Which roles ask for LLMs at tech companies · 287 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
287 roles counted that list LLMs, one per company, title and level; 669 postings in the window.
In short
LLMs: listed in 287 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 176 and preferred in 111. The largest group is software engineer roles: 78 of 287 (27%).
- Required
- 176 of 287 (61%)
- Of the roles that list LLMs
- Preferred
- 111 of 287 (39%)
- Of the roles that list LLMs
- Largest group
- 78 of 287 (27%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for LLMs
Roles listing LLMs, 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 | 78 | 78 of 719 (11%) |
| AI engineer | 43 | 43 of 70 (61%) |
| Data scientist | 37 | 37 of 112 (33%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 30 | 30 of 79 (38%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 26 | 26 of 63 (41%) |
| Security engineer | 21 | 21 of 126 (17%) |
| Research scientist | 11 | 11 of 39 |
| Data engineer | 9 | 9 of 99 (9%) |
| QA engineer | 6 | 6 of 63 (10%) |
| Software architect | 5 | 5 of 32 |
Companies that ask for it most
Asked alongside
Out of the 287 LLMs roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 185 of 287 (64%) |
| AI | 108 of 287 (38%) |
| Machine Learning | 75 of 287 (26%) |
| SQL | 69 of 287 (24%) |
| AWS | 62 of 287 (22%) |
| CI/CD | 55 of 287 (19%) |
| AI Agents | 54 of 287 (19%) |
| TypeScript | 50 of 287 (17%) |
| Distributed Systems | 44 of 287 (15%) |
| Prompt Engineering | 44 of 287 (15%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AI Agents | 51 of 287 (18%) |
| AI | 49 of 287 (17%) |
| AWS | 31 of 287 (11%) |
| CI/CD | 30 of 287 (10%) |
| Machine Learning | 29 of 287 (10%) |
| Open Source | 28 of 287 (10%) |
| Kubernetes | 27 of 287 (9%) |
| Docker | 25 of 287 (9%) |
| Azure | 23 of 287 (8%) |
| RAG | 23 of 287 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 171 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 171 of 171 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 168 of 171 (98%)
- 3+ years
- 155 of 171 (91%)
- 5+ years
- 117 of 171 (68%)
- 8+ years
- 31 of 171 (18%)
- 10+ years
- 14 of 171 (8%)
Degree
Of the 236 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 22 of 236 (9%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 50 of 236 (21%)
- Preferred
- 16 of 236 (7%)
- Not mentioned
- 148 of 236 (63%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 287 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $201.5k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 130 of 287 (45%)
- Remote roles
- 172 of 287 (60%)
How we count: 287 roles from 177 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