Which roles ask for Cursor at tech companies · 64 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
64 roles counted that list Cursor, one per company, title and level; 126 postings in the window.
In short
Cursor: listed in 64 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 41 and preferred in 23. The largest group is software engineer roles: 44 of 64 (69%).
- Required
- 41 of 64 (64%)
- Of the roles that list Cursor
- Preferred
- 23 of 64 (36%)
- Of the roles that list Cursor
- Largest group
- 44 of 64 (69%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Cursor
Roles listing Cursor, 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 | 44 | 44 of 719 (6%) |
| Data engineer | 4 | 4 of 99 (4%) |
| AI engineer | 3 | 3 of 70 (4%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 3 | 3 of 63 (5%) |
| Data scientist | 2 | 2 of 112 (2%) |
| DevOps engineer | 2 | 2 of 58 (3%) |
| QA engineer | 2 | 2 of 63 (3%) |
| Mobile engineer | 1 | 1 of 38 |
| Platform engineer | 1 | 1 of 57 (2%) |
| Security engineer | 1 | 1 of 126 (1%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- mercor5 roles
- Okta4 roles
- Xsolla3 roles
- Black Duck Software, Inc.2 roles
- Coalition, Inc.2 roles
- Latino Legends2 roles
- Cognition1 role
- Lumen Technologies1 role
- MEDvidi1 role
- Soda Data1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 64 Cursor roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 28 of 64 (44%) |
| Claude Code | 26 of 64 (41%) |
| AI Coding Tools | 25 of 64 (39%) |
| TypeScript | 23 of 64 (36%) |
| AWS | 20 of 64 (31%) |
| CI/CD | 19 of 64 (30%) |
| LLMs | 18 of 64 (28%) |
| AI | 17 of 64 (27%) |
| React | 15 of 64 (23%) |
| GitHub Copilot | 14 of 64 (22%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 14 of 64 (22%) |
| AI Coding Tools | 12 of 64 (19%) |
| CI/CD | 9 of 64 (14%) |
| GitHub Copilot | 9 of 64 (14%) |
| Open Source | 9 of 64 (14%) |
| AI Agents | 7 of 64 (11%) |
| Docker | 6 of 64 (9%) |
| LLMs | 6 of 64 (9%) |
| AI Tools | 5 of 64 (8%) |
| Incident Response | 5 of 64 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 35 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 34 of 35
- 2+ years
- 33 of 35
- 3+ years
- 29 of 35
- 5+ years
- 24 of 35
- 8+ years
- 8 of 35
- 10+ years
- 2 of 35
Degree
Of the 48 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 3 of 48
- Required, or experience instead
- 6 of 48
- Preferred
- 2 of 48
- Not mentioned
- 37 of 48
Pay and remote work
Of the 64 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 30 of 64 (47%)
- Remote roles
- 45 of 64 (70%)
How we count: 64 roles from 52 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