What Principal AI Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 16 open Principal AI Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, llm, agentic-ai.
Updated October 27, 2026
18 open Principal AI Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 16 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 100% |
| llm | 81% |
| agentic-ai | 63% |
| machine-learning | 63% |
| api | 44% |
| fintech | 44% |
| observability | 38% |
| rag | 38% |
| cloud | 31% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all AI Engineering levels
Most AI Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 745
- llm 557
- python 450
- machine-learning 394
- agentic-ai 346
- api 331
- cloud 295
- generative-ai 226
- rag 224
- fine-tuning 192
- openai 163
- aws 160