Which roles ask for Model Selection at tech companies · 15 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
15 roles counted that list Model Selection, one per company, title and level; 23 postings in the window.
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In short
Model Selection: listed in 15 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 12 and preferred in 3. The largest group is machine learning engineer roles: 7 of 15.
- Required
- 12 of 15
- Of the roles that list Model Selection
- Preferred
- 3 of 15
- Of the roles that list Model Selection
- Largest group
- 7 of 15
- Machine learning engineer
Roles that ask for Model Selection
Roles listing Model Selection, 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 | 7 | 7 of 79 |
| AI engineer | 3 | 3 of 70 |
| Data scientist | 2 | 2 of 112 |
| Forward deployed engineer | 2 | 2 of 63 |
| Software engineer | 1 | 1 of 719 |
Companies that ask for it most
Asked alongside
Out of the 15 Model Selection roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 11 of 15 |
| LLMs | 8 of 15 |
| Machine Learning | 7 of 15 |
| Distributed Systems | 6 of 15 |
| Prompt Engineering | 6 of 15 |
| AI | 5 of 15 |
| Experimentation | 5 of 15 |
| LangChain | 5 of 15 |
| LangGraph | 5 of 15 |
| AI Agents | 4 of 15 |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Amazon Athena | 3 of 15 |
| Anomaly Detection | 3 of 15 |
| Cloud Infrastructure | 3 of 15 |
| Fraud Detection | 3 of 15 |
| Go | 3 of 15 |
| AI | 2 of 15 |
| ClickHouse | 2 of 15 |
| Data Pipelines | 2 of 15 |
| Detection Engineering | 2 of 15 |
| Developer Tools | 2 of 15 |
Experience
Of the 12 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 12 of 12
- 2+ years
- 11 of 12
- 3+ years
- 11 of 12
- 5+ years
- 9 of 12
- 8+ years
- 3 of 12
- 10+ years
- 0 of 12
Degree
Of the 14 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 2 of 14
- Required, or experience instead
- 2 of 14
- Preferred
- 0 of 14
- Not mentioned
- 10 of 14
Pay and remote work
Of the 15 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 6 of 15
- Remote roles
- 9 of 15
How we count: 15 roles from 13 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