Engineering Director jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-08-28, Skillenai has indexed 31 job postings with the title “Engineering Director” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is preventive maintenance.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-28
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+How many Engineering Director jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 31 job postings with the title “Engineering Director” over the 90 days ending 2026-08-28.
+What skills do Engineering Director jobs require?
Across Engineering Director postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-28, the skills mentioned most often are preventive maintenance, Distributed Systems, HVAC, Python, Risk management.
+Which cities are hiring the most Engineering Director?
As of 2026-08-28, Engineering Director postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in London, Phu Quoc, San Francisco, San Jose, Boston.
+Is Engineering Director a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 31 Engineering Director postings over the 90 days ending 2026-08-28. The skill mentioned most often in Engineering Director postings is preventive maintenance, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Engineering Director postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Engineering Director
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| preventive maintenance | 9 | 29.0% |
| Distributed Systems | 8 | 25.8% |
| HVAC | 6 | 19.4% |
| Python | 4 | 12.9% |
| Risk management | 4 | 12.9% |
| scalability | 4 | 12.9% |
| fire/life safety | 4 | 12.9% |
| APIs | 4 | 12.9% |
| typescript | 4 | 12.9% |
| software engineering | 3 | 9.7% |
| Project management | 3 | 9.7% |
| Electrical Systems | 3 | 9.7% |
| Software Development | 3 | 9.7% |
| AWS | 3 | 9.7% |
| contractor management | 3 | 9.7% |
Top metros hiring Engineering Director
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| London | 2 | 6.5% |
| Phu Quoc | 2 | 6.5% |
| San Francisco | 2 | 6.5% |
| San Jose | 2 | 6.5% |
| Boston | 1 | 3.2% |
| Everett | 1 | 3.2% |
| Los Angeles | 1 | 3.2% |
| Makkah | 1 | 3.2% |
| Mammoth Lakes | 1 | 3.2% |
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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 “Engineering Director”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Engineering Director
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-08-28
- window_days
- 90
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