evals jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, evals appears in 515 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning evals.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about evals
+Is evals in demand in 2026?
Yes. evals appears in 515 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning evals (21.6% of all postings mentioning evals).
+What jobs require evals?
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 evals are AI Transformation Director (12.5% of that role’s postings mention evals), Full-Stack AI Engineer (9.5% of that role’s postings mention evals), AI Deployment Lead (8.7% of that role’s postings mention evals).
+What skills are commonly paired with evals?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), evals most often appears alongside TypeScript, Python, observability, LLMs, RAG.
+Where is evals most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring evals are San Francisco, New York City, Berlin, London, San Jose, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new evals content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning evals alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new evals content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after evals?
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 evals — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around evals
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Not enough linked career history to draw this chart yet.
Roles most likely to require evals
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| AI Transformation Director | 4 | 12.5% |
| Full-Stack AI Engineer | 2 | 9.5% |
| AI Deployment Lead | 2 | 8.7% |
| Engineering Team Lead | 2 | 8.0% |
| Safeguards Enforcement Analyst | 2 | 7.4% |
| AI Product Engineer | 6 | 7.3% |
| Java Engineer | 3 | 6.8% |
| AI Enablement Engineer | 3 | 5.4% |
| Agent Engineer | 1 | 4.8% |
| Developer Experience Engineer | 1 | 4.8% |
Roles with the most evals postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 111 | 21.6% |
| Product Manager | 81 | 15.7% |
| AI Engineer | 42 | 8.2% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 28 | 5.4% |
| Engineering Manager | 17 | 3.3% |
| Applied AI Engineer | 13 | 2.5% |
| Product Engineer | 11 | 2.1% |
| Technical Program Manager | 10 | 1.9% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 8 | 1.6% |
| AI Product Manager | 7 | 1.4% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring evals
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Anthropic | 28 |
| CLERA | 16 |
| Adyen | 12 |
| Plank | 11 |
| Webflow | 9 |
| Traba | 7 |
| Commercetools | 7 |
| Elastic | 7 |
| Adobe | 7 |
| Red Cell Partners | 6 |
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 evals
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 96 | 18.6% |
| New York City | 53 | 10.3% |
| Berlin | 18 | 3.5% |
| London | 13 | 2.5% |
| San Jose | 11 | 2.1% |
| Amsterdam | 10 | 1.9% |
| Seattle | 10 | 1.9% |
| Toronto | 10 | 1.9% |
| Bengaluru | 7 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with evals
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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 evals by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s evals postings by all evals 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). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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