AI Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-28, Skillenai has indexed 2,935 job postings with the title “AI Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 36% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+How many AI Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 2,935 job postings with the title “AI Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 36% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do AI Engineer jobs require?
Across AI Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, the skills mentioned most often are Python, prompt engineering, LangChain, RAG, AWS.
+Which cities are hiring the most AI Engineer?
As of 2026-09-28, AI Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Singapore.
+Is AI Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 2,935 AI Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 36% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in AI Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly AI Engineer postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Skills most often required for AI Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 1,402 | 47.8% |
| prompt engineering | 567 | 19.3% |
| LangChain | 492 | 16.8% |
| RAG | 489 | 16.7% |
| AWS | 470 | 16.0% |
| CI/CD | 456 | 15.5% |
| machine learning | 449 | 15.3% |
| LLMs | 436 | 14.9% |
| observability | 416 | 14.2% |
| vector databases | 364 | 12.4% |
| PyTorch | 363 | 12.4% |
| LangGraph | 355 | 12.1% |
| Azure | 315 | 10.7% |
| TypeScript | 312 | 10.6% |
| Docker | 291 | 9.9% |
Top metros hiring AI Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 122 | 4.2% |
| New York City | 84 | 2.9% |
| London | 79 | 2.7% |
| Bengaluru | 69 | 2.4% |
| Singapore | 50 | 1.7% |
| Hyderabad | 40 | 1.4% |
| Tel Aviv | 39 | 1.3% |
| Berlin | 35 | 1.2% |
| Madrid | 35 | 1.2% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, matching postings whose canonical role is “AI Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- AI Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-28
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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