Distributed Systems Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-08-28, Skillenai has indexed 6 job postings with the title “Distributed Systems Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Go.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-28
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+How many Distributed Systems Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 6 job postings with the title “Distributed Systems Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-08-28.
+What skills do Distributed Systems Engineer jobs require?
Across Distributed Systems Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-28, the skills mentioned most often are Go, Kubernetes, gRPC, Rust, Distributed Systems.
+Which cities are hiring the most Distributed Systems Engineer?
As of 2026-08-28, Distributed Systems Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Dublin, Prague, San Francisco, Santa Clara.
+Is Distributed Systems Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 6 Distributed Systems Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-08-28. The skill mentioned most often in Distributed Systems Engineer postings is Go, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Distributed Systems Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Distributed Systems Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Go | 6 | 100.0% |
| Kubernetes | 3 | 50.0% |
| gRPC | 3 | 50.0% |
| Rust | 3 | 50.0% |
| Distributed Systems | 3 | 50.0% |
| OpenTelemetry | 2 | 33.3% |
| memory management | 2 | 33.3% |
| CPU scheduling | 2 | 33.3% |
| memory files | 2 | 33.3% |
| io_uring | 2 | 33.3% |
| cgroups v2 | 2 | 33.3% |
| Prometheus | 2 | 33.3% |
| cgroups v1 | 2 | 33.3% |
| C/C++ | 2 | 33.3% |
| ebpf | 2 | 33.3% |
Top metros hiring Distributed Systems Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 1 | 16.7% |
| Prague | 1 | 16.7% |
| San Francisco | 1 | 16.7% |
| Santa Clara | 1 | 16.7% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-28, matching postings whose canonical role is “Distributed Systems Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Distributed Systems Engineer
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