reliability engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-08-14, reliability engineering appears in 1,358 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Software Engineer roles, with demand up 3% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-14
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+Is reliability engineering in demand in 2026?
Yes. reliability engineering appears in 1,358 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-14, with demand up 3% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Software Engineer roles (23% of Software Engineer postings list it).
+What jobs require reliability engineering?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-14, the job titles most likely to require reliability engineering are Software Engineer (23% of postings list reliability engineering), Engineering Manager (10% of postings list reliability engineering), Product Manager (6% of postings list reliability engineering).
+What skills are commonly paired with reliability engineering?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-08-14), reliability engineering most often appears alongside observability, Distributed systems, Python, performance engineering, monitoring.
+Where is reliability engineering most in demand?
As of 2026-08-14, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring reliability engineering are New York City, San Francisco, London, Toronto, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring reliability engineering — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require reliability engineering
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 310 | 22.8% |
| Engineering Manager | 133 | 9.8% |
| Product Manager | 79 | 5.8% |
| DevOps Engineer | 66 | 4.9% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 50 | 3.7% |
| Backend Engineer | 48 | 3.5% |
| Systems Engineer | 29 | 2.1% |
| Platform Engineer | 23 | 1.7% |
| Technical Program Manager | 23 | 1.7% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 20 | 1.5% |
Top metros hiring for reliability engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 102 | 7.5% |
| San Francisco | 93 | 6.8% |
| London | 41 | 3.0% |
| Toronto | 32 | 2.4% |
| Bengaluru | 30 | 2.2% |
| Seattle | 27 | 2.0% |
| Berlin | 15 | 1.1% |
| Tel Aviv | 14 | 1.0% |
| Dublin | 13 | 1.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-14. 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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