AI/ML Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-23, Skillenai has indexed 313 job postings with the title “AI/ML Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 33% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-23
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+How many AI/ML Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 313 job postings with the title “AI/ML Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-23, with demand down 33% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do AI/ML Engineer jobs require?
Across AI/ML Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-23, the skills mentioned most often are Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, machine learning, LangChain.
+Which cities are hiring the most AI/ML Engineer?
As of 2026-09-23, AI/ML Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bengaluru, New York City, San Francisco, Annapolis, San Jose.
+Is AI/ML Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 313 AI/ML Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-23, with demand down 33% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in AI/ML Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly AI/ML Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for AI/ML Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 219 | 70.0% |
| PyTorch | 139 | 44.4% |
| TensorFlow | 112 | 35.8% |
| machine learning | 83 | 26.5% |
| LangChain | 76 | 24.3% |
| MLOps | 68 | 21.7% |
| scikit-learn | 61 | 19.5% |
| CI/CD | 58 | 18.5% |
| Docker | 57 | 18.2% |
| prompt engineering | 56 | 17.9% |
| RAG | 55 | 17.6% |
| SQL | 54 | 17.3% |
| AWS | 51 | 16.3% |
| Kubernetes | 46 | 14.7% |
| fine-tuning | 43 | 13.7% |
Top metros hiring AI/ML Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 13 | 4.2% |
| New York City | 12 | 3.8% |
| San Francisco | 11 | 3.5% |
| Annapolis | 9 | 2.9% |
| San Jose | 9 | 2.9% |
| Hyderabad | 7 | 2.2% |
| Arlington | 6 | 1.9% |
| Lisbon | 4 | 1.3% |
| Pune | 4 | 1.3% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-23, matching postings whose canonical role is “AI/ML Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- AI/ML Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-23
- window_days
- 90
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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