What Senior Software Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 38,383 open Senior Software Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, api, ai.
Updated October 5, 2026
40,756 open Senior Software Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 38,383 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 46% |
| api | 42% |
| ai | 41% |
| java | 37% |
| ci-cd | 34% |
| python | 33% |
| aws | 28% |
| agile | 28% |
| sql | 25% |
| automation | 25% |
| kubernetes | 22% |
| azure | 20% |
| docker | 19% |
| microservices | 18% |
| devops | 18% |
| rest | 18% |
| git | 18% |
| typescript | 17% |
| react | 17% |
| spring | 17% |
| javascript | 16% |
| distributed-systems | 16% |
| observability | 15% |
| cpp | 15% |
| csharp | 14% |
| postgresql | 14% |
| linux | 14% |
| kafka | 12% |
| dotnet | 12% |
| gcp | 12% |
| github | 11% |
| machine-learning | 11% |
| test-automation | 11% |
| agentic-ai | 10% |
| cloud-native | 10% |
| analytics | 10% |
| scrum | 10% |
| networking | 10% |
| angular | 10% |
| llm | 9% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Software Engineering levels
Most Software Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 54,484
- ai 51,309
- api 48,750
- python 45,738
- java 45,460
- ci-cd 38,022
- agile 35,937
- sql 33,306
- automation 31,938
- aws 30,886
- javascript 23,530
- kubernetes 23,375