What Principal Architecture Jobs Ask For
Across 1,405 open Principal Architecture postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, ai, automation.
Updated October 28, 2026
1,446 open Principal Architecture postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,405 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 70% |
| ai | 67% |
| automation | 36% |
| aws | 36% |
| api | 34% |
| azure | 34% |
| machine-learning | 29% |
| agentic-ai | 27% |
| ci-cd | 23% |
| gcp | 23% |
| analytics | 22% |
| python | 22% |
| cloud-native | 22% |
| llm | 20% |
| observability | 19% |
| networking | 18% |
| kubernetes | 17% |
| event-driven-architecture | 15% |
| pre-sales | 14% |
| agile | 13% |
| generative-ai | 13% |
| distributed-systems | 13% |
| solution-design | 13% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 12% |
| java | 12% |
| stakeholder-management | 12% |
| microservices | 12% |
| cybersecurity | 11% |
| togaf | 11% |
| saas | 11% |
| devops | 11% |
| data-governance | 11% |
| data-engineering | 10% |
| sql | 10% |
| data-pipelines | 9% |
| iam | 9% |
| databricks | 9% |
| data-science | 9% |
| terraform | 9% |
| data-modeling | 8% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 1,446 open Principal Architecture jobs →
Across all Architecture levels
Most Architecture postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 9,606
- ai 7,902
- azure 5,027
- api 4,756
- aws 4,422
- automation 3,941
- analytics 3,156
- ci-cd 3,081
- python 3,075
- agile 2,738
- machine-learning 2,706
- devops 2,664