# AI Engineer Salary Lead: $215k median (2026)

> lead ai engineer salary - based on 264 live postings across 30+ ATS sources.

**Canonical URL:** https://jobspipe.dev/salary/lead-ai-engineer

## Salary

- **Median:** $215k
- **25th-75th percentile:** $193k - $246k
- **Based on:** 116 disclosed salaries from live postings

## Hiring across industries (ISIC Rev.4)

- Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62, 75 open)
- Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (division 64, 60 open)
- Information service activities (division 63, 10 open)
- Activities of membership organizations (division 94, 9 open)
- Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security (division 65, 8 open)
- Scientific research and development (division 72, 8 open)

## Top companies hiring

- Capital One (24 open)
- Information Technology Senior Management Forum (9 open)
- Mastercard (7 open)
- LinkedIn (6 open)
- OKX (5 open)
- London Stock Exchange Group (4 open)
- PwC (4 open)
- Voice AI Space (3 open)

## Sample live roles

- [Senior Staff Platform and Product Security AI engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-staff-platform-and-product-security-ai-engineer-at-adobe-4417196748) - Adobe - San Jose, CA - $173,500 -- $331,050
- [Staff AI Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/staff-ai-engineer-at-conveyor-4270116318) - Conveyor - United States
- [Staff AI Engineer, GenAI](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4129598865a62f33) - Teladoc Health - Remote - $200,000 - $230,000 a year
- [Lead AI Engineer 4D](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e87b98116211ff1a) - Genpact LLC - New York, NY - $80,000 - $100,000 a year
- [Director, AI Engineering](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e04070a114e0b33e) - Fifth Third Bank - Frisco, TX
- [Lead AI Engineer (Mobile Technology)](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9df6c5215bf8b206) - T. Rowe Price - Owings Mills, MD - $145,000 - $309,000 a year
- [Technical Lead I-AI Engineer](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=cbf2ac51465db6c2) - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan - Detroit, MI
- [Lead AI Engineer, Business Operations (Hybrid or Remote)](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/lead-ai-engineer-business-operations-hybrid-or-remote-at-afl-4444080710) - AFL - Dallas, TX
- [Director, AI Engineering](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/director-ai-engineering-at-fifth-third-bank-4444390390) - Fifth Third Bank - Frisco, TX
- [Lead AI Engineer - AWS Platform](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/lead-ai-engineer-aws-platform-at-the-mutual-group-4367494490) - The Mutual Group - Columbus, OH - $130,000 - $190,000
- [Senior Director, AI Engineering](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-director-ai-engineering-at-wcg-4444778487) - WCG - United States - $151,200 to $275,000
- [Applied AI Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/applied-ai-engineer-at-relevant-search-4444607396) - Relevant Search - United States - $300,000 to $350,000

---
Data from the JobsPipe Jobs API (https://jobspipe.dev/jobs-api). Generated from structured data; view the page at https://jobspipe.dev/salary/lead-ai-engineer.

---
AI agents: the full machine-readable index of this site is https://jobspipe.dev/llms.txt?src=md-twin - API quickstart, no-key sandbox (POST https://api.jobspipe.dev/v1/sandbox/jobs/search), MCP server, pricing. Free key: https://jobspipe.dev/signup