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Will AI replace director of engineerings?
Based on live job postings — updated November 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting director of engineerings. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 185 live director of engineerings openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 58% of current director of engineerings openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
185live openings
58%ask for AI skills
15%remote
144companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
AI shows up directly in these openings: Artificial Intelligence, LLMs, Machine Learning. That is the part of the job changing fastest.
Employers still ask most for: Communication, Reliability, AWS, Collaboration, Distributed Systems, Organization — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Planet Labs | 6 |
| ASM | 4 |
| Roblox | 4 |
| Careers at Tide | 4 |
| Axon | 3 |
| FanDuel | 3 |
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