AI Engineer
Company websitelitellm.ai (LiteLLM, opens in new tab)
Base salary $200K to $250K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Francisco, CA
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- LocationSan Francisco, CA
- WorkplaceOn-site
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
LiteLLM is the world's most popular AI Gateway, trusted by companies like Adobe, Netflix, and NASA. We're building the next generation of infrastructure for AI applications—and now we're building our second product.
What you will be working on
Skills: Python, LLM APIs, FastAPI
As the AI Engineer, you'll be responsible for ensuring LiteLLM unifies the format for calling LLM APIs in the broader OpenAI + Anthropic spec. This involves writing transformations to convert API requests from OpenAI/Anthropic spec to various LLM provider formats, building provider-agnostic unification functionality (e.g. session management across non-openai models for /v1/responses API, etc.). You'll work directly with the CEO and CTO on critical projects including:
System design for supporting provider level features at the gateway level (skills, compaction, batches, etc.)
Thinking about the developer experience - to support millions of users who leverage your work via LiteLLM's Python SDK
Building across LLM's, MCP's, and Agents by maintaining an excellent LLM interoperability layer, supporting a wide range of MCP Auth flows and enabling various Agent use-cases
What is our tech stack
The tech stack includes Python, FastAPI, Redis, Postgres.
Who we are looking for
1-2 years of backend/full-stack experience with production systems
Passion for open source and user engagement
Experience working with the OpenAI api (understand the difference between /chat/completions and /responses, and can speak to API-specific nuances)
Strong work ethic and ability to thrive in small teams
Eagerness to talk to users and help solve real problems
Why Join LiteLLM?
Work directly with the founders every day.
Build products used by thousands of engineering teams around the world.
Own meaningful product decisions—not just implementation.
Move incredibly fast and see your work in production immediately.
Help define the future of AI infrastructure and developer tooling.
Competitive salary, equity, health, dental, and vision benefits.
About LiteLLM
LiteLLM is the world's most widely adopted AI Gateway. We provide a unified API for 100+ LLM providers along with routing, authentication, budgets, observability, and governance for production AI systems. Thousands of companies rely on LiteLLM to power AI in production.
If you love talking to users, building products, and shipping software that people actually use, we'd love to meet you.
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Pay in context
This role's base floor ($200,000) is above 58% of the 1,514 Data & ML roles in California listed on this site; 72 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $187,500; the middle half runs from $159,200 to $229,375.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 7, 2026.
This listingAI Engineer$200K to $250K
Product Engineer$200K to $260K
Senior Security Engineer$220K to $260K
Senior Security Engineer, Product & Platform$220K to $280K
Senior Security Operations / Detection Engineer$220K to $280K
Forward Deployed Engineer$150K to $250K
Forward Deployed Engineer (New Grad)$150K to $210K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| AI Engineer (this listing) | $200K - $250K |
| Product Engineer | $200K - $260K |
| Senior Security Engineer | $220K - $260K |
| Senior Security Engineer, Product & Platform | $220K - $280K |
| Senior Security Operations / Detection Engineer | $220K - $280K |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | $150K - $250K |
| Forward Deployed Engineer (New Grad) | $150K - $210K |
Observed changes
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- First observed on the employer's board
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-07-30
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: San Francisco
USD 200,000 – 250,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary
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- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
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