Which roles ask for Codex at tech companies · 24 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
24 roles counted that list Codex, one per company, title and level; 49 postings in the window.
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In short
Codex: listed in 24 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 18 and preferred in 6. The largest group is software engineer roles: 8 of 24. Each role counts once, however many job boards post it.
- Required
- 18 of 24
- Of the roles that list Codex
- Preferred
- 6 of 24
- Of the roles that list Codex
- Largest group
- 8 of 24
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Codex
Roles listing Codex, 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 | 8 | 8 of 719 |
| AI engineer | 6 | 6 of 70 |
| Data engineer | 2 | 2 of 99 |
| Site reliability engineer | 2 | 2 of 70 |
| Data scientist | 1 | 1 of 112 |
| DevOps engineer | 1 | 1 of 58 |
| Forward deployed engineer | 1 | 1 of 63 |
| Mobile engineer | 1 | 1 of 38 |
| Platform engineer | 1 | 1 of 57 |
| Software architect | 1 | 1 of 32 |
Companies that ask for it most
- Netskope2 roles
- OpenAI2 roles
- Unitary2 roles
- mercor2 roles
- Alongside1 role
- Continuum Resource Network1 role
- Harvey1 role
- ServiceNow1 role
- Sezzle1 role
- Work Better Now1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 24 Codex roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 15 of 24 |
| Python | 14 of 24 |
| AI | 10 of 24 |
| AI Coding Tools | 9 of 24 |
| TypeScript | 8 of 24 |
| AWS | 7 of 24 |
| JavaScript | 6 of 24 |
| AI Agents | 5 of 24 |
| CI/CD | 5 of 24 |
| GCP | 5 of 24 |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 5 of 24 |
| CI/CD | 4 of 24 |
| Cursor | 4 of 24 |
| Cybersecurity | 3 of 24 |
| Distributed Systems | 3 of 24 |
| LangGraph | 3 of 24 |
| AI | 2 of 24 |
| AI Agents | 2 of 24 |
| AI Coding Tools | 2 of 24 |
| AWS | 2 of 24 |
Experience
Of the 13 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 13 of 13
- 2+ years
- 13 of 13
- 3+ years
- 12 of 13
- 5+ years
- 10 of 13
- 8+ years
- 3 of 13
- 10+ years
- 3 of 13
Degree
Of the 18 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 4 of 18
- Required, or experience instead
- 4 of 18
- Preferred
- 0 of 18
- Not mentioned
- 10 of 18
Pay and remote work
Of the 24 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 12 of 24
- Remote roles
- 17 of 24
How we count: 24 roles from 20 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