Applied AI Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities

As of 2026-09-27, Skillenai has indexed 490 job postings with the title “Applied AI Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-27

Postings · last 90 days
490
Demand vs prior month
down 1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Most-required skill
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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+How many Applied AI Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?

Skillenai has indexed 490 job postings with the title “Applied AI Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-27, with demand down 1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

+What skills do Applied AI Engineer jobs require?

Across Applied AI Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-27, the skills mentioned most often are Python, TypeScript, LLMs, RAG, JavaScript.

+Which cities are hiring the most Applied AI Engineer?

As of 2026-09-27, Applied AI Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, New York City, London, Paris, Seoul.

+Is Applied AI Engineer a good career path right now?

Skillenai indexes 490 Applied AI Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-27, with demand down 1% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Applied AI Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.

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Weekly Applied AI Engineer postings — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Skills most often required for Applied AI Engineer

NamePostingsShare
Python34470.2%
TypeScript14730.0%
LLMs12124.7%
RAG11423.3%
JavaScript8316.9%
monitoring7815.9%
evaluation7715.7%
APIs7615.5%
prompt engineering7014.3%
Retrieval6513.3%
Guardrails6413.1%
observability6312.9%
LangChain6212.7%
machine learning5811.8%
cost optimization5811.8%

Top metros hiring Applied AI Engineer

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco5711.6%
New York City295.9%
London285.7%
Paris183.7%
Seoul153.1%
Berlin132.7%
San Jose112.2%
Sydney102.0%
Tel Aviv102.0%

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-27, matching postings whose canonical role is “Applied AI Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).

role
Applied AI Engineer
source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
data_as_of
2026-09-27
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index