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low latency jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-10-26, low latency appears in 81 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning low latency.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-26

Postings · last 90 days
81
Top role · 39.5% of skill postings
Software Engineer
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about low latency

+Is low latency in demand in 2026?

Yes. low latency appears in 81 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-26. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning low latency (39.5% of all postings mentioning low latency).

+What jobs require low latency?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-26, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning low latency are C++ Developer (5.0% of that role’s postings mention low latency), ML Infrastructure Engineer (2.1% of that role’s postings mention low latency), Back-end Engineer (1.3% of that role’s postings mention low latency).

+What skills are commonly paired with low latency?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-26), low latency most often appears alongside High availability, Distributed systems, Python, C++, Java.

+Where is low latency most in demand?

As of 2026-10-26, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring low latency are San Francisco, London, Lisbon, Chicago, Austin, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new low latency content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning low latency alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new low latency content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after low latency?

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 low latency — last 90 days

Career paths around low latency

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before low latency

Before low latencyCI/CD pipelines → low latency: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairdeployment workflows → low latency: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAutomated payment → low latency: 1 observed employer moves with this skill paircross-browser compatibility → low latency: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairAccessControl → low latency: 1 observed employer moves with this skill paircontainerized deployment → low latency: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairPHP → low latency: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairRF environments → low latency: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairlow latencyCI/CD pipelines: 2 movesCI/CD pipelines2 movesdeployment workflows: 1 movesdeploymentworkflows1 movesAutomated payment: 1 movesAutomated payment1 movescross-browser compatibility: 1 movescross-browsercompatibility1 movesAccessControl: 1 movesAccessControl1 movescontainerized deployment: 1 movescontainerizeddeployment1 movesPHP: 1 movesPHP1 movesRF environments: 1 movesRF environments1 moves

Skills after low latency

After low latencylow latency → FAISS: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairlow latency → Aerospike: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairlow latency → ML training pipelines: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairlow latency → vertex ai: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairlow latency → Runtime: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairlow latency → langgraph: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairlow latency → Vertex AI (Compute, Storage, GKE): 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairlow latency → kubernetes: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairlow latencyFAISS: 1 movesFAISS1 movesAerospike: 1 movesAerospike1 movesML training pipelines: 1 movesML trainingpipelines1 movesvertex ai: 1 movesvertex ai1 movesRuntime: 1 movesRuntime1 moveslanggraph: 1 moveslanggraph1 movesVertex AI (Compute, Storage, GKE): 1 movesVertex AI(Compute, Storage,GKE)1 moveskubernetes: 1 moveskubernetes1 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: CI/CD pipelines2
Before: deployment workflows1
Before: Automated payment1
Before: cross-browser compatibility1
Before: AccessControl1
Before: containerized deployment1
Before: PHP1
Before: RF environments1
After: FAISS1
After: Aerospike1
After: ML training pipelines1
After: vertex ai1
After: Runtime1
After: langgraph1
After: Vertex AI (Compute, Storage, GKE)1
After: kubernetes1

Roles most likely to require low latency

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

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
C++ Developer15.0%
ML Infrastructure Engineer12.1%
Back-end Engineer11.3%
Robotics Software Engineer21.3%
Systems Software Engineer10.8%
Network Engineer20.7%
Head of Engineering10.6%
Solution Engineer10.5%
Backend Developer20.5%
Engineering Director10.5%

Roles with the most low latency postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer3239.5%
Engineering Manager78.6%
Backend Engineer67.4%
Technical Services Manager44.9%
Backend Developer22.5%
Backend Software Engineer22.5%
Machine Learning Engineer22.5%
Network Engineer22.5%
Robotics Software Engineer22.5%
AI Engineer11.2%

Top companies posting jobs requiring low latency

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

Top companies posting jobs requiring low latency
CompanyPostings · 90 days
CHAOS Industries7
MongoDB4
Susquehanna International Group4
Synthesia3
Catawiki3
Adyen2
Fmr2
Bet3652
Stripe2
Cohere2

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 low latency

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco1012.3%
London67.4%
Lisbon56.2%
Chicago33.7%
Austin22.5%
Dublin22.5%
Hyderabad22.5%
New York City22.5%
San Jose22.5%

Skills commonly paired with low latency

High availability (33)Distributed systems (30)Python (23)C++ (19)Java (14)Kubernetes (13)observability (13)TypeScript (12)testing (11)CI/CD (11)

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-26. 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 low latency by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s low latency postings by all low latency 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.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
84a2abeff54cb479
data_as_of
2026-10-26
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index