What is Knowledge Distillation and how common is it in AI job postings?

Knowledge Distillation is a skill in the "ML Ops & Evaluation" category. It currently appears in 34 active AI roles across 17 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Knowledge Distillation?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Knowledge Distillation are: Amazon (6), Skydio (4), Google (4), NVIDIA (3), ByteDance (3).

Is demand for Knowledge Distillation growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 24 new AI postings mentioned Knowledge Distillation. Demand has been relatively stable over this period.

At which stage of AI development is Knowledge Distillation used?

Roles requiring Knowledge Distillation are concentrated in: post-training (53%), agents (18%), serving infrastructure (18%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

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Knowledge Distillation

34 active AI roles across 17 companies mention Knowledge Distillation. Category: ML Ops & Evaluation.

Top employers

Amazon6Big Tech Skydio4Defense Google4Big Tech NVIDIA3Semiconductors ByteDance3Big Tech Pika Labs2AI Frontier Adobe2Enterprise xAI1AI Frontier Waabi1Robotics Unity1Enterprise Rubrik1Enterprise Reddit1Consumer Oura1Consumer Netflix1Big Tech Microsoft1Big Tech JPMorgan Chase1Banking AMD1Semiconductors

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning Knowledge Distillation per week — 24 total over 12 weeks.

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All Big Tech · 16 Enterprise · 5 Semiconductors · 4 Defense · 4 AI Frontier · 3 Consumer · 2 Robotics · 1 Banking · 1

Function

All Engineering · 27 Research · 9

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34 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Rubrik	Senior Machine Learning Engineer	Enterprise	9	L2
Amazon	Principal Applied Scientist, ML Codesign	Big Tech	9	L3
Google	Research Scientist, Efficient AI	Big Tech	9	L3
Skydio	Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning	Defense	9	L2
Pika Labs	Multimodal LLM Researcher (MLLM)	AI Frontier	9	L2
Reddit	Senior Machine Learning Engineer, GenAI Security	Consumer	9	L4
Skydio	Autonomy Engineer Intern - Deep Learning (Computational Photography)	Defense	9	L2
NVIDIA	Senior DL Software Engineer, Model Optimization and Edge Deployment - Autonomous Vehicles	Semiconductors	9	L3
Pika Labs	Real-time Video Researcher	AI Frontier	9	L2
Waabi	Research Scientist, World Models	Robotics	9	L2
Amazon	Applied Scientist	Big Tech	9	L4
ByteDance	Research Engineer/Scientist (all levels), Efficient Models	Big Tech	9	L2
ByteDance	Sr. Research Engineer/Scientist (all levels), Efficient Models	Big Tech	9	L2
ByteDance	Sr. Research Engineer/Scientist (all levels), Efficient Models	Big Tech	9	L2
Skydio	Autonomy Engineer - Deep Learning	Defense	9	L2
xAI	Member of Technical Staff - Mid-training	AI Frontier	9	L0
NVIDIA	Senior Systems Software Engineer, Semiconductor Systems Inspection	Semiconductors	8	L6
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Edge AI and Science	Big Tech	8	L3
Google	Senior Staff Tech Lead, YouTube Shorts Discovery	Big Tech	8	L4
Skydio	Autonomy Engineer Intern - Deep Learning (Computational Photography)	Defense	8	L2
Google	Senior Staff Tech Lead, YouTube Shorts Quality	Big Tech	8	L6
JPMorgan Chase	Senior Lead Security Engineer, AI	Banking	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Software Engineer - VLM Microservices for Neural Reconstruction	Semiconductors	8	L3
Unity	Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Mobile AI Inference Optimization	Enterprise	8	L3
Amazon	Applied Scientist, AGI Customization Services	Big Tech	8	L2
Amazon	Senior Applied Scientist, HST Health Evaluation	Big Tech	8	L2
Oura	Senior AI Scientist	Consumer	8	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist II, HST Health Evaluation	Big Tech	8	L2
Microsoft	Principal Machine Learning Engineer	Big Tech	8	L2
Google	Staff Software Engineer, YouTube Ads Marketplace Optimization	Big Tech	7	L4

Frequently asked questions

What is Knowledge Distillation and how common is it in AI job postings?
Knowledge Distillation is a skill in the "ML Ops & Evaluation" category. It currently appears in 34 active AI roles across 17 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Knowledge Distillation?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Knowledge Distillation are: Amazon (6), Skydio (4), Google (4), NVIDIA (3), ByteDance (3).
Is demand for Knowledge Distillation growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 24 new AI postings mentioned Knowledge Distillation. Demand has been relatively stable over this period.
At which stage of AI development is Knowledge Distillation used?
Roles requiring Knowledge Distillation are concentrated in: post-training (53%), agents (18%), serving infrastructure (18%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.