What Lead AI Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 1,391 open Lead AI Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, machine-learning, llm.
Updated September 19, 2026
1,472 open Lead AI Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,391 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 96% |
| machine-learning | 64% |
| llm | 61% |
| python | 54% |
| cloud | 53% |
| agentic-ai | 50% |
| generative-ai | 48% |
| rag | 38% |
| api | 37% |
| aws | 37% |
| azure | 36% |
| observability | 30% |
| ci-cd | 29% |
| gcp | 26% |
| automation | 24% |
| langchain | 21% |
| prompt-engineering | 21% |
| data-science | 19% |
| mlops | 17% |
| openai | 17% |
| java | 16% |
| kubernetes | 16% |
| vector-databases | 16% |
| analytics | 16% |
| docker | 15% |
| sql | 15% |
| pytorch | 15% |
| mcp | 15% |
| langgraph | 14% |
| data-pipelines | 14% |
| cloud-native | 13% |
| data-engineering | 13% |
| devops | 13% |
| agile | 12% |
| fine-tuning | 11% |
| github | 11% |
| model-evaluation | 11% |
| embeddings | 10% |
| huggingface | 10% |
| microservices | 10% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 1,472 open Lead AI Engineering jobs →
Across all AI Engineering levels
Most AI Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 16,828
- llm 11,485
- python 11,222
- machine-learning 9,403
- cloud 8,908
- agentic-ai 8,410
- api 8,074
- rag 7,023
- generative-ai 6,809
- aws 5,831
- azure 5,429
- ci-cd 4,737