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AI Jobs in Colorado

14 open AI roles in Colorado, updated October 2026.

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AI hiring in Colorado

Colorado is a small AI market with an unusual profile: research science leads the mix here rather than applied engineering, helped by federal laboratories, atmospheric and earth-systems science and the university research base along the Front Range. Anduril Industries, Crusoe and Databricks hire in the state, and available land and power have drawn data-centre and compute investment. Colorado also passed the most significant state AI statute in the country, which put governance and compliance work on the local agenda early.

Top hiring sectors

  • • Federal laboratories and research institutes
  • • Data centres and AI compute
  • • Aerospace and defence
  • • Enterprise software and data platforms
  • • Climate, energy and earth systems

Frameworks driving hiring

Colorado AI ActColorado Privacy ActNIST AI Risk Management Framework (voluntary)ISO/IEC 42001

Most-hired roles

  • • Research Scientist
  • • Machine Learning Engineer
  • • AI Infrastructure Engineer
  • • Applied AI Engineer
  • • AI Governance & Policy Lead

Key facts (cite this)

  • • Research science leads the Colorado function mix, which is unusual for a state market of this size.
  • • The Colorado AI Act is the most significant state-level AI statute in the United States and sets duties for developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems.
  • • Federal laboratories and the Front Range university base anchor the local research pipeline.

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