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What principal AI engineer roles require at tech companies · 4 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026

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4 principal AI engineer roles counted in the window. Browse 415 open software postings.

In short

Python is required most often, in 4 of 4 principal AI engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, then AI (2) and AI Agents (2). Among roles that state years, 3 of 3 ask for at least 5 years. We counted 4 roles, each at a different employer.

Python
4 of 4
Required most often, of the roles we could read
5+ years
3 of 3
Of roles stating years
Remote roles
4 of 4
Of the roles we could read for it

What the postings ask for

Out of the 4 roles whose requirements we could read, of 4 in all. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.

Required
SkillRoles asking
Python
4 of 4
AI
2 of 4
AI Agents
2 of 4
AWS
2 of 4
FastAPI
2 of 4
GCP
2 of 4
LLMs
2 of 4
Observability
2 of 4
A2A
1 of 4
API Design
1 of 4
Preferred
SkillRoles asking
AI Agents
2 of 4
Claude
2 of 4
LLMs
2 of 4
LangChain
2 of 4
LangGraph
2 of 4
AI Coding Tools
1 of 4
Azure OpenAI
1 of 4
CI/CD
1 of 4
Claude Code
1 of 4
Codex
1 of 4

Experience

Of the 3 roles that state years

Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.

1+ year
3 of 3
2+ years
3 of 3
3+ years
3 of 3
5+ years
3 of 3
8+ years
1 of 3
10+ years
1 of 3

Degree

Of the 3 roles we could read for it

Required
1 of 3
Required, or experience instead
1 of 3
Preferred
1 of 3
Not mentioned
0 of 3

Pay and remote work

Of the 4 roles we could read for it

Roles stating pay
3 of 4
Remote roles
4 of 4

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How we count: 4 roles in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology