What Senior Backend Jobs Ask For
Across 13,939 open Senior Backend postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are api, cloud, java.
Updated October 15, 2026
14,800 open Senior Backend postings. The percentages below are measured over the 13,939 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| api | 62% |
| cloud | 44% |
| java | 41% |
| aws | 37% |
| ai | 35% |
| ci-cd | 35% |
| python | 29% |
| kubernetes | 29% |
| docker | 28% |
| microservices | 27% |
| postgresql | 26% |
| sql | 26% |
| rest | 25% |
| spring | 24% |
| distributed-systems | 22% |
| kafka | 19% |
| observability | 18% |
| agile | 18% |
| devops | 17% |
| azure | 16% |
| event-driven-architecture | 16% |
| nodejs | 15% |
| gcp | 15% |
| typescript | 15% |
| git | 14% |
| nosql | 13% |
| redis | 12% |
| automation | 12% |
| cloud-native | 11% |
| mysql | 10% |
| csharp | 10% |
| dotnet | 10% |
| github | 10% |
| mongodb | 10% |
| api-design | 9% |
| react | 9% |
| terraform | 9% |
| agentic-ai | 8% |
| rabbitmq | 8% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 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 14,800 open Senior Backend jobs →
Across all Backend levels
Most Backend postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- api 21,260
- java 15,239
- cloud 14,702
- aws 12,212
- ai 11,766
- ci-cd 11,651
- python 10,755
- docker 9,770
- sql 9,755
- kubernetes 9,266
- rest 9,099
- postgresql 8,654