Staff MLOps Engineer Salary
Staff MLOps Engineer roles pay a median of $280k a year, based on 69 live listings that disclose salary. The middle half earns $232k to $350k, and the top 10% more than $403k. 22% of these roles are remote. Highest median pay: Anthropic.
- $280k
- median USD
- $232k
- 25th percentile
- $350k
- 75th percentile
- 69
- disclosed roles
Shaded: middle half ($232k to $350k)
By city
| City | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 25 | $251k | $290k | $403k |
| Mountain View | 8 | $219k | $281k | $281k |
| New York | 4 | $234k | $268k | $315k |
| San Mateo | 3 | $243k | $252k | $301k |
| Sunnyvale | 3 | $228k | $232k | $232k |
By country
| Country | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 61 | $232k | $280k | $320k |
Remote vs on-site
| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-site / hybrid | 54 | $228k | $258k | $300k |
| Remote | 15 | $272k | $319k | $390k |
Top-paying companies
Companies with at least three disclosed salaries here, by median.
| Company | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | 12 | $403k | $403k | $415k |
| Lambda | 4 | $390k | $390k | $394k |
| Together AI | 4 | $265k | $283k | $286k |
| Waymo | 4 | $281k | $281k | $281k |
| Shield AI | 4 | $225k | $263k | $306k |
| Anduril | 4 | $256k | $256k | $256k |
| DoorDash | 3 | $245k | $251k | $251k |
| Databricks | 4 | $224k | $228k | $242k |
| Braze | 4 | $184k | $184k | $184k |
Live roles
Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform & Infrastructure
OktaSan Francisco, CA, US
~$194k–$267k
mlops infrastructureStaff~$194k–$267k · 5d agoSenior Staff Software Engineer, AI Runtime
DatabricksMountain View, CA, US
~$229k–$343k
mlops infrastructureStaff~$229k–$343k · 7d agoStaff Engineer, Test Automation - San Mateo (R5792)
Shield AISan Mateo, CA, US
$188k–$282k
mlops infrastructureStaff$188k–$282k · 8d ago(Staff / Senior Staff) AI Inference Reliability Engineer, Compute Infra
Together AISan Francisco, CA, US
~$250k–$320k
mlops infrastructureStaff~$250k–$320k · 8d agoSenior / Staff AI Platform Engineer
SunoSan Francisco, California, US
$228k–$363k
mlops infrastructureStaff$228k–$363k · 9d agoStaff ML Accelerator Architect
WaymoMountain View, CA, US
~$251k–$310k
mlops infrastructureStaff~$251k–$310k · 10d agoStaff Applied Scientist, Experimentation and Causal Inference
DoorDashCalifornia, CA, US
~$194k–$285k
mlops infrastructureStaff~$194k–$285k · 12d agoStaff Software Engineer - AI Compute, Together Cloud
Together AIAmsterdam, NL
Not disclosed
mlops infrastructureStaff13d agoLead / Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer - Console Experience
LambdaRemote (US)
$349k–$465k
Remotemlops infrastructureStaff$349k–$465k · 13d agoSenior/Staff Software Engineer (Back-End), Inference
CohereRemote (CA)
$205k–$315k
Remotemlops infrastructureStaff$205k–$315k · 14d ago
Other roles
Every live listing here that discloses a number, in any currency. Converted to USD at ECB reference rates as of 2026-10-28. Hourly, weekly, and monthly figures are annualised (2,080 / 52 / 12). Where a salary is a range we use its midpoint. Breakdowns with fewer than three disclosed salaries are left out. All AI and ML salaries