292k/yr
Software engineer, agents
Writer · New York City, NY
$112k–218k/yr
Strategist, Agent Development
Sierra · Singapore
$190k–380k/yr
Agent Post-Training Research
OpenAI · San Francisco
$295k–445k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent
Sierra · Singapore
$295k–495k/yr
Researcher, Training
OpenAI · San Francisco
$360k–440k/yr
Software Engineer, Model Performance Systems
Baseten · San Francisco
$160k–200k/yr
Applied AI Engineer, Codex Core Agent
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Software Engineer, Cooperative AI
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Software Engineer, API Multicloud
OpenAI · San Francisco
$293k–385k/yr
Software Engineer, Codex Enterprise
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Legal Engineer - Custom Solutions
Harvey · San Francisco
$220k–320k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent Builder
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
$230k–390k/yr
RE/RS, Data Understanding - Foundations
OpenAI · San Francisco
$350k–555k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent (Thai Speaking)
Sierra · Singapore
$295k–495k/yr
Research Engineer / Research Scientist -Personal AGI, Proactivity
OpenAI · San Francisco
$295k–555k/yr
Forward Deployed Engineer - ML
Modal · New York
$180k–250k/yr
Researcher, Alignment
OpenAI · San Francisco
$250k–445k/yr
Automation Engineer, Customer Education
Harvey · San Francisco
$124k–185k/yr
Member of Technical Staff, Backend
LlamaIndex · San Francisco
$180k–250k/yr
Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Engineering
Abridge · SF Office
$230k–290k/yr
Member of Technical Staff - ML Training Systems
Modal · New York
$150k–350k/yr
Strategist, Agent Development - Healthcare
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
$150k–300k/yr
Software Engineer, Backend (Cooperative AI)
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Member of Technical Staff, Backend
Vapi · San Francisco
$200k–280k/yr
AI Systems Engineer, Codex Agents
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Tokens-as-a-Service (Taas) Software Engineer
OpenAI · San Francisco
$293k–385k/yr
Automation Engineer, Customer Education
Harvey · New York
$124k–185k/yr
Full Stack Software Engineer, Codex Cloud Apps
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–325k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent - Healthcare
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
$180k–390k/yr
Member of Technical Staff, Document Understanding
LlamaIndex · San Francisco
$180k–250k/yr
Engineering Manager, Multimodal (API)
OpenAI · San Francisco
$293k–385k/yr
Researcher, Agent Post-Training, API & Power-Users
OpenAI · San Francisco
$295k–445k/yr
Software Engineer - Voice AI (Inference Runtime)
Baseten · San Francisco
$165k–330k/yr
Analytics & Automation Lead, User Safety & Risk Operations
OpenAI · San Francisco
$302k–335k/yr
Technical Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) - NYC
OpenAI · New York City
$198k–294k/yr
Agent Development Manager
Decagon · San Francisco
$150k–220k/yr
Research Engineer/Research Scientist - Personal AGI, North Stars
OpenAI · San Francisco
$295k–555k/yr
Offensive Security Engineer, Agent Products
OpenAI · San Francisco
$278k–490k/yr
Agent Engineer - NY
Vapi · New York
$160k–180k/yr
Agent Strategist - NYC
Vapi · New York
$130k–160k/yr
Software Engineer, Gen AI Platform
Abridge · SF Office
$221k–300k/yr
Software Engineer, Full Stack (People Innovation)
OpenAI · Remote - US
$153k–385k/yr
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Seattle
OpenAI · Seattle
$153k–325k/yr
Agent Engineer
Vapi · San Francisco
$160k–180k/yr
Technical Deployment Lead, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)- Platform
OpenAI · San Francisco
$198k–335k/yr
Solution Architect (AI/LLM Inference)
Baseten · San Francisco
$165k–330k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent
Sierra · Tokyo
$22000k–47000k/yr
Software Engineer - Model Products
Baseten · San Francisco
$180k–360k/yr
Research Engineer - Speech & Realtime Models
OpenAI · San Francisco
$295k–445k/yr
Software Engineer - Model Performance
Baseten · San Francisco
$180k–360k/yr
AI Deployment Engineer, Public Sector - Federal Civilian
OpenAI · Washington, DC
$137k–250k/yr
Software Engineer, Integrity Foundations - London
OpenAI · London, UK
$221k–370k/yr
Research Engineer, Retrieval & Search, Applied Engineering
OpenAI · San Francisco
$293k–585k/yr
Member of Technical Staff - ML Performance
Modal · New York
$200k–350k/yr
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - NYC
OpenAI · New York City
$153k–325k/yr
Senior Software Engineer, Backend/Infra
Pika · Palo Alto HQ
$185k–300k/yr
Full Stack Software Engineer, Agent Enablement
OpenAI · San Francisco
$255k–405k/yr
ChatGPT Performance Engineer
OpenAI · San Francisco
$325k–405k/yr
Security Preparedness Lead, Coding Agents
OpenAI · San Francisco
$293k–405k/yr
Engineering Manager, Model Inference
Abridge · SF Office
$220k–270k/yr
Software Engineer, Product
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
$230k–390k/yr
AI Deployment Engineer
OpenAI · New York City
$197k–278k/yr
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
OpenAI · San Francisco
$280k–335k/yr
Software Engineer, Developer Productivity
OpenAI · San Francisco
$210k–490k/yr
TLM, Embedded Experiences
OpenAI · San Francisco
$325k–385k/yr
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - NYC
OpenAI · New York City
$162k–280k/yr
Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer- Model Inference
Abridge · SF Office
$221k–260k/yr
Member of Technical Staff, Frontend Product
LlamaIndex · San Francisco
$150k–230k/yr
Support Engineer
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
$250k–275k/yr
Software Engineer, Inference – AMD GPU Enablement
OpenAI · San Francisco
$295k–555k/yr
Software Engineer, Research - Human Data
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr