What is Distributed Systems and how common is it in AI job postings?

Distributed Systems is a skill in the "Infrastructure & Systems" category. It currently appears in 1,535 active AI roles across 180 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Distributed Systems?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Distributed Systems are: Amazon (244), Google (191), NVIDIA (75), OpenAI (58), Microsoft (52).

Is demand for Distributed Systems growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 1,021 new AI postings mentioned Distributed Systems. Demand is rising — up 142% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Distributed Systems used?

Roles requiring Distributed Systems are concentrated in: agents (49%), serving infrastructure (25%), application (13%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with Distributed Systems?

Job postings that mention Distributed Systems most often also require: Machine Learning, Python, Software Engineering, System Design, Agentic Systems.

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Distributed Systems

1,535 active AI roles across 180 companies mention Distributed Systems. Category: Infrastructure & Systems.

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New AI postings mentioning Distributed Systems per week — 1,021 total over 12 weeks.

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73 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Databricks	Staff Security Detection Engineer	Data AI	7	L4
Grafana Labs	Staff AI Engineer - Grafana Ops, AI/ML \| USA \| Remote	Data AI	7	L4
Modal	Customer Engineer	Data AI	7	L3
Databricks	Staff Data Scientist - Trust and Safety	Data AI	7	L4
Baseten	Software Engineer - Training Infrastructure	Data AI	7	L0
Together AI	Senior Backend Engineer, Inference Platform	Data AI	7	L3
Together AI	Machine Learning, Platform Engineer	Data AI	7	L3
Vectara	Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Pakistan	Data AI	7	L3
Scale AI	Forward Deployed Engineer, GenAI	Data AI	7	L0
Scale AI	Senior Software Engineer, GenAI	Data AI	7	L0
Databricks	Sr. Manager, Engineering - Search	Data AI	7	L4
Baseten	Software Engineer - Infrastructure	Data AI	7	L3
Databricks	Staff Backline Engineer - Data & AI	Data AI	7	L3

Frequently asked questions

What is Distributed Systems and how common is it in AI job postings?
Distributed Systems is a skill in the "Infrastructure & Systems" category. It currently appears in 1,535 active AI roles across 180 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Distributed Systems?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Distributed Systems are: Amazon (244), Google (191), NVIDIA (75), OpenAI (58), Microsoft (52).
Is demand for Distributed Systems growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 1,021 new AI postings mentioned Distributed Systems. Demand is rising — up 142% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Distributed Systems used?
Roles requiring Distributed Systems are concentrated in: agents (49%), serving infrastructure (25%), application (13%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with Distributed Systems?
Job postings that mention Distributed Systems most often also require: Machine Learning, Python, Software Engineering, System Design, Agentic Systems.

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