Principal Machine Learning Engineer
SAP IT Business Systeme
Palo Alto, CA · $198k–$420k a year · Posted October 25, 2026
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This listing pays about $309,100 a year. Across 50 open principal machine learning engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $214,500 to $313,500 and the median is $274,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 13% above the median.
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About the job
...language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt engineering, vector search, agent workflows, and model evaluation techniques... ...-Assisted Automation and Prototyping, AI adoption capability, Learning Agility, Collaboration, Complex problem solving, Creative...