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Machine Learning Engineer

Design, build, and deploy machine learning systems and models.

Live Automation Risk Score
41%
Base: 40% 1 from live signals

Updated: 2/24/202685% confidence

Task-by-Task Analysis

Here's how AI might impact each core task of a machine learning engineer:

Develop ML pipelines50% automatable
Train and tune models55% automatable
Deploy to production45% automatable
Design system architecture35% automatable

Live Risk Signals

Real-time factors affecting this job's automation risk score:

+1%
employment
-1.5% employment change year-over-year

Risk scores update automatically based on news, layoffs, employment trends, and AI capability announcements.

Score Breakdown

Base Risk (O*NET Research)40%
Employment Trends (BLS)+1%
Final Score41%

Risk Trend (90 Days)

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AI Tools Threatening This Role

AutoML
AI coding assistants
Automated deployment

What AI Cannot Replace

Novel architectures
Complex systems
Research
Leadership

How to Future-Proof Your Career

LLMs and GenAI
ML infrastructure
Research
Technical leadership

Key Skills for This Role

ML FrameworksSoftware EngineeringSystem Design

Career Overview

Median Salary$145,000/yr
Total Employed80k
Job Outlookgrowing
Categorytechnology

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Data sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), O*NET OnLine, industry research reports. Risk scores are updated daily using our proprietary algorithm. Last updated: February 2026.

Analysis by AI Crisis Research Team.

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