Skill · AI Hiring Index · as of 2026-10-05
Python in AI job postings
49% of technical postings at the AI companies we track mention Python (2,422 postings). Inference / Perf postings ask for it most: 63%.
Technical postings that mention it
49%
2,422 postings
Which roles ask for it
Share of each technical role family's open postings that mention Python.
| Role family | Share, as a bar | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Inference / Perf | 63% | |
| FDE / Applied | 59% | |
| AI / ML Engineer | 54% | |
| Evals / Data | 53% | |
| Research Scientist | 51% | |
| Security | 51% | |
| Software Eng | 46% | |
| Research Engineer | 45% | |
| Infra / Hardware | 39% | |
| Safety / Policy | 32% |
Companies asking for it most
| Company | Postings | Of its technical postings |
|---|---|---|
| Databricks | 301 | 54% |
| OpenAI | 207 | 43% |
| Anthropic | 169 | 51% |
| Applied Intuition | 128 | 55% |
| Nebius | 109 | 50% |
| CoreWeave | 90 | 52% |
| Mistral AI | 90 | 75% |
| Cerebras | 73 | 73% |
| Field AI | 61 | 73% |
| Scale AI | 58 | 55% |
How to learn it
No pick yet — A senior software engineer usually brings this already; each role page shows how often its postings ask for it.