ML Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-08-31, Skillenai has indexed 92 job postings with the title “ML Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Python, with demand up 62% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-31
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+How many ML Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 92 job postings with the title “ML Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31, with demand up 62% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do ML Engineer jobs require?
Across ML Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31, the skills mentioned most often are Python, PyTorch, machine learning, fine-tuning, TensorFlow.
+Which cities are hiring the most ML Engineer?
As of 2026-08-31, ML Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Levallois-Perret, San Jose.
+Is ML Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 92 ML Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-08-31, with demand up 62% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in ML Engineer postings is Python, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly ML Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for ML Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 41 | 44.6% |
| PyTorch | 35 | 38.0% |
| machine learning | 32 | 34.8% |
| fine-tuning | 16 | 17.4% |
| TensorFlow | 14 | 15.2% |
| deep learning | 13 | 14.1% |
| MLOps | 11 | 12.0% |
| agentic systems | 11 | 12.0% |
| Model evaluation | 10 | 10.9% |
| distributed training | 9 | 9.8% |
| monitoring | 9 | 9.8% |
| large language models | 9 | 9.8% |
| observability | 9 | 9.8% |
| Transformers | 8 | 8.7% |
| Quantization | 8 | 8.7% |
Top metros hiring ML Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 17 | 18.5% |
| San Francisco | 7 | 7.6% |
| Palo Alto | 6 | 6.5% |
| Levallois-Perret | 3 | 3.3% |
| San Jose | 3 | 3.3% |
| Toronto | 3 | 3.3% |
| Austin | 2 | 2.2% |
| Bengaluru | 2 | 2.2% |
| Foster City | 2 | 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 “ML Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- ML Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-08-31
- window_days
- 90
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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