Head of Engineering jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-04, Skillenai has indexed 129 job postings with the title “Head of Engineering” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is AWS, with demand down 9% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-04
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+How many Head of Engineering jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 129 job postings with the title “Head of Engineering” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-04, with demand down 9% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Head of Engineering jobs require?
Across Head of Engineering postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-04, the skills mentioned most often are AWS, software engineering, observability, Python, CI/CD.
+Which cities are hiring the most Head of Engineering?
As of 2026-09-04, Head of Engineering postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, Berlin, Chicago, London, Malta.
+Is Head of Engineering a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 129 Head of Engineering postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-04, with demand down 9% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Head of Engineering postings is AWS, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Head of Engineering postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Head of Engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AWS | 27 | 20.9% |
| software engineering | 25 | 19.4% |
| observability | 24 | 18.6% |
| Python | 21 | 16.3% |
| CI/CD | 19 | 14.7% |
| React | 18 | 14.0% |
| Code quality | 17 | 13.2% |
| security | 17 | 13.2% |
| architecture | 17 | 13.2% |
| TypeScript | 16 | 12.4% |
| scalability | 15 | 11.6% |
| reliability | 14 | 10.9% |
| reliability engineering | 14 | 10.9% |
| Code review | 14 | 10.9% |
| Distributed systems | 14 | 10.9% |
Top metros hiring Head of Engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 16 | 12.4% |
| Berlin | 6 | 4.7% |
| Chicago | 6 | 4.7% |
| London | 6 | 4.7% |
| Malta | 3 | 2.3% |
| New York City | 3 | 2.3% |
| Tel Aviv | 3 | 2.3% |
| Amsterdam | 2 | 1.6% |
| Ann Arbor | 2 | 1.6% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-04, matching postings whose canonical role is “Head of Engineering”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Head of Engineering
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-04
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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