AWS Step Functions jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-10-07, AWS Step Functions appears in 362 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning AWS Step Functions, with demand share up 8.8% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-07

Postings · last 90 days
362
Demand vs prior month
up 8.8% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 27.3% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about AWS Step Functions

+Is AWS Step Functions in demand in 2026?

Yes. AWS Step Functions appears in 362 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-07. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning AWS Step Functions (27.3% of all postings mentioning AWS Step Functions).

+What jobs require AWS Step Functions?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-07, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning AWS Step Functions are AWS Cloud Engineer (9.1% of that role’s postings mention AWS Step Functions), Data Developer (5.0% of that role’s postings mention AWS Step Functions), Data & Analytics Engineer (4.3% of that role’s postings mention AWS Step Functions).

+What skills are commonly paired with AWS Step Functions?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-07), AWS Step Functions most often appears alongside AWS Lambda, Python, Amazon S3, SQL, AWS.

+Where is AWS Step Functions most in demand?

As of 2026-10-07, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring AWS Step Functions are New York City, Hyderabad, London, Amsterdam, Pune, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new AWS Step Functions content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after AWS Step Functions?

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 AWS Step Functions — last 90 days

Salary distribution

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

Career paths around AWS Step Functions

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before AWS Step Functions

Before AWS Step Functionspython → AWS Step Functions: 18 observed employer moves with this skill pairsnowflake → AWS Step Functions: 14 observed employer moves with this skill pairHive → AWS Step Functions: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairPySpark → AWS Step Functions: 11 observed employer moves with this skill pairHadoop → AWS Step Functions: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairAzure Data Factory → AWS Step Functions: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairdatabricks → AWS Step Functions: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairspark → AWS Step Functions: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS StepFunctionspython: 18 movespython18 movessnowflake: 14 movessnowflake14 movesHive: 11 movesHive11 movesPySpark: 11 movesPySpark11 movesHadoop: 9 movesHadoop9 movesAzure Data Factory: 9 movesAzure Data Factory9 movesdatabricks: 9 movesdatabricks9 movesspark: 7 movesspark7 moves

Skills after AWS Step Functions

After AWS Step FunctionsAWS Step Functions → snowflake: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS Step Functions → Azure Data Factory: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS Step Functions → python: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS Step Functions → ETL: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS Step Functions → PySpark: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS Step Functions → sql: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS Step Functions → Azure Databricks: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS Step Functions → spark: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS StepFunctionssnowflake: 8 movessnowflake8 movesAzure Data Factory: 7 movesAzure Data Factory7 movespython: 6 movespython6 movesETL: 6 movesETL6 movesPySpark: 5 movesPySpark5 movessql: 5 movessql5 movesAzure Databricks: 5 movesAzure Databricks5 movesspark: 4 movesspark4 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: python18
Before: snowflake14
Before: Hive11
Before: PySpark11
Before: Hadoop9
Before: Azure Data Factory9
Before: databricks9
Before: spark7
After: snowflake8
After: Azure Data Factory7
After: python6
After: ETL6
After: PySpark5
After: sql5
After: Azure Databricks5
After: spark4

Roles most likely to require AWS Step Functions

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
AWS Cloud Engineer39.1%
Data Developer15.0%
Data & Analytics Engineer14.3%
Enterprise Solution Architect14.3%
Application Developer24.0%
Systems Analyst13.3%
Python Developer23.0%
Senior Data Engineer12.7%
Lead Data Engineer22.6%
MLOps Engineer42.3%

Roles with the most AWS Step Functions postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer9927.3%
Data Engineer9225.4%
DevOps Engineer82.2%
AWS Data Engineer71.9%
Machine Learning Engineer71.9%
Full Stack Engineer61.7%
Analytics Engineer51.4%
Backend Engineer51.4%
ML Engineer51.4%
Platform Engineer51.4%

Top companies posting jobs requiring AWS Step Functions

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring AWS Step Functions
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Barclays11
Vanguard9
ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG9
Experian8
Adyen7
MSD7
Elsevier6
Scale AI6
JPMorgan Chase & Co.5
SVB4

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 AWS Step Functions

NamePostingsShare
New York City164.4%
Hyderabad143.9%
London92.5%
Amsterdam82.2%
Pune71.9%
Bengaluru51.4%
Hamburg51.4%
McLean51.4%
Singapore51.4%

Skills commonly paired with AWS Step Functions

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-07. 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 AWS Step Functions by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s AWS Step Functions postings by all AWS Step Functions 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: 0.1% to 0.1%. 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 2,617 identified employers and covers 70% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-09 to 2026-09-07 and 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 (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.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index