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AI Skills Index · September 2026

What GTM Engineer job posts ask for

The tools named in 41 postings from 26 employers. Each percentage is the share of those employers that name the tool in at least one posting. GTM and go-to-market engineers, and GTM, revenue or sales systems and automation engineers. A growth engineer counts only when the title says GTM.

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Signature tools

What sets this role apart: tools its postings name far more often than other AI job posts do.

Tools, ranked

Named products you can learn and put on a resume, counted when at least 2 employers name them. Open a row to see where postings put it, which employers name it, and example postings.

  1. 01
    SalesforceSales and GTM stackSignature

    Mostly a requirement

    77%

    20 of 26 employers

    Named in 73% of the role's postings. Of 30 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 22, part of the work in 3 and a bonus in 5.

    Employers naming it: Anthropic, MongoDB, Clay, Cloudflare, Fireworks AI, Fivetran, and 14 more.

  2. 02
    dbtData and retrieval

    50%

    13 of 26 employers

    Named in 37% of the role's postings. Of 15 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 6, part of the work in 1 and a bonus in 5.

    Employers naming it: Cloudflare, Fivetran, Anthropic, AssemblyAI, Clay, Decagon, and 7 more.

  3. 03
    ClaySales and GTM stackSignature

    46%

    12 of 26 employers

    Named in 32% of the role's postings. Of 13 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 4, part of the work in 5 and a bonus in 4.

    Employers naming it: Fireworks AI, AssemblyAI, Baseten, Cresta, Intercom, Mercor, and 6 more.

  4. 04
    Salesforce development (Apex, SOQL, LWC)Sales and GTM stackSignature

    Mostly a requirement

    35%

    9 of 26 employers

    Named in 32% of the role's postings. Of 13 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 10, part of the work in 1 and a bonus in 2.

    Employers naming it: MongoDB, Fivetran, Ramp, Clay, Klaviyo, Perplexity, and 3 more.

  5. 05
    SnowflakeData and retrieval

    Often a bonus

    35%

    9 of 26 employers

    Named in 29% of the role's postings. Of 12 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 4, part of the work in 2 and a bonus in 5.

    Employers naming it: Cloudflare, Ramp, Together AI, Clay, Cognition, Intercom, and 3 more.

  6. 06
    GongSales and GTM stack

    Mostly a requirement

    31%

    8 of 26 employers

    Named in 22% of the role's postings. Of 9 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 5, part of the work in 2 and a bonus in 2.

    Employers naming it: Ramp, Cresta, Decagon, Fireworks AI, Intercom, Rogo, and 2 more.

  7. 07
    BigQueryData and retrieval

    27%

    7 of 26 employers

    Named in 20% of the role's postings. Of 8 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 3, part of the work in 2 and a bonus in 3.

    Employers naming it: Cloudflare, AssemblyAI, Baseten, Cognition, Decagon, LangChain, and 1 more.

  8. 08
    WorkatoAutomation and internal tools

    Mostly a requirement

    23%

    6 of 26 employers

    Named in 15% of the role's postings. Of 6 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 4, part of the work in 1 and a bonus in 1.

    Employers naming it: Baseten, Cognition, Perplexity, Ramp, Rogo, Snowflake.

  9. 09
    HubSpotSales and GTM stack

    Mostly a requirement

    19%

    5 of 26 employers

    Named in 15% of the role's postings. Of 6 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 5 and part of the work in 1.

    Employers naming it: Fireworks AI, Clay, Sierra, Together AI, Warp.

  10. 10
    ZapierAutomation and internal tools

    Mostly a requirement

    19%

    5 of 26 employers

    Named in 15% of the role's postings. Of 6 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 4, part of the work in 1 and a bonus in 1.

    Employers naming it: Fireworks AI, Baseten, Cognition, Perplexity, Rogo.

  11. 11
    Apollo.ioSales and GTM stack

    Often a bonus

    19%

    5 of 26 employers

    Named in 12% of the role's postings. Of 5 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 2, part of the work in 1 and a bonus in 2.

    Employers naming it: Intercom, Perplexity, Rogo, Together AI, Warp.

  12. 12
    HexAnalytics and BI

    Often a bonus

    19%

    5 of 26 employers

    Named in 12% of the role's postings. Of 5 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 2 and a bonus in 3.

    Employers naming it: Anthropic, Baseten, Decagon, Mercor, Together AI.

  13. 13
    Claude CodeCoding agentsNew wave

    Mostly a requirement

    15%

    4 of 26 employers

    Named in 15% of the role's postings. Of 6 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 5 and part of the work in 1.

    Employers naming it: MongoDB, AssemblyAI, Baseten, Rogo.

  14. 14
    Apache AirflowData and retrieval

    Mostly a requirement

    15%

    4 of 26 employers

    Named in 10% of the role's postings. Of 4 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 3.

    Employers naming it: Anthropic, Intercom, Mercor, Vercel.

  15. 15
    LookerAnalytics and BI

    Mostly a requirement

    15%

    4 of 26 employers

    Named in 10% of the role's postings. Of 4 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 2, part of the work in 1 and a bonus in 1.

    Employers naming it: AssemblyAI, Mercor, OpenAI, Snowflake.

  16. 16
    DocuSignFinance, HR and contract systems

    Mostly a requirement

    12%

    3 of 26 employers

    Named in 7% of the role's postings. Of 3 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 2 and part of the work in 1.

    Employers naming it: MongoDB, Rogo, Together AI.

  17. 17
    FivetranData and retrieval

    Often a bonus

    12%

    3 of 26 employers

    Named in 7% of the role's postings. Of 3 postings that name it, it is part of the work in 1 and a bonus in 2.

    Employers naming it: Intercom, Rogo, Sierra.

  18. 18
    Tray.aiAutomation and internal tools

    Mostly a requirement

    12%

    3 of 26 employers

    Named in 7% of the role's postings. Of 3 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 2 and a bonus in 1.

    Employers naming it: Cognition, Perplexity, Rogo.

  19. 19
    CursorCoding agentsNew wave

    Mostly a requirement

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 10% of the role's postings. Of 4 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 3 and part of the work in 1.

    Employers naming it: MongoDB, Baseten.

  20. 20
    CongaSales and GTM stack

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 1 and part of the work in 1.

    Employers naming it: MongoDB, Together AI.

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  1. 21
    CopadoSales and GTM stack

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is a bonus in 2.

    Employers naming it: Anthropic, MongoDB.

  2. 22
    DatabricksData and retrieval

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is a bonus in 2.

    Employers naming it: Baseten, Cursor.

  3. 23
    GearsetSales and GTM stack

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is a bonus in 2.

    Employers naming it: Anthropic, MongoDB.

  4. 24
    GitHubDeveloper platforms

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 1 and part of the work in 1.

    Employers naming it: Anthropic, Klaviyo.

  5. 25
    GumloopAutomation and internal toolsNew wave

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is part of the work in 1 and a bonus in 1.

    Employers naming it: Baseten, Warp.

  6. 26
    HightouchData and retrieval

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 1 and a bonus in 1.

    Employers naming it: Perplexity, Rogo.

  7. 27
    IroncladFinance, HR and contract systems

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is part of the work in 2.

    Employers naming it: Ramp, Together AI.

  8. 28
    LinkedIn Sales NavigatorSales and GTM stack

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 2.

    Employers naming it: Rogo, Warp.

  9. 29
    MarketoSales and GTM stack

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is part of the work in 1 and a bonus in 1.

    Employers naming it: Intercom, MongoDB.

  10. 30
    NetSuiteFinance, HR and contract systems

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is part of the work in 1 and a bonus in 1.

    Employers naming it: MongoDB, Perplexity.

  11. 31
    OutreachSales and GTM stack

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 1 and part of the work in 1.

    Employers naming it: Decagon, Sierra.

  12. 32
    PostgreSQLData and retrieval

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is part of the work in 2.

    Employers naming it: LangChain, Sierra.

  13. 33
    TableauAnalytics and BI

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 1 and a bonus in 1.

    Employers naming it: OpenAI, Snowflake.

  14. 34
    VercelDeveloper platforms

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 1 and a bonus in 1.

    Employers naming it: Baseten, Cursor.

  15. 35
    ZoomInfoSales and GTM stack

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is part of the work in 1 and a bonus in 1.

    Employers naming it: Intercom, Sierra.

  16. 36
    n8nAutomation and internal tools

    8%

    2 of 26 employers

    Named in 5% of the role's postings. Of 2 postings that name it, it is a requirement in 1 and a bonus in 1.

    Employers naming it: Baseten, Rogo.

On the radar

Newer AI tools that at least two employers already name in these postings. Small numbers, early signal.

Foundations these posts assume

Languages, platforms and basics most postings expect you to have already.

  • SQL73%
  • Python65%
  • TypeScript31%
  • JavaScript27%
  • Slack19%
  • CI/CD15%
  • Git8%
  • Next.js8%
  • React8%

The work they describe

Practices rather than products: what the postings say you will do.

  • Building AI agents58%
  • LLMs42%
  • Using AI coding tools31%
  • Evals15%
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)15%
  • Function and tool calling15%
  • Prompt engineering12%
  • Guardrails8%
  • RAG8%

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