Production-quality code jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-19, Production-quality code appears in 129 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Machine Learning Engineer roles, with demand up 6% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-19

Postings · last 90 days
129
Demand vs prior month
up 6% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top job title · 19% require it
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about Production-quality code

+Is Production-quality code in demand in 2026?

Yes. Production-quality code appears in 129 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, with demand up 6% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Machine Learning Engineer roles (19% of Machine Learning Engineer postings list it).

+What jobs require Production-quality code?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19, the job titles most likely to require Production-quality code are Machine Learning Engineer (19% of postings list Production-quality code), Software Engineer (17% of postings list Production-quality code), Security Engineer (8% of postings list Production-quality code).

+What skills are commonly paired with Production-quality code?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-19), Production-quality code most often appears alongside Python, machine learning, data pipelines, PyTorch, SQL.

+Where is Production-quality code most in demand?

As of 2026-09-19, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Production-quality code are San Francisco, London, New York City, São Paulo, Denver, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring Production-quality code — last 90 days

Job titles most likely to require Production-quality code

RolePostings mentioning% requiring
Machine Learning Engineer2418.6%
Software Engineer2217.1%
Security Engineer118.5%
Data Scientist107.8%
Forward Deployed Engineer64.7%
ML Engineer43.1%
Data Scientist / Deployment Engineer32.3%
Applied AI Engineer21.6%
Applied Data Scientist / Engineer21.6%
Backend Engineer21.6%

Top metros hiring for Production-quality code

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco1713.2%
London118.5%
New York City118.5%
São Paulo75.4%
Denver43.1%
Los Angeles32.3%
Austin21.6%
El Segundo21.6%
San Diego21.6%

Skills commonly paired with Production-quality code

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-19. 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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2026-09-19
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90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index