What Staff Backend Jobs Ask For
Across 1,078 open Staff Backend postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, cloud, distributed-systems.
Updated October 8, 2026
1,142 open Staff Backend postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,078 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 58% |
| cloud | 53% |
| distributed-systems | 52% |
| aws | 50% |
| api | 50% |
| java | 40% |
| python | 39% |
| kubernetes | 38% |
| observability | 32% |
| postgresql | 28% |
| ci-cd | 27% |
| kafka | 23% |
| microservices | 22% |
| typescript | 21% |
| gcp | 19% |
| machine-learning | 18% |
| docker | 18% |
| agentic-ai | 18% |
| event-driven-architecture | 18% |
| automation | 17% |
| nodejs | 16% |
| analytics | 16% |
| sql | 16% |
| redis | 16% |
| rest | 15% |
| saas | 15% |
| azure | 15% |
| kotlin | 14% |
| spring | 13% |
| llm | 13% |
| cloud-native | 12% |
| nosql | 12% |
| mysql | 12% |
| devops | 12% |
| data-pipelines | 11% |
| rust | 11% |
| terraform | 11% |
| react | 10% |
| cpp | 10% |
| fintech | 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 1,142 open Staff Backend jobs →
Across all Backend levels
Most Backend postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- api 20,294
- java 14,735
- cloud 14,174
- aws 11,689
- ai 11,350
- ci-cd 11,240
- python 10,248
- docker 9,330
- sql 9,228
- kubernetes 8,958
- rest 8,683
- postgresql 8,389