What Staff ML / AI Jobs Ask For
Across 921 open Staff ML / AI postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are machine-learning, ai, python.
Updated September 19, 2026
968 open Staff ML / AI postings. The percentages below are measured over the 921 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| machine-learning | 96% |
| ai | 82% |
| python | 65% |
| llm | 48% |
| pytorch | 48% |
| cloud | 39% |
| tensorflow | 31% |
| deep-learning | 28% |
| generative-ai | 26% |
| agentic-ai | 25% |
| aws | 25% |
| data-science | 23% |
| kubernetes | 20% |
| cpp | 20% |
| data-pipelines | 19% |
| fine-tuning | 18% |
| ci-cd | 18% |
| observability | 17% |
| automation | 17% |
| computer-vision | 17% |
| nlp | 17% |
| mlops | 16% |
| rag | 15% |
| api | 15% |
| gcp | 14% |
| statistics | 14% |
| java | 14% |
| distributed-systems | 13% |
| spark | 13% |
| transformers | 12% |
| sql | 12% |
| reinforcement-learning | 11% |
| docker | 11% |
| azure | 10% |
| neural-networks | 10% |
| feature-engineering | 9% |
| model-evaluation | 9% |
| mlflow | 9% |
| scikit-learn | 9% |
| airflow | 9% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all ML / AI levels
Most ML / AI postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- machine-learning 12,009
- ai 10,294
- python 8,672
- cloud 5,680
- pytorch 5,407
- llm 5,181
- aws 3,851
- tensorflow 3,764
- deep-learning 3,621
- data-science 3,369
- mlops 3,192
- generative-ai 3,046