What is Software Engineering and how common is it in AI job postings?

Software Engineering is a skill in the "General Experience & Skills" category. It currently appears in 1,963 active AI roles across 174 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Software Engineering?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Software Engineering are: Amazon (368), Google (267), NVIDIA (146), Anduril (84), OpenAI (66).

Is demand for Software Engineering growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 1,328 new AI postings mentioned Software Engineering. Demand is rising — up 223% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Software Engineering used?

Roles requiring Software Engineering are concentrated in: agents (51%), serving infrastructure (20%), application (15%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with Software Engineering?

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

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1,963 active AI roles across 174 companies mention Software Engineering. Category: General Experience & Skills.

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New AI postings mentioning Software Engineering per week — 1,328 total over 12 weeks.

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777 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Google	Partner Forward Deployed Engineer IV, GenAI, Google Cloud	Big Tech	9	L4
Google	Software Engineer III, Multimodal Agentic AI, XR	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Alexa International Tech	Big Tech	9	L2
Google	Research Engineer, Agentic Security & Privacy Post-Training for Gemini, DeepMind	Big Tech	9	L2
Google	Forward Deployed Engineer, Generative AI, Google Cloud (Korean, English)	Big Tech	9	L4
Google	Forward Deployed Engineer IV, Generative AI, Google Cloud (English, Portuguese)	Big Tech	9	L4
Google	Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud (Spanish, English)	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist II, Amazon AWS Agentic AI, AWS AI Fundamental Research	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Prime Video - Generative AI	Big Tech	9	L2
Microsoft	Cambridge Residency Programme - Postdoc Researcher, Generative Experiences & Collaborative Workflows	Big Tech	9	L4
Google	Forward Deployed Engineer III, Gen AI, Google Cloud	Big Tech	9	L4
Google	Pretraining codebase SWE, DeepMind	Big Tech	9	L1
Google	Forward Deployed Engineer III, Generative AI, Google Cloud	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Sr. Applied Scientist, AWS Just-Walk-Out Science Team	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist II, AWS Just-Walk-Out Science Team	Big Tech	9	L4
Google	Staff Software Engineer, Generative AI, Search Developer Tools	Big Tech	9	L4
Google	Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML GenAI, Google Cloud Applications AI	Big Tech	9	L3
Google	Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning, Google Chat	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Member of Technical Staff - Hardware Science, Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR)	Big Tech	9	L6
Amazon	Robotics/AI Motor Control Scientist, Fauna	Big Tech	9	L6
Google	Staff Software Engineer, Applied Research, Foundation User Models	Big Tech	9	L2
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Agentic Automated Reasoning Group	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Senior Applied scientist, Agentic AI, AWS Agentic AI	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Manager, Research Analysis, RBS Tech	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Applied Scientist, Trust CX Innovations&AI Policy	Big Tech	9	L2
Apple	Machine Learning Engineer — Camera & Photos, Creative Foundations	Big Tech	9	L2
Apple	Machine Learning Research Engineer, Siri Speech	Big Tech	9	L5
Amazon	Applied Scientist II, Alexa International	Big Tech	9	L2
Amazon	Principal PMT-ES - AI/ML Training, Annapurna Labs	Big Tech	9	L0
Google	Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML GenAI, Google Cloud AI	Big Tech	9	L3

Frequently asked questions

What is Software Engineering and how common is it in AI job postings?
Software Engineering is a skill in the "General Experience & Skills" category. It currently appears in 1,963 active AI roles across 174 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Software Engineering?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Software Engineering are: Amazon (368), Google (267), NVIDIA (146), Anduril (84), OpenAI (66).
Is demand for Software Engineering growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 1,328 new AI postings mentioned Software Engineering. Demand is rising — up 223% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Software Engineering used?
Roles requiring Software Engineering are concentrated in: agents (51%), serving infrastructure (20%), application (15%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with Software Engineering?
Job postings that mention Software Engineering most often also require: Machine Learning, Python, Computer Architecture, System Design, Agentic Systems.

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