Which roles ask for Open Source at tech companies · 129 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
129 roles counted that list Open Source, one per company, title and level; 361 postings in the window.
In short
Open Source: listed in 129 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 34 and preferred in 95. The largest group is software engineer roles: 66 of 129 (51%).
- Required
- 34 of 129 (26%)
- Of the roles that list Open Source
- Preferred
- 95 of 129 (74%)
- Of the roles that list Open Source
- Largest group
- 66 of 129 (51%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Open Source
Roles listing Open Source, 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 | 66 | 66 of 719 (9%) |
| Security engineer | 16 | 16 of 126 (13%) |
| AI engineer | 9 | 9 of 70 (13%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 8 | 8 of 63 (13%) |
| Research scientist | 6 | 6 of 39 |
| DevOps engineer | 4 | 4 of 58 (7%) |
| Platform engineer | 4 | 4 of 57 (7%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 4 | 4 of 70 (6%) |
| Data engineer | 3 | 3 of 99 (3%) |
| Data scientist | 3 | 3 of 112 (3%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Crusoe5 roles
- Stripe5 roles
- Bitwarden4 roles
- Black Duck Software, Inc.4 roles
- Bright Vision Technologies4 roles
- Pika4 roles
- Scale AI4 roles
- CoreWeave3 roles
- Modal3 roles
- SpaceXAI3 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 129 Open Source roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 72 of 129 (56%) |
| Go | 44 of 129 (34%) |
| CI/CD | 37 of 129 (29%) |
| Kubernetes | 34 of 129 (26%) |
| AWS | 30 of 129 (23%) |
| TypeScript | 30 of 129 (23%) |
| Distributed Systems | 27 of 129 (21%) |
| Docker | 27 of 129 (21%) |
| GCP | 26 of 129 (20%) |
| Azure | 24 of 129 (19%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | 16 of 129 (12%) |
| CI/CD | 12 of 129 (9%) |
| LLMs | 12 of 129 (9%) |
| AI Agents | 11 of 129 (9%) |
| AWS | 11 of 129 (9%) |
| Incident Response | 11 of 129 (9%) |
| Developer Tools | 10 of 129 (8%) |
| Docker | 10 of 129 (8%) |
| Terraform | 10 of 129 (8%) |
| AI | 9 of 129 (7%) |
Experience
Of the 78 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 78 of 78 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 77 of 78 (99%)
- 3+ years
- 68 of 78 (87%)
- 5+ years
- 43 of 78 (55%)
- 8+ years
- 12 of 78 (15%)
- 10+ years
- 7 of 78 (9%)
Degree
Of the 112 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 16 of 112 (14%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 18 of 112 (16%)
- Preferred
- 4 of 112 (4%)
- Not mentioned
- 74 of 112 (66%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 129 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $202.7k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 50 of 129 (39%)
- Remote roles
- 72 of 129 (56%)
How we count: 129 roles from 89 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