distributed training jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-28, distributed training appears in 664 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Machine Learning Engineer has the most postings mentioning distributed training, with demand up 21% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28

Postings · last 90 days
664
Demand vs prior month
up 21% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 17.8% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about distributed training

+Is distributed training in demand in 2026?

Yes. distributed training appears in 664 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand up 21% vs the prior 4 weeks. Machine Learning Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning distributed training (17.8% of all postings mentioning distributed training).

+What jobs require distributed training?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning distributed training are Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer (54.5% of that role’s postings mention distributed training), Applied Research Engineer (48.0% of that role’s postings mention distributed training), Applied ML Engineer (38.1% of that role’s postings mention distributed training).

+What skills are commonly paired with distributed training?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), distributed training most often appears alongside PyTorch, Python, JAX, machine learning, TensorFlow.

+Where is distributed training most in demand?

As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring distributed training are San Francisco, London, New York City, Mountain View, Seattle, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring distributed training — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Roles most likely to require distributed training

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer1854.5%
Applied Research Engineer1248.0%
Applied ML Engineer838.1%
ML Research Engineer1327.1%
ML Scientist620.7%
Machine Learning Researcher820.5%
Applied Research Scientist519.2%
ML Infrastructure Engineer918.8%
Machine Learning Systems Engineer518.5%
Machine Learning Research Engineer514.7%

Roles with the most distributed training postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Machine Learning Engineer11817.8%
ML Engineer609.0%
Research Engineer538.0%
Research Scientist314.7%
Software Engineer284.2%
Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer182.7%
ML Research Engineer132.0%
AI Researcher121.8%
Applied Research Engineer121.8%
Applied Scientist111.7%

Top metros hiring for distributed training

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco8212.3%
London416.2%
New York City375.6%
Mountain View345.1%
Seattle233.5%
San Jose192.9%
Singapore192.9%
Sunnyvale182.7%
Palo Alto121.8%

Skills commonly paired with distributed training

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning distributed training by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s distributed training postings by all distributed training postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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286c07130d80afe5
data_as_of
2026-09-28
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index