Which roles ask for Data Processing at tech companies · 65 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
65 roles counted that list Data Processing, one per company, title and level; 139 postings in the window.
In short
Data Processing: listed in 65 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 45 and preferred in 20. The largest group is data engineer roles: 19 of 65 (29%).
- Required
- 45 of 65 (69%)
- Of the roles that list Data Processing
- Preferred
- 20 of 65 (31%)
- Of the roles that list Data Processing
- Largest group
- 19 of 65 (29%)
- Data engineer
Roles that ask for Data Processing
Roles listing Data Processing, 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 | 19 | 19 of 99 (19%) |
| Software engineer | 15 | 15 of 719 (2%) |
| Data scientist | 10 | 10 of 112 (9%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 9 | 9 of 79 (11%) |
| AI engineer | 3 | 3 of 70 (4%) |
| Analytics engineer | 2 | 2 of 28 |
| Research scientist | 2 | 2 of 39 |
| Data analyst | 1 | 1 of 47 |
| Data architect | 1 | 1 of 11 |
| DevOps engineer | 1 | 1 of 58 (2%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Airbnb4 roles
- Databricks4 roles
- George Bernard Consulting4 roles
- Spotify3 roles
- Be | Shaping the Future2 roles
- Deepgram2 roles
- OpenAI2 roles
- Palantir2 roles
- Scale AI2 roles
- Matrix Global1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 65 Data Processing roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 48 of 65 (74%) |
| SQL | 31 of 65 (48%) |
| Spark | 23 of 65 (35%) |
| Machine Learning | 19 of 65 (29%) |
| AWS | 17 of 65 (26%) |
| Statistics | 16 of 65 (25%) |
| CI/CD | 14 of 65 (22%) |
| Data Pipelines | 14 of 65 (22%) |
| Data Modeling | 13 of 65 (20%) |
| Data Warehousing | 13 of 65 (20%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| LLMs | 10 of 65 (15%) |
| Azure | 9 of 65 (14%) |
| Databricks | 9 of 65 (14%) |
| AI | 8 of 65 (12%) |
| Data Pipelines | 8 of 65 (12%) |
| Docker | 8 of 65 (12%) |
| Spark | 8 of 65 (12%) |
| CI/CD | 7 of 65 (11%) |
| Data Modeling | 7 of 65 (11%) |
| Machine Learning | 7 of 65 (11%) |
Experience
Of the 33 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 33 of 33
- 2+ years
- 33 of 33
- 3+ years
- 32 of 33
- 5+ years
- 23 of 33
- 8+ years
- 9 of 33
- 10+ years
- 5 of 33
Degree
Of the 46 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 7 of 46
- Required, or experience instead
- 13 of 46
- Preferred
- 2 of 46
- Not mentioned
- 24 of 46
Pay and remote work
Of the 65 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 26 of 65 (40%)
- Remote roles
- 45 of 65 (69%)
How we count: 65 roles from 49 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