What is System Design and how common is it in AI job postings?

System Design is a skill in the "General Experience & Skills" category. It currently appears in 1,800 active AI roles across 192 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for System Design?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning System Design are: Amazon (223), Google (208), NVIDIA (120), OpenAI (75), Adobe (61).

Is demand for System Design growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 1,213 new AI postings mentioned System Design. Demand is rising — up 210% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is System Design used?

Roles requiring System Design are concentrated in: agents (51%), serving infrastructure (19%), application (17%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

What skills are commonly paired with System Design?

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

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1,800 active AI roles across 192 companies mention System Design. Category: General Experience & Skills.

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New AI postings mentioning System Design per week — 1,213 total over 12 weeks.

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137 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
NVIDIA	Senior DGX Cloud AI Infrastructure Software Engineer	Semiconductors	8	L3
Intel	Senior GenAI Software Solutions Engineer	Semiconductors	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior AI Infrastructure Software Engineer - DGX Cloud	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Manager, Test and Tools Development Engineering	Semiconductors	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Systems Engineer, Neural Graphics	Semiconductors	8	L6
NVIDIA	Applied AI Engineer - Silicon Co-Design Group	Semiconductors	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior GPU System Architect	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Senior Deep Learning Performance Architect	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Senior Data Center Performance Engineer - Benchmarking and Optimization	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Machine Learning Applications and Compiler Engineer, LPX - New College Grad 2026	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Manager, Solutions Architecture - Global Partner Team	Semiconductors	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Software Architect - Deep Learning and HPC Communications	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Applied Machine Learning Engineer, Circuit Design - New College Grad 2026	Semiconductors	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Applied Machine Learning Engineer - VLSI Design	Semiconductors	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Software Engineer, AI Networking	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Senior Staff Software Engineer - Agentic Automation	Semiconductors	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Software Engineer, JAX	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Principal Deep Learning Communication Architect	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Senior Machine Learning Applications and Compiler Engineer, LPX	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Senior Machine Learning Applications and Compiler Engineer, LPX	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Senior Performance Engineer - Deep Learning	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Principal Software Engineer - Enterprise AI Platform	Semiconductors	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Software Engineer – TensorRT Edge-LLM	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Senior Product Architect, Storage	Semiconductors	8	L4
NVIDIA	Manager, AI and Software	Semiconductors	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior GPU System Architect	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Senior High-Performance System Architect	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Senior AI Infrastructure Software Engineer	Semiconductors	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior Software Architect - Deep Learning and HPC Communications	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Principal Software Engineer – Large-Scale LLM Memory and Storage Systems	Semiconductors	8	L3

Frequently asked questions

What is System Design and how common is it in AI job postings?
System Design is a skill in the "General Experience & Skills" category. It currently appears in 1,800 active AI roles across 192 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for System Design?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning System Design are: Amazon (223), Google (208), NVIDIA (120), OpenAI (75), Adobe (61).
Is demand for System Design growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 1,213 new AI postings mentioned System Design. Demand is rising — up 210% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is System Design used?
Roles requiring System Design are concentrated in: agents (51%), serving infrastructure (19%), application (17%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.
What skills are commonly paired with System Design?
Job postings that mention System Design most often also require: Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Agentic Systems, Python, Distributed Systems.

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