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Will AI replace technical support engineers?
Based on live job postings — updated November 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting technical support engineers. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 122 live technical support engineers openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 35% of current technical support engineers openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
122live openings
35%ask for AI skills
28%remote
72companies 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, Troubleshooting, Python, Linux, Problem Solving, Networking — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Verkada | 9 |
| Twilio | 5 |
| Cloudflare | 5 |
| CoreWeave | 4 |
| Datadog | 4 |
| Glean | 4 |
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