What Senior AI Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 4,267 open Senior AI Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, llm, python.
Updated October 8, 2026
4,407 open Senior AI Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 4,267 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 96% |
| llm | 71% |
| python | 69% |
| cloud | 59% |
| api | 57% |
| agentic-ai | 55% |
| machine-learning | 51% |
| rag | 50% |
| generative-ai | 41% |
| aws | 40% |
| ci-cd | 38% |
| azure | 38% |
| observability | 28% |
| gcp | 28% |
| automation | 27% |
| prompt-engineering | 26% |
| langchain | 25% |
| kubernetes | 24% |
| openai | 22% |
| docker | 22% |
| analytics | 21% |
| langgraph | 20% |
| vector-databases | 20% |
| data-science | 20% |
| mcp | 19% |
| mlops | 19% |
| sql | 19% |
| typescript | 17% |
| fine-tuning | 15% |
| devops | 15% |
| pytorch | 15% |
| data-pipelines | 14% |
| agile | 14% |
| react | 13% |
| embeddings | 13% |
| data-engineering | 13% |
| cloud-native | 13% |
| rest | 13% |
| anthropic | 12% |
| java | 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 4,407 open Senior AI Engineering jobs →
Across all AI Engineering levels
Most AI Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 15,451
- llm 11,062
- python 10,935
- machine-learning 8,658
- cloud 8,430
- api 7,964
- agentic-ai 7,931
- rag 6,891
- generative-ai 6,435
- aws 5,375
- azure 5,327
- ci-cd 4,762