What Senior Backend Jobs Ask For
Across 2,215 open Senior Backend postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are api, ai, cloud.
Updated October 28, 2026
2,230 open Senior Backend postings. The percentages below are measured over the 2,215 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| api | 65% |
| ai | 54% |
| cloud | 52% |
| aws | 50% |
| kubernetes | 39% |
| ci-cd | 38% |
| python | 38% |
| postgresql | 35% |
| distributed-systems | 34% |
| java | 34% |
| docker | 33% |
| observability | 31% |
| microservices | 28% |
| typescript | 26% |
| kafka | 24% |
| rest | 24% |
| event-driven-architecture | 23% |
| sql | 22% |
| azure | 21% |
| gcp | 21% |
| automation | 18% |
| devops | 18% |
| agile | 18% |
| nodejs | 18% |
| spring | 17% |
| redis | 15% |
| nosql | 15% |
| agentic-ai | 15% |
| terraform | 14% |
| react | 14% |
| github | 13% |
| rdbms | 13% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 13% |
| kotlin | 13% |
| git | 13% |
| cloud-native | 12% |
| machine-learning | 12% |
| mysql | 12% |
| llm | 12% |
| saas | 11% |
"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 2,230 open Senior Backend jobs →
Across all Backend levels
Most Backend postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- api 3,655
- aws 3,012
- ai 3,002
- cloud 2,989
- python 2,331
- java 2,255
- ci-cd 2,170
- kubernetes 2,091
- postgresql 1,965
- docker 1,948
- distributed-systems 1,717
- typescript 1,509