Which roles ask for Ruby at tech companies · 50 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
50 roles counted that list Ruby, one per company, title and level; 136 postings in the window.
In short
Ruby: listed in 50 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 43 and preferred in 7. The largest group is software engineer roles: 27 of 50 (54%).
- Required
- 43 of 50 (86%)
- Of the roles that list Ruby
- Preferred
- 7 of 50 (14%)
- Of the roles that list Ruby
- Largest group
- 27 of 50 (54%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Ruby
Roles listing Ruby, 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 | 27 | 27 of 719 (4%) |
| Security engineer | 6 | 6 of 126 (5%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 6 | 6 of 70 (9%) |
| DevOps engineer | 3 | 3 of 58 (5%) |
| Platform engineer | 3 | 3 of 57 (5%) |
| QA engineer | 2 | 2 of 63 (3%) |
| AI engineer | 1 | 1 of 70 (1%) |
| Data analyst | 1 | 1 of 47 |
| Forward deployed engineer | 1 | 1 of 63 (2%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- GitLab9 roles
- Stripe6 roles
- Figma2 roles
- Koniag Government Services2 roles
- Notable2 roles
- Eclypsium1 role
- Intuition Staffing1 role
- ManTech1 role
- Okta1 role
- Trustpair1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 50 Ruby roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 33 of 50 (66%) |
| Go | 23 of 50 (46%) |
| AWS | 15 of 50 (30%) |
| CI/CD | 15 of 50 (30%) |
| Java | 15 of 50 (30%) |
| Kubernetes | 13 of 50 (26%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 12 of 50 (24%) |
| TypeScript | 11 of 50 (22%) |
| Terraform | 10 of 50 (20%) |
| AI | 9 of 50 (18%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AWS | 9 of 50 (18%) |
| Observability | 7 of 50 (14%) |
| Distributed Systems | 5 of 50 (10%) |
| Docker | 5 of 50 (10%) |
| GCP | 5 of 50 (10%) |
| Kubernetes | 5 of 50 (10%) |
| Azure | 4 of 50 (8%) |
| Experimentation | 4 of 50 (8%) |
| Git | 4 of 50 (8%) |
| Ruby on Rails | 4 of 50 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 18 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 18 of 18
- 2+ years
- 18 of 18
- 3+ years
- 18 of 18
- 5+ years
- 12 of 18
- 8+ years
- 4 of 18
- 10+ years
- 1 of 18
Degree
Of the 36 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 5 of 36
- Required, or experience instead
- 5 of 36
- Preferred
- 0 of 36
- Not mentioned
- 26 of 36
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
- 24 of 50 (48%)
- Remote roles
- 33 of 50 (66%)
How we count: 50 roles from 34 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