What Principal AI Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 564 open Principal AI Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, llm, agentic-ai.
Updated November 3, 2026
577 open Principal AI Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 564 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 99% |
| llm | 78% |
| agentic-ai | 68% |
| cloud | 68% |
| python | 64% |
| machine-learning | 63% |
| rag | 46% |
| api | 45% |
| observability | 41% |
| generative-ai | 41% |
| aws | 41% |
| azure | 34% |
| ci-cd | 32% |
| automation | 30% |
| gcp | 27% |
| prompt-engineering | 24% |
| distributed-systems | 23% |
| data-science | 22% |
| kubernetes | 22% |
| mlops | 21% |
| analytics | 20% |
| cloud-native | 19% |
| vector-databases | 19% |
| docker | 18% |
| fine-tuning | 18% |
| mcp | 18% |
| data-pipelines | 17% |
| langgraph | 16% |
| sql | 16% |
| openai | 15% |
| data-engineering | 15% |
| java | 15% |
| langchain | 15% |
| devops | 14% |
| pytorch | 14% |
| typescript | 14% |
| microservices | 13% |
| ai-enablement | 12% |
| containerization | 12% |
| llmops | 12% |
"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 577 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 19,170
- llm 14,293
- python 14,267
- cloud 10,572
- machine-learning 10,525
- api 10,320
- agentic-ai 9,695
- rag 9,308
- generative-ai 8,590
- aws 7,292
- azure 6,880
- ci-cd 6,186