Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · +10 ·
Posted pay: $193,000
25 jobs
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Postings that involve writing production code
Customer contact
Work done for people outside the company
Pre-sales
Evaluation or proposal work before a deal
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Senior-level responsibility or above
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Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · New York, NY
Posted pay: $265,000
22 jobs
Striveworks
Growth · About 51–200 people · Defense AI / AIOps
More travel than mostLess pre-sales than most
Major job locations: Austin, TX · Fort Belvoir, VA · Tacoma, WA · +2 ·
Posted pay: $208,000
10 jobs
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: $200,000
8 jobs
Doss
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI-native ERP and operations cloud
Writes less production code than mostLess travel than most
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · New York, NY
Posted pay: $165,000
7 jobs
Major job locations: Remote (US) · Menlo Park, CA · Palo Alto, CA · +2 ·
Posted pay: —
7 jobs
Liberate
Growth · Insurance voice agents
Writes less production code than mostMore pre-sales than most
Major job locations: Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA · Berkeley, CA ·
Posted pay: $160,000
7 jobs
PhysicsX
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI engineering simulation software
Fewer remote roles than mostWrites more production code than most
Major job locations: New York, NY · New York · San Francisco, CA ·
Posted pay: $200,000
7 jobs
Nooks
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Agents (Sales dialer / SDR)
Less travel than mostWorks with outside customers more than most
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Remote (US)
Posted pay: $258,000
6 jobs
Peregrine
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Public safety data intelligence
Less pre-sales than mostMore travel than most
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC · FL · +1 ·
Posted pay: $155,000
6 jobs
Qualified Health
Growth · About 51–200 people · Healthcare AI (generative AI platform for health systems)
More remote roles than mostMore pre-sales than most
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: $208,000
6 jobs
Cognition AI
Growth · AI / Coding Agents
Fewer remote roles than mostWorks with outside customers more than most
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Washington, DC
Posted pay: —
5 jobs
Major job locations: San Mateo, CA
Posted pay: $230,000
5 jobs
HappyRobot
Growth · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI Agents (Voice, Operations, Logistics)
Less travel than mostFewer remote roles than most
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Chicago, IL ·
Posted pay: $170,000
5 jobs
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: $330,000
5 jobs
Nominal
Growth · About 51–200 people · Industrial Data / Test & Telemetry
More travel than mostWorks with outside customers more than most
Major job locations: Los Angeles, CA · New York, NY · Austin, TX · +2 ·
Posted pay: $180,000
5 jobs
Serval
Growth · About 51–200 people · Enterprise AI software (ITSM and workflow automation)
Less pre-sales than mostFewer remote roles than most
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Santa Clara, CA
Posted pay: $215,000
5 jobs
TENEX.AI
Growth · AI-native managed detection and response (MDR) / cybersecurity
Less travel than mostWrites less production code than most
Major job locations: Kansas City, MO · Sarasota, FL · Overland Park, KS · +1 ·
Posted pay: —
5 jobs
Cohere Health
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Healthcare AI (prior authorization, utilization management, and payment integrity)
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: $123,000
4 jobs
Deepgram
Growth · About 51–200 people · Voice AI infrastructure
Major job locations: Remote (Washington, DC) · San Francisco, CA · New York, NY ·
Posted pay: $213,000
4 jobs
Netic
Growth · About 1–50 people · AI / Vertical SaaS (essential & home services)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
4 jobs
Sift
Growth · About 51–200 people · Hardware observability / industrial data infrastructure
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · Marina Del Rey, CA · Los Angeles, CA ·
Posted pay: $150,000
4 jobs
Tabs
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Fintech / B2B Revenue Automation
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: $138,000
4 jobs
Vannevar Labs
Growth · About 51–200 people · Defense AI / National Security Decision Support and Sensing
Major job locations: Honolulu, HI · Remote (US) · Tampa, FL · +1 ·
Posted pay: —
4 jobs
Writer
Growth · AI / Enterprise Generative AI Platform
Major job locations: Austin, TX · Chicago, IL · New York, NY · +2 ·
Posted pay: $158,000
4 jobs
Assort Health
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Healthcare AI / patient access automation
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: $215,000
3 jobs
Bilt Rewards
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · fintech / loyalty & rewards
Major job locations: New York, NY · Dallas, TX
Posted pay: $230,000
3 jobs
Cape
Growth · Privacy-first mobile carrier / telecom security
Major job locations: Arlington, VA · New York, NY · Washington, DC ·
Posted pay: $205,000
3 jobs
Forterra
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Autonomous Vehicles / Defense Tech
Major job locations: Clarksburg, MD · Arlington, VA · Carey, ID ·
Posted pay: $160,000
3 jobs
Hebbia
Growth · AI / Finance + Knowledge
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: $213,000
3 jobs
Kognitos
Growth · About 1–50 people · Enterprise AI / Hyperautomation
Major job locations: Mountain View, CA · Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
3 jobs
Mixpanel
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Product & Digital Analytics
Major job locations: Remote (US) · Remote (New York, NY)
Posted pay: —
3 jobs
Orb
Growth · About 51–200 people · Fintech Infra / Usage-Based Billing
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA · New York, NY
Posted pay: $193,000
3 jobs
Seekr
Growth · About 51–200 people · Enterprise generative AI
Major job locations: Austin, TX · Reston, VA
Posted pay: —
3 jobs
Accrete AI
Growth · About 51–200 people · Dual-use AI / defense and enterprise decision intelligence
Major job locations: Alexandria, VA · New York, NY
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Air Space Intelligence
Growth · Defense/airline AI
Major job locations: HI · Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Attio
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI-native CRM / GTM software
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Exa (formerly Metaphor)
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Infrastructure
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Goodfire AI
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Safety / Mechanistic Interpretability
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Gradial
Growth · About 1–50 people · Agentic marketing operations / Enterprise martech
Major job locations: Seattle, WA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Higharc
Growth · About 51–200 people · Homebuilding software
Major job locations: Remote (New York, NY)
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Hightouch
Growth · Customer data infrastructure + agentic marketing software
Major job locations: Remote (New York, NY) · Remote (San Francisco, CA) · Remote (US) ·
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
LiveKit
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Infra (Voice / Agent platform)
Major job locations: Remote (Miami, FL) · Remote (New York, NY)
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Maven AGI
Growth · Enterprise AI
Major job locations: Boston, MA · Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Modal
Growth · AI Infra
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Netomi
Growth · Customer Support AI
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Nitra
Growth · About 51–200 people · Healthcare fintech
Major job locations: New York, NY · Washington, DC
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Observe.AI
Growth · AI / Contact Center
Major job locations: Redwood City, CA · Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Prime Intellect
Growth · AI Infrastructure & Training Compute
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Reducto
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI / Document Intelligence
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Regal
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI customer communications / contact center software
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Tavus
Growth · Human computing / real-time conversational video AI
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
Tennr
Growth · About 51–200 people · Healthcare AI / Workflow Automation
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
2 jobs
9fin
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · fintech / debt-capital-markets data & analytics
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Adonis
Growth · About 51–200 people · Healthcare / Revenue Cycle Management AI
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Agility Robotics
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Humanoid robotics for logistics and manufacturing
Major job locations: Pittsburgh, PA · Salem, OR
Posted pay: —
1 job
Aikido Security
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Developer Security / Application Security
Major job locations: Chicago, IL
Posted pay: —
1 job
AKASA
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Healthcare AI (revenue cycle automation)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Alchemy
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Crypto Developer Infrastructure
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Alloy
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Fintech / Identity Risk
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Antora Energy
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Thermal Energy Storage / Industrial Decarbonization
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Arize AI
Growth · AI/LLM observability and evaluation
Major job locations: Remote (San Francisco, CA)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Armada
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Defense Tech / Edge AI Infrastructure
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Assembled
Growth · About 51–200 people · Customer support / contact center software (AI + workforce management)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Bedrock Robotics
Growth · Construction-machine autonomy
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Bland AI
Growth · About 51–200 people · Voice AI Agents
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
BRINC Drones
Growth · About 51–200 people · Public safety drones / emergency response hardware + software
Major job locations: Seattle, WA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Candid Health
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Healthcare revenue cycle automation
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Chai Discovery
Growth · AI for molecule design
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Clipboard Health
Growth · About 1,001–5,000 people · healthcare staffing marketplace
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Coder
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Development Infrastructure / Cloud Dev Environments
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
CodeRabbit
Growth · About 51–200 people · Dev Tools (AI Code Review)
Major job locations: Boston, MA · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Courier Health
Growth · About 51–200 people · Biopharma patient engagement SaaS
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
David AI
Growth · About 1–50 people · AI / Data Infrastructure (audio & speech datasets)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Dexterity
Growth · Warehouse Robotics / Physical AI
Major job locations: Redwood City, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Factory
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Agents (Coding / Engineering)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Fiddler AI
Growth · AI observability and security
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Figure AI
Growth · Humanoid robotics
Major job locations: San Jose, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Finch
Growth · About 51–200 people · Employment Data API / Payroll Infrastructure
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Gamma
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Productivity / Visual storytelling
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
GenLogs
Growth · About 51–200 people · Freight intelligence / logistics data
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
HighRadius
Growth · About 1,001–5,000 people · Autonomous Finance / Office of the CFO Software
Major job locations: Houston, TX
Posted pay: —
1 job
Lovable
Growth · About 51–200 people · Consumer AI / App Builder
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Luma AI
Growth · AI / 3D + Video
Major job locations: Redwood City, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Lumafield
Growth · About 51–200 people · Industrial CT and manufacturing inspection software
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Manifold AI
Growth · About 51–200 people · life-sciences-ai
Major job locations: Cambridge, MA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Mashgin
Growth · CV Checkout AI
Major job locations: Woodridge, IL
Posted pay: —
1 job
matterlabs
Growth · About 51–200 people · blockchain infrastructure
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Maybern
Growth · About 51–200 people · Fintech / Private Capital Fund Ops
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Mesh Payments
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · Corporate Cards / Spend Management
Major job locations: New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Middesk
Growth · About 51–200 people · Fintech Infra / Business Verification (KYB)
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Muon Space
Growth · About 201–1,000 people · space systems
Major job locations: San Jose, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
n8n
Growth · Open workflow orchestration for AI
Major job locations: Remote (Boston, MA)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Norm AI
Growth · Legal/compliance AI
Major job locations: New York, NY
Posted pay: —
1 job
Northwood Space
Growth · Ground-station infra
Major job locations: Washington, DC
Posted pay: —
1 job
Opal Security
Growth · About 51–200 people · Identity & Access Management
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Parallel Web Systems
Growth · About 51–200 people · AI Web Infrastructure
Major job locations: Palo Alto, CA · San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Physical Intelligence
Growth · About 51–200 people · Robotics Foundation Models
Major job locations: San Francisco, CA
Posted pay: —
1 job
Quadric
Growth · About 51–200 people · Semiconductor IP / Edge AI
Major job locations: Remote (Burlingame, CA)
Posted pay: —
1 job
Reka AI
Growth · AI / Foundation Models
Major job locations: Remote (US)
Posted pay: —
1 job
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