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Will AI replace site reliability engineers?
Based on live job postings — updated November 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting site reliability engineers. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 340 live site reliability engineers openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 35% of current site reliability engineers openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
340live openings
35%ask for AI skills
17%remote
158companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
Employers still ask most for: Kubernetes, Python, Site Reliability Engineering, Reliability, Terraform, AWS — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| SpaceX | 32 |
| Okta | 18 |
| MongoDB | 13 |
| Anduril Industries | 11 |
| Zscaler | 9 |
| Encora | 8 |
See the full Site Reliability Engineer data page →