distillation jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-13, distillation appears in 188 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Machine Learning Engineer roles, with demand up 43% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-13
Which roles want distillation?
Upload your resume and Skillenai will show which roles your distillation experience fits, which skills you already cover, and what is missing.
Get a daily email digest of new distillation content
Skillenai indexes news articles, blog posts, and research papers that mention distillation. Click below and we'll open a pre-filled daily digest — change the cadence to hourly or weekly if you prefer, then save. Free account required (~30 seconds).
Frequently asked questions about distillation
+Is distillation in demand in 2026?
Yes. distillation appears in 188 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-13, with demand up 43% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Machine Learning Engineer roles (23% of Machine Learning Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require distillation?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-13, the job titles most likely to require distillation are Machine Learning Engineer (23% of postings list distillation), ML Engineer (13% of postings list distillation), Research Engineer (7% of postings list distillation).
+What skills are commonly paired with distillation?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-13), distillation most often appears alongside PyTorch, Quantization, Python, fine-tuning, Pruning.
+Where is distillation most in demand?
As of 2026-08-13, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring distillation are San Francisco, New York City, Mountain View, Seoul, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new distillation content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning distillation alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new distillation content from your Skillenai account.
Weekly job postings requiring distillation — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require distillation
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning Engineer | 43 | 22.9% |
| ML Engineer | 24 | 12.8% |
| Research Engineer | 14 | 7.4% |
| Research Scientist | 11 | 5.9% |
| Software Engineer | 9 | 4.8% |
| AI Engineer | 7 | 3.7% |
| Applied Scientist | 5 | 2.7% |
| AI/ML Engineer | 4 | 2.1% |
| Applied AI Scientist | 3 | 1.6% |
| Machine Learning Scientist | 3 | 1.6% |
Top metros hiring for distillation
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 24 | 12.8% |
| New York City | 16 | 8.5% |
| Mountain View | 10 | 5.3% |
| Seoul | 5 | 2.7% |
| London | 4 | 2.1% |
| Montréal | 4 | 2.1% |
| Boston | 3 | 1.6% |
| Palo Alto | 3 | 1.6% |
| Toronto | 3 | 1.6% |
Skills commonly paired with distillation
Stay current on distillation without doomscrolling
Same one-click setup as above, plus you can pull the underlying stream into your own coding agent via the Skillenai API.
Explore related pages
How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-13. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- entity_id
- 9427f7ab75d24033
- data_as_of
- 2026-08-13
- 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.
Skillenai for recruiters →