Machine Learning Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities

As of 2026-06-16, Skillenai has indexed 2,420 job postings with the title “Machine Learning Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is machine learning, with demand down 24% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-06-16

Postings · last 90 days
2,420
Demand vs prior month
down 24% vs the prior 4 weeks
Most-required skill
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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+How many Machine Learning Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?

Skillenai has indexed 2,420 job postings with the title “Machine Learning Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-06-16, with demand down 24% vs the prior 4 weeks.

+What skills do Machine Learning Engineer jobs require?

Across Machine Learning Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-06-16, the skills mentioned most often are machine learning, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, deep learning.

+Which cities are hiring the most Machine Learning Engineer?

As of 2026-06-16, Machine Learning Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, New York City, London, San Jose, Seattle.

+Is Machine Learning Engineer a good career path right now?

Skillenai indexes 2,420 Machine Learning Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-06-16, with demand down 24% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Machine Learning Engineer postings is machine learning, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.

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Weekly Machine Learning Engineer postings — last 90 days

Skills most often required for Machine Learning Engineer

NamePostingsShare
machine learning1,79074.0%
Python1,49661.8%
PyTorch1,07744.5%
TensorFlow78632.5%
deep learning58024.0%
model training35414.6%
model evaluation35214.5%
SQL33914.0%
data pipelines33613.9%
AWS33413.8%
C++33213.7%
model deployment31713.1%
computer vision30912.8%
scikit-learn28211.7%
MLOps27611.4%

Top metros hiring Machine Learning Engineer

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco1737.1%
New York City1114.6%
London1084.5%
San Jose964.0%
Seattle923.8%
Mountain View712.9%
Bengaluru482.0%
Seoul331.4%
Boston261.1%

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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 “Machine Learning Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).

role
Machine Learning Engineer
source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
data_as_of
2026-06-16
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index