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ML Platform & Ops salary in San Francisco

Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 21, 2026

ML Platform & Ops pay in San Francisco is measured from 54 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 35 postings put the middle half between $219,100 and $285,250, with a median of $249,763.

Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $247,500 and senior $249,763. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 1% more.

Against the 8 other measured markets for ML platform & ops at senior, this sits highest; Mountain View leads at $238,000.

78 ML platform & ops roles are open in San Francisco right now, 54 listing pay.

LevelMarket rangeMedianSample
Mid $209,400 – $315,250 $247,500 19
Senior $219,100 – $285,250 $249,763 35

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.

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 ML platform & ops roles in San Francisco · 54 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, $169,000–$400,000scale $100,000–$560,000

Engineering Manager, AI Platform Harvey · San Francisco New $272,000–$355,000 2d ago Senior / Staff AI Platform Engineer Suno · San Francisco New $228,000–$363,000 2d ago (Staff / Senior Staff) AI Infra Engineer, Inference Infrastructure Together AI · San Francisco New $250,000–$320,000 2d ago Manager, Software Engineering - AI Infrastructure Figma · San Francisco New $258,000–$376,000 3d ago Software Engineer, CI/CD & ML Infrastructure OpenAI · San Francisco New $318,000–$485,000 3d ago Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure (MDX) DoorDash USA · San Francisco $130,600–$192,000 8d ago Technical Lead Manager, AI Platform Paraform · San Francisco $260,000–$340,000 8d ago Software Engineer, Data and AI Platform DoorDash USA · San Francisco $130,600–$192,000 9d ago Senior AI Platform Engineer SS&C · San Francisco $150,000–$180,000 10d ago Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform - Gen AI DoorDash USA · San Francisco $130,600–$192,000 2w ago Software Engineer - Inference Platform Baseten · San Francisco $180,000–$360,000 2w ago Senior Technical Program Manager, AI Platform Sentry · San Francisco $150,000–$240,000 2w ago ML Infrastructure Engineer Mach9 · San Francisco $160,000–$250,000 2w ago Supply Chain Operations Program Manager, AI Infrastructure OpenAI · San Francisco $177,000–$285,000 4w ago Payer Dev, Git & ML-Ops Engineer, Senior Associate PwC · MA-Boston $77,000–$202,000 4w ago Senior Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer Crusoe · San Francisco $250,000–$300,000 4w ago Principal Engineer, AI Platform Pinterest · Remote · US $242,634–$499,541 4w ago Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform Sentry · San Francisco $240,000–$400,000 4w ago AI Infrastructure Engineer, pAGI OpenAI · San Francisco $266,000–$500,000 5w ago Staff Applied AI Inference Engineer Crusoe · San Francisco $215,000–$260,000 6w ago Engineering Manager, Inference Infrastructure Anthropic · San Francisco $405,000–$625,000 7w ago AI Infrastructure Operations, Demand Planning Anthropic · San Francisco $320,000–$405,000 2mo ago AI Platform Engineer Applied Compute · San Francisco $190,000–$310,000 2mo ago AI Inference Engineer Baseten · San Francisco $165,000–$330,000 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer- Foundation Model Inference Databricks · San Francisco $190,000–$265,000 3mo ago Sr. Software Engineer II, AI Platform Samsara · Remote · US $130,900–$198,000 3mo ago Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer, Safeguards Research Anthropic · San Francisco $350,000–$500,000 3mo ago Machine Learning Infrastructure Tech Lead Reducto · San Francisco $200,000–$325,000 3mo ago Staff Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer ATOMS Careers page · San Francisco $224,000–$280,000 3mo ago Staff Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer Atoms · San Francisco $224,000–$280,000 3mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning Infrastructure ATOMS Careers page · San Francisco $176,000–$230,000 4mo ago Staff + Senior Software Engineer, Inference Infrastructure Anthropic · San Francisco $320,000–$485,000 4mo ago Staff Engineer, Distributed Storage and HPC & AI Infrastructure Together AI · San Francisco $250,000–$300,000 4mo ago Software Engineer, Monetization ML Infrastructure OpenAI · San Francisco $347,000–$445,000 4mo ago Supply Chain Program Manager (SCPM) - AI Infrastructure OpenAI · San Francisco $226,000–$285,000 5mo ago AI Infrastructure Systems Engineer Together AI · San Francisco $190,000–$270,000 5mo ago Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Marketplace ML Platform Waymo · Mountain View $213,000–$263,000 5mo ago Senior ML Platform Engineer (Autonomous Driving) 42dot · San Francisco $133,000–$254,000 5mo ago Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform Harvey · San Francisco $231,000–$340,000 6mo ago Member of Technical Staff (AI Inference Engineer) Perplexity · San Francisco $220,000–$485,000 6mo ago Member of Technical Staff (AI Infrastructure Engineer) Perplexity · San Francisco $220,000–$405,000 6mo ago Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform Harvey · San Francisco $185,000–$325,000 7mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning Infrastructure Atoms · San Francisco $176,000–$230,000 7mo ago Support Engineer, AI Infrastructure & Tooling Figma · San Francisco $169,000–$245,000 8mo ago Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform Decagon · San Francisco $200,000–$400,000 8mo ago Software Engineer - ML Infrastructure Arena Intelligence, Inc. · San Francisco $150,000–$350,000 10mo ago Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform Sentry · San Francisco $155,000–$400,000 11mo ago Staff AI Platform Engineer AlphaSense · New York $203,000–$304,000 1y ago Senior Software Engineer, Model Serving Databricks · San Francisco $166,000–$225,000 1y ago Staff Software Engineer, ML Infra & Distributed Systems Tubi · Remote · US $227,200–$324,500 1y ago Member of Technical Staff, Machine Learning Infrastructure Abridge · San Francisco $221,000–$260,000 1y ago Senior Backend Engineer, Inference Platform Together AI · San Francisco $200,000–$290,000 1y ago Senior Backend Engineer, Inference Platform You.com · Remote · US $200,000–$250,000 1y ago Software Engineer, Model Inference OpenAI · San Francisco $266,000–$500,000 1y ago Chief of Staff, AI Infrastructure Nscale · San Francisco $192,500–$264,875e 7d ago AI Engineer 4 (Gen AI Platform Services) Capital One · San Francisco In listing 9d ago Senior Consultant - AI Infrastructure Services Iawmqy · San Francisco In listing 9d ago Director, AI Platform Engineering SS&C · San Francisco $192,500–$264,875e 9d ago AI Platform Engineer Co-Op Intern, Winter 2027 Brain Co. · San Francisco Pay not stated 13d ago AI Engineer 5 (Gen AI Platform Services: Agentic AI, Guardrails, Evaluation) Capital One · San Francisco In listing 2w ago

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