Senior/Sr. Staff AI Infrastructure Engineer, Inference & Optimization
DiDi Labs
San Jose, CA · $170k–$351k a year · Posted November 2, 2026
Just laid off? Start here: a plan for the first weeks
More in California job market · All Senior jobs (441) · Technology & Software · Data & Analytics jobs
Similar jobs
- Principal AI Engineer, Sr AI Engineer · Baker Tilly · CA
- Applied Machine Learning Engineer, AI for VLSI Design - New College Grad 2026 · Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA
- Senior AI Compute Engineer - NVIS · Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA
- Computer Scientist - Telemetry Processing Lead · Jt4 · Edwards AFB, CA
- Computer Scientist V - Senior Software Systems Engineer · Jt4 · Edwards AFB, CA
- Senior AI Engineer, Proactive Comms · Hinge Health · San Francisco, CA
Where San Jose, CA ranks
Where San Jose, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for marketing pay after cost of living$204k · of 16
- #1Best cities for aerospace and defense pay after cost of living$187k · of 19
- #2Best cities for security pay after cost of living$220k · of 10
- #3Best cities for technology pay after cost of living$205k · of 80
- #5Best cities for technology jobs1,449 openings · of 100
- #5Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the West Coast162 jobs · of 47
Rankings about data & analytics jobs
- Best cities for data and analytics jobs #1 New York (1,713 openings)
- Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
- Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
- AI tools named most often in data and analytics jobs #1 Databricks (7.6%)
- Employers with the most data and analytics jobs #1 Amazon (711 roles)
Data & Analytics jobs · Top Data & Analytics employers · All rankings
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $260,390 a year. Across 180 open senior listings that state pay, the middle half runs $177,000 to $256,000 and the median is $222,500. That is 17% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
Among computer and information research scientists, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for computer and information research scientists: 34% (high).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...Senior/Sr. Staff AI Infrastructure Engineer, Inference & OptimizationSan Jose, CAAbout The CompanyDiDi's autonomous driving unit was established in 2016 with the mission of developing Level 4 autonomous driving (AD) technology to make transportation safer and more efficient...