Remote Dev Roles

Skills in remote engineering job listings

A practical reading of role descriptions and qualifications in the visible Remote Dev Roles directory, including AI skills. Each signal summarizes the work described and links to example roles.

Current directory baseline

Latest listing check in this sample: October 5, 2026. This page reflects current visible listings, not a completed calendar month.

Visible roles
124
Roles with substantive text
124
Employers in that sample
25

AI skills mentioned in these roles

These are specific ways employers describe using or building with AI. We count a capability only when the listing ties it to work or experience; an employer merely selling an AI product is not enough. A signal needs mentions from at least three roles and three employers before we treat it as a ranked skill.

Other skills in job descriptions and qualifications

The sentences below summarize work described in matching listings; they do not apply to every role. A role counts once for a skill even if its text mentions it several times. Percentages use the 124 roles with substantive role descriptions or qualifications as the denominator. Mentions can describe responsibilities, required experience or preferred experience.

  1. TypeScript

    51.6% of sampled roles

    64 roles · 19 employers

    What the listings describe: Build server and product features in TypeScript, often alongside Node.js and React, across frontend and backend boundaries.

  2. React

    50% of sampled roles

    62 roles · 17 employers

    What the listings describe: Ship product interfaces and reusable components in React or React Native while working closely with design and engineering.

  3. AWS

    37.9% of sampled roles

    47 roles · 15 employers

    What the listings describe: Build and operate AWS-hosted systems, including cloud infrastructure, serverless services, and event-driven applications.

  4. SQL

    36.3% of sampled roles

    45 roles · 15 employers

    What the listings describe: Design relational schemas and query application or analytical data, with attention to reliability and performance.

  5. Kubernetes

    29% of sampled roles

    36 roles · 12 employers

    What the listings describe: Deploy and operate containerized services in cloud infrastructure, often alongside Docker and infrastructure tooling.

  6. Python

    27.4% of sampled roles

    34 roles · 12 employers

    What the listings describe: Use Python for backend services, integrations, or production data pipelines, depending on the role.

Dated observations

We preserve dated captures so future readers can inspect the same skill definitions over time. Each capture describes visible inventory at its capture time, not all jobs posted during that month.

  • 2026-10-04 · method 3: CSV · JSON
Earlier skill definitions and downloads
  • 2026-10-04 · method 1: CSV · JSON
  • 2026-10-04 · method 2: CSV · JSON

One comparable capture is available so far. We will show a side-by-side observation once two captures using the same definitions are at least four weeks apart.

How to read these descriptions

The summaries describe work named in the sampled listings. Open the linked roles for the employer’s full wording and to see whether a skill is a core responsibility, required experience, or a preference. The same skill can mean different work in different teams.

A mention is not proof that a skill is mandatory, that candidates without it are excluded, or that demand is rising across the wider labor market. The directory is a selected sample of employers. We do not yet label skills “rising” because the older skills history used a different classification method.

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