Which roles ask for SOC 2 at tech companies · 61 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
61 roles counted that list SOC 2, one per company, title and level; 136 postings in the window.
In short
SOC 2: listed in 61 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 19 and preferred in 42. The largest group is security engineer roles: 27 of 61 (44%).
- Required
- 19 of 61 (31%)
- Of the roles that list SOC 2
- Preferred
- 42 of 61 (69%)
- Of the roles that list SOC 2
- Largest group
- 27 of 61 (44%)
- Security engineer
Roles that ask for SOC 2
Roles listing SOC 2, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Security engineer | 27 | 27 of 126 (21%) |
| Software engineer | 14 | 14 of 719 (2%) |
| DevOps engineer | 4 | 4 of 58 (7%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 4 | 4 of 70 (6%) |
| Platform engineer | 3 | 3 of 57 (5%) |
| Data architect | 2 | 2 of 11 |
| Data engineer | 2 | 2 of 99 (2%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 2 | 2 of 63 (3%) |
| Software architect | 2 | 2 of 32 |
| AI engineer | 1 | 1 of 70 (1%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Okta5 roles
- Black Duck Software, Inc.2 roles
- Censys2 roles
- Databricks2 roles
- Datavant2 roles
- Lambda2 roles
- Med-Metrix2 roles
- Rev Star2 roles
- Sezzle2 roles
- Snorkel AI2 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 61 SOC 2 roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 37 of 61 (61%) |
| AWS | 34 of 61 (56%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 26 of 61 (43%) |
| Terraform | 25 of 61 (41%) |
| CI/CD | 23 of 61 (38%) |
| Go | 23 of 61 (38%) |
| Kubernetes | 21 of 61 (34%) |
| Azure | 19 of 61 (31%) |
| GCP | 19 of 61 (31%) |
| Identity and Access Management | 19 of 61 (31%) |
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
- 43 of 43
- 3+ years
- 42 of 43
- 5+ years
- 36 of 43
- 8+ years
- 10 of 43
- 10+ years
- 0 of 43
Degree
Of the 48 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 4 of 48
- Required, or experience instead
- 9 of 48
- Preferred
- 1 of 48
- Not mentioned
- 34 of 48
Pay and remote work
Of the 61 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 28 of 61 (46%)
- Remote roles
- 37 of 61 (61%)
How we count: 61 roles from 46 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