Data & AI Jobs in Ireland: Who's Hiring Right Now (Oct 2026)

You want a data or AI job in Ireland and you need to know who is actually hiring, not who people say is hiring. Here is the snapshot: Data & AI jobs in Ireland shows 20 open listings on the JobRise live feed as of 14 October 2026. These are counts of live listings, not a market survey, so treat them as a picture of one day.

Of those 20 listings, 17 went up in the last 30 days and 8 landed in the last 7 days. That is a fast-moving slice, and roles are being added every week, so waiting until you feel ready costs you interviews.

Who is hiring right now#

Nine companies account for the listings in this slice. Some are employers, some are recruiters or staffing firms, so read the listing carefully to tell which is which.

Intercom has the most open listings at 6. Nucleo Consulting Limited has 3, and so do Mongodb and Stripe. Then come iMerit Technology, ATC Computer Transport & Logistics, Google, Elastic, and Launchdarkly, each with 1. Six listings is a real commitment, so Intercom is where I'd start.

The named roles give you a sense of the spread. iMerit Technology is hiring an "AI Trainer", and ATC Computer Transport & Logistics wants a "Data Centre Technician - Dublin". Nucleo Consulting Limited is filling an "Analyst" and an "Oracle Specialist", Mongodb has a "Senior Data Scientist" and a "Technical Lead Manager" open, and Stripe lists a "Data Scientist, Payments" alongside an "Incident Response Manager - Security".

That mix is worth reading twice. You have product companies (Intercom, Mongodb, Stripe, Elastic, Launchdarkly, Google), a consulting firm (Nucleo Consulting Limited), a data services and labelling firm (iMerit Technology), and a logistics business running data centre work (ATC Computer Transport & Logistics). Big tech and product firms dominate, but they are not the whole story.

Where the jobs are#

Dublin has 13 of the 20 listings. Cork has 3. The rest are not concentrated in one other city in this slice.

If you are job hunting outside Dublin or Cork, remote or hybrid terms matter more than the city tag on the listing. Read the location line in full, because some roles tagged Dublin may allow hybrid working and some recruiter listings cover multiple sites.

What the job-type mix tells you#

All 20 listings are full-time. There are no part-time, contract, or temporary roles showing in this slice right now. Nothing else. Full stop.

There is also no entry-level pipeline visible. Zero of the 20 listings have intern, graduate, junior, or trainee in the title, so if you are early in your career this slice favours people with a track record and you will need to position transferable work, projects, or adjacent experience to get a look in. That's the catch. Apply anyway.

No listing in this slice shows a salary. That is common in Ireland for tech roles, and it means you will be guessing at bands until later in the process. Ask about the range early, before you invest in a multi-stage interview loop.

How to apply this week#

Apply direct where you can. If a listing is from a recruiter, applying to them is fine, but also check whether the end employer posts the same role on their own careers page. A direct application often moves faster.

Mirror the listing's language in your CV and application. If the role says "Data Scientist, Payments", use that phrase where it is true of your work. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems match on wording, so rewriting everything into your own clever phrasing can cost you the shortlist.

Here is a worked example. Say you led fraud analysis on a card payments team and want the Stripe "Data Scientist, Payments" role.

Weak bullet:

• Worked on payments data and helped reduce fraud.

Rewritten bullet:

• Built fraud detection models on card payments data, cutting manual review volume and partnering with engineering to ship checks in production.

Same experience, but it now carries the domain words (payments, fraud, production) the listing uses and shows what changed because of your work.

Run your CV through a free ATS resume checker before you send it. Formatting that looks fine in Word can break in an applicant tracking system, and you will never know why you got no reply.

Your 7-step plan#

• Pick 5 target roles from this snapshot and note the exact titles and keywords each one uses.
• Rewrite your CV headline and top 3 bullets to match each role's language, keeping every claim truthful.
• Run the CV through the free ATS resume checker and fix formatting issues before applying.
• Apply direct on the employer's site first, then to any recruiter handling the same role.
• Track every application: company, role title, date, contact, and the keywords you used.
• Line up 2 people who can refer you or answer questions about the team, and message them this week.
• Prepare 2 stories about your work with numbers attached, ready for a screening call.

What to watch in the wider market#

For the country picture, the JobRise Hiring Report: Ireland shows 434 open listings across all categories, with 344 posted in the last 30 days. Data and AI is 20 of that total, so it is a focused slice rather than the bulk of hiring.

That context matters for your expectations, because data and AI roles are a small, competitive corner of the Irish market right now and the openings skew senior. Cast a slightly wider net: analyst titles, engineering titles with a data focus, and platform roles often lead to the same kind of work.

FAQ#

Which companies have the most Data & AI listings in Ireland right now?

Intercom has 6 listings on the JobRise feed as of 14 October 2026. Nucleo Consulting Limited, Mongodb, and Stripe have 3 each, and iMerit Technology, ATC Computer Transport & Logistics, Google, Elastic, and Launchdarkly have 1 each.

Are there any entry-level data or AI jobs in this snapshot?

No. Zero of the 20 open listings have intern, graduate, junior, or trainee in the title. If you are starting out, you will need to lean on projects, adjacent experience, or a portfolio to get considered.

Do any of these listings show salary?

None of the 20 listings in this slice show a salary. Ask about the range early in the process, and check the current official sources like the employer's careers page or any published pay transparency data.

Where are the Data & AI jobs located?

Dublin has 13 of the 20 listings and Cork has 3. The remainder are spread elsewhere or not tied to a single city in this slice, so read each location line in full.

How fresh are these listings?

17 of the 20 were posted in the last 30 days and 8 in the last 7 days, as of 14 October 2026. That turnover is fast, so apply promptly rather than sitting on a listing for weeks.