What is LLM Pre-training and how common is it in AI job postings?

LLM Pre-training is a skill in the "LLM & Foundation Models" category. It currently appears in 121 active AI roles across 19 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for LLM Pre-training?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning LLM Pre-training are: Capital One (82), NVIDIA (8), Amazon (5), Microsoft (4), Google (3).

Is demand for LLM Pre-training growing?

Over the last 11 weeks, 57 new AI postings mentioned LLM Pre-training. Demand has been relatively stable over this period.

At which stage of AI development is LLM Pre-training used?

Roles requiring LLM Pre-training are concentrated in: serving infrastructure (53%), agents (18%), post-training (17%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with LLM Pre-training?

Job postings that mention LLM Pre-training most often also require: PyTorch, Large Language Models (LLMs), Hugging Face Transformers, LLM Evaluation & Grading, Vector Databases.

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LLM Pre-training

121 active AI roles across 19 companies mention LLM Pre-training. Category: LLM & Foundation Models.

Top employers

Capital One82Banking NVIDIA8Semiconductors Amazon5Big Tech Microsoft4Big Tech Google3Big Tech Anthropic3AI Frontier CrowdStrike2Enterprise Cohere2AI Frontier Apple2Big Tech Zillow1Consumer Scale AI1Data AI Plaid1Fintech OpenAI1AI Frontier Nuro1Robotics Netflix1Big Tech Meta1Big Tech Merck1Pharma Databricks1Data AI ByteDance1Big Tech

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning LLM Pre-training per week — 57 total over 11 weeks.

Sector

All Banking · 82 Big Tech · 17 Semiconductors · 8 AI Frontier · 6 Enterprise · 2 Data AI · 2 Robotics · 1 Pharma · 1 Fintech · 1 Consumer · 1

Function

All Engineering · 97 Research · 24

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7 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Microsoft	Research Intern - AI Frontiers	Big Tech	10	L4
Meta	Research Scientist, AI Research (PhD)	Big Tech	10	L1
Google	Research Scientist, Frontier Safety Loss of Control, DeepMind	Big Tech	9	L4
Google	Research Engineer, Frontier Safety Loss of Control, DeepMind	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, RL post-training, AWS	Big Tech	9	L2
Microsoft	Research Intern - AI Frontiers - Reasoning & Agentic Models	Big Tech	9	L4
Microsoft	Research Intern - Artificial Intelligence	Big Tech	9	L1

Frequently asked questions

What is LLM Pre-training and how common is it in AI job postings?
LLM Pre-training is a skill in the "LLM & Foundation Models" category. It currently appears in 121 active AI roles across 19 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for LLM Pre-training?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning LLM Pre-training are: Capital One (82), NVIDIA (8), Amazon (5), Microsoft (4), Google (3).
Is demand for LLM Pre-training growing?
Over the last 11 weeks, 57 new AI postings mentioned LLM Pre-training. Demand has been relatively stable over this period.
At which stage of AI development is LLM Pre-training used?
Roles requiring LLM Pre-training are concentrated in: serving infrastructure (53%), agents (18%), post-training (17%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with LLM Pre-training?
Job postings that mention LLM Pre-training most often also require: PyTorch, Large Language Models (LLMs), Hugging Face Transformers, LLM Evaluation & Grading, Vector Databases.

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