Which roles ask for Algorithms at tech companies · 56 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
56 roles counted that list Algorithms, one per company, title and level; 127 postings in the window.
In short
Algorithms: listed in 56 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 51 and preferred in 5. The largest group is software engineer roles: 32 of 56 (57%).
- Required
- 51 of 56 (91%)
- Of the roles that list Algorithms
- Preferred
- 5 of 56 (9%)
- Of the roles that list Algorithms
- Largest group
- 32 of 56 (57%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Algorithms
Roles listing Algorithms, 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 | 32 | 32 of 719 (4%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 10 | 10 of 79 (13%) |
| Data scientist | 3 | 3 of 112 (3%) |
| Research scientist | 3 | 3 of 39 |
| Site reliability engineer | 2 | 2 of 70 (3%) |
| AI engineer | 1 | 1 of 70 (1%) |
| Data engineer | 1 | 1 of 99 (1%) |
| Mobile engineer | 1 | 1 of 38 |
| Platform engineer | 1 | 1 of 57 (2%) |
| QA engineer | 1 | 1 of 63 (2%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Scale AI3 roles
- mercor3 roles
- Akamai Technologies2 roles
- Anlatan2 roles
- Databricks2 roles
- IO Connect Services2 roles
- Netskope2 roles
- Xperteez Technology2 roles
- Crusoe1 role
- DevGrid1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 56 Algorithms roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Data Structures | 38 of 56 (68%) |
| Python | 28 of 56 (50%) |
| Java | 19 of 56 (34%) |
| Distributed Systems | 17 of 56 (30%) |
| SQL | 16 of 56 (29%) |
| REST | 15 of 56 (27%) |
| Go | 14 of 56 (25%) |
| Machine Learning | 14 of 56 (25%) |
| AI | 11 of 56 (20%) |
| Object-Oriented Programming | 11 of 56 (20%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AWS | 13 of 56 (23%) |
| CI/CD | 7 of 56 (13%) |
| GCP | 7 of 56 (13%) |
| AI | 6 of 56 (11%) |
| Docker | 6 of 56 (11%) |
| Kubernetes | 6 of 56 (11%) |
| Distributed Systems | 5 of 56 (9%) |
| Azure | 4 of 56 (7%) |
| NoSQL | 4 of 56 (7%) |
| Observability | 4 of 56 (7%) |
Experience
Of the 26 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 25 of 26
- 2+ years
- 24 of 26
- 3+ years
- 23 of 26
- 5+ years
- 16 of 26
- 8+ years
- 4 of 26
- 10+ years
- 1 of 26
Degree
Of the 38 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 9 of 38
- Required, or experience instead
- 8 of 38
- Preferred
- 3 of 38
- Not mentioned
- 18 of 38
Pay and remote work
Of the 56 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 17 of 56 (30%)
- Remote roles
- 37 of 56 (66%)
How we count: 56 roles from 46 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