Fit Report
Home › The Heat Check › October 16, 2026
The Heat Check · October 16, 2026

Nebius is on a hiring surge: 50 roles opened this week (vs 25 the week before)

1,417 new AI roles went up this week, and 32 companies started a new team or hit a hiring surge. Here's who's really hiring, and what they pay.

1,417new AI roles that week
42new teams and surges
47%of listings open 60+ days

1. Top 5 signals

2. Hiring heat: new roles

Live leaderboard →
#Company8 weeksNew 7dNew 30dOpen
1
NV
NVIDIA
AI hardware
+217 ▲+561 ▲1,074
2
EL
+55 ▲+108 ▲156
3
NE
Nebius
AI infra
+50 ▲+118 ▲375
4
OP
OpenAI
AI lab
+48 ▼+236 ▲808
5
DA
Databricks
AI infra
+45 ▼+168 ▲883
6
MI
Micron
AI hardware
+36 ▲+142 ▲321
7
SA
Shield AI
Robotics
+35 ▼+180 ▲615
8
AN
Anthropic
AI lab
+34 ▼+179 ▲653

3. Salary snapshot

Salary explorer →
Research scientist
$220K–$339K med $275K · n=290
Account executive
$178K–$323K med $275K · n=235
ML engineer
$205K–$290K med $244K · n=389
Software engineer
$204K–$300K med $240K · n=1400
Product designer
$198K–$266K med $238K · n=79

Bars show p25–p75 of posted US base pay; the tick is the median.

4. Featured roles

Hiring? Pin your roles on your company page, in the signals feed, in Fit Report matches and in The Heat Check. $99 $29 per role / 30 days Founding employer price · 20 of 20 spots left
Get featured

Notable new roles

Get The Heat Check every Friday

Free. Top signals, the heat leaderboard and a salary snapshot.