Which roles ask for Data Observability at tech companies · 24 roles · 90 days to Oct 16, 2026
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24 roles counted that list Data Observability, one per company, title and level; 34 postings in the window.
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In short
Data Observability: listed in 24 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026. It was required in 7 and preferred in 17. The largest group is data engineer roles: 17 of 24.
- Required
- 7 of 24
- Of the roles that list Data Observability
- Preferred
- 17 of 24
- Of the roles that list Data Observability
- Largest group
- 17 of 24
- Data engineer
Roles that ask for Data Observability
Roles listing Data Observability, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Data engineer | 17 | 17 of 364 |
| Software engineer | 3 | 3 of 2,466 |
| Data scientist | 2 | 2 of 416 |
| Analytics engineer | 1 | 1 of 105 |
| Machine learning engineer | 1 | 1 of 323 |
Companies that ask for it most
- Dragos3 roles
- Soda Data2 roles
- Anthropic1 role
- Capital One1 role
- Evolve1 role
- Glean1 role
- Security Benefit1 role
- Vericast1 role
- Vultr1 role
- Zipline1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 24 Data Observability roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 21 of 24 |
| SQL | 15 of 24 |
| Data Modeling | 11 of 24 |
| dbt | 10 of 24 |
| AWS | 9 of 24 |
| CI/CD | 9 of 24 |
| Data Quality | 7 of 24 |
| ETL | 7 of 24 |
| Git | 7 of 24 |
| Snowflake | 7 of 24 |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Airflow | 5 of 24 |
| Data Modeling | 5 of 24 |
| Data Quality | 5 of 24 |
| LLMs | 5 of 24 |
| Monitoring | 5 of 24 |
| Data Infrastructure | 4 of 24 |
| Snowflake | 4 of 24 |
| dbt | 4 of 24 |
| AI | 3 of 24 |
| AI Agents | 3 of 24 |
Experience
Asked most often: 5–7 years, 10 of 21.
Of the 21 roles that state years
- Under 3 years
- 0 of 21
- 3–4 years
- 5 of 21
- 5–7 years
- 10 of 21
- 8–9 years
- 5 of 21
- 10+ years
- 1 of 21
Degree
6 of 24 require a degree, and 5 more accept experience instead.
Of the 24 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 6 of 24
- Required, or experience instead
- 5 of 24
- Preferred
- 0 of 24
- Not mentioned
- 13 of 24
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
- 14 of 24
- Remote roles
- 14 of 24
How we count: 24 roles from 21 employers in the 90 days to Oct 16, 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