Which roles ask for Claude Code at tech companies · 72 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
72 roles counted that list Claude Code, one per company, title and level; 115 postings in the window.
In short
Claude Code: listed in 72 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 54 and preferred in 18. The largest group is software engineer roles: 45 of 72 (63%).
- Required
- 54 of 72 (75%)
- Of the roles that list Claude Code
- Preferred
- 18 of 72 (25%)
- Of the roles that list Claude Code
- Largest group
- 45 of 72 (63%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Claude Code
Roles listing Claude Code, 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 | 45 | 45 of 719 (6%) |
| AI engineer | 5 | 5 of 70 (7%) |
| Data engineer | 4 | 4 of 99 (4%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 4 | 4 of 63 (6%) |
| Data scientist | 2 | 2 of 112 (2%) |
| DevOps engineer | 2 | 2 of 58 (3%) |
| Mobile engineer | 2 | 2 of 38 |
| Platform engineer | 2 | 2 of 57 (4%) |
| Data analyst | 1 | 1 of 47 |
| Machine learning engineer | 1 | 1 of 79 (1%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- mercor5 roles
- Okta4 roles
- Black Duck Software, Inc.2 roles
- Netskope2 roles
- Unitary2 roles
- Lumen Technologies1 role
- MEDvidi1 role
- Olo1 role
- Soda Data1 role
- Work Better Now1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 72 Claude Code roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 30 of 72 (42%) |
| AI Coding Tools | 29 of 72 (40%) |
| AWS | 26 of 72 (36%) |
| Cursor | 25 of 72 (35%) |
| CI/CD | 24 of 72 (33%) |
| TypeScript | 24 of 72 (33%) |
| AI | 20 of 72 (28%) |
| React | 18 of 72 (25%) |
| REST | 15 of 72 (21%) |
| SQL | 15 of 72 (21%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 15 of 72 (21%) |
| AI Coding Tools | 12 of 72 (17%) |
| LLMs | 9 of 72 (13%) |
| GitHub Copilot | 8 of 72 (11%) |
| AI Agents | 7 of 72 (10%) |
| CI/CD | 7 of 72 (10%) |
| Incident Response | 7 of 72 (10%) |
| AI | 6 of 72 (8%) |
| Codex | 6 of 72 (8%) |
| Docker | 6 of 72 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 39 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 38 of 39
- 2+ years
- 38 of 39
- 3+ years
- 36 of 39
- 5+ years
- 30 of 39
- 8+ years
- 11 of 39
- 10+ years
- 4 of 39
Degree
Of the 51 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 5 of 51 (10%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 9 of 51 (18%)
- Preferred
- 2 of 51 (4%)
- Not mentioned
- 35 of 51 (69%)
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
- 35 of 72 (49%)
- Remote roles
- 53 of 72 (74%)
How we count: 72 roles from 62 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