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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System Design

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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73 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Zillow	Sr. Applied Scientist	Consumer	7	L6
Uber	Senior AI/ML Engineer	Consumer	7	L4
Quora	Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Recommendations, Quora (Remote)	Consumer	7	L6
Quora	Machine Learning Tech Lead - Feed Personalization, Quora (Remote)	Consumer	7	L6
DoorDash	Machine Learning Engineer, Marketplace Optimization	Consumer	7	L6
Quora	Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ranking - Quora (Remote)	Consumer	7	L6
Uber	Senior Software Engineer, Uber AI Solutions	Consumer	7	L0
Pinterest	Manager II, Machine Learning-Search	Consumer	7	L6
Roblox	[2026] Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Engine Optimization - PhD Early Career	Consumer	7	L3
Whatnot	Software Engineer, Trust & Risk	Consumer	7	L4
Zillow	Machine Learning Engineer, Zillow Shopping AI	Consumer	7	L6
Whatnot	Software Engineer, Fraud	Consumer	7	L4
Whoop	Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Data Science Algorithms)	Consumer	7	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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