AI Engineering Director jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-10-29, Skillenai has indexed 51 job postings with the title “AI Engineering Director” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is observability.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29
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Frequently asked questions about AI Engineering Director jobs
+How many AI Engineering Director jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 51 job postings with the title “AI Engineering Director” over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29.
+What skills do AI Engineering Director jobs require?
Across AI Engineering Director postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, the skills mentioned most often are observability, machine learning, Python, Generative AI, AWS.
+Which cities are hiring the most AI Engineering Director?
As of 2026-10-29, AI Engineering Director postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Jose, Atlanta, Columbia, New York City, Singapore.
+Is AI Engineering Director a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 51 AI Engineering Director postings over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. The skill mentioned most often in AI Engineering Director postings is observability, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of AI Engineering Director?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed AI Engineering Director postings — last 90 days
Career paths through AI Engineering Director
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Roles before AI Engineering Director
Roles after AI Engineering Director
No published outgoing different-role moves yet.
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Instructional Professor | 1 |
| Before: Engineering Manager | 1 |
| Before: Data Science Manager | 1 |
Skills most often required for AI Engineering Director
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| observability | 19 | 37.3% |
| machine learning | 18 | 35.3% |
| Python | 16 | 31.4% |
| Generative AI | 14 | 27.5% |
| AWS | 13 | 25.5% |
| PyTorch | 11 | 21.6% |
| MLOps | 10 | 19.6% |
| model evaluation | 10 | 19.6% |
| monitoring | 10 | 19.6% |
| Azure | 9 | 17.6% |
| LLMs | 9 | 17.6% |
| Guardrails | 9 | 17.6% |
| software engineering | 8 | 15.7% |
| AI engineering | 8 | 15.7% |
| Large language models | 8 | 15.7% |
Top companies posting AI Engineering Director jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Novartis | 6 |
| Capital One | 5 |
| Blend360 | 3 |
| FICO | 3 |
| Cisco | 3 |
| Mastercard | 2 |
| Lumentum | 2 |
| Parachute Health | 2 |
| Axial Search | 2 |
| Lennar | 1 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring AI Engineering Director
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 5 | 9.8% |
| Atlanta | 2 | 3.9% |
| Columbia | 2 | 3.9% |
| New York City | 2 | 3.9% |
| Singapore | 2 | 3.9% |
| Alameda | 1 | 2.0% |
| Arlington | 1 | 2.0% |
| Frisco | 1 | 2.0% |
| Hyderabad | 1 | 2.0% |
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How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, matching postings whose canonical role is “AI Engineering Director”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
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- AI Engineering Director
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