Posted salary ranges · updated 2026-09-29

Vast.ai salaries 2026: posted ranges by role and level

14 open roles at Vast.ai publish a base-salary range. The median posted range is $162k to $268k; the highest posted maximum is $350k. Ranges come from Vast.ai's own postings on its careers site, refreshed every 6 hours. All Vast.ai roles.

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By function

Function	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Infrastructure	3	$200k	$330k	$265k	$330k
Research	2	$180k	$325k	$252k	$330k
Engineering	5	$155k	$260k	$212k	$350k
Product & Design	2	$165k	$220k	$192k	$240k

By level

Level	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Unspecified	10	$160k	$268k	$216k	$330k
Lead / Manager	3	$170k	$240k	$205k	$350k

By role

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Highest posted ranges at Vast.ai

One row per role; the full list of 14 ranges is in the report.

Role	Level	Range	Location
Director of Engineering	Lead / Manager	$230k to $350k	San Francisco
Systems/GPU Research Engineer	Unspecified	$200k to $330k	San Francisco; Los Angeles
GPU Systems Engineer – HPC / Parallel Computing	Unspecified	$200k to $330k	San Francisco; Los Angeles

Method: base-salary ranges parsed from the compensation field or description of each posting; placeholder ranges (top at least 3x the bottom) excluded; medians use the range midpoint; level inferred from the title. All AI companies · Vast.ai jobs.