What staff AI engineer roles require at tech companies · 4 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
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In short
AI, AI Agents, AI Coding Tools and 7 others are required most often, each in 1 of 4 staff AI engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. Among roles that state years, 2 of 4 ask for at least 10 years. We counted 4 roles, each at a different employer.
- AI, AI Agents and 8 others
- 1 of 4
- Each required this often, tied for most
- 5+ years
- 3 of 4
- Of roles stating years
- Remote roles
- 1 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.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AI | 1 of 4 |
| AI Agents | 1 of 4 |
| AI Coding Tools | 1 of 4 |
| Elasticsearch | 1 of 4 |
| Embeddings | 1 of 4 |
| Experimentation | 1 of 4 |
| Generative AI | 1 of 4 |
| Information Retrieval | 1 of 4 |
| Machine Learning | 1 of 4 |
| OpenSearch | 1 of 4 |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AI | 2 of 4 |
| AI Agents | 1 of 4 |
| Airflow | 1 of 4 |
| Data Processing | 1 of 4 |
| Deep Learning | 1 of 4 |
| FastAPI | 1 of 4 |
| Generative AI | 1 of 4 |
| LLMs | 1 of 4 |
| LangGraph | 1 of 4 |
| Machine Learning | 1 of 4 |
Experience
Of the 4 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 4 of 4
- 2+ years
- 4 of 4
- 3+ years
- 4 of 4
- 5+ years
- 3 of 4
- 8+ years
- 2 of 4
- 10+ years
- 2 of 4
Degree
Of the 4 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 0 of 4
- Required, or experience instead
- 1 of 4
- Preferred
- 1 of 4
- Not mentioned
- 2 of 4
Pay and remote work
Of the 4 roles we could read for it
- Roles stating pay
- 3 of 4
- Remote roles
- 1 of 4
Questions about staff AI engineer roles
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Companies with the most AI engineer roles
- Databricks4 roles
- Anthropic3 roles
- OpenAI3 roles
- CI&T2 roles
- Scale AI2 roles
- Snorkel AI2 roles
- 3M Consultancy1 role
- AMOSSYS1 role
- Able1 role
- Accenture1 role
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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