Which roles ask for MLOps at tech companies · 58 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
58 roles counted that list MLOps, one per company, title and level; 152 postings in the window.
In short
MLOps: listed in 58 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 31 and preferred in 27. The largest group is machine learning engineer roles: 15 of 58 (26%).
- Required
- 31 of 58 (53%)
- Of the roles that list MLOps
- Preferred
- 27 of 58 (47%)
- Of the roles that list MLOps
- Largest group
- 15 of 58 (26%)
- Machine learning engineer
Roles that ask for MLOps
Roles listing MLOps, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Machine learning engineer | 15 | 15 of 79 (19%) |
| Data scientist | 10 | 10 of 112 (9%) |
| AI engineer | 8 | 8 of 70 (11%) |
| Data engineer | 8 | 8 of 99 (8%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 7 | 7 of 63 (11%) |
| Software engineer | 3 | 3 of 719 (0%) |
| DevOps engineer | 2 | 2 of 58 (3%) |
| Research scientist | 2 | 2 of 39 |
| Platform engineer | 1 | 1 of 57 (2%) |
| Security engineer | 1 | 1 of 126 (1%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Databricks4 roles
- George Bernard Consulting4 roles
- Lifelancer3 roles
- Airbnb2 roles
- Writer2 roles
- Zscaler2 roles
- Adverteyes1 role
- Cloudera1 role
- Modus Create1 role
- Tiger Analytics1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 58 MLOps roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 49 of 58 (84%) |
| Machine Learning | 33 of 58 (57%) |
| AI | 26 of 58 (45%) |
| AWS | 24 of 58 (41%) |
| LLMs | 20 of 58 (34%) |
| SQL | 20 of 58 (34%) |
| Azure | 19 of 58 (33%) |
| CI/CD | 18 of 58 (31%) |
| PyTorch | 18 of 58 (31%) |
| GCP | 16 of 58 (28%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AWS | 11 of 58 (19%) |
| Azure | 10 of 58 (17%) |
| Kubernetes | 9 of 58 (16%) |
| GCP | 8 of 58 (14%) |
| CI/CD | 7 of 58 (12%) |
| Cybersecurity | 6 of 58 (10%) |
| Databricks | 5 of 58 (9%) |
| Docker | 5 of 58 (9%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 5 of 58 (9%) |
| LangGraph | 5 of 58 (9%) |
Experience
Of the 35 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 35 of 35
- 2+ years
- 35 of 35
- 3+ years
- 33 of 35
- 5+ years
- 25 of 35
- 8+ years
- 6 of 35
- 10+ years
- 2 of 35
Degree
Of the 45 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 5 of 45
- Required, or experience instead
- 8 of 45
- Preferred
- 2 of 45
- Not mentioned
- 30 of 45
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
- 47 of 58 (81%)
How we count: 58 roles from 47 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