embeddings jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-05-17, embeddings appears in 990 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for AI Engineer roles, with demand down 37% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about embeddings
+Is embeddings in demand in 2026?
Yes. embeddings appears in 990 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 37% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for AI Engineer roles (13% of AI Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require embeddings?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the job titles most likely to require embeddings are AI Engineer (13% of postings list embeddings), Software Engineer (13% of postings list embeddings), Machine Learning Engineer (6% of postings list embeddings).
+What skills are commonly paired with embeddings?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-17), embeddings most often appears alongside Python, LLMs, machine learning, vector databases, prompt engineering.
+Where is embeddings most in demand?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring embeddings are New York City, San Francisco, Bengaluru, London, Toronto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new embeddings content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring embeddings — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require embeddings
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| AI Engineer | 128 | 12.9% |
| Software Engineer | 126 | 12.7% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 62 | 6.3% |
| Data Scientist | 56 | 5.7% |
| Product Manager | 36 | 3.6% |
| ML Engineer | 27 | 2.7% |
| Applied AI Engineer | 25 | 2.5% |
| Backend Engineer | 22 | 2.2% |
| AI Success Engineer | 16 | 1.6% |
| AI Video Editor | 16 | 1.6% |
Top metros hiring for embeddings
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 92 | 28.5% |
| San Francisco | 79 | 24.5% |
| Bengaluru | 49 | 15.2% |
| London | 43 | 13.3% |
| Toronto | 15 | 4.6% |
| Mountain View | 12 | 3.7% |
| Hyderabad | 11 | 3.4% |
| Paris | 11 | 3.4% |
| San Jose | 11 | 3.4% |
Skills commonly paired with embeddings
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17. 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).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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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.
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