Which roles ask for Microservices at tech companies · 143 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
143 roles counted that list Microservices, one per company, title and level; 258 postings in the window.
In short
Microservices: listed in 143 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 114 and preferred in 29. The largest group is software engineer roles: 109 of 143 (76%).
- Required
- 114 of 143 (80%)
- Of the roles that list Microservices
- Preferred
- 29 of 143 (20%)
- Of the roles that list Microservices
- Largest group
- 109 of 143 (76%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Microservices
Roles listing Microservices, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 109 | 109 of 719 (15%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 6 | 6 of 70 (9%) |
| AI engineer | 5 | 5 of 70 (7%) |
| QA engineer | 5 | 5 of 63 (8%) |
| DevOps engineer | 4 | 4 of 58 (7%) |
| Software architect | 4 | 4 of 32 |
| Platform engineer | 3 | 3 of 57 (5%) |
| Security engineer | 3 | 3 of 126 (2%) |
| Data engineer | 2 | 2 of 99 (2%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 2 | 2 of 79 (3%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Illumio5 roles
- Endor Labs4 roles
- Caliberly3 roles
- Crusoe3 roles
- JumpCloud3 roles
- Socure3 roles
- Abacus Consulting2 roles
- OPENLANE2 roles
- Okta2 roles
- Sezzle2 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 143 Microservices roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 68 of 143 (48%) |
| AWS | 64 of 143 (45%) |
| REST | 60 of 143 (42%) |
| Distributed Systems | 53 of 143 (37%) |
| Docker | 52 of 143 (36%) |
| Python | 48 of 143 (34%) |
| Kubernetes | 45 of 143 (31%) |
| Java | 44 of 143 (31%) |
| Go | 43 of 143 (30%) |
| Git | 41 of 143 (29%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | 24 of 143 (17%) |
| AWS | 22 of 143 (15%) |
| CI/CD | 22 of 143 (15%) |
| Docker | 22 of 143 (15%) |
| Azure | 15 of 143 (10%) |
| Event-Driven Architecture | 13 of 143 (9%) |
| Kafka | 11 of 143 (8%) |
| React | 11 of 143 (8%) |
| AI | 10 of 143 (7%) |
| Cybersecurity | 10 of 143 (7%) |
Experience
Of the 75 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 75 of 75 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 75 of 75 (100%)
- 3+ years
- 68 of 75 (91%)
- 5+ years
- 47 of 75 (63%)
- 8+ years
- 19 of 75 (25%)
- 10+ years
- 7 of 75 (9%)
Degree
Of the 88 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 14 of 88 (16%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 21 of 88 (24%)
- Preferred
- 4 of 88 (5%)
- Not mentioned
- 49 of 88 (56%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 143 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $133.8k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 54 of 143 (38%)
- Remote roles
- 117 of 143 (82%)
How we count: 143 roles from 116 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology