AI Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-06-16, Skillenai has indexed 1,890 job postings with the title “AI Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 21% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-06-16
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+How many AI Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 1,890 job postings with the title “AI Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-06-16, with demand down 21% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do AI Engineer jobs require?
Across AI Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-06-16, the skills mentioned most often are Python, prompt engineering, machine learning, LLMs, LangChain.
+Which cities are hiring the most AI Engineer?
As of 2026-06-16, AI Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in London, San Francisco, New York City, Bengaluru, Paris.
+Is AI Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 1,890 AI Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-06-16, with demand down 21% 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
Skills most often required for AI Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 970 | 51.3% |
| prompt engineering | 407 | 21.5% |
| machine learning | 369 | 19.5% |
| LLMs | 343 | 18.1% |
| LangChain | 319 | 16.9% |
| AWS | 294 | 15.6% |
| RAG | 284 | 15.0% |
| vector databases | 270 | 14.3% |
| fine-tuning | 259 | 13.7% |
| TypeScript | 257 | 13.6% |
| PyTorch | 254 | 13.4% |
| observability | 232 | 12.3% |
| LangGraph | 210 | 11.1% |
| Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) | 196 | 10.4% |
| CI/CD | 194 | 10.3% |
Top metros hiring AI Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| London | 115 | 6.1% |
| San Francisco | 103 | 5.4% |
| New York City | 91 | 4.8% |
| Bengaluru | 53 | 2.8% |
| Paris | 28 | 1.5% |
| Pune | 28 | 1.5% |
| Palo Alto | 27 | 1.4% |
| Singapore | 27 | 1.4% |
| Hyderabad | 24 | 1.3% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-06-16, matching postings whose canonical role is “AI Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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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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