# Load Balancing

Skill · Cloud Computing and DevOps

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/load-balancing

Load balancing is a networking and systems engineering technique that distributes incoming traffic or computing workloads across multiple servers to prevent any single server from becoming overwhelmed. It is used by IT and DevOps engineers to improve application availability, reliability, and performance, especially for high-traffic websites and services.

## Load Balancing in the job market

- Open roles: 19
- Employers hiring: 13
- Last checked: September 13, 2026

## Asked for alongside Load Balancing

Measured from the 19 open roles that name Load Balancing, not from a curated list.

- [Python](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/python) — 9 roles (47.4%)
- [Kubernetes](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/kubernetes) — 7 roles (36.8%)
- [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/amazon-web-services-aws) — 6 roles (31.6%)
- [Microsoft Azure](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/microsoft-azure) — 6 roles (31.6%)
- [Ansible](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/ansible) — 5 roles (26.3%)
- [Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/border-gateway-protocol-bgp) — 5 roles (26.3%)
- [DNS](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/dns) — 5 roles (26.3%)
- [OSPF](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/ospf) — 5 roles (26.3%)

## Roles that use Load Balancing

- [Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineer) — 6
- [Network Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/network-engineer) — 4
- [DevOps Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/devops-engineer) — 2
- [Consultant](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/consultant) — 1
- [Network Administrator](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/network-administrator) — 1
- [Product Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/product-manager) — 1

## Employers hiring for Load Balancing

- [LSEG](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/lseg) — 3 open roles
- [Menlo Ventures Portfolio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/menlo-ventures-portfolio) — 3 open roles
- [Crusoe](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crusoe) — 2 open roles
- [F5](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/f5) — 2 open roles
- [Blackstone Group](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/blackstone-group) — 1 open role
- [Broadcom Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/broadcom-inc) — 1 open role

Related skills: [Nginx](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/nginx), [Kubernetes](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/kubernetes), [Web Servers](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/web-servers), [Application Servers](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/application-servers), [Apache](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/apache), [F5 BIG-IP](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/f5-big-ip), [HAProxy](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/haproxy), [Akamai](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/akamai), [Autoscaling](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/autoscaling), [Scalability](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/scalability), [Content Delivery Network](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/content-delivery-network), [Docker Swarm](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/docker-swarm)

## Open roles requiring Load Balancing (19)

- [Networking Analyst](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/8f75b851-a0e9-4ec1-9f36-2cce963b03f4/networking-analyst-at-diamondback-energy) at [Diamondback Energy](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/diamondback-energy) — Midland, TX
- [Staff Network Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/4bdd1ae5-144b-4cc0-8a2c-72bdabf50fa8/staff-network-engineer-at-visa-inc) at [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — Full-time, Ashburn, VA, $131,600 – $210,300
- [Lead Network DevOps Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/419f3741-cb60-4782-bb52-3c1555002f5d/lead-network-devops-engineer-at-lseg) at [LSEG](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/lseg)
- [Load Balancer Network Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/750679ca-4b4f-4bca-ab0b-01baa2de099a/load-balancer-network-engineer-at-intel) at [Intel](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/intel) — Full-time, $105,300 – $175,210
- [Senior Programmability Engineer - Webassembly](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/dc3c903c-7894-4ffd-be7e-8fe7771d42f8/senior-programmability-engineer-webassembly-at-f5) at [F5](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/f5) — $161,600 – $242,400
- [Network Engineer, NetOps Infrastructure](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/eaabd7b8-a5f6-4b68-8f1b-9222d2066aaa/network-engineer-netops-infrastructure-at-ringcentral) at [RingCentral](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/ringcentral) — Full-time, Belmont, CA, $129,500 – $157,900
- [Product Management and Marketing Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d286f1a2-0344-4a11-8166-d94a46ce888a/product-management-and-marketing-manager-at-broadcom-inc) at [Broadcom Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/broadcom-inc) — USA-CA - Promontory E
- [Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Infra Ops](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/bf2cfc6e-b87e-4e00-8323-5c98b75641d6/senior-site-reliability-engineer-infra-ops-at-circle) at [Circle](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/circle) — San Francisco, CA · Remote, $152,500 – $205,000
- [DevOps Engineer, AVP - Data, Cloud, and Developer Experience](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/33ffcedb-7827-4ca0-912b-78cbe8697edd/devops-engineer-avp-data-cloud-and-developer-experience-at-blackstone-group) at [Blackstone Group](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/blackstone-group) — Miami, FL, $160,000 – $200,000
- [Software Engineer, Network Infrastructure](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/render/88cb74a4-bc28-40b1-b792-d3041e3e17d3/application) at [Render](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/render) — Remote: United States, San Francisco HQ, Remote: Canada, $236,000 – $290,000 (listed on Render's own careers site)

All 19 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?skills=4c6db0d5-53f9-442b-a204-7e1831fa1fad