AI Engineer
Quick facts
- Pay
- $120K-$190K + equity
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Skills
- Python
- Industry
- Information Technology — 671 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B, OPT
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
About The Role
We're looking for a hands-on AI Engineer / Member of Technical Staff to build and own production AI systems in healthcare.
You'll work across AI engineering, software development, infrastructure, and customer implementation, taking ambiguous problems from initial requirements through deployment and ongoing improvement.
This is a highly hands-on role for someone who enjoys building production systems, working directly with customers, and solving complex problems in a fast-moving environment.
What You'll Do
- Build production AI applications using Python, LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows
- Develop systems that process and extract insights from complex, unstructured data
- Design and manage production infrastructure using Terraform or comparable IaC
- Deploy, monitor, debug, and continuously improve AI systems
- Work directly with customers to understand workflows and translate problems into technical solutions
- Challenge assumptions and identify new opportunities where AI can improve customer workflows
- Collaborate across engineering, product, and customer-facing teams
What We're Looking For
- Strong hands-on Python development experience
- Experience with Terraform or comparable Infrastructure-as-Code
- Experience building and deploying production software
- Practical experience with LLMs / generative AI
- Experience with RAG, agents, or other LLM application architectures
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
- Comfortable working directly with customers and navigating ambiguity
- Strong Git/GitHub experience and a track record of actively building
- Ability to work 5 days/week in San Francisco
Nice to Have
- Healthcare, EHR, FHIR, or HL7 experience
- Customer-facing engineering, FDE, or solutions engineering experience
- AI evaluation, monitoring, or observability experience
- Startup or founding-engineer experience
- Open-source contributions
Engineering Mindset
We believe production AI requires more than getting a demo to work. Engineers are expected to build, verify, monitor, investigate, fix, and improve systems based on real-world performance.
If you enjoy owning problems end-to-end and building AI systems that have real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Benefits
Employment: Full-time
Compensation: $120K-$190K + equity
Visa Sponsorship: H-1B, O-1, OPT Available
Visa sponsorship record
No public sponsorship records foundWe didn't find H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 or green card (PERM) filings under the name JeffreyM Consulting in the Department of Labor and USCIS data. That doesn't mean the job can't be sponsored — the company may file under a different legal name, be new to sponsorship, or sponsor a visa that isn't in these datasets (for example H-2B or J-1).
Tip: ask the recruiter early, in writing, which visa they sponsor and whether they cover the legal and filing fees.
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B, OPT
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Computer Systems Analyst (or Engineer, for engineering-degree holders)” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Below Level ISoftware Developers · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $137,093 | ~15% |
| Level II | $165,131 | ~31% |
| Level III | $193,149 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $221,187 | ~61% |
This job pays $120,000–$190,000 a year — below the Level I prevailing wage. For H-1B the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage, so the offer would have to go up.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.