Staff Machine Learning Engineer jobs: 108 open roles
Open staff machine learning engineer jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $255,500 a year.

The market for staff machine learning engineer work
Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Data & Analytics function this title sits in.
- Verified open staff machine learning engineer jobs
- 108
- Median pay in listings that state it
- $255,500
- Data & Analytics openings that ask for AI skills
- 27%
Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.
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Source: NextChapter verified openings.
Skills most often named in openings
- 1. machine learning10%
- 2. python9%
- 3. sql8%
- 4. aws4%
- 5. azure3%
- 6. etl3%
- 7. databricks3%
- 8. power bi3%
AI skills worth building for this work
- 1. ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
- 2. LLM application engineering
- 3. RAG and vector search
- 4. Model fine-tuning
- 5. Model training and deep learning
- 6. MLOps
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Open staff machine learning engineer jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Risk
Gusto · San Francisco, CA, USA
$227k–$284k · Nov 6, 2026
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Risk
Gusto · San Francisco, CA, USA
$227k–$284k · Nov 6, 2026
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Risk
Trellis Health · San Francisco, CA, USA
$227k–$284k · Nov 6, 2026
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Model Platform
Grubhub · New York, NY
Nov 6, 2026
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Qualtrics · Seattle, Washington, United States
$213k–$259k · Nov 5, 2026
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Ethos Technologies · Remote US
Nov 4, 2026
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Homefeed
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US
$189k–$390k · Nov 2, 2026
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, CustomerLake (ML/LLM)
Databricks · New York, NY, USA
$190k–$253k · Oct 30, 2026
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, CustomerLake (ML/LLM)
Neon · New York, NY, USA
$190k–$253k · Oct 30, 2026
Oct 30, 2026
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, CustomerLake (ML/LLM)
Databricks · New York City, New York
$190k–$253k · Oct 29, 2026
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Forecasting & Scenarios
Reddit · Remote - United States
$230k–$322k · Oct 29, 2026
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Compliance Automation (Platform)
Coinbase · Remote - USA
$218k–$257k · Oct 29, 2026
Oct 29, 2026
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US
$189k–$390k · Oct 26, 2026
Showing the newest 15 of about 108 verified open jobs here. Search all jobs
Staff Machine Learning Engineer salary
The middle half of staff machine learning engineer listings that state pay run from $227,000 to $277,000. See the full staff machine learning engineer salary breakdown.
Data & Analytics jobs in the rankings
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)
Data & Analytics jobs · Top Data & Analytics employers · All rankings
Where staff machine learning engineer jobs are
- California48
- New York15
- Texas6
- Washington3
- Massachusetts3
- Georgia3
- Colorado3
- Indiana2
- Kentucky1
- Maryland1
- Michigan1
- Alabama1
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer jobs by city and state
Employers hiring staff machine learning engineers
- Reddit 9
- Riot Games 6
- Pinterest 5
- Wayve 4
- Xometry 4
- Coinbase 3
- DoorDash 3
- Spotify 3
- Databricks 3
- Uber 3
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