Which roles ask for Developer Tools at tech companies · 63 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
63 roles counted that list Developer Tools, one per company, title and level; 297 postings in the window.
In short
Developer Tools: listed in 63 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 28 and preferred in 35. The largest group is software engineer roles: 30 of 63 (48%).
- Required
- 28 of 63 (44%)
- Of the roles that list Developer Tools
- Preferred
- 35 of 63 (56%)
- Of the roles that list Developer Tools
- Largest group
- 30 of 63 (48%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Developer Tools
Roles listing Developer Tools, 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 | 30 | 30 of 719 (4%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 5 | 5 of 63 (8%) |
| Security engineer | 5 | 5 of 126 (4%) |
| AI engineer | 4 | 4 of 70 (6%) |
| Data scientist | 4 | 4 of 112 (4%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 4 | 4 of 79 (5%) |
| Platform engineer | 4 | 4 of 57 (7%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 3 | 3 of 70 (4%) |
| Data analyst | 1 | 1 of 47 |
| DevOps engineer | 1 | 1 of 58 (2%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Anthropic5 roles
- Stripe4 roles
- Cognition3 roles
- CoreWeave3 roles
- Snorkel AI3 roles
- Black Duck Software, Inc.2 roles
- Figma2 roles
- OpenDataJobs2 roles
- Replit2 roles
- WorkOS2 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 63 Developer Tools roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 45 of 63 (71%) |
| CI/CD | 21 of 63 (33%) |
| AWS | 19 of 63 (30%) |
| TypeScript | 19 of 63 (30%) |
| Go | 18 of 63 (29%) |
| Kubernetes | 18 of 63 (29%) |
| Distributed Systems | 15 of 63 (24%) |
| Debugging | 13 of 63 (21%) |
| Observability | 13 of 63 (21%) |
| AI | 11 of 63 (17%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Open Source | 15 of 63 (24%) |
| LLMs | 14 of 63 (22%) |
| Terraform | 8 of 63 (13%) |
| AI | 6 of 63 (10%) |
| AI Agents | 6 of 63 (10%) |
| Cursor | 6 of 63 (10%) |
| Identity and Access Management | 6 of 63 (10%) |
| AI Coding Tools | 5 of 63 (8%) |
| CI/CD | 5 of 63 (8%) |
| Cloud Infrastructure | 5 of 63 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 38 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 38 of 38
- 2+ years
- 38 of 38
- 3+ years
- 37 of 38
- 5+ years
- 31 of 38
- 8+ years
- 5 of 38
- 10+ years
- 1 of 38
Degree
Of the 56 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 7 of 56 (13%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 10 of 56 (18%)
- Preferred
- 1 of 56 (2%)
- Not mentioned
- 38 of 56 (68%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 63 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 31 of 63 (49%)
- Remote roles
- 27 of 63 (43%)
How we count: 63 roles from 44 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