Which roles ask for Developer Experience at tech companies · 50 roles · 90 days to Oct 8, 2026
Updated
50 roles counted that list Developer Experience, one per company, title and level; 309 postings in the window.
In short
Developer Experience: listed in 50 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 8, 2026. It was required in 34 and preferred in 16. The largest group is software engineer roles: 32 of 50 (64%).
- Required
- 34 of 50 (68%)
- Of the roles that list Developer Experience
- Preferred
- 16 of 50 (32%)
- Of the roles that list Developer Experience
- Largest group
- 32 of 50 (64%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Developer Experience
Roles listing Developer Experience, 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 | 32 | 32 of 1,041 (3%) |
| Platform engineer | 5 | 5 of 88 (6%) |
| Security engineer | 5 | 5 of 211 (2%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 3 | 3 of 164 (2%) |
| Mobile engineer | 3 | 3 of 62 (5%) |
| Analytics engineer | 1 | 1 of 46 |
| Forward deployed engineer | 1 | 1 of 86 (1%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Airwallex2 roles
- Nuro2 roles
- Riot Games2 roles
- Stripe2 roles
- WorkOS2 roles
- Cohere Health1 role
- Crusoe1 role
- Reddit1 role
- Render1 role
- WHOOP1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 50 Developer Experience roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 20 of 50 (40%) |
| Python | 19 of 50 (38%) |
| Kubernetes | 17 of 50 (34%) |
| Distributed Systems | 16 of 50 (32%) |
| Go | 15 of 50 (30%) |
| TypeScript | 14 of 50 (28%) |
| AWS | 13 of 50 (26%) |
| Cybersecurity | 11 of 50 (22%) |
| Debugging | 11 of 50 (22%) |
| Observability | 11 of 50 (22%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AI | 11 of 50 (22%) |
| LLMs | 9 of 50 (18%) |
| AI Agents | 8 of 50 (16%) |
| Observability | 8 of 50 (16%) |
| Developer Tools | 6 of 50 (12%) |
| Kubernetes | 6 of 50 (12%) |
| Open Source | 6 of 50 (12%) |
| Cybersecurity | 5 of 50 (10%) |
| Bazel | 4 of 50 (8%) |
| Docker | 4 of 50 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 40 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 40 of 40
- 2+ years
- 40 of 40
- 3+ years
- 36 of 40
- 5+ years
- 27 of 40
- 8+ years
- 8 of 40
- 10+ years
- 3 of 40
Degree
Of the 47 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 5 of 47
- Required, or experience instead
- 7 of 47
- Preferred
- 2 of 47
- Not mentioned
- 33 of 47
Pay and remote work
Of the 50 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 24 of 50 (48%)
- Remote roles
- 21 of 50 (42%)
How we count: 50 roles from 45 employers in the 90 days to Oct 8, 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