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Zoox

1 Job Post

$296k - $451k

$296,000 - $451,000

Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Perception

Foster City

$296k - $451k

$296,000 - $451,000

Reddit

1 Job Post

$277k - $387k

$276,700 - $387,400

Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Large Scale Embedding

Remote

15+ Years Experience

$277k - $387k

$276,700 - $387,400

Apple

1 Job Post

$208k - $379k

$207,800 - $378,700

AIML - Principal Software Engineer (Production Engineering), Machine Learning Platform & Infrastructure

United States

10+ Years Experience

$208k - $379k

$207,800 - $378,700

TARA Biosystems

1 Job Post

$246k - $370k

$246,000 - $370,000

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Remote

·

Last Posted: Jun 2025

Inactive

$246k - $370k

$246,000 - $370,000

ROKT

1 Job Post

$285k - $350k

$285,000 - $350,000

Principal Applied Scientist/Machine Learning Engineer

Sydney

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Apr 2025

Inactive

$285k - $350k

$285,000 - $350,000

Roblox

3 Job Posts

$289k - $338k

$289,460 - $338,270

Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Content Safety

United States

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Oct 2025

Inactive

$289k - $338k

$289,460 - $338,270

Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Content Understanding

United States

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$289k - $338k

$289,460 - $338,270

Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Virtual Economy Transactions

United States

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Apr 2025

Inactive

$284k - $332k

$283,780 - $331,640

Hamul

3 Job Posts

$289k - $338k

$289,460 - $338,270

Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Content Safety

United States

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Oct 2025

Inactive

$289k - $338k

$289,460 - $338,270

Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Content Understanding

United States

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$289k - $338k

$289,460 - $338,270

Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Virtual Economy Transactions

United States

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Apr 2025

Inactive

$284k - $332k

$283,780 - $331,640

Aspire Software

1 Job Post

$226k - $323k

$226,000 - $323,000

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Remote

·

Last Posted: Dec 2024

Inactive

$226k - $323k

$226,000 - $323,000

Fiddler AI

1 Job Post

$250k - $320k

$250,000 - $320,000

Principal Applied AI Scientist (LLMs) (Hybrid)

Palo Alto

8-10 Years Experience

$250k - $320k

$250,000 - $320,000

Zillow

1 Job Post

$199k - $318k

$199,000 - $318,000

Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic AI

Remote

·

Last Posted: Apr 2025

Inactive

$199k - $318k

$199,000 - $318,000

dotloop

1 Job Post

$199k - $318k

$199,000 - $318,000

Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic AI

Remote

·

Last Posted: Apr 2025

Inactive

$199k - $318k

$199,000 - $318,000

ThousandEyes

1 Job Post

$314k

$314,200

Principal Engineer, Machine Learning

San Francisco

·

12+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: May 2025

Inactive

$314k

$314,200

Superhuman

1 Job Post

$245k - $310k

$245,000 - $310,000

Principal AI Engineer

Remote

·

8-10 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Mar 2025

Inactive

$245k - $310k

$245,000 - $310,000

Unity

2 Job Posts

$214k - $289k

$213,550 - $288,950

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

New York City

·

Last Posted: Apr 2025

Inactive

$217k - $294k

$217,400 - $294,100

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Remote

·

Last Posted: Apr 2025

Inactive

$210k - $284k

$209,700 - $283,800

BrightRoll

2 Job Posts

$136k - $283k

$135,938 - $283,125

Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Yahoo News

Remote

·

Last Posted: Feb 2025

Inactive

$144k - $299k

$143,625 - $299,375

Principal Software Engineer, Machine Learning Backend Systems

Remote

·

Last Posted: Oct 2025

Inactive

$128k - $267k

$128,250 - $266,875

Rapid Robotics

1 Job Post

$200k - $280k

$200,000 - $280,000

Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Robotic Perception

San Francisco

10+ Years Experience

$200k - $280k

$200,000 - $280,000

Spice AI

1 Job Post

$205k - $250k

$205,000 - $250,000

Principal Rust Software Engineer (AI)

Remote

·

2+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Mar 2025

Inactive

$205k - $250k

$205,000 - $250,000

AiDash

1 Job Post

$200k - $250k

$200,000 - $250,000

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Palo Alto

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jan 2025

Inactive

$200k - $250k

$200,000 - $250,000

Zocdoc

2 Job Posts

$219k - $241k

$219,000 - $241,000

Principal Software Engineer, Machine Learning

United States

7+ Years Experience

$219k - $241k

$219,000 - $241,000

Principal Software Engineer, Machine Learning

New York City

7+ Years Experience

$219k - $241k

$219,000 - $241,000

Recurly

1 Job Post

$190k - $225k

$190,000 - $225,000

Principal Ruby on Rails/AI Engineer

Broomfield

·

12+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Mar 2025

Inactive

$190k - $225k

$190,000 - $225,000

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