What Principal AI Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 599 open Principal AI Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, llm, agentic-ai.
Updated September 19, 2026
638 open Principal AI Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 599 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 97% |
| llm | 67% |
| agentic-ai | 66% |
| cloud | 63% |
| machine-learning | 59% |
| python | 55% |
| rag | 42% |
| generative-ai | 41% |
| aws | 38% |
| api | 37% |
| observability | 36% |
| ci-cd | 29% |
| azure | 29% |
| automation | 27% |
| prompt-engineering | 26% |
| analytics | 25% |
| gcp | 24% |
| data-science | 24% |
| distributed-systems | 18% |
| kubernetes | 17% |
| mcp | 17% |
| vector-databases | 16% |
| cloud-native | 16% |
| fine-tuning | 16% |
| mlops | 16% |
| data-pipelines | 15% |
| docker | 15% |
| agile | 14% |
| langchain | 14% |
| typescript | 14% |
| ai-enablement | 14% |
| deep-learning | 13% |
| langgraph | 13% |
| devops | 13% |
| java | 13% |
| sql | 13% |
| data-engineering | 13% |
| pytorch | 11% |
| embeddings | 11% |
| openai | 11% |
"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 638 open Principal AI Engineering jobs →
Across all AI Engineering levels
Most AI Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 16,844
- llm 11,491
- python 11,231
- machine-learning 9,409
- cloud 8,917
- agentic-ai 8,415
- api 8,076
- rag 7,026
- generative-ai 6,810
- aws 5,835
- azure 5,428
- ci-cd 4,740