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Saga

Senior AI Engineer

Los Altos, CA · On-site +1

$123K - $169K/yr

Our AI Character Agent Network allows studios, creators, and publishers to turn their most iconic IP into living, breathing digital companions that engage fans across social media, drive organic user ...

Saga

Senior AI Engineer

Los Altos, CA · On-site +1

$123K - $169K/yr

Our AI Character Agent Network allows studios, creators, and publishers to turn their most iconic IP into living, breathing digital companions that engage fans across social media, drive organic user ...

Pareto Inc.

AI Engagement Manager

California, MO · On-site

$100 - $130/hr

We've joined forces with top AI and crowd researchers at Anthropic, Character.AI, Imbue, Stanford, and University of Pennsylvania to build a fair and ethical platform for AI developers to collaborate ...

Weekday AI

Character and Facial Animation Consultant

$60 - $90/hr

This role is for one of our clients Compensation: $60-$90 per hour A leading AI research ... We are seeking experienced Character and Facial Animation Consultants to help establish rigorous ...

Netflix

Character Designer- Ink

Los Gatos, CA · On-site

$69.71/hr

The Character Designer will help establish the look, tone, appeal, and design of characters that fit within the story and world, leveraging both generative AI and traditional tools to create feature ...

Netflix

Character Designer- Ink

Vancouver, WA · On-site

$69.71/hr

The Character Designer will help establish the look, tone, appeal, and design of characters that fit within the story and world, leveraging both generative AI and traditional tools to create feature ...

Netflix

Character Designer- Ink

Los Angeles, CA

$69.71/hr

The Character Designer will help establish the look, tone, appeal, and design of characters that fit within the story and world, leveraging both generative AI and traditional tools to create feature ...

Netflix

Character Designer- Ink

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

$69.71/hr

The Character Designer will help establish the look, tone, appeal, and design of characters that fit within the story and world, leveraging both generative AI and traditional tools to create feature ...

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How much do character ai jobs pay per hour?

As of Sep 4, 2026, the average hourly pay for character ai in the United States is $19.08, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $13.46 and $24.28 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a Character AI?

A Character AI job typically involves developing, training, or improving artificial intelligence models that simulate human-like characters in conversations. This can include roles in machine learning, data annotation, prompt engineering, or chatbot design. Employees in this field work on refining AI personalities, enhancing user interactions, and ensuring ethical AI development.

What does a Character AI do?

Professionals in Character AI development typically spend their days designing, implementing, and refining artificial intelligence models that allow digital characters to respond authentically to user input. This involves data collection and analysis, writing and testing code, collaborating closely with writers, designers, and other engineers, and continually improving conversational flows. You may participate in team brainstorming sessions to develop character backstories and personalities or troubleshoot unique behavioral issues as they arise. Balancing technical accuracy with creative direction is an ongoing part of the role, providing a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in the Character AI position?

To excel in Character AI development, you typically need a background in computer science or a related field, with strong skills in machine learning, natural language processing, and software engineering. Proficiency with tools such as Python, TensorFlow or PyTorch, and specialized conversational AI platforms is highly valued, and certifications in AI or data science can enhance your prospects. Excellent problem-solving, creativity, and strong communication skills are important for effective collaboration and translating ideas into compelling virtual personalities. These skills are essential to create engaging AI characters that meet user needs and function seamlessly within digital environments.

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Infographic showing various Character Ai job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 76% Full Time, 20% Part Time, and 4% Contract. Highlights an 66% Physical, 4% Hybrid, and 30% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $39,680 per year, or $19.1 per hour.

Principal Research Engineer, Post-Training

Character.AI

Redwood City, CA • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 14 days ago

Job description

Job Summary:
Character.AI empowers people to connect, learn and tell stories through interactive entertainment. As a Principal Research Engineer on the Post-Training team, you will drive the technical vision and execution of systems that enhance foundation models into engaging products, leading initiatives across data, algorithms, and infrastructure to improve model performance and user experience.
Responsibilities:
• Define and drive the technical roadmap for mid- and post-training systems, balancing research innovation with production reliability and scalability.
• Mentor and grow a team of researchers and engineers through technical guidance, design reviews, and career development.
• Establish best practices for experimentation, model development, and deployment.
• Lead the development of alignment algorithms, optimization techniques, and training objectives to improve model capabilities and data efficiency.
• Drive advances in mid- and post-training methodologies including reinforcement learning, preference optimization, supervised fine-tuning, and emerging alignment approaches.
• Identify and execute high-impact research opportunities that improve model behavior, safety, and user engagement.
• Develop robust evaluation frameworks and quality signals to measure real-world model performance.
• Lead the design of efficient training and inference systems for large-scale generative models.
• Architect scalable data pipelines that transform diverse data sources into high-quality training datasets.
• Partner with infrastructure teams to optimize distributed training, GPU utilization, and serving efficiency.
• Drive improvements in experimentation platforms, data quality systems, and model observability.
Qualifications:
Required:
• PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• Significant experience leading technical projects or teams in machine learning, AI research, or large-scale distributed systems. Experience scaling and mentoring high-performing research and engineering teams.
• Deep understanding of modern machine learning techniques, including transformers, reinforcement learning, alignment methods, and large language models.
• Strong track record of delivering impactful research or applied ML systems in production environments.
• Expertise in designing, building, and maintaining production-quality ML systems and infrastructure.
• Experience training, serving, debugging, and optimizing large-scale models on GPU-based systems.
• Experience leading teams working on large language model training, mid-training, or post-training.
• Experience with product experimentation, online evaluation, and A/B testing frameworks.
• Strong software engineering skills with the ability to write clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical direction across teams. Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives across data, training infrastructure, evaluation, and model serving.
Preferred:
• Hands-on experience working directly with open-source models like Mistral and Qwen, particularly adapting them via mid- and post-training for specific personas, creative writing, or role-playing applications.
• Familiarity with cloud-native ML infrastructure, including Kubernetes, Docker, and modern orchestration platforms.
• Publications in leading machine learning conferences or demonstrated contributions to the broader AI community.
Company:
Character.ai provides open-ended conversational applications in which users create characters and converse with them. Founded in 2021, the company is headquartered in Menlo Park, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.

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