Which roles ask for AI Coding Tools at tech companies · 125 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
125 roles counted that list AI Coding Tools, one per company, title and level; 263 postings in the window.
In short
AI Coding Tools: listed in 125 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 89 and preferred in 36. The largest group is software engineer roles: 82 of 125 (66%).
- Required
- 89 of 125 (71%)
- Of the roles that list AI Coding Tools
- Preferred
- 36 of 125 (29%)
- Of the roles that list AI Coding Tools
- Largest group
- 82 of 125 (66%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for AI Coding Tools
Roles listing AI Coding Tools, 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 | 82 | 82 of 719 (11%) |
| Data engineer | 8 | 8 of 99 (8%) |
| AI engineer | 7 | 7 of 70 (10%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 4 | 4 of 63 (6%) |
| Platform engineer | 4 | 4 of 57 (7%) |
| QA engineer | 4 | 4 of 63 (6%) |
| Mobile engineer | 3 | 3 of 38 |
| Security engineer | 3 | 3 of 126 (2%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 3 | 3 of 70 (4%) |
| Data scientist | 2 | 2 of 112 (2%) |
Companies that ask for it most
Asked alongside
Out of the 125 AI Coding Tools roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 50 of 125 (40%) |
| CI/CD | 43 of 125 (34%) |
| TypeScript | 36 of 125 (29%) |
| AWS | 35 of 125 (28%) |
| Claude Code | 29 of 125 (23%) |
| REST | 28 of 125 (22%) |
| SQL | 28 of 125 (22%) |
| AI | 26 of 125 (21%) |
| Distributed Systems | 26 of 125 (21%) |
| Cursor | 25 of 125 (20%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | 19 of 125 (15%) |
| CI/CD | 17 of 125 (14%) |
| Docker | 15 of 125 (12%) |
| AI Agents | 13 of 125 (10%) |
| AWS | 12 of 125 (10%) |
| Claude Code | 12 of 125 (10%) |
| Cursor | 12 of 125 (10%) |
| Observability | 11 of 125 (9%) |
| LLMs | 10 of 125 (8%) |
| Terraform | 10 of 125 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 59 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 58 of 59 (98%)
- 2+ years
- 56 of 59 (95%)
- 3+ years
- 52 of 59 (88%)
- 5+ years
- 45 of 59 (76%)
- 8+ years
- 15 of 59 (25%)
- 10+ years
- 7 of 59 (12%)
Degree
Of the 85 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 7 of 85 (8%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 14 of 85 (16%)
- Preferred
- 6 of 85 (7%)
- Not mentioned
- 58 of 85 (68%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 125 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $149.2k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 56 of 125 (45%)
- Remote roles
- 93 of 125 (74%)
How we count: 125 roles from 103 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