memory jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, memory appears in 439 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning memory, with demand share up 6.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
439
Demand vs prior month
up 6.1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 17.8% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about memory

+Is memory in demand in 2026?

Yes. memory appears in 439 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning memory (17.8% of all postings mentioning memory).

+What jobs require memory?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning memory are Frontier Agents Engineer (27.3% of that role’s postings mention memory), Agent Engineer (14.3% of that role’s postings mention memory), Machine Learning Research Engineer (11.8% of that role’s postings mention memory).

+What skills are commonly paired with memory?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), memory most often appears alongside Python, tool use, observability, TypeScript, planning.

+Where is memory most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring memory are San Francisco, New York City, Santa Clara, Toronto, Austin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new memory content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after memory?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring memory — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around memory

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before memory

Before memorysql → memory: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairRESTful APIs → memory: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairregularization → memory: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairVisualization tools → memory: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairscikit-learn → memory: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairheatmaps → memory: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairci/cd → memory: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairXCUITest → memory: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmemorysql: 2 movessql2 movesRESTful APIs: 2 movesRESTful APIs2 movesregularization: 1 movesregularization1 movesVisualization tools: 1 movesVisualizationtools1 movesscikit-learn: 1 movesscikit-learn1 movesheatmaps: 1 movesheatmaps1 movesci/cd: 1 movesci/cd1 movesXCUITest: 1 movesXCUITest1 moves

Skills after memory

After memorymemory → terraform: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmemory → Spring Boot: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmemory → CI/CD pipelines: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmemory → IBM Netcool/OMNIbus: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmemory → mobile devices: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmemory → Access controls: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmemory → testing: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmemory → Radar: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairmemoryterraform: 2 movesterraform2 movesSpring Boot: 2 movesSpring Boot2 movesCI/CD pipelines: 2 movesCI/CD pipelines2 movesIBM Netcool/OMNIbus: 1 movesIBMNetcool/OMNIbus1 movesmobile devices: 1 movesmobile devices1 movesAccess controls: 1 movesAccess controls1 movestesting: 1 movestesting1 movesRadar: 1 movesRadar1 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: sql2
Before: RESTful APIs2
Before: regularization1
Before: Visualization tools1
Before: scikit-learn1
Before: heatmaps1
Before: ci/cd1
Before: XCUITest1
After: terraform2
After: Spring Boot2
After: CI/CD pipelines2
After: IBM Netcool/OMNIbus1
After: mobile devices1
After: Access controls1
After: testing1
After: Radar1

Roles most likely to require memory

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Frontier Agents Engineer627.3%
Agent Engineer314.3%
Machine Learning Research Engineer411.8%
Agentic AI Engineer58.1%
Software Development Test Engineer26.7%
Embedded Software Developer35.4%
AI Product Engineer44.9%
SoC Architect14.5%
Back-end Engineer34.1%
Cyber Software Engineer13.6%

Roles with the most memory postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer7817.8%
AI Engineer5713.0%
Product Manager194.3%
Research Engineer173.9%
Machine Learning Engineer143.2%
Forward Deployed Engineer102.3%
Applied AI Engineer92.1%
Full Stack Engineer81.8%
Data Scientist71.6%
Product Engineer71.6%

Top companies posting jobs requiring memory

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring memory
CompanyPostings · 90 days
ServiceNow23
MintMCP21
CLERA16
NVIDIA12
Scale AI10
Decagon9
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.8
Veeam8
Nearform8
Bosch8

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for memory

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco6815.5%
New York City235.2%
Santa Clara163.6%
Toronto153.4%
Austin112.5%
Bengaluru92.1%
London81.8%
Seattle81.8%
Pittsburgh71.6%

Skills commonly paired with memory

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning memory by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s memory postings by all memory postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.2% to 0.2%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
53fcf82c8e228216
data_as_of
2026-09-30
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index