What Staff Backend Jobs Ask For
Across 432 open Staff Backend postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, aws, distributed-systems.
Updated October 28, 2026
452 open Staff Backend postings. The percentages below are measured over the 432 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 67% |
| aws | 60% |
| distributed-systems | 60% |
| api | 55% |
| cloud | 53% |
| python | 47% |
| kubernetes | 46% |
| observability | 44% |
| java | 41% |
| postgresql | 36% |
| kafka | 25% |
| gcp | 25% |
| typescript | 23% |
| agentic-ai | 22% |
| ci-cd | 22% |
| microservices | 21% |
| docker | 19% |
| redis | 19% |
| machine-learning | 18% |
| event-driven-architecture | 18% |
| analytics | 17% |
| automation | 17% |
| azure | 17% |
| llm | 17% |
| kotlin | 16% |
| terraform | 16% |
| rust | 16% |
| sql | 16% |
| nodejs | 15% |
| cpp | 14% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 13% |
| mysql | 12% |
| grafana | 12% |
| saas | 12% |
| rest | 11% |
| cloud-native | 11% |
| nosql | 11% |
| rdbms | 11% |
| api-design | 11% |
| react | 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 452 open Staff Backend jobs →
Across all Backend levels
Most Backend postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- api 3,656
- aws 3,013
- ai 3,003
- cloud 2,990
- python 2,332
- java 2,255
- ci-cd 2,171
- kubernetes 2,091
- postgresql 1,965
- docker 1,948
- distributed-systems 1,717
- typescript 1,509