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In short

At Handshake, software engineer roles are the largest group: 5 of 13 roles at tech companies in the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026, then data scientist (2) and forward deployed engineer (2). Python is required most often, in 8 of 13 roles whose requirements we read, then Model Evaluation (6) and AI (5).

What the postings ask for

Out of the 13 roles whose requirements we could read, of 13 in all. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.

Required
SkillRoles asking
Python
8 of 13
Model Evaluation
6 of 13
AI
5 of 13
Machine Learning
3 of 13
System Design
3 of 13
AI Agents
2 of 13
AWS
2 of 13
Azure
2 of 13
CI/CD
2 of 13
Preferred
SkillRoles asking
AI
3 of 13
AI Agents
3 of 13
BigQuery
2 of 13
GCP
2 of 13
LLMs
2 of 13
Machine Learning
2 of 13
Open Source
2 of 13
Personalization
2 of 13
dbt
2 of 13
A/B Testing
1 of 13

Experience

Asked most often: 3–4 years and 5–7 years, 3 of 10 each.

Of the 10 roles that state years

Under 1 year
0 of 10
1 year
2 of 10
2 years
1 of 10
3–4 years
3 of 10
5–7 years
3 of 10
8–9 years
1 of 10
10+ years
0 of 10

Degree

1 of 13 requires a degree, and 1 more accepts experience instead.

Of the 13 roles we could read for it

Required
1 of 13
Required, or experience instead
1 of 13
Preferred
0 of 13
Not mentioned
11 of 13

Pay as stated

Of the 13 roles we could read for it. A median needs at least 50 roles stating pay.

Roles stating pay
13 of 13

Roles here

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Where Handshake hires

Its 62 open postings by metro. A posting in several metros counts in each.

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Metros

Open postings (62)

The 20 newest of 21 software and data postings, of 62 open. Every one is on the jobs pages.

Source: Handshake careers (Ashby). Each posting opens our summary, with a link to the original.

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How we count: 13 roles in the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology