Which roles ask for Rust at tech companies · 89 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
89 roles counted that list Rust, one per company, title and level; 521 postings in the window.
In short
Rust: listed in 89 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 64 and preferred in 25. The largest group is software engineer roles: 56 of 89 (63%).
- Required
- 64 of 89 (72%)
- Of the roles that list Rust
- Preferred
- 25 of 89 (28%)
- Of the roles that list Rust
- Largest group
- 56 of 89 (63%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Rust
Roles listing Rust, 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 | 56 | 56 of 719 (8%) |
| Security engineer | 9 | 9 of 126 (7%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 5 | 5 of 79 (6%) |
| Platform engineer | 4 | 4 of 57 (7%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 3 | 3 of 63 (5%) |
| Research scientist | 3 | 3 of 39 |
| Site reliability engineer | 3 | 3 of 70 (4%) |
| AI engineer | 2 | 2 of 70 (3%) |
| DevOps engineer | 2 | 2 of 58 (3%) |
| QA engineer | 1 | 1 of 63 (2%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- GitLab7 roles
- SpaceXAI6 roles
- Anthropic5 roles
- OpenAI5 roles
- Cloudflare4 roles
- Palantir4 roles
- Bitwarden3 roles
- Datadog3 roles
- Xperteez Technology3 roles
- Crusoe2 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 89 Rust roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Go | 53 of 89 (60%) |
| Python | 49 of 89 (55%) |
| C++ | 29 of 89 (33%) |
| Distributed Systems | 25 of 89 (28%) |
| Java | 21 of 89 (24%) |
| TypeScript | 21 of 89 (24%) |
| AI | 17 of 89 (19%) |
| CI/CD | 17 of 89 (19%) |
| Debugging | 17 of 89 (19%) |
| Kubernetes | 17 of 89 (19%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 14 of 89 (16%) |
| Docker | 13 of 89 (15%) |
| Kubernetes | 11 of 89 (12%) |
| AI Agents | 10 of 89 (11%) |
| Observability | 10 of 89 (11%) |
| Distributed Systems | 9 of 89 (10%) |
| Open Source | 9 of 89 (10%) |
| React | 9 of 89 (10%) |
| Terraform | 9 of 89 (10%) |
| AWS | 8 of 89 (9%) |
Experience
Of the 43 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 43 of 43
- 2+ years
- 42 of 43
- 3+ years
- 37 of 43
- 5+ years
- 27 of 43
- 8+ years
- 9 of 43
- 10+ years
- 4 of 43
Degree
Of the 75 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 3 of 75 (4%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 20 of 75 (27%)
- Preferred
- 1 of 75 (1%)
- Not mentioned
- 51 of 75 (68%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 89 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 33 of 89 (37%)
- Remote roles
- 43 of 89 (48%)
How we count: 89 roles from 48 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