Alignment jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, Alignment appears in 97 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — ML Engineer has the most postings mentioning Alignment.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
97
Top role · 10.3% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about Alignment

+Is Alignment in demand in 2026?

Yes. Alignment appears in 97 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. ML Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Alignment (10.3% of all postings mentioning Alignment).

+What jobs require Alignment?

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 Alignment are Applied Research Scientist (11.5% of that role’s postings mention Alignment), AI Research Intern (8.3% of that role’s postings mention Alignment), Applied Research Engineer (7.7% of that role’s postings mention Alignment).

+What skills are commonly paired with Alignment?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), Alignment most often appears alongside Python, PyTorch, fine-tuning, distributed training, JAX.

+Where is Alignment most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Alignment are San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, London, Palo Alto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Alignment content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after Alignment?

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 Alignment — last 90 days

Career paths around Alignment

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Alignment

Before Alignmentsql → Alignment: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairJira → Alignment: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairCorrelation → Alignment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairSlack → Alignment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairscikit-learn → Alignment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAgentic AI → Alignment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairETL → Alignment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairATU (Awareness Trial Usage) → Alignment: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAlignmentsql: 2 movessql2 movesJira: 2 movesJira2 movesCorrelation: 1 movesCorrelation1 movesSlack: 1 movesSlack1 movesscikit-learn: 1 movesscikit-learn1 movesAgentic AI: 1 movesAgentic AI1 movesETL: 1 movesETL1 movesATU (Awareness Trial Usage): 1 movesATU (AwarenessTrial Usage)1 moves

Skills after Alignment

After AlignmentAlignment → python: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAlignment → Ansible: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAlignmentpython: 1 movespython1 movesAnsible: 1 movesAnsible1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: sql2
Before: Jira2
Before: Correlation1
Before: Slack1
Before: scikit-learn1
Before: Agentic AI1
Before: ETL1
Before: ATU (Awareness Trial Usage)1
After: python1
After: Ansible1

Roles most likely to require Alignment

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Applied Research Scientist311.5%
AI Research Intern28.3%
Applied Research Engineer27.7%
AI Researcher65.0%
Bioinformatics Scientist15.0%
AI Research Scientist44.9%
Design Program Manager14.8%
AI/ML Scientist14.3%
Research Fellow14.3%
Research Program Manager14.3%

Roles with the most Alignment postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
ML Engineer1010.3%
Research Scientist1010.3%
AI Researcher66.2%
Machine Learning Engineer66.2%
AI Research Scientist44.1%
Applied Research Scientist33.1%
Applied Scientist33.1%
Machine Learning Research Scientist33.1%
Test Engineer33.1%
AI Architect22.1%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Alignment

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Alignment
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Mirage7
Scale AI5
Thinking Machines4
Bjakcareer4
Bosch4
Adobe4
Sword Health3
Cisco3
OpenAI2
Synthesia2

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 Alignment

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco1313.4%
New York City66.2%
Seattle66.2%
London55.2%
Palo Alto44.1%
Bayan Lepas33.1%
San Jose33.1%
Bellevue22.1%
Mountain View22.1%

Skills commonly paired with Alignment

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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 Alignment by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Alignment postings by all Alignment 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). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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data_as_of
2026-09-30
window_days
90
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