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01Overview

What is a RAG engineer?

A RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) or Search engineer builds the retrieval layer that grounds language models in private or up-to-date data: chunking strategies, embedding models, vector indices, hybrid lexical+semantic ranking, and the LLM-side prompting that turns retrieved passages into trustworthy answers. The role is increasingly its own specialty as enterprise AI deployments hit the limits of naive RAG and need re-rankers, query rewriting, and evaluation harnesses. Strong candidates know information-retrieval fundamentals (BM25, Reciprocal Rank Fusion) and have shipped a production RAG system end-to-end.

As of August 2026, AgenticCareers tracks 31 open RAG / Search positions across 24 companies. The median advertised salary is $127K–$200K per year (based on 12 listings with disclosed pay). 26% of roles are remote. The most active employers are Capital One, Meta, Databricks.

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02At a glance

Role overview

Top companies hiring
Capital One3
Meta2
Databricks2
D.A. Davidson Companies2
Ashby2
Harvey2
Common skills
RAG / SearchMidraglinkedingreenhousebuiltinashbyRAG
Remote availability
26% remote
Salary range
$75K – $301K
03Open roles

All RAG / Search positions

AI Engineer/Forward engineer

Tata Consultancy ServicesRAG / SearchMid

RAG / Search

Phoenix, AZ1d agolinkedin
$100K–$120K / yr

AI/ML Computational Science Analyst

AccentureRAG / SearchMid

AI Agent · RAG

Bengaluru1d agoTop GenAI Jobs

Software Engineer 3, Atlas Vector Search

MongodbRAG / SearchExecutive

RAG / Search · Executive

San Francisco1d agoGreenhouse

Founding Backend Engineer

ORIGAMICSRAG / SearchMid

AI · ai agent · rag

REMOTE (US)Origamics is building AI models that reason about hardware and electronics systems. We turn existing schematics into production ready boards, helping hardware design move at the speed of software. We’re hiring our first founding engineer to work directly with the founders. You’ll own product architecture, services, storage, engineering-tool integrations, and the productionization of physics-informed models.You Might Thrive If You: have built 0→1 systems, make sound build-vs-buy and infrastructure tradeoffs, and are excited by agentic systems and foundational AI models. >4+ years of experience building REST applications.Familiarity with the stack is not required but it would be nice to have. FastAPI, Postgres, S3, Python, Render/AWS, Codex/Claude/Kimi/Qwen (any other foundational model experience), monitoring frameworks.Apply: https://www.origamics.ai/join-us (Let us know if you are applying from HN.)1d agoHN Hiring

Distinguished AI Engineer (Remote Eligible)

Capital OneRAG / SearchMid

RAG · Machine Learning

San Francisco, CA2d agoWorkday
$245K–$279K / yr

Software Engineer, MTIA SW Tooling Engineer

MetaRAG / SearchMid

Meta is seeking a Software Engineer to join the MTIA (Meta Training & Inference Accelerator) Software Tooling team, which develops and maintains the tooling ecosystem for Meta's in-house AI accelerator ASICs. The Tooling team provides debugging, profiling, memory analysis, and monitoring capabilities for the whole MTIA Ecosystem, advancing ML accelerator tooling by leveraging Meta's full-stack ownership from silicon specs to fleet observability. In this role, you will be a senior technical contr

Bellevue, WA, US2d agoJobSpy
$184K–$257K / yr

Software Engineer, MTIA SW Tooling Engineer

MetaRAG / SearchMid

Meta is seeking a Software Engineer to join the MTIA (Meta Training & Inference Accelerator) Software Tooling team, which develops and maintains the tooling ecosystem for Meta's in-house AI accelerator ASICs. The Tooling team provides debugging, profiling, memory analysis, and monitoring capabilities for the whole MTIA Ecosystem, advancing ML accelerator tooling by leveraging Meta's full-stack ownership from silicon specs to fleet observability. In this role, you will be a senior technical contr

Menlo Park, CA, US2d agoJobSpy
$184K–$257K / yr

Systems PhD - Software Engineer

DatabricksRAG / SearchMid

RAG / Search

Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California2d agoGreenhouse

Systems PhD - Software Engineer

DatabricksRAG / SearchMid

RAG / Search

Bellevue, Washington; Seattle, Washington2d agoGreenhouse

Seattle, WA

SpendAiRAG / SearchMid

AI · ai agent · rag

ONSITE2d agoHN Hiring

AI & Automation Engineer

D.A. Davidson CompaniesRAG / SearchMid

RAG / Search

Missoula, MT3d agolinkedin
$90K–$120K / yr

AI & Automation Engineer

D.A. Davidson CompaniesRAG / SearchMid

RAG / Search

Bozeman, MT3d agolinkedin
$90K–$120K / yr

Sr AI Engineer (RAG Specialist with Strong Python Skills)

RELXRAG / SearchSenior

RAG / Search

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA3d agoBuilt In
$105K–$175K / yr

Lead Software Engineer (Python, Vector Databases, AWS)

Capital OneRAG / SearchExecutive

RAG / Search · Executive

McLean, VA6d agoWorkday
$197K–$225K / yr

Senior Software Engineer, Storage Infrastructure

CloudflareRAG / SearchSenior

RAG / Search

In-Office1w agoGreenhouse
$185K–$254K / yr

Senior Software Engineer

Spore.BioRAG / SearchSenior

rag

Hybrid (Flexible)Spore.Bio is a deeptech startup building a new paradigm in quality control for FMCG (Food & Beverage, Cosmetics, Pharma). We are replacing 200-year-old microbiology methods with advanced optics and deep-learning technologies to detect bacterial contamination directly on the factory floor in minutes, instead of days.We are looking for a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate our core backend systems, APIs, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure. You will be a key technical contributor, building the systems that connect our cutting-edge optical instruments to cloud data platforms.Tech Stack: Python (FastAPI), PostgreSQL, AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, GitHub ActionsIf you are interested in applying software engineering to real-world hardware and microbiology challenges, we'd love to hear from you!Apply here: https://careers.spore.bio/jobs/7230020-senior-software-engin...1w agoHN Hiring

REMOTE ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

ALBERTRAG / SearchMid

rag

REMOTE ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD1w agoHN Hiring

Product Support Engineer - EMEA

AshbyRAG / SearchMid

RAG / Search

United Kingdom1w agoAshby
£75K–£104K / yr

Product Support Engineer - Americas

AshbyRAG / SearchMid

RAG / Search

Remote - US1w agoAshby
$75K–$140K / yr

New York, NY

Software Engineer - Full StackRAG / SearchMid

rag

Full-time, ONSITE1w agoHN Hiring

Infra Eng-Storage, Product Eng (full-stack), Infra Eng-Observability, Brand Designer - Web, Infra Eng-General

RailwayRAG / SearchMid

ai agent · rag

REMOTE (Worldwide)1w agoHN Hiring

Lead AI Engineer

Capital OneRAG / SearchLead

RAG · Machine Learning

Bangalore, In1w agoWorkday

AI Engineer

Westfield InsuranceRAG / SearchMid

Job Summary Westfield is hiring an AI Engineer to build AI use cases of different shapes and sizes that impact our core insurance workflows. You’ll work with other AI Engineers, software developers, and business stakeholders to ship features and assets that range in complexity from simple prompt workflows and document understanding to AI agents, RAG, computer use, and more. You’ll be involved in business use cases from design and architecture into implementation, testing, deployment, monitor

Westfield Center, OH2w agolinkedin

Technical Support Engineer - Premium Accounts, Weekend Coverage

HarveyRAG / SearchMid

RAG / Search

London3w agoAshby

Technical Support Engineer - Premium Accounts, Weekend Coverage

HarveyRAG / SearchMid

RAG / Search

Dublin3w agoAshby

Tech Lead Full-Stack Rails Engineer

Mitre MediaRAG / SearchLead

api · CSS · docker

Remote1mo agoRemotive

AI Engineer - Application Development

CACIRAG / SearchMid

RAG / Search

United States1mo agoglassdoor
$75K–$158K / yr

Research Engineer / Scientist - Storage for LLM

ByteDanceRAG / SearchMid

RAG / Search

Seattle, WA5mo agoglassdoor
$148K–$301K / yr

Senior RAG Engineer

Newcode.aiRAG / SearchSenior

RAG / Search

RemoteFirst seen 1w agoBuilt In

AI Engineer | Java & AWS Bedrock, SageMaker & RAG

SynechronRAG / SearchMid

RAG / Search

RemoteFirst seen 3w agoBuilt In
04Common questions

Frequently asked

What is a RAG engineer?

A RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) or Search engineer builds the retrieval layer that grounds language models in private or up-to-date data: chunking strategies, embedding models, vector indices, hybrid lexical+semantic ranking, and the LLM-side prompting that turns retrieved passages into trustworthy answers. The role is increasingly its own specialty as enterprise AI deployments hit the limits of naive RAG and need re-rankers, query rewriting, and evaluation harnesses. Strong candidates know information-retrieval fundamentals (BM25, Reciprocal Rank Fusion) and have shipped a production RAG system end-to-end.

How many RAG / Search jobs are available?

As of August 2026, AgenticCareers tracks 31 open RAG / Search positions across 24 companies, updated daily.

What is the average RAG / Search salary?

The median advertised RAG / Search salary is $127K–$200K per year, based on 12 listings with disclosed pay.

Are RAG / Search jobs remote?

26% of the RAG / Search roles currently tracked on AgenticCareers are remote.

Which companies are hiring RAG and Search engineers?

The most active employers hiring RAG and Search engineers right now are Capital One, Meta, Databricks.

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