What Principal AI Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 266 open Principal AI Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, llm, cloud.
Updated October 28, 2026
271 open Principal AI Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 266 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 98% |
| llm | 74% |
| cloud | 70% |
| machine-learning | 67% |
| agentic-ai | 67% |
| python | 61% |
| aws | 41% |
| api | 40% |
| generative-ai | 40% |
| rag | 40% |
| observability | 37% |
| automation | 32% |
| azure | 30% |
| gcp | 27% |
| ci-cd | 26% |
| data-science | 25% |
| analytics | 21% |
| distributed-systems | 19% |
| prompt-engineering | 19% |
| kubernetes | 19% |
| mcp | 19% |
| cloud-native | 17% |
| fine-tuning | 17% |
| java | 17% |
| mlops | 16% |
| agile | 15% |
| containerization | 15% |
| pytorch | 15% |
| deep-learning | 15% |
| docker | 15% |
| typescript | 15% |
| vector-databases | 15% |
| langchain | 15% |
| data-pipelines | 12% |
| nlp | 12% |
| devops | 12% |
| data-engineering | 11% |
| langgraph | 11% |
| ai-enablement | 10% |
| sdlc | 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.
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Across all AI Engineering levels
Most AI Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 6,689
- llm 4,919
- python 4,678
- machine-learning 3,933
- cloud 3,728
- agentic-ai 3,634
- api 3,297
- generative-ai 2,845
- rag 2,764
- aws 2,500
- azure 2,101
- ci-cd 1,969