Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Applied Intelligence
Value Driven Solutions
Costa Mesa, CA · $220k–$292k a year · Posted October 26, 2026
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This listing pays about $256,000 a year. Across 115 open senior machine learning engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $197,500 to $255,000 and the median is $225,500. That is 14% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
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