production operations jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-07-18, production operations appears in 142 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand up 50% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-18
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Frequently asked questions about production operations
+Is production operations in demand in 2026?
Yes. production operations appears in 142 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-18, with demand up 50% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (32% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require production operations?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-18, the job titles most likely to require production operations are Software Engineer (32% of postings list production operations), Engineering Manager (9% of postings list production operations), Site Reliability Engineer (5% of postings list production operations).
+What skills are commonly paired with production operations?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-07-18), production operations most often appears alongside Distributed systems, observability, Python, monitoring, CI/CD.
+Where is production operations most in demand?
As of 2026-07-18, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring production operations are San Francisco, Bengaluru, New York City, Toronto, Singapore, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new production operations content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring production operations — last 90 days
Job titles most likely to require production operations
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 46 | 32.4% |
| Engineering Manager | 13 | 9.2% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 7 | 4.9% |
| Backend Engineer | 6 | 4.2% |
| DevOps Engineer | 5 | 3.5% |
| Quality Program Manager | 4 | 2.8% |
| AI Director | 3 | 2.1% |
| Data Engineer | 3 | 2.1% |
| Backend Software Engineer | 2 | 1.4% |
| Fullstack Software Engineer | 2 | 1.4% |
Top metros hiring for production operations
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 10 | 7.0% |
| Bengaluru | 8 | 5.6% |
| New York City | 4 | 2.8% |
| Toronto | 4 | 2.8% |
| Singapore | 3 | 2.1% |
| Somerville | 3 | 2.1% |
| Bellevue | 2 | 1.4% |
| Boston | 2 | 1.4% |
| El Segundo | 2 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with production operations
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-18. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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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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