AI tooling jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, AI tooling appears in 599 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning AI tooling, with demand share up 15.4% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about AI tooling
+Is AI tooling in demand in 2026?
Yes. AI tooling appears in 599 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning AI tooling (17.5% of all postings mentioning AI tooling).
+What jobs require AI tooling?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning AI tooling are AI Engineer Intern (17.2% of that role’s postings mention AI tooling), Growth Product Manager (10.0% of that role’s postings mention AI tooling), AI Operations Specialist (10.0% of that role’s postings mention AI tooling).
+What skills are commonly paired with AI tooling?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), AI tooling most often appears alongside Python, React, TypeScript, SQL, AWS.
+Where is AI tooling most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring AI tooling are New York City, London, San Francisco, Berlin, Seattle, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new AI tooling content and jobs?
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+Which skills come before and after AI tooling?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring AI tooling — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around AI tooling
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Not enough linked career history to draw this chart yet.
Roles most likely to require AI tooling
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| AI Engineer Intern | 5 | 17.2% |
| Growth Product Manager | 6 | 10.0% |
| AI Operations Specialist | 2 | 10.0% |
| Design Program Manager | 2 | 9.5% |
| Systems Integration and Test Engineer | 2 | 8.3% |
| Engineering Team Lead | 2 | 8.0% |
| IT Product Manager | 2 | 7.4% |
| Software Engineering Lead | 2 | 5.1% |
| Inbound Product Manager | 1 | 5.0% |
| Quality Automation Engineer | 1 | 4.8% |
Roles with the most AI tooling postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 105 | 17.5% |
| Product Manager | 85 | 14.2% |
| Engineering Manager | 36 | 6.0% |
| Product Designer | 27 | 4.5% |
| AI Engineer | 12 | 2.0% |
| Security Engineer | 11 | 1.8% |
| Backend Engineer | 10 | 1.7% |
| Privacy Operations Program Manager | 10 | 1.7% |
| Backend Software Engineer | 9 | 1.5% |
| Technical Program Manager | 9 | 1.5% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring AI tooling
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Stripe | 26 |
| Xsolla | 11 |
| Remote.com | 11 |
| GlossGenius | 10 |
| Gitlab | 9 |
| Wealthsimple | 7 |
| Databricks | 7 |
| Assemblyai | 7 |
| Gusto | 6 |
| Doctolib | 6 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring for AI tooling
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 42 | 7.0% |
| London | 29 | 4.8% |
| San Francisco | 29 | 4.8% |
| Berlin | 14 | 2.3% |
| Seattle | 14 | 2.3% |
| Toronto | 10 | 1.7% |
| Singapore | 9 | 1.5% |
| Boston | 8 | 1.3% |
| Dublin | 7 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with AI tooling
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning AI tooling by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s AI tooling postings by all AI tooling postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.3% to 0.3%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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