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What principal platform engineer roles require at tech companies · 2 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026

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2 principal platform engineer roles counted in the window. Browse 415 open software postings.

In short

AWS, Capacity Planning, Cost Optimization and 6 others are required most often, each in 2 of 2 principal platform engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, then .NET (1). Among roles that state years, 1 of 1 asks for at least 8 years. We counted 2 roles.

AWS, Capacity Planning and 7 others
2 of 2
Each required this often, tied for most
5+ years
1 of 1
Of roles stating years
Remote roles
2 of 2
Of the roles we could read for it

What the postings ask for

Out of the 2 roles whose requirements we could read, of 2 in all. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.

Required
SkillRoles asking
AWS
2 of 2
Capacity Planning
2 of 2
Cost Optimization
2 of 2
Cybersecurity
2 of 2
Grafana
2 of 2
Kubernetes
2 of 2
Networking
2 of 2
Prometheus
2 of 2
Terraform
2 of 2
.NET
1 of 2
Preferred
SkillRoles asking
AI Infrastructure
1 of 2
Agile
1 of 2
Cloud Security
1 of 2
Distributed Systems
1 of 2
Kafka
1 of 2
Model Serving
1 of 2
Redis
1 of 2
gRPC
1 of 2

Experience

Of the 1 role that states years

Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.

1+ year
1 of 1
2+ years
1 of 1
3+ years
1 of 1
5+ years
1 of 1
8+ years
1 of 1
10+ years
0 of 1

Degree

Of the 1 role we could read for it

Required
0 of 1
Required, or experience instead
1 of 1
Preferred
0 of 1
Not mentioned
0 of 1

Pay and remote work

Of the 2 roles we could read for it

Roles stating pay
2 of 2
Remote roles
2 of 2

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How we count: 2 roles in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology