Machine Learning Engineer job postings fall in California
DevOps Engineer roles saw significant growth in the state over the past week.
By Rosa Delgado, Mogi Research · Oct 18, 2026
Job postings for Machine Learning Engineer roles in California fell by nine percent over the last seven days. This follows a decrease of twenty three postings compared to the previous week.
DevOps Engineer roles saw a rise of twenty nine percent in California job postings this past week. Data Scientist roles also edged up by eighteen percent in the same period.
The fall in Machine Learning Engineer postings may be due to shifting project priorities within companies. A reduced need for specific machine learning skills could also be a factor.
The numbers
Growth in DevOps roles in California?
| Name | Last 7 days | The 7 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning Engineer | 21 | 23 | -9% |
| DevOps Engineer | 22 | 17 | +29% |
| Data Scientist | 13 | 11 | +18% |
| Data Analyst | 15 | 14 | +7% |
| Software Engineer | 187 | 210 | -11% |
Top employers: ServiceNow (5), DoorDash (2), Uber (2)
Top states: California (21)
Machine Learning Engineer jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-18 with the 7 days before them. Covers US, California, all roles. Employers with fewer than five postings in the last eight weeks are grouped together and left out of the rankings. The company details come from the crawl's company profiles, where the crawl has one.
Written by Rosa Delgado of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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