Trends · 11 days of data since Oct 31, 2026
Who's hiring in AI, and who's slowing down.
We record every open AI and data role each morning. The changes below compare today with Nov 3, 2026. Companies added to the tracker after that date are left out of the comparison so they don't look like sudden hiring sprees.
Open roles, all companies
2,894
Companies tracked since 2026-10-31 only, so added companies don't show as growth.
By role
Open now, posted in the last 7 days, closed in the last 30 days, and the median number of days a closed role had been listed.
| Role | Open | New, 7 days | Closed, 30 days | Median days open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI software engineer | 792 | 104 | 52 | 43 |
| AI engineer | 536 | 55 | 20 | 76 |
| Research scientist and engineer | 390 | 40 | 26 | 153 |
| Machine learning engineer | 357 | 32 | 25 | 70 |
| Data scientist | 334 | 31 | 38 | 71 |
| Data engineer | 273 | 30 | 12 | 47 |
| Data and business analyst | 169 | 40 | 15 | 61 |
| Analytics engineer | 43 | 1 | 4 | 92 |
Biggest AI and data hiring teams
Open roles today, with the daily trend since tracking began.
Recently closed
Roles taken down in the last 30 days and how long each was listed. Usually a hire, sometimes a cancelled search.
| Closed | Company | Role | Days listed | Published pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-10 | Cisco | Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML Network EngineeringAI Engineer | 2 | $149K – $282K |
| 11-10 | Cisco | Techincal Leader - Software Engineering | Java/Kafka | Distributed Systems | Spark/Flink | Data Platform | DevOps/SRE | 12+ YearsData Engineer | 3 | – |
| 11-10 | Instacart | Senior Data ScientistData Scientist | 4 | CA$161K – CA$170K |
| 11-10 | NVIDIA | AI Research ScientistResearch Scientist | 4 | – |
| 11-10 | Abridge | Member of Technical Staff, VAResearch Scientist | 4 | $211K – $248K |
| 11-10 | Aleph Alpha | Senior AI R&D Engineer – Model Training (f/m/d)Software Engineer, AI | 4 | – |
| 11-10 | Aleph Alpha | AI R&D Engineer – Model Training (f/m/d)Software Engineer, AI | 4 | – |
| 11-10 | Oyster | Senior AI Product EngineerAI Engineer | 5 | – |
| 11-10 | PayPal | Sr Data ScientistData Scientist | 5 | – |
| 11-10 | Cisco | Software Engineer | Python, AI Cluster, Test Automation | 4-8 yearsSoftware Engineer, AI | 5 | – |
| 11-10 | Visa | ML Production Engineer, Sr ConsultantSoftware Engineer, AI | 5 | $163K – $262K |
| 11-10 | Mercury | Senior Data Scientist - Credit and Lending MLData Scientist | 5 | $167K – $299K |
| 11-10 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Lead Agentic AI Offensive Security EngineerSoftware Engineer, AI | 6 | – |
| 11-10 | Checkr | Senior Machine Learning EngineerMachine Learning Engineer | 6 | $207K – $244K |
| 11-10 | Salesforce | Software Engineering, AI Systems (SMTS)Software Engineer, AI | 7 | $149K – $246K |
| 11-10 | Stripe | Data Scientist, FX Quantitative ResearchData Scientist | 7 | – |
| 11-10 | Stripe | Data Scientist, FX Quantitative ResearchData Scientist | 7 | – |
| 11-10 | Capital One | Staff Engineer - Data EngineeringData Engineer | 8 | $173K – $197K |
| 11-10 | Capital One | Capital One Shopping Tech, Data Engineer 5 (Remote- Eligible)Data Engineer | 8 | $209K – $262K |
| 11-10 | NVIDIA | Senior AI Security EngineerSoftware Engineer, AI | 11 | $184K – $357K |
| 11-10 | NVIDIA | Senior ASIC Design Engineer - Agentic AISoftware Engineer, AI | 11 | $168K – $311K |
| 11-10 | NVIDIA | Technical Marketing Engineer, World Models - AV Physical AISoftware Engineer, AI | 11 | $148K – $288K |
| 11-10 | Workday | Software Development Engineer in Test, Evisort AISoftware Engineer, AI | 11 | $83.4K – $125K |
| 11-10 | Lyft | Software Engineer, AI EntriesSoftware Engineer, AI | 11 | – |
| 11-10 | Mastercard | Data ScientistData Scientist | 14 | $110K – $176K |
| 11-10 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Technical Marketing Engineer (TME) for AI & On-Premises Object StorageSoftware Engineer, AI | 14 | – |
| 11-10 | Capital One | Sr. Manager, Data Analyst - AML MADIData Analyst | 18 | $183K – $229K |
| 11-10 | NVIDIA | Senior AI Infra Test Development Engineer, SDETSoftware Engineer, AI | 22 | – |
| 11-10 | Duolingo | Data Scientist, InternData Scientist | 25 | – |
| 11-10 | NVIDIA | Senior Physical Design AI EngineerAI Engineer | 34 | – |
| 11-10 | NVIDIA | Senior Solutions Architect, Generative AIAI Engineer | 34 | – |
| 11-10 | Stripe | PhD Data Scientist, InternData Scientist | 39 | – |
| 11-10 | OpenAI | Data Scientist, B2B Strategy & IntelligenceData Scientist | 41 | $347K – $510K |
| 11-10 | Capital One | Manager, Data Scientist - Recommendation & Personalization SystemsData Scientist | 41 | $197K – $246K |
| 11-10 | Cisco | AI Operations EngineerSoftware Engineer, AI | 47 | $170K – $297K |
| 11-10 | Mastercard | Senior ML Platform EngineerMachine Learning Engineer | 57 | – |
| 11-10 | Zoox | Contract Student Worker - Data Analyst (20 hrs/wk)Data Analyst | 61 | – |
| 11-10 | Affirm | Analytics Lead, Full StackData Analyst | 68 | – |
| 11-10 | Gusto | CX Business Intelligence AnalystData Analyst | 69 | – |
| 11-10 | Cursor | Software Engineer, ML PlatformMachine Learning Engineer | 70 | – |
| 11-10 | Lyft | Data Science, Decisions - AirportsData Scientist | 73 | – |
| 11-10 | ClickHouse | Technical Customer Support Engineer, AI Infrastructure & Observability - EMEASoftware Engineer, AI | 75 | – |
| 11-10 | Snowflake | Developer Advocate - AI & Developer ExperiencesSoftware Engineer, AI | 80 | $122K – $175K |
| 11-10 | Spotify | Data Scientist, Company Planning & ExecutionData Scientist | 82 | – |
| 11-10 | Ambience Healthcare | Senior Machine Learning EngineerMachine Learning Engineer | 90 | $204K – $255K |
| 11-10 | Zoox | Contract Student Worker - Machine Learning Engineer - Data Mining & VLM (Full-time)Machine Learning Engineer | 94 | – |
| 11-10 | OpenAI | Data Scientist, B2B Demand Generation, Growth & MeasurementData Scientist | 95 | $293K – $385K |
| 11-10 | Affirm | Machine Learning Engineer II (Underwriting ML)Machine Learning Engineer | 95 | – |
| 11-10 | Elastic | Agentic AI EngineerAI Engineer | 109 | $94.3K – $149K |
| 11-10 | Stripe | Data Analyst, PaymentsData Analyst | 120 | – |
| 11-10 | Capital One | Sr. Business Analyst - Business Cards & PaymentsData Analyst | 134 | $111K – $250K |
| 11-10 | Visa | Manager, Data Science & Analytics ConsultingData Scientist | 155 | – |
| 11-10 | Cognition | Applied AI Transformation Manager - EuropeAI Engineer | 164 | – |
| 11-10 | Zoox | Senior Staff Software Engineer, Spatial AISoftware Engineer, AI | 203 | $410K – $492K |
| 11-10 | Zoox | Senior Data Scientist - Verification & ValidationData Scientist | 228 | $209K – $285K |
| 11-10 | Cursor | Research ScientistResearch Scientist | 286 | – |
| 11-10 | Intercom | Senior Data Scientist - AI ToolingData Scientist | 395 | – |
| 11-10 | Faire | Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - RetailerAI Engineer | 578 | – |
| 11-09 | Anthropic | Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)Research Scientist | 334 | $500K – $850K |
| 11-09 | Databricks | PhD GenAI Research Scientist InternAI Engineer | 1097 | – |