Which roles ask for Data Structures at tech companies · 58 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
58 roles counted that list Data Structures, one per company, title and level; 184 postings in the window.
In short
Data Structures: listed in 58 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 52 and preferred in 6. The largest group is software engineer roles: 37 of 58 (64%).
- Required
- 52 of 58 (90%)
- Of the roles that list Data Structures
- Preferred
- 6 of 58 (10%)
- Of the roles that list Data Structures
- Largest group
- 37 of 58 (64%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Data Structures
Roles listing Data Structures, 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 | 37 | 37 of 719 (5%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 7 | 7 of 79 (9%) |
| Data engineer | 3 | 3 of 99 (3%) |
| AI engineer | 2 | 2 of 70 (3%) |
| Research scientist | 2 | 2 of 39 |
| Site reliability engineer | 2 | 2 of 70 (3%) |
| Data analyst | 1 | 1 of 47 |
| Data scientist | 1 | 1 of 112 (1%) |
| Mobile engineer | 1 | 1 of 38 |
| QA engineer | 1 | 1 of 63 (2%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Palantir3 roles
- Scale AI3 roles
- mercor3 roles
- Akamai Technologies2 roles
- Anlatan2 roles
- Databricks2 roles
- Endor Labs2 roles
- Netskope2 roles
- Xperteez Technology2 roles
- Crusoe1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 58 Data Structures roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Algorithms | 38 of 58 (66%) |
| Python | 31 of 58 (53%) |
| Distributed Systems | 19 of 58 (33%) |
| Java | 18 of 58 (31%) |
| Go | 17 of 58 (29%) |
| SQL | 16 of 58 (28%) |
| TypeScript | 13 of 58 (22%) |
| C++ | 12 of 58 (21%) |
| Debugging | 12 of 58 (21%) |
| AI | 10 of 58 (17%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AWS | 12 of 58 (21%) |
| CI/CD | 9 of 58 (16%) |
| Docker | 7 of 58 (12%) |
| GCP | 6 of 58 (10%) |
| Kubernetes | 6 of 58 (10%) |
| AI | 5 of 58 (9%) |
| Distributed Systems | 5 of 58 (9%) |
| Azure | 4 of 58 (7%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 4 of 58 (7%) |
| Kafka | 4 of 58 (7%) |
Experience
Of the 29 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 27 of 29
- 2+ years
- 26 of 29
- 3+ years
- 23 of 29
- 5+ years
- 16 of 29
- 8+ years
- 5 of 29
- 10+ years
- 3 of 29
Degree
Of the 41 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 8 of 41
- Required, or experience instead
- 9 of 41
- Preferred
- 1 of 41
- Not mentioned
- 23 of 41
Pay and remote work
Of the 58 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 17 of 58 (29%)
- Remote roles
- 34 of 58 (59%)
How we count: 58 roles from 46 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