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David AI Salary

David AI Salary

David AI pays a median of $195K ($178K–$255K) across 11 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $178K–$255K salary range

Median: $195K  ·  Based on 11 public David AI job postings  ·  Updated July 27, 2026


This David AI salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

David AI · pay benchmark · updated July 27, 2026
$195K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$178K–$255K
Typical range
$360K view JD
Highest base · Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer
11
Open roles
~4 yrs
Typical exp.
+2
7 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 100% of roles mention equity
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$255K · $360K top (7)
Highest-paying skills
Machine Learning $255KTypeScript $225KNext.js $225KNode.js $225KAWS $225KPostgreSQL $225KLess $195K

Highest-paying open roles at David AI

David AI salary by department

  • engineering: $255K median · $360K top base — Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer (view JD) (7 roles)

David AI salary by location

  • San Francisco: $195K median · $360K top base — Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer (view JD) (11 roles)

Remote work at David AI

0% of David AI's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What David AI looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: TypeScript (4) · Next.js (4) · Node.js (4) · PostgreSQL (4) · AWS (4) · Python (2) · MySQL (1) · SQL (1) · CI/CD (1) · PyTorch (1).

Benefits & perks at David AI

Commonly listed: dental (9) · vision (9) · hsa-fsa (9) · 401k (9) · unlimited-pto (9) · pto (9).

About David AI

David AI is Late Stage stage · 11–50 employees · founded 2024 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at David AI

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 1 that do, Master's is most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 100% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

David AI hiring activity

David AI has 11 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 11 public job postings with disclosed pay. 2 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (7 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare David AI's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs David AIStage
Scale AI$229K↑ +18%Series F
Deepgram$200K↑ +3%Series C
OpenAI$308K↑ +58%Late Stage
Anthropic$290K↑ +49%Series H
Fluidstack$196K↑ +1%Series D
Decagon$265K↑ +36%Series D

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Common questions

What does David AI pay?
The median pay is $195K, with a typical range of $178K–$255K, based on 11 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at David AI?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer, at $210K–$360K base.

Which team pays the most at David AI?
The engineering team, at a $255K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 11 public David AI job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed July 27, 2026.

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