OpenAI jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, OpenAI appears in 1,377 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning OpenAI, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is OpenAI in demand in 2026?
Yes. OpenAI appears in 1,377 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning OpenAI (16.2% of all postings mentioning OpenAI).
+What jobs require OpenAI?
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 OpenAI are Gen AI Engineer (35.0% of that role’s postings mention OpenAI), Generative AI Engineer (25.0% of that role’s postings mention OpenAI), Applied Value Engineer (25.0% of that role’s postings mention OpenAI).
+What skills are commonly paired with OpenAI?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), OpenAI most often appears alongside Python, Anthropic, TypeScript, LangChain, AWS.
+Where is OpenAI most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring OpenAI are New York City, San Francisco, Bengaluru, Berlin, Madrid, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring OpenAI — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require OpenAI
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Gen AI Engineer | 7 | 35.0% |
| Generative AI Engineer | 13 | 25.0% |
| Applied Value Engineer | 10 | 25.0% |
| GenAI Engineer | 9 | 20.5% |
| Frontier Agents Engineer | 4 | 18.2% |
| AI Automation Engineer | 13 | 16.9% |
| People Analytics Analyst | 4 | 15.4% |
| Full-Stack AI Engineer | 3 | 15.0% |
| AI Backend Engineer | 3 | 14.3% |
| AI Solutions Engineer | 3 | 14.3% |
Roles with the most OpenAI postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 223 | 16.2% |
| AI Engineer | 139 | 10.1% |
| Data Scientist | 36 | 2.6% |
| Backend Engineer | 34 | 2.5% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 29 | 2.1% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 23 | 1.7% |
| Applied AI Engineer | 22 | 1.6% |
| Product Manager | 17 | 1.2% |
| Product Engineer | 16 | 1.2% |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 15 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for OpenAI
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 76 | 5.5% |
| San Francisco | 75 | 5.4% |
| Bengaluru | 38 | 2.8% |
| Berlin | 32 | 2.3% |
| Madrid | 24 | 1.7% |
| London | 22 | 1.6% |
| Pune | 17 | 1.2% |
| San Jose | 16 | 1.2% |
| Tel Aviv | 16 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with OpenAI
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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 OpenAI by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s OpenAI postings by all OpenAI 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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