Remote Machine Learning Engineer salary
Base pay in the United States, from 70 postings by 18 employers that published the pay range.
Median base pay per year
$237,000
A typical posting offers $203,500 to $260,000.
10th percentile $196k – $275k
middle half $286k
90th percentile
What a Machine Learning Engineer does
Machine learning engineers build and run the systems that train models and serve their predictions in production. They turn a prototype from a notebook into a reliable service, owning data pipelines, training jobs, deployment and monitoring. The job sits closer to software engineering than to research: the measure is a model that works at scale, not a paper.
By level
| Level | Typical range | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-level | $161,000 – $235,000 | $205,000 | 10 |
| Senior | $200,000 – $225,000 | $213,000 | 29 |
| Staff & Principal | $229,000 – $320,500 | $276,000 | 30 |
By employer
| Employer | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| $289,500 | 7 | |
| $276,000 | 15 | |
| May Mobility | $245,000 | 5 |
| Coinbase | $228,500 | 6 |
| Airbnb | $217,500 | 11 |
| Instacart | $213,000 | 2 |
| SandboxAQ | $207,000 | 2 |
| Torc Robotics | $195,000 | 10 |
| Lyra Health | $170,000 | 3 |
Open Machine Learning Engineer jobs with published pay
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Pinterest · Remote · San Francisco, CA
Data & AI Full-time $227,871 – $469,147 per year Posted Oct 14, 2026 -
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, GenAI Platform
Reddit · Remote (US)
Data & AI Full-time $292,500 – $409,500 per year Posted Apr 1, 2026 -
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Pinterest · Remote · San Francisco, CA
Engineering Full-time $189,308 – $389,753 per year Posted Oct 26, 2026 -
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Content Visual AI
Pinterest · Remote · San Francisco, CA
Engineering Full-time $189,308 – $389,753 per year Posted Oct 8, 2026 -
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Homefeed
Pinterest · Remote · San Francisco, CA
Engineering Full-time $189,308 – $389,753 per year Posted Nov 2, 2026 -
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Feed Relevance
Reddit · Remote (US)
Data & AI Full-time $266,000 – $372,400 per year Posted Aug 11, 2026 -
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Understanding
Reddit · Remote (US)
Data & AI Full-time $266,000 – $372,400 per year Posted Sep 30, 2026 -
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Science
Pinterest · Remote · San Francisco, CA
Design Full-time $161,263 – $332,012 per year Posted May 19, 2025 -
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Data Mining
Motional · Remote (US)
Engineering $240,000 – $330,000 per year Posted Jun 22, 2026 -
Machine Learning Engineer, Answers Relevance
Reddit · Remote (US)
Data & AI $216,700 – $322,000 per year Posted Oct 18, 2026