What is Image Generation and how common is it in AI job postings?

Image Generation is a skill in the "Computer Vision & Multimodal" category. It currently appears in 127 active AI roles across 32 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Image Generation?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Image Generation are: Adobe (21), Amazon (16), Google (15), ByteDance (11), NVIDIA (10).

Is demand for Image Generation growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 78 new AI postings mentioned Image Generation. Demand is rising — up 94% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Image Generation used?

Roles requiring Image Generation are concentrated in: post-training (28%), agents (25%), application (18%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with Image Generation?

Job postings that mention Image Generation most often also require: Generative AI, Machine Learning, Video Generation, Computer Vision, Python.

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Image Generation

127 active AI roles across 32 companies mention Image Generation. Category: Computer Vision & Multimodal.

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning Image Generation per week — 78 total over 12 weeks.

Sector

All Big Tech · 56 Enterprise · 26 Semiconductors · 13 AI Frontier · 8 Banking · 6 Consumer · 5 Robotics · 4 Multimodal · 4 Retail · 1 Media · 1 Healthcare · 1 Defense · 1 Data AI · 1

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All Engineering · 77 Research · 46 Product · 4

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127 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Adobe	Research Scientist	Enterprise	9	L1
Adobe	Senior Applied Scientist	Enterprise	9	L1
Adobe	Senior ML Engineer - Firefly	Enterprise	9	L2
Amazon	Applied Scientist II, AFT AI, Amazon AFT AI	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist III, AFT AI, Amazon AFT AI	Big Tech	9	L4
Meta	AI Research Engineer, Media - Meta Superintelligence Labs	Big Tech	9	L1
Character AI	Research Engineer, Multimodal	AI Frontier	9	L2
xAI	Member of Technical Staff - Imagine Model	AI Frontier	9	L2
ByteDance	Research Engineer – Multimodal Training Infrastructure (Seed Infra)	Big Tech	9	L0
ByteDance	Senior Research Scientist (Multimodal Large Language Model) - PICO	Big Tech	9	L4
NVIDIA	Research Scientist, AI for Graphics and Gaming - New College Grad 2026	Semiconductors	9	L2
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
Cerebras	Applied AI/ML Scientist	Semiconductors	9	L2
NVIDIA	Research Scientist, AI-Mediated Reality and Interaction Research - PhD New College Grad 2026	Semiconductors	9	L1
Amazon	Sr. Software Engineer- AI/ML, AWS Neuron Distributed Training	Big Tech	9	L1
Apple	AIML - Machine Learning Research, Multimodal Foundation Models	Big Tech	9	L1
Meta	Research Scientist Intern, Photorealistic Telepresence (PhD)	Big Tech	9	L2
NVIDIA	Senior Deep Learning Researcher, Diffusion	Semiconductors	9	L1
Black Forest Labs	Member of Technical Staff - Image / Video Generation	Multimodal	9	L2
Nuro	Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for Planning	Robotics	9	L2
ByteDance	Research Scientist, Applied GAI-Vision	Big Tech	9	L2
Nuro	Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for Planning	Robotics	9	L4
Meta	Partner Engineer, Generative AI Integration and Distribution	Big Tech	8	L6
OpenAI	Full Stack Software Engineer, ChatGPT ImageGen	AI Frontier	8	L6
OpenAI	Backend Software Engineer, ChatGPT ImageGen	AI Frontier	8	L6
Snap	Machine Learning Engineer, Generative ML , Level 5	Consumer	8	L6
Google	Software Engineer III, AI/ML GenAI, Google Ads	Big Tech	8	L6
Amazon	Applied Scientist II, Visual Search Science	Big Tech	8	L4

Frequently asked questions

What is Image Generation and how common is it in AI job postings?
Image Generation is a skill in the "Computer Vision & Multimodal" category. It currently appears in 127 active AI roles across 32 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Image Generation?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Image Generation are: Adobe (21), Amazon (16), Google (15), ByteDance (11), NVIDIA (10).
Is demand for Image Generation growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 78 new AI postings mentioned Image Generation. Demand is rising — up 94% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Image Generation used?
Roles requiring Image Generation are concentrated in: post-training (28%), agents (25%), application (18%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with Image Generation?
Job postings that mention Image Generation most often also require: Generative AI, Machine Learning, Video Generation, Computer Vision, Python.

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