Machine Learning Engineer - AI Compiler Optimization San Jose Regular
ByteDance
San Jose, CA · $156k–$388k a year · Posted November 3, 2026
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Where San Jose, CA ranks
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November 2026
- #1Best cities for marketing pay after cost of living$204k · of 16
- #1Best cities for aerospace and defense pay after cost of living$187k · of 19
- #2Best cities for security pay after cost of living$220k · of 10
- #3Best cities for technology pay after cost of living$205k · of 80
- #5Best cities for technology jobs1,449 openings · of 100
- #5Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the West Coast162 jobs · of 47
Rankings about data & analytics jobs
- Best cities for data and analytics jobs #1 New York (1,713 openings)
- Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
- Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
- AI tools named most often in data and analytics jobs #1 Databricks (7.6%)
- Employers with the most data and analytics jobs #1 Amazon (711 roles)
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $271,800 a year. Across 48 open machine learning engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $167,500 to $239,500 and the median is $199,000. That is 37% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among computer occupations, all other, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for computer occupations, all other: 31% (high).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
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About the job
... Machine Learning Engineer - AI Compiler Optimization Location: San Jose Team: Technology Employment Type: Regular Job Code: A86940 Responsibilities Responsible for building and implementing the compilation optimization system for the recommendation machine...