Remote AI Jobs Paying USD, Open to Indonesia

Not for applied AI/ML engineering. PhDs are mostly required for research scientist roles at labs like DeepMind, Anthropic Research, or OpenAI Research. Most applied roles weight portfolio: GitHub repos, Kaggle, or shipped LLM side projects.

Junior: $4,000–$8,000/month. Mid: $8,000–$13,000/month. Senior: $13,000–$20,000/month. Staff/principal at foundation-model startups: $25,000–$50,000/month plus equity. Premium over general engineering because of the talent gap.

Python + PyTorch (required), LangChain or LlamaIndex for LLM apps, RAG architecture, vector DBs (pgvector/Pinecone), evaluation frameworks (LangSmith, Braintrust), and ML systems design. Bonus: fine-tuning open-source models (Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek).

Yes, especially combined with shipped side projects. Show GitHub repos, Medium/personal blog write-ups, or Kaggle competition rank. Industry labs weight portfolio more than university name.

Most do not hire fully remote from Indonesia, but many funded AI startups (foundation-model wrappers, vertical AI) accept international remote. Watch the Loker Dollar AI category feed and filter by remote-international tags.