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

As of 2026-10-07, Skillenai has indexed 3 job postings with the title “Principal Machine Learning Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Machine Learning.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-07

Postings · last 90 days
3
Most-required skill
Top hiring metro
Bucharest

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Frequently asked questions about Principal Machine Learning Engineer jobs

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

Skillenai has indexed 3 job postings with the title “Principal Machine Learning Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-10-07.

+What skills do Principal Machine Learning Engineer jobs require?

Across Principal Machine Learning Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-07, the skills mentioned most often are Machine Learning, model serving, Trust, Retrieval, embedding.

+Which cities are hiring the most Principal Machine Learning Engineer?

As of 2026-10-07, Principal Machine Learning Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bucharest, San Francisco.

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

Skillenai indexes 3 Principal Machine Learning Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-10-07. The skill mentioned most often in Principal Machine Learning Engineer postings is Machine Learning, 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 Principal Machine Learning Engineer?

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 Principal Machine Learning Engineer postings — last 90 days

Career paths through Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Roles before Principal Machine Learning Engineer

No published incoming different-role moves yet.

Roles after Principal Machine Learning Engineer

After Principal Machine Learning EngineerPrincipal Machine Learning Engineer → AI Consultant: 1 observed employer movesPrincipal Machine Learning Engineer → Principal Software Development Engineer: 1 observed employer movesPrincipalMachineLearningEngineerAI Consultant: 1 movesAI Consultant1 movesPrincipal Software Development Engineer: 1 movesPrincipal SoftwareDevelopmentEngineer1 moves
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.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
After: AI Consultant1
After: Principal Software Development Engineer1

Skills most often required for Principal Machine Learning Engineer

NamePostingsShare
Machine Learning266.7%
model serving133.3%
Trust133.3%
Retrieval133.3%
embedding133.3%
Python133.3%
platform architecture133.3%
AWS Lambda133.3%
data ingestion133.3%
context management133.3%
AWS SageMaker133.3%
model evaluation133.3%
LLM infrastructure133.3%
lifecycle management133.3%
LLMs133.3%

Top companies posting Principal Machine Learning Engineer jobs

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting Principal Machine Learning Engineer jobs
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Toast1
ArcadeDB1
Frame.io1

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 Principal Machine Learning Engineer

NamePostingsShare
Bucharest133.3%
San Francisco133.3%

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-07, matching postings whose canonical role is “Principal Machine Learning Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.

role
Principal Machine Learning Engineer
source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
data_as_of
2026-10-07
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index