RDMA jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-10-30, RDMA appears in 334 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning RDMA.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-30
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Frequently asked questions about RDMA
+Is RDMA in demand in 2026?
Yes. RDMA appears in 334 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning RDMA (23.1% of all postings mentioning RDMA).
+What jobs require RDMA?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning RDMA are Storage Engineer (42.9% of that role’s postings mention RDMA), AI Infrastructure Engineer (9.1% of that role’s postings mention RDMA), Member of Technical Staff (8.6% of that role’s postings mention RDMA).
+What skills are commonly paired with RDMA?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-30), RDMA most often appears alongside Python, Infiniband, Kubernetes, RoCE, Linux.
+Where is RDMA most in demand?
As of 2026-10-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring RDMA are San Francisco, Sunnyvale, San Jose, Santa Clara, Palo Alto, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new RDMA content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning RDMA alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new RDMA content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after RDMA?
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 RDMA — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around RDMA
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before RDMA
Skills after RDMA
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.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: computer software | 1 |
| Before: real-time | 1 |
| Before: trusted computing | 1 |
| Before: cognitive radio networking | 1 |
| Before: second layer switching function | 1 |
| Before: Structural Health Monitoring | 1 |
| Before: GNOs | 1 |
| Before: Access network | 1 |
| After: vhost-user | 1 |
| After: QoS | 1 |
| After: SPDK | 1 |
| After: Multi-queue | 1 |
| After: mlnx BF2 | 1 |
| After: snap module | 1 |
| After: storage offloading | 1 |
| After: dual process hot upgrade solution | 1 |
Roles most likely to require RDMA
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Storage Engineer | 12 | 42.9% |
| AI Infrastructure Engineer | 6 | 9.1% |
| Member of Technical Staff | 3 | 8.6% |
| Sales Engineering Manager | 2 | 8.0% |
| AI Infrastructure Architect | 2 | 7.4% |
| Field Application Engineer | 1 | 5.0% |
| Network Engineer | 14 | 4.7% |
| ML Infrastructure Engineer | 2 | 4.7% |
| Performance Engineer | 3 | 4.5% |
| AI Systems Architect | 1 | 4.5% |
Roles with the most RDMA postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 77 | 23.1% |
| Solutions Architect | 16 | 4.8% |
| Network Engineer | 14 | 4.2% |
| Storage Engineer | 12 | 3.6% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 9 | 2.7% |
| Systems Engineer | 9 | 2.7% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 8 | 2.4% |
| AI Infrastructure Engineer | 6 | 1.8% |
| Product Manager | 6 | 1.8% |
| Software Engineering Manager | 5 | 1.5% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring RDMA
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA | 71 |
| Monolith | 21 |
| Mirantis | 16 |
| Cisco | 10 |
| Opower | 9 |
| DDN | 8 |
| Crusoe | 7 |
| Lambda | 7 |
| Nimble Storage | 7 |
| AMD | 5 |
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 RDMA
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 23 | 6.9% |
| Sunnyvale | 14 | 4.2% |
| San Jose | 12 | 3.6% |
| Santa Clara | 12 | 3.6% |
| Palo Alto | 11 | 3.3% |
| London | 8 | 2.4% |
| Milpitas | 7 | 2.1% |
| Austin | 6 | 1.8% |
| Bellevue | 6 | 1.8% |
Skills commonly paired with RDMA
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How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-30. 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 RDMA by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s RDMA postings by all RDMA 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.
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