Which roles ask for Authorization at tech companies · 72 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
72 roles counted that list Authorization, one per company, title and level; 206 postings in the window.
In short
Authorization: listed in 72 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 61 and preferred in 11. The largest group is software engineer roles: 33 of 72 (46%).
- Required
- 61 of 72 (85%)
- Of the roles that list Authorization
- Preferred
- 11 of 72 (15%)
- Of the roles that list Authorization
- Largest group
- 33 of 72 (46%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Authorization
Roles listing Authorization, 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 | 33 | 33 of 719 (5%) |
| Security engineer | 22 | 22 of 126 (17%) |
| Platform engineer | 5 | 5 of 57 (9%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 3 | 3 of 63 (5%) |
| DevOps engineer | 2 | 2 of 58 (3%) |
| Mobile engineer | 2 | 2 of 38 |
| QA engineer | 2 | 2 of 63 (3%) |
| Data analyst | 1 | 1 of 47 |
| Machine learning engineer | 1 | 1 of 79 (1%) |
| Software architect | 1 | 1 of 32 |
Companies that ask for it most
Asked alongside
Out of the 72 Authorization roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Authentication | 43 of 72 (60%) |
| CI/CD | 29 of 72 (40%) |
| Python | 25 of 72 (35%) |
| Distributed Systems | 21 of 72 (29%) |
| Go | 21 of 72 (29%) |
| Docker | 19 of 72 (26%) |
| AWS | 18 of 72 (25%) |
| Cybersecurity | 18 of 72 (25%) |
| Kubernetes | 18 of 72 (25%) |
| TypeScript | 18 of 72 (25%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | 10 of 72 (14%) |
| AI | 9 of 72 (13%) |
| AWS | 9 of 72 (13%) |
| CI/CD | 9 of 72 (13%) |
| SOC 2 | 9 of 72 (13%) |
| GCP | 8 of 72 (11%) |
| ISO 27001 | 8 of 72 (11%) |
| Authentication | 7 of 72 (10%) |
| Git | 7 of 72 (10%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 7 of 72 (10%) |
Experience
Of the 37 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 37 of 37
- 2+ years
- 37 of 37
- 3+ years
- 34 of 37
- 5+ years
- 23 of 37
- 8+ years
- 9 of 37
- 10+ years
- 6 of 37
Degree
Of the 58 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 3 of 58 (5%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 11 of 58 (19%)
- Preferred
- 1 of 58 (2%)
- Not mentioned
- 43 of 58 (74%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 72 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 40 of 72 (56%)
- Remote roles
- 42 of 72 (58%)
How we count: 72 roles from 56 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