What is LLM Pretraining and how common is it in AI job postings?

LLM Pretraining is a skill in the "LLM & Foundation Models" category. It currently appears in 201 active AI roles across 60 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for LLM Pretraining?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning LLM Pretraining are: NVIDIA (31), Capital One (17), Amazon (17), OpenAI (14), ByteDance (9).

Is demand for LLM Pretraining growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 110 new AI postings mentioned LLM Pretraining. Demand is rising — up 64% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is LLM Pretraining used?

Roles requiring LLM Pretraining are concentrated in: serving infrastructure (32%), post-training (28%), pre-training (13%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with LLM Pretraining?

Job postings that mention LLM Pretraining most often also require: Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), PyTorch, Computer Architecture, Python.

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LLM Pretraining

201 active AI roles across 60 companies mention LLM Pretraining. Category: LLM & Foundation Models.

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning LLM Pretraining per week — 110 total over 12 weeks.

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All Big Tech · 47 Semiconductors · 44 AI Frontier · 30 Banking · 18 Enterprise · 15 Data AI · 13 Robotics · 11 Quant · 4 Fintech · 4 Retail · 2 Pharma · 2 Multimodal · 2 Hospitality · 2 Healthcare · 2 Coding AI · 2 Media · 1 Industrial · 1 Defense · 1

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All Engineering · 125 Research · 73 Product · 3

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11 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Figure AI	Helix AI Engineer, Pretraining	Robotics	10	L1
Wayve	Staff Machine Learning Engineer, AV Core	Robotics	9	L2
Wayve	Applied Scientist, Wayve Labs	Robotics	9	L4
Figure AI	Helix AI Engineer, Video Pretraining	Robotics	9	L1
Waabi	Research Engineer, World Models	Robotics	9	L2
Nuro	Senior ML Research Scientist, End-to-End Autonomous Driving	Robotics	9	L6
Apptronik	Senior Senior Simulation Engineer - Core Simulation Platform	Robotics	8	L0
Nuro	Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Data	Robotics	8	L0
Aurora Innovation	Staff Software Engineer, Deep Learning Acceleration	Robotics	7	L3
Aurora Innovation	Staff Software Engineer, Deep Learning Acceleration	Robotics	7	L3
Aurora Innovation	Staff Software Engineer, Deep Learning Acceleration	Robotics	7	L3

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What is LLM Pretraining and how common is it in AI job postings?
LLM Pretraining is a skill in the "LLM & Foundation Models" category. It currently appears in 201 active AI roles across 60 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for LLM Pretraining?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning LLM Pretraining are: NVIDIA (31), Capital One (17), Amazon (17), OpenAI (14), ByteDance (9).
Is demand for LLM Pretraining growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 110 new AI postings mentioned LLM Pretraining. Demand is rising — up 64% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is LLM Pretraining used?
Roles requiring LLM Pretraining are concentrated in: serving infrastructure (32%), post-training (28%), pre-training (13%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with LLM Pretraining?
Job postings that mention LLM Pretraining most often also require: Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), PyTorch, Computer Architecture, Python.

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