What Senior Backend Jobs Ask For
Across 12,651 open Senior Backend postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are api, cloud, java.
Updated November 3, 2026
13,244 open Senior Backend postings. The percentages below are measured over the 12,651 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| api | 62% |
| cloud | 44% |
| java | 39% |
| aws | 37% |
| ai | 35% |
| ci-cd | 35% |
| microservices | 32% |
| python | 31% |
| rest | 30% |
| kubernetes | 29% |
| docker | 29% |
| postgresql | 27% |
| sql | 25% |
| spring | 22% |
| distributed-systems | 22% |
| observability | 19% |
| kafka | 19% |
| azure | 18% |
| devops | 18% |
| gcp | 17% |
| event-driven-architecture | 16% |
| agile | 16% |
| nodejs | 16% |
| typescript | 15% |
| git | 15% |
| redis | 15% |
| nosql | 15% |
| rdbms | 12% |
| mysql | 12% |
| automation | 11% |
| mongodb | 11% |
| cloud-native | 11% |
| csharp | 10% |
| dotnet | 10% |
| github | 10% |
| react | 10% |
| api-design | 9% |
| test-automation | 9% |
| fintech | 8% |
| rabbitmq | 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 13,244 open Senior Backend jobs →
Across all Backend levels
Most Backend postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- api 20,783
- java 15,196
- cloud 13,821
- aws 11,957
- python 11,633
- ai 11,319
- ci-cd 11,201
- rest 11,063
- microservices 10,000
- docker 9,599
- sql 9,298
- kubernetes 8,976