Machine Learning Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-08-31, Skillenai has indexed 184 job postings with the title “Machine Learning Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is machine learning, with demand up 104% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-31
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+How many Machine Learning Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 184 job postings with the title “Machine Learning Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31, with demand up 104% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Machine Learning Engineer jobs require?
Across Machine Learning Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31, the skills mentioned most often are machine learning, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Kubernetes.
+Which cities are hiring the most Machine Learning Engineer?
As of 2026-08-31, Machine Learning Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Seattle, London, Seoul.
+Is Machine Learning Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 184 Machine Learning Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31, with demand up 104% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Machine Learning Engineer postings is machine learning, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Machine Learning Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Machine Learning Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| machine learning | 108 | 58.7% |
| Python | 104 | 56.5% |
| PyTorch | 75 | 40.8% |
| TensorFlow | 63 | 34.2% |
| Kubernetes | 27 | 14.7% |
| fine-tuning | 25 | 13.6% |
| deep learning | 25 | 13.6% |
| SQL | 24 | 13.0% |
| data pipelines | 24 | 13.0% |
| recommendation systems | 22 | 12.0% |
| CI/CD | 21 | 11.4% |
| model training | 21 | 11.4% |
| LLMs | 21 | 11.4% |
| model deployment | 21 | 11.4% |
| AWS | 21 | 11.4% |
Top metros hiring Machine Learning Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 18 | 9.8% |
| Sunnyvale | 9 | 4.9% |
| Seattle | 8 | 4.3% |
| London | 7 | 3.8% |
| Seoul | 7 | 3.8% |
| New York City | 6 | 3.3% |
| Foster City | 5 | 2.7% |
| Austin | 4 | 2.2% |
| Singapore | 4 | 2.2% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31, matching postings whose canonical role is “Machine Learning Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Machine Learning Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-08-31
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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