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AI job market · India · read 4 November 2026

AI engineer jobs in India: who is hiring and for what skills

Short answer: on 4 November 2026 we read 33 current AI and machine-learning engineering postings in India from 15 employers. Almost all ask for Python, APIs and cloud deployment; most also ask for building AI agents and for evaluating AI systems.

By city

  • Bengaluru: 20 postings
  • Delhi NCR: 5 postings
  • Hyderabad: 2 postings
  • Pune: 1 posting (listed below)
  • Chennai: 1 posting (listed below)
  • Remote (India): 4 postings (remote roles open to India)
  • Kolkata: none found on these job boards in the last 90 days

Skills Indian AI-engineering postings ask for

SkillPostingsTaught in
AI agents, MCP and orchestration31 of 33Module 10: Agents & MCP
Communication and product sense28 of 33Module 13: Capstone & Career Launch
REST APIs and backend services27 of 33Module 1: AI & Computing Foundations
MLOps, CI/CD and monitoring26 of 33Module 12: Production AI & LLMOps
Cloud and containers (AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes)24 of 33Module 12: Production AI & LLMOps
Python23 of 33Module 2: Python for AI
LLM APIs and prompt engineering22 of 33Module 6: LLM Application Engineering
Evaluation and guardrails20 of 33Module 9: Evals, Guardrails & AI Security
RAG and vector search16 of 33Module 8: RAG Engineering
Machine learning fundamentals16 of 33Module 4: Data, SQL & Machine Learning in Practice
System design16 of 33Module 7: AI-Native Engineering with Coding Agents
SQL and databases15 of 33Module 4: Data, SQL & Machine Learning in Practice
Git and code review13 of 33Module 1: AI & Computing Foundations
Statistics and experimentation10 of 33Module 3: Mathematics & Statistics for AI
Model serving and inference9 of 33Module 11: Fine-Tuning, Open Models & Inference
Coding agents and AI-assisted development8 of 33Module 7: AI-Native Engineering with Coding Agents
Deep learning (PyTorch, TensorFlow)7 of 33Module 5: Deep Learning & Transformers from Scratch
Fine-tuning and model optimisation5 of 33Module 11: Fine-Tuning, Open Models & Inference
Transformers and LLM internals4 of 33Module 5: Deep Learning & Transformers from Scratch
Structured outputs and function calling3 of 33Module 6: LLM Application Engineering

Every posting we read

EmployerRoleLocationPostedModules
ComposioMember Technical Staff - Applied AI Engineer (US Timing)Bangalore7 September 20261, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13
DatabricksEvergreen - AI Engineer, AI FDEBengaluru, India1 November 20263, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13
DatabricksSr Software Engineer - Agentic Applications (Full Stack)Bengaluru, India20 August 20261, 2, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13
DatabricksSr. Software Engineer- Databricks AIBengaluru, India2 November 20261, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13
DatabricksStaff Software Engineer- Databricks AIBengaluru, India2 November 20261, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13
FreshworksStaff Engineer - Machine LearningBengaluru, India15 October 20261, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13
GitLabStaff Software Engineer - NLPBangalore, India24 September 20261, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13
HackerRankAI Researcher InternOnsite in Bangalore28 October 20263, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11
InMobiApplied Scientist IIIBangalore15 September 20262, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12
RubrikSenior AI API Platform EngineerBangalore, India21 October 20261, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13
RubrikSenior AI Evals EngineerBangalore15 October 20261, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
RubrikSenior Applied AI EngineerBangalore21 October 20261, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13
RubrikSenior Software Engineer - Enterprise AIBangalore13 October 20261, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13
RubrikSr AI Engineer, Agentic SystemsBengaluru, India28 October 20261, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12
Sarvam AIAgent EngineerBengaluru20 August 20261, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12
Sarvam AIML Engineer (Training Infra), Foundational ModelsBengaluru7 October 20261, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13
ZimperiumLead DevOps Engineer (AI & GPU)Bangalore, India13 October 20261, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
ZscalerPrincipal Machine Learning EngineerBangalore, IND2 November 20262, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13
ZscalerPrincipal Software Development Engineer - Agentic SystemsBangalore, IND17 September 20261, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
ZscalerSr. Software Development Engineer - Java/ Agentic AI/ Big DataBangalore, IND3 November 20264, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13
FreshworksPrincipal Engineer - Machine LearningChennai, India1 October 20261, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13
MongoDBSenior Software Engineer, AI Builder Experience (ABX)Gurugram11 August 20261, 2, 4, 10, 12, 13
MongoDBSenior Software Engineer, AI Framework IntegrationsGurugram6 August 20261, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13
MongoDBSenior Staff Engineer, Atlas Agent EngineGurugram6 October 20261, 2, 4, 7, 10, 12, 13
MongoDBSoftware Engineer 3, AI Builder ExperienceGurugram19 August 20261, 2, 4, 10, 12, 13
MongoDBSoftware Engineer 3, AI Framework IntegrationsGurugram11 September 20261, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13
FreshworksPrincipal Engineer - Machine LearningHyderabad, India1 October 20261, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13
Observe.AIAI Agent EngineerHyderabad, Telangana, India23 September 20261, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13
MindtickleAI Product EngineerPune, Maharashtra9 September 20261, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10
AtlanAI Native Builder/ArchitectIndia26 October 20266, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13
AtlanPrincipal Software Engineer - Agent & App PlatformIndia30 October 20261, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13
TwilioPrincipal, Machine Learning Engineer (L5)Remote - India8 October 20261, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
TwilioStaff Machine Learning Engineer (L4)Remote - India8 October 20261, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Companies named are employers whose public job postings we read on 4 November 2026. They are not partners, sponsors or recruiters of Synaptova. Postings close and change: open the link to check. No job, placement or salary is guaranteed.

Get the whole mapping as a PDF: the 2026 AI Engineer Syllabus & Resource Kit.