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Will AI replace machine learning engineers?
Based on live job postings — updated November 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting machine learning engineers. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 711 live machine learning engineers openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 99% of current machine learning engineers openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
711live openings
99%ask for AI skills
20%remote
231companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
AI shows up directly in these openings: Machine Learning, PyTorch, Artificial Intelligence, LLMs. That is the part of the job changing fastest.
Employers still ask most for: Python, Computer Science, Communication, Collaboration, AWS, C++ — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Waymo | 52 |
| Unity | 29 |
| Wayve | 25 |
| 23 | |
| 23 | |
| Jane Street | 16 |
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