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Will AI replace sales engineers?
Based on live job postings — updated September 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting sales engineers. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 418 live sales engineers openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 45% of current sales engineers openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
418live openings
45%ask for AI skills
43%remote
112companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
AI shows up directly in these openings: Artificial Intelligence. That is the part of the job changing fastest.
Employers still ask most for: Communication, Networking, Computer Science, Azure, AWS, Problem Solving — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Zscaler | 71 |
| Datadog | 44 |
| Axon | 26 |
| Samsara | 21 |
| Rubrik Job Board | 17 |
| Ambient Enterprises | 14 |
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