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Will AI replace ai engineers?
Based on live job postings — updated November 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting ai engineers. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 360 live ai engineers openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 96% of current ai engineers openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
360live openings
96%ask for AI skills
19%remote
195companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
AI shows up directly in these openings: Artificial Intelligence, LLMs, Machine Learning, AI agents. That is the part of the job changing fastest.
Employers still ask most for: Python, Communication, AWS, Computer Science, Collaboration, CI/CD — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| SpaceX | 18 |
| Encora | 10 |
| Elastic | 9 |
| DataCamp | 9 |
| Figure | 8 |
| Robots and Pencils | 8 |
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