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 1,943 active AI roles across 170 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Software Engineering?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Software Engineering are: Amazon (360), Google (266), NVIDIA (147), Anduril (87), OpenAI (61).

Is demand for Software Engineering growing?

Over the last 13 weeks, 1,440 new AI postings mentioned Software Engineering. Demand is rising — up 226% 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 (52%), serving infrastructure (20%), application (15%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

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Software Engineering

1,943 active AI roles across 170 companies mention Software Engineering. Category: General Experience & Skills.

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New AI postings mentioning Software Engineering per week — 1,440 total over 13 weeks.

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2089 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Caterpillar	Senior Manager, Data Architecture	Industrial	7	L0
CrowdStrike	Sr. Full Stack Engineer (Remote)	Enterprise	7	L4
OpenAI	Full Stack Software Engineer, Agent Enablement	AI Frontier	7	L4
Anduril	Senior Systems Engineer, Battlespace	Defense	7	L4
Whoop	Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Health)	Consumer	7	L3
Oracle	Principal Platform Software Engineer	Enterprise	7	L4
Google	Senior Software Engineer, Eye Tracking Core	Big Tech	7	L3
Google	Engineering Tech Lead, Google Photos	Big Tech	7	L6
Google	Senior Software Engineering Manager, AI/ML, Compute Infrastructure	Big Tech	7	L3
Cohere	Data Annotation Specialist, Software Engineering	AI Frontier	7	L0
Meta	Product Manager, Business Agents Quality	Big Tech	7	L4
Meta	Technical Program Manager, Core Infrastructure	Big Tech	7	L3
Google	Senior Silicon CAD Tool Developer	Big Tech	7	L3
Google	Software Engineer III, GenAI Safety	Big Tech	7	L4
JPMorgan Chase	Director of Software Engineering	Banking	7	L4
Google	Software Engineer, Generative AI Agent, Pixel Quality	Big Tech	7	L4
Google	Software Engineer, Youtube Ads, Auction and User Experience	Big Tech	7	L3
Google	Senior Software Engineer, Eye Tracking	Big Tech	7	L3
Microsoft	Solution Engineer - Copilot	Big Tech	7	L4
Google	Senior Staff Uber Technical Lead, Observability Intelligence	Big Tech	7	L4
Cognite	Machine Learning Engineer	Industrial	7	L3
Amazon	Software Development Engineer, Sponsored Products Off-Search Homepage Team	Big Tech	7	L4
Amazon	Software Development Engineer, Alexa Audio	Big Tech	7	L3
Amazon	Software Development Engineer II, 3P Seller Tools and Gen AI Solutions, ISS	Big Tech	7	L4
Amazon	Software Development Engineer, AFT Quality	Big Tech	7	L4
Amazon	Sr Worldwide Specialist Solutions Architect, GenAI - Amazon Bedrock GTM, Bedrock GTM	Big Tech	7	L6
Adobe	Sr Engineering Manager II	Enterprise	7	L6
Caterpillar	Principal Software Engineer – Physical AI, Autonomy & Data Platform Engineering	Industrial	7	L0
Redfin	Machine Learning Developer	Seattle	7	L3
Salesforce	AI Forward Deployed Engineer (Senior/Lead/Principal)	Enterprise	7	L4

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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 1,943 active AI roles across 170 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Software Engineering?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Software Engineering are: Amazon (360), Google (266), NVIDIA (147), Anduril (87), OpenAI (61).
Is demand for Software Engineering growing?
Over the last 13 weeks, 1,440 new AI postings mentioned Software Engineering. Demand is rising — up 226% 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 (52%), serving infrastructure (20%), application (15%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

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