What Staff Backend Jobs Ask For
Across 1,021 open Staff Backend postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, distributed-systems, cloud.
Updated November 3, 2026
1,068 open Staff Backend postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,021 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 60% |
| distributed-systems | 58% |
| cloud | 53% |
| aws | 52% |
| api | 52% |
| java | 42% |
| kubernetes | 41% |
| python | 41% |
| observability | 38% |
| postgresql | 31% |
| microservices | 25% |
| kafka | 23% |
| typescript | 23% |
| ci-cd | 23% |
| gcp | 21% |
| docker | 21% |
| machine-learning | 20% |
| agentic-ai | 19% |
| event-driven-architecture | 19% |
| nodejs | 18% |
| redis | 17% |
| sql | 17% |
| automation | 16% |
| azure | 15% |
| llm | 15% |
| kotlin | 15% |
| analytics | 14% |
| nosql | 14% |
| spring | 14% |
| rdbms | 13% |
| api-design | 13% |
| rest | 13% |
| cloud-native | 13% |
| fintech | 12% |
| saas | 12% |
| data-pipelines | 11% |
| terraform | 11% |
| react | 11% |
| cpp | 10% |
| devops | 10% |
"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 1,068 open Staff 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