What Senior Backend Jobs Ask For
Across 16,168 open Senior Backend postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are api, cloud, java.
Updated September 18, 2026
17,137 open Senior Backend postings. The percentages below are measured over the 16,168 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| api | 58% |
| cloud | 43% |
| java | 40% |
| aws | 35% |
| ci-cd | 35% |
| ai | 33% |
| python | 28% |
| kubernetes | 27% |
| docker | 26% |
| microservices | 26% |
| postgresql | 24% |
| sql | 24% |
| spring | 23% |
| rest | 23% |
| agile | 20% |
| kafka | 20% |
| distributed-systems | 20% |
| observability | 17% |
| devops | 16% |
| azure | 16% |
| git | 14% |
| nodejs | 14% |
| gcp | 14% |
| typescript | 14% |
| event-driven-architecture | 13% |
| nosql | 12% |
| redis | 12% |
| automation | 12% |
| mongodb | 11% |
| mysql | 10% |
| github | 10% |
| csharp | 10% |
| cloud-native | 10% |
| dotnet | 9% |
| rabbitmq | 8% |
| scrum | 8% |
| react | 8% |
| api-design | 8% |
| agentic-ai | 7% |
| data-pipelines | 7% |
"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 17,137 open Senior Backend jobs →
Across all Backend levels
Most Backend postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- api 23,089
- java 17,288
- cloud 16,813
- aws 13,715
- ci-cd 13,091
- ai 12,699
- python 11,914
- docker 10,603
- sql 10,588
- kubernetes 10,226
- postgresql 9,775
- spring 9,747