Who Is Hiring in AI and Tech: Open Roles at 39 Companies
By Ghulam Ahmad, Software Engineer · Published October 23, 2026 · 5 min read
Short answer: As of October 20, 2026, the employers with the most open listings on CoreTechRoles are Databricks (883), OpenAI (813) and Anthropic (654), followed by Waymo (362), Harvey (342), CoreWeave (310) and xAI (285). If you count only roles with an AI or machine learning term in the title, the order changes: OpenAI (135), Anthropic (98), Waymo (91) and Databricks (78) lead. These are listings, not unique jobs, because the same role posted in several cities is counted once per city.
How to read these numbers
We cover 39 companies, so this is a picture of those employers, not of the whole AI industry. For each company we counted all active listings. Then we counted the listings whose job title contains a term such as AI, ML, machine learning, LLM, generative or data scientist. We also looked at how many of each company's listings state a salary. The full method is in how we collect and label job listings.
The companies with the most AI-titled roles
| Company | All open listings | With AI or ML in the title | Share | Listings that state pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 813 | 135 | 17% | 78% |
| Anthropic | 654 | 98 | 15% | 79% |
| Waymo | 362 | 91 | 25% | 71% |
| Databricks | 883 | 78 | 9% | 53% |
| Scale AI | 181 | 42 | 23% | 67% |
| Wayve | 174 | 42 | 24% | 41% |
| 147 | 39 | 27% | 80% | |
| Nuro | 108 | 29 | 27% | 2% |
| Cerebras | 122 | 27 | 22% | 14% |
| Perplexity | 134 | 26 | 19% | 84% |
| Glean | 134 | 25 | 19% | 75% |
| CoreWeave | 310 | 21 | 7% | 94% |
| Fireworks AI | 88 | 20 | 23% | 86% |
| Figma | 139 | 18 | 13% | 60% |
| Together AI | 78 | 14 | 18% | 50% |
What the table shows
The AI labs hire far beyond research. At OpenAI, roughly 17% of listings have an AI or machine learning term in the title, and at Anthropic 15%. The rest have titles that describe the function instead, such as software engineer, account executive or program manager. If you are applying to one of these labs, the opportunity is probably wider than the "research scientist" roles people talk about.
The highest AI-title shares are at companies that apply machine learning to a product. At Reddit, Nuro, Waymo and Wayve, between 24% and 27% of listings carry an AI or ML term. A likely reason is that machine learning sits at the center of their products (ranking, driving, perception), but the data only shows the pattern, not the cause.
Some big employers barely show up in an AI-title count. Sierra has 186 open listings and none with an AI or ML term in the title. Harvey has 342, of which 7 do. xAI has 285, of which 5 do. Their listings use titles that describe the function (engineer, account executive and so on) without naming the technology. That is a limit of counting title keywords, not a sign that these companies aren't doing AI work.
Pay transparency varies a lot
The last column above shows the share of each company's listings that state a salary range. CoreWeave (94%), Fireworks AI (86%), Perplexity (84%), Reddit (80%), Anthropic (79%) and OpenAI (78%) publish ranges on most listings. At the other end, Nuro (2%), Cerebras (14%), Cohere (28%) and xAI (28%) publish far fewer. A low number can mean the employer doesn't publish pay, or that it publishes it in a form we can't read automatically, so always check the posting itself.
Counting listings versus counting jobs
Databricks lists 883 openings, but the same role is often posted once for each city. Forward deployed engineering roles are a good example, and they appear in many locations. If a company seems to have an enormous number of openings, some of that is repetition. When you are comparing employers, the AI-title count and the number of different job titles are better signals than the raw total.
How to use this
- Start with employers whose listings match your background. If you want applied machine learning, the high-share companies are a good place to look. If you are an engineer open to adjacent work, the big total counts show where the volume is.
- Look at pay transparency before you invest time. For employers that publish ranges, you can judge a role quickly. For the others, expect to ask early in the process.
- Read the full posting. The number tells you a role exists, not whether it is right for you.
- Check location and remote options. See where the AI jobs are and remote AI and tech jobs.
You can open any employer to see its current openings: Databricks, OpenAI, Anthropic, Waymo, or the whole companies page. For what these roles pay, see what AI and machine learning jobs pay.
Frequently asked questions
Which company has the most AI job openings? By listings with an AI or machine learning term in the title, OpenAI is first with 135, then Anthropic with 98, Waymo with 91 and Databricks with 78 (as of October 20, 2026). By total openings, Databricks leads with 883.
Are these all different jobs? No. The same role posted in several cities counts as several listings. Treat the totals as listings, not unique openings.
Why isn't my favorite company here? We cover 39 employers so far. Many well-known companies publish jobs through systems we can't read, and we add companies over time. You can suggest one through the contact page.
How often does this change? Employers open and close roles every week, so the counts move. These figures are a snapshot from October 20, 2026.