What is TPU and how common is it in AI job postings?

TPU is a skill in the "Infrastructure & Systems" category. It currently appears in 105 active AI roles across 15 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for TPU?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning TPU are: Google (54), Amazon (15), ByteDance (8), Anthropic (6), NVIDIA (5).

Is demand for TPU growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 85 new AI postings mentioned TPU. Demand is rising — up 478% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is TPU used?

Roles requiring TPU are concentrated in: serving infrastructure (73%), agents (10%), post-training (6%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

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TPU

105 active AI roles across 15 companies mention TPU. Category: Infrastructure & Systems.

Top employers

Google54Big Tech Amazon15Big Tech ByteDance8Big Tech Anthropic6AI Frontier NVIDIA5Semiconductors Cohere3AI Frontier Adobe3Enterprise Snorkel AI2Data AI Physical Intelligence2AI Frontier Apple2Big Tech Oracle1Enterprise OpenAI1AI Frontier Jump Trading1Quant JPMorgan Chase1Banking Character AI1AI Frontier

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning TPU per week — 85 total over 12 weeks.

Sector

All Big Tech · 83 Semiconductors · 15 AI Frontier · 13 Enterprise · 4 Data AI · 2 Quant · 1 Banking · 1

Function

All Engineering · 103 Research · 13 Product · 3

Status

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12 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Anthropic	Staff+ Software Engineer, Inference Runtime	AI Frontier	9	L3
Anthropic	Research Engineer, Interpretability	AI Frontier	9	L2
OpenAI	Software Engineer, Accelerators	AI Frontier	9	L3
Anthropic	TPU Kernel Engineer	AI Frontier	9	L3
Anthropic	Engineering Manager, Cloud Safety	AI Frontier	8	L3
Physical Intelligence	ML Infra Engineer (TPU/Jax/Optimization)	AI Frontier	8	L0
Cohere	Site Reliability Engineer, Inference Infrastructure	AI Frontier	8	L3
Cohere	Staff Software Engineer, Inference Infrastructure	AI Frontier	8	L3
Physical Intelligence	ML Infra Engineer	AI Frontier	8	L0
Anthropic	Performance Engineer, Inference Systems	AI Frontier	7	L3
Anthropic	Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Inference Deployment	AI Frontier	7	L3
Character AI	Software Engineer, Applied ML (Discovery, Recommendation & Search)	AI Frontier	7	L6

Frequently asked questions

What is TPU and how common is it in AI job postings?
TPU is a skill in the "Infrastructure & Systems" category. It currently appears in 105 active AI roles across 15 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for TPU?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning TPU are: Google (54), Amazon (15), ByteDance (8), Anthropic (6), NVIDIA (5).
Is demand for TPU growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 85 new AI postings mentioned TPU. Demand is rising — up 478% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is TPU used?
Roles requiring TPU are concentrated in: serving infrastructure (73%), agents (10%), post-training (6%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.