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Will AI replace solutions architects?
Based on live job postings — updated September 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting solutions architects. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 1,227 live solutions architects openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 52% of current solutions architects openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
1,227live openings
52%ask for AI skills
22%remote
358companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
AI shows up directly in these openings: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning. That is the part of the job changing fastest.
Employers still ask most for: Communication, Python, AWS, Azure, Collaboration, Computer Science — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Databricks | 171 |
| MongoDB | 37 |
| Elastic | 33 |
| Stripe | 24 |
| LS3P | 19 |
| phData | 16 |
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