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What senior platform engineer roles require at tech companies · 20 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026

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20 senior platform engineer roles counted in the window. Browse 415 open software postings.

In short

Python is required most often, in 16 of 20 senior platform engineer roles at tech companies whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, then Go (13) and Terraform (11). Among roles that state years, 10 of 11 ask for at least 5 years. We counted 20 roles, each at a different employer.

Python
16 of 20
Required most often, of the roles we could read
5+ years
10 of 11
Of roles stating years
Remote roles
16 of 20
Of the roles we could read for it

What the postings ask for

Out of the 20 roles whose requirements we could read, of 20 in all. Too few to show shares, so we show counts.

Required
SkillRoles asking
Python
16 of 20
Go
13 of 20
Terraform
11 of 20
Kubernetes
10 of 20
AWS
9 of 20
Docker
9 of 20
Infrastructure as Code
9 of 20
Distributed Systems
8 of 20
Linux
8 of 20
CI/CD
7 of 20
Preferred
SkillRoles asking
Azure
3 of 20
Observability
3 of 20
AI
2 of 20
AWS
2 of 20
AWS Certification
2 of 20
Configuration Management
2 of 20
Cybersecurity
2 of 20
FedRAMP
2 of 20
Grafana
2 of 20
Incident Response
2 of 20

Experience

Of the 11 roles that state years

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

1+ year
11 of 11
2+ years
11 of 11
3+ years
11 of 11
5+ years
10 of 11
8+ years
1 of 11
10+ years
0 of 11

Degree

Of the 14 roles we could read for it

Required
0 of 14
Required, or experience instead
3 of 14
Preferred
2 of 14
Not mentioned
9 of 14

Pay and remote work

Of the 20 roles we could read for it

Roles stating pay
10 of 20
Remote roles
16 of 20

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How we count: 20 roles in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology