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

As of 2026-09-17, Skillenai has indexed 28 job postings with the title “Data & AI Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-17

Postings · last 90 days
28
Demand vs prior month
down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks
Most-required skill
Top hiring metro
Luxembourg

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

Skillenai has indexed 28 job postings with the title “Data & AI Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks.

+What skills do Data & AI Engineer jobs require?

Across Data & AI Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17, the skills mentioned most often are Python, SQL, data pipelines, CI/CD, AWS.

+Which cities are hiring the most Data & AI Engineer?

As of 2026-09-17, Data & AI Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Luxembourg, Puteaux, Barcelona, Bengaluru, Charlotte.

+Is Data & AI Engineer a good career path right now?

Skillenai indexes 28 Data & AI Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17, with demand down 47% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Data & AI Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.

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Weekly Data & AI Engineer postings — last 90 days

Skills most often required for Data & AI Engineer

NamePostingsShare
Python1760.7%
SQL1139.3%
data pipelines828.6%
CI/CD725.0%
AWS621.4%
Docker517.9%
Azure517.9%
machine learning517.9%
Snowflake517.9%
ETL414.3%
Terraform414.3%
Data engineering414.3%
Spark310.7%
vector databases310.7%
ELT310.7%

Top metros hiring Data & AI Engineer

NamePostingsShare
Luxembourg310.7%
Puteaux310.7%
Barcelona13.6%
Bengaluru13.6%
Charlotte13.6%
Dubai13.6%
Herzliya13.6%
Little Rock13.6%
Lu-uk13.6%

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Data & AI Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).

role
Data & AI Engineer
source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
data_as_of
2026-09-17
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index