Which roles ask for Generative AI at tech companies · 105 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
105 roles counted that list Generative AI, one per company, title and level; 184 postings in the window.
In short
Generative AI: listed in 105 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 72 and preferred in 33. The largest group is software engineer roles: 22 of 105 (21%).
- Required
- 72 of 105 (69%)
- Of the roles that list Generative AI
- Preferred
- 33 of 105 (31%)
- Of the roles that list Generative AI
- Largest group
- 22 of 105 (21%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Generative AI
Roles listing Generative AI, 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 | 22 | 22 of 719 (3%) |
| AI engineer | 18 | 18 of 70 (26%) |
| Data scientist | 17 | 17 of 112 (15%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 16 | 16 of 79 (20%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 7 | 7 of 63 (11%) |
| Research scientist | 7 | 7 of 39 |
| Security engineer | 5 | 5 of 126 (4%) |
| Platform engineer | 3 | 3 of 57 (5%) |
| Data analyst | 2 | 2 of 47 |
| Data engineer | 2 | 2 of 99 (2%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Coinbase12 roles
- Okta5 roles
- Pika5 roles
- Scale AI5 roles
- Databricks4 roles
- Lifelancer3 roles
- Cloudflare2 roles
- Netflix2 roles
- Snorkel AI2 roles
- Spotify2 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 105 Generative AI roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 68 of 105 (65%) |
| Machine Learning | 45 of 105 (43%) |
| LLMs | 42 of 105 (40%) |
| AI | 31 of 105 (30%) |
| AWS | 26 of 105 (25%) |
| Azure | 21 of 105 (20%) |
| AI Agents | 20 of 105 (19%) |
| PyTorch | 20 of 105 (19%) |
| Fine-Tuning | 19 of 105 (18%) |
| GCP | 19 of 105 (18%) |
Experience
Of the 64 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 64 of 64 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 63 of 64 (98%)
- 3+ years
- 58 of 64 (91%)
- 5+ years
- 43 of 64 (67%)
- 8+ years
- 11 of 64 (17%)
- 10+ years
- 6 of 64 (9%)
Degree
Of the 81 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 6 of 81 (7%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 16 of 81 (20%)
- Preferred
- 9 of 81 (11%)
- Not mentioned
- 50 of 81 (62%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 105 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $215.7k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 52 of 105 (50%)
- Remote roles
- 76 of 105 (72%)
How we count: 105 roles from 68 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