Skill · AI Hiring Index · as of 2026-10-05
TypeScript in AI job postings
12% of technical postings at the AI companies we track mention TypeScript (596 postings). AI / ML Engineer postings ask for it most: 28%.
Technical postings that mention it
12%
596 postings
Which roles ask for it
Share of each technical role family's open postings that mention TypeScript.
| Role family | Share, as a bar | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AI / ML Engineer | 28% | |
| Software Eng | 18% | |
| FDE / Applied | 15% | |
| Security | 12% | |
| Safety / Policy | 7% | |
| Research Engineer | 5% | |
| Evals / Data | 5% | |
| Infra / Hardware | 5% | |
| Inference / Perf | 3% | |
| Research Scientist | 1% |
Companies asking for it most
How to learn it
- The TypeScript Handbook free
The language's own reference, short enough to read in an evening — enough to read and change the web and SDK code these roles ship to customers.
Project: Type an SDK for an API you use — Write a small typed client for a real API — request and response types, errors as values, one streaming endpoint — and publish it with its tests.