Which roles ask for NLP at tech companies · 50 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
50 roles counted that list NLP, one per company, title and level; 65 postings in the window.
In short
NLP: listed in 50 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 32 and preferred in 18. The largest group is machine learning engineer roles: 16 of 50 (32%).
- Required
- 32 of 50 (64%)
- Of the roles that list NLP
- Preferred
- 18 of 50 (36%)
- Of the roles that list NLP
- Largest group
- 16 of 50 (32%)
- Machine learning engineer
Roles that ask for NLP
Roles listing NLP, 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 | 16 | 16 of 79 (20%) |
| Data scientist | 15 | 15 of 112 (13%) |
| Software engineer | 8 | 8 of 719 (1%) |
| AI engineer | 4 | 4 of 70 (6%) |
| Research scientist | 3 | 3 of 39 |
| Data analyst | 2 | 2 of 47 |
| Data engineer | 1 | 1 of 99 (1%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 1 | 1 of 63 (2%) |
Companies that ask for it most
Asked alongside
Out of the 50 NLP roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 36 of 50 (72%) |
| Machine Learning | 34 of 50 (68%) |
| LLMs | 18 of 50 (36%) |
| PyTorch | 18 of 50 (36%) |
| TensorFlow | 14 of 50 (28%) |
| Generative AI | 12 of 50 (24%) |
| Deep Learning | 11 of 50 (22%) |
| Statistics | 10 of 50 (20%) |
| Computer Vision | 9 of 50 (18%) |
| Fine-Tuning | 9 of 50 (18%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AI | 7 of 50 (14%) |
| AWS | 6 of 50 (12%) |
| Azure | 5 of 50 (10%) |
| LLMs | 5 of 50 (10%) |
| Machine Learning | 5 of 50 (10%) |
| Data Pipelines | 4 of 50 (8%) |
| Deep Learning | 4 of 50 (8%) |
| Generative AI | 4 of 50 (8%) |
| Git | 4 of 50 (8%) |
| Python | 4 of 50 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 23 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 23 of 23
- 2+ years
- 23 of 23
- 3+ years
- 21 of 23
- 5+ years
- 15 of 23
- 8+ years
- 5 of 23
- 10+ years
- 3 of 23
Degree
Of the 35 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 5 of 35
- Required, or experience instead
- 6 of 35
- Preferred
- 5 of 35
- Not mentioned
- 19 of 35
Pay and remote work
Of the 50 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 19 of 50 (38%)
- Remote roles
- 37 of 50 (74%)
How we count: 50 roles from 41 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