Which roles ask for AI at tech companies · 425 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
425 roles counted that list AI, one per company, title and level; 1,102 postings in the window.
In short
AI: listed in 425 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 299 and preferred in 126. The largest group is software engineer roles: 151 of 425 (36%).
- Required
- 299 of 425 (70%)
- Of the roles that list AI
- Preferred
- 126 of 425 (30%)
- Of the roles that list AI
- Largest group
- 151 of 425 (36%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for AI
Roles listing AI, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 151 | 151 of 719 (21%) |
| Security engineer | 45 | 45 of 126 (36%) |
| AI engineer | 40 | 40 of 70 (57%) |
| Data scientist | 35 | 35 of 112 (31%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 28 | 28 of 63 (44%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 23 | 23 of 79 (29%) |
| Data engineer | 21 | 21 of 99 (21%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 14 | 14 of 70 (20%) |
| Platform engineer | 11 | 11 of 57 (19%) |
| QA engineer | 11 | 11 of 63 (17%) |
Companies that ask for it most
Asked alongside
Out of the 425 AI roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 224 of 425 (53%) |
| Machine Learning | 103 of 425 (24%) |
| LLMs | 98 of 425 (23%) |
| AWS | 97 of 425 (23%) |
| CI/CD | 93 of 425 (22%) |
| SQL | 91 of 425 (21%) |
| Go | 85 of 425 (20%) |
| TypeScript | 79 of 425 (19%) |
| GCP | 71 of 425 (17%) |
| Azure | 62 of 425 (15%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| LLMs | 59 of 425 (14%) |
| Machine Learning | 46 of 425 (11%) |
| AWS | 42 of 425 (10%) |
| CI/CD | 42 of 425 (10%) |
| AI Agents | 35 of 425 (8%) |
| Azure | 32 of 425 (8%) |
| GCP | 32 of 425 (8%) |
| Docker | 31 of 425 (7%) |
| Kubernetes | 28 of 425 (7%) |
| Python | 27 of 425 (6%) |
Experience
Of the 245 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 243 of 245 (99%)
- 2+ years
- 238 of 245 (97%)
- 3+ years
- 220 of 245 (90%)
- 5+ years
- 162 of 245 (66%)
- 8+ years
- 50 of 245 (20%)
- 10+ years
- 19 of 245 (8%)
Degree
Of the 342 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 41 of 342 (12%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 59 of 342 (17%)
- Preferred
- 17 of 342 (5%)
- Not mentioned
- 225 of 342 (66%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 425 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $191.3k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 193 of 425 (45%)
- Remote roles
- 266 of 425 (63%)
How we count: 425 roles from 231 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology