feature engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, feature engineering appears in 1,404 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Data Scientist has the most postings mentioning feature engineering, with demand down 12% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is feature engineering in demand in 2026?
Yes. feature engineering appears in 1,404 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 12% vs the prior 4 weeks. Data Scientist accounts for the most postings mentioning feature engineering (29.6% of all postings mentioning feature engineering).
+What jobs require feature engineering?
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 feature engineering are AI/ML Architect (19.2% of that role’s postings mention feature engineering), Quantitative Researcher (15.7% of that role’s postings mention feature engineering), Senior Data Scientist (15.4% of that role’s postings mention feature engineering).
+What skills are commonly paired with feature engineering?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), feature engineering most often appears alongside Python, machine learning, SQL, PyTorch, model evaluation.
+Where is feature engineering most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring feature engineering are New York City, London, Bengaluru, San Francisco, Singapore, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring feature engineering — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require feature engineering
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| AI/ML Architect | 5 | 19.2% |
| Quantitative Researcher | 27 | 15.7% |
| Senior Data Scientist | 4 | 15.4% |
| Machine Learning Scientist | 18 | 13.0% |
| Lead Data Scientist | 12 | 12.4% |
| AI / ML Engineer | 6 | 11.8% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 214 | 9.4% |
| Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer | 3 | 9.1% |
| Machine Learning Manager | 2 | 8.7% |
| Data Analytics Consultant | 3 | 8.1% |
Roles with the most feature engineering postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | 415 | 29.6% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 214 | 15.2% |
| Software Engineer | 82 | 5.8% |
| ML Engineer | 61 | 4.3% |
| AI Engineer | 50 | 3.6% |
| Data Engineer | 45 | 3.2% |
| Quantitative Researcher | 27 | 1.9% |
| AI/ML Engineer | 23 | 1.6% |
| Machine Learning Scientist | 18 | 1.3% |
| Data Analyst | 16 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for feature engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 64 | 4.6% |
| London | 51 | 3.6% |
| Bengaluru | 48 | 3.4% |
| San Francisco | 39 | 2.8% |
| Singapore | 26 | 1.9% |
| Hyderabad | 25 | 1.8% |
| Toronto | 19 | 1.4% |
| Hong Kong | 18 | 1.3% |
| Seattle | 15 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with feature engineering
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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 feature engineering by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s feature engineering postings by all feature engineering 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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