English-Speaking Jobs in San Francisco

15 English-speaking positions in San Francisco

These 15 positions in San Francisco list English as a required language, meaning you can apply and work without needing German. Language requirements are identified from each job description, so you don't have to read through every posting to figure out if German is actually needed.

Market insights

Anthropic is currently the most active employer hiring for San Francisco.

Seniority mix

  • Senior 50%
  • Mid 25%
  • Staff 17%
  • Lead 8%

Why this matters

Many job postings in Germany are ambiguous about language requirements. A job might be posted in English but still expect German for daily work. Each listing includes explicit language requirements so you know upfront whether English is enough.

Office Hours 3 weeks ago Reposted 1 time(s)
Remote

Platform Engineer

San Francisco, United States (Remote) - English

AWS EKS Kubernetes Terraform Helm +17
$160.000–180.000 /year
Span 1 month ago
Remote

Sr. Software Engineer, Security

San Francisco, United States (Remote) - English

AWS OIDC SAML OAuth Python +2
Tavus 3 months ago Open for 105+ days
Remote

Conversational Modelling Research Engineer

San Francisco, United States (Remote) - English

PyTorch Large Multimodal Models Generative Models VLMs
Sierra 3 months ago Open for 105+ days
On-site

Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer

San Francisco, United States - English

AWS Terraform
PrimeIntellect 3 months ago Open for 113+ days
Remote

Member of Technical Staff - Security

San Francisco, United States (Remote) - English

GCP Kubernetes Python Rust
$180.000–350.000 /year
Tavus 4 months ago Open for 124+ days
Remote

Multimodal AI Model Optimization Research Engineer

San Francisco, United States (Remote) - English

PyTorch Python
Anthropic 4 months ago Open for 145+ days
Remote

Threat Intelligence Engineer

San Francisco, United States (Remote) - English

Python SQL Airflow dbt YARA
$300.000–320.000 /year
Anthropic 4 months ago Open for 145+ days
Remote

Staff Software Engineer, People Products

San Francisco, United States (Remote) - English

LLM
$320.000–405.000 /year
Anthropic 4 months ago Open for 145+ days
Remote

Staff+ Application Security Engineer

San Francisco, United States (Remote) - English

Python Rust Go Java
$300.000–405.000 /year
Anthropic 4 months ago Open for 145+ days
Remote

Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-training

San Francisco, United States (Remote) - English

Python Machine Learning LLM
$350.000–850.000 /year
Anthropic 4 months ago Open for 145+ days
Remote

Research Engineer, Universes

San Francisco, United States (Remote) - English

Machine Learning Reinforcement Learning
$500.000–850.000 /year
Eloquentai 5 months ago Open for 167+ days
Remote

Lead Software Engineer

San Francisco, United States (Remote) - English

React TypeScript Node.js Python AWS +2
OpenAI 6 months ago Open for 193+ days Reposted 11 time(s)

Software Engineer, Platform Systems

San Francisco, United States - English

Tzafon 10 months ago Open for 314+ days Reposted 10 time(s)
On-site

Member of Technical Staff – Backend/Platform Engineer

San Francisco, United States - English

Go
$150.000–250.000 /year
Eloquentai 11 months ago Open for 348+ days
Remote

Software Engineer, Front-End

San Francisco, United States (Remote) - English

React TypeScript HTML CSS

Frequently Asked Questions

Do these jobs really not require German?
These positions list English as the required working language. We analyze each job description to identify explicit language requirements. Some roles may list German as 'nice to have' but not required. We surface that distinction so you can decide for yourself.
How many English-speaking jobs are there in San Francisco?
There are currently 15 positions in San Francisco where English is listed as a required language. This updates daily as companies post and close positions.
What types of roles are typically English-friendly?
Engineering, product, data science, and design roles tend to be the most English-friendly, especially at international companies. Each listing includes the full tech stack and requirements so you can filter by your specific skills.
Can I find jobs in other cities too?
Yes. We track English-speaking positions across multiple cities. Browse jobs in other locations using the related city links, or visit the main search page to filter by any combination of city, tech stack, and language.