# Staff & principal AI/ML engineer jobs in San Francisco

> Browse staff & principal AI/ML engineer jobs in San Francisco at top tech companies, updated every 12 hours. Each role links to the original posting on the company's ATS, which Lazee autofills in a few clicks.

Canonical: https://lazee.dev/careers?role=ai-ml&level=staff&city=san-francisco
Last updated: 2026-10-25

107 open jobs, page 1 of 5, newest first. Each job links to its posting on the company's own applicant tracking system, which the Lazee extension autofills.

## Jobs

- [Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform & Infrastructure](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=okta&token=8319285) at Okta. San Francisco, California · posted 2026-10-24. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Principal Software Engineer, ChatGPT Education and Learning](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/40de0618-fb19-443d-85fd-ba690d3721a8) at OpenAI. San Francisco · Full-time · $459K – $536K · posted 2026-10-23. Apply on Ashby.
- [Principal Software Engineer, Productivity](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/dd9c7c04-7181-4c65-9c6a-0e04313e3707) at OpenAI. San Francisco · Full-time · $459K – $536K · posted 2026-10-22. Apply on Ashby.
- [Senior Staff Software Engineer, Geometric Computer Vision, Google Beam](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/113671910448865990) at Google. Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA · posted 2026-10-22. Apply on Google Careers.
- [Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI Runtime](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=databricks&token=8909305002) at Databricks. Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California · posted 2026-10-22. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Senior Staff AI-Native Software Engineer – Agentic Systems](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/ServiceNow/744000156441790) at ServiceNow. San Francisco, CALIFORNIA, United States · On-site · Full-time · posted 2026-10-20. Apply on SmartRecruiters.
- [Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Conversion Core Modeling](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=pinterest&token=8284744) at Pinterest. San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US · posted 2026-10-16. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Principal Architect, AI Labs](https://salesforce.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Career_Site/job/California---San-Francisco/Principal-Architect--AI-Labs_JR364779) at Salesforce. California - San Francisco · posted 2026-10-16. Apply on Workday.
- [Staff AI/ML Engineer](https://boards.greenhouse.io/chime/jobs/8840205002?gh_jid=8840205002) at Chime Financial, Inc. San Francisco, CA, USA · posted 2026-10-15. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=okta&token=8281941) at Okta. San Francisco, California · posted 2026-10-15. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=okta&token=8282012) at Okta. San Francisco, California · posted 2026-10-15. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Machine Learning Engineer](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=pinterest&token=8015543) at Pinterest. San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US · Remote · posted 2026-10-14. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Global Product Solutions Principal Lead, Ads, Cloud and AI](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/93970117267727046) at Google. San Francisco, CA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Bruno, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA · posted 2026-10-08. Apply on Google Careers.
- [Senior Principal AI Engineer- AI Center of Excellence](https://mastercard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CorporateCareers/job/San-Francisco-California/Senior-Principal-AI-Engineer--AI-Center-of-Excellence_R-292873-1) at Mastercard. San Francisco California +8 more · posted 2026-10-07. Apply on Workday.
- [Senior Staff Engineer, AI](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=asana&token=8098020) at Asana. San Francisco · posted 2026-10-06. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Software Engineer, Staff: Applied AI, Science & Engineering](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5444766008) at Anthropic. New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA · posted 2026-10-06. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Senior Staff Research Scientist/Engineer, Consumer Agents Post Training, DeepMind](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/119625608341660358) at DeepMind. Mountain View, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA · posted 2026-10-05. Apply on Google Careers.
- [Staff Research Scientist/Engineer, Consumer Agents Post Training, DeepMind](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/120683810973983430) at DeepMind. Mountain View, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA · posted 2026-10-05. Apply on Google Careers.
- [Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Tooling](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sentry/c00e77f5-bd58-49da-b4a8-3b6249529747) at Sentry. San Francisco, California · Hybrid · Full-time · $220K – $400K • Offers Equity • Performance bonus: up to 15% of base · posted 2026-10-04. Apply on Ashby.
- [Staff AI Engineer (Remote Eligible)](https://capitalone.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/Capital_One/job/San-Francisco--CA/Staff-AI-Engineer--Remote-Eligible-_R1002807-1) at Capital One. San Francisco  CA +5 more · Remote · posted 2026-10-01. Apply on Workday.
- [Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Product ML Infrastructure](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=pinterest&token=8046860) at Pinterest. Palo Alto, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US · posted 2026-09-30. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Bidding & Pacing](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=pinterest&token=8238679) at Pinterest. San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US · posted 2026-09-29. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff AI Engineer role (Remote Eligible)](https://capitalone.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/Capital_One/job/San-Francisco--CA/Staff-AI-Engineer-role--Remote-Eligible-_R1002560-1) at Capital One. San Francisco  CA +5 more · Remote · posted 2026-09-29. Apply on Workday.
- [Staff+ Software Engineer, Account Abuse (Machine Learning)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5436293008) at Anthropic. San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · posted 2026-09-28. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5436684008) at Anthropic. San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA · posted 2026-09-28. Apply on Greenhouse.

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