AI Engineering salary in Mountain View
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 15, 2026
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AI Engineering pay in Mountain View is measured from 18 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 10 postings put the middle half between $205,625 and $271,625, with a median of $237,500.
Against the 13 other measured markets for AI engineering at senior, this sits highest; San Francisco leads at $232,500.
1 of these ranges rests on fewer than 10 postings, so read it as a strong hint rather than a benchmark; the sample column shows exactly what backs each number.
22 AI engineering roles are open in Mountain View right now, 20 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $156,250 – $172,500 | $167,500 | 8hint |
| Senior | $205,625 – $271,625 | $237,500 | 10 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open AI engineering roles in Mountain View · 20 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $135,000–$290,700scale $80,000–$410,000
Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI (RCM) Commure · Mountain View New $180,000–$230,000 today ML / AI Software Engineer - C++ Metrics Frameworks Generalmotors · San Francisco $129,000–$198,400 3w ago 
Member of Technical Staff, AI Engineer OpusClip · Mountain View $220,000–$270,000 5w ago Staff AI/ML Software Engineer, Model Distillation & Fine-Tuning Generalmotors · Mountain View $189,300–$290,700 5w ago 
Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Startups) OpenAI · San Francisco $302,000–$335,000 7w ago Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Enterprise) OpenAI · New York $251,000–$335,000 7w ago Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Digital Natives) OpenAI · San Francisco $302,000–$335,000 8w ago 
Senior AI Engineer LinkedIn · Mountain View $144,000–$236,000 2mo ago Staff AI Engineer LinkedIn · Mountain View $175,000–$287,000 2mo ago 
AI Engineer — AI-Native Product Engineering(frontend focus) NewsBreak · Mountain View $118,000–$212,000 2mo ago Applied AI Engineer, Advertising Agents (New Grad) NewsBreak · Mountain View $135,000–$155,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer, AI Agent & LLM otterai · Mountain View $185,000–$230,000 3mo ago Software Engineer, AI Agent & LLM otterai · Mountain View $155,000–$185,000 3mo ago 
Senior Staff Engineer, Agentic AI Engineering Waymo · Mountain View $251,000–$310,000 3mo ago AI Engineer, Agentic Ad Creative (Multimodal) NewsBreak · Mountain View $120,000–$220,000 4mo ago Applied AI Engineer, Advertising Agents NewsBreak · Mountain View $135,000–$185,000 4mo ago AI Engineer, Agent Platform NewsBreak · Mountain View $120,000–$220,000 4mo ago 
AI Engineer AIFund · Mountain View $130,000–$175,000 5mo ago 
Senior Staff Applied AI Engineer - Context Retrieval Databricks · Mountain View $228,600–$342,800 5mo ago Senior Software Engineer (Backend) - AI/ML Environments Databricks · Mountain View $166,000–$220,000 11mo ago AI Engineer AIFund · Mountain View $156,250–$172,500e 2mo ago 
Senior Staff ll, AI Engineer (L7-2) Coupang · Mountain View In listing 5mo ago