What Senior Software Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 47,155 open Senior Software Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, api, ai.
Updated November 6, 2026
49,234 open Senior Software Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 47,155 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 45% |
| api | 43% |
| ai | 39% |
| java | 34% |
| ci-cd | 33% |
| python | 32% |
| aws | 27% |
| agile | 27% |
| sql | 26% |
| automation | 25% |
| azure | 21% |
| kubernetes | 20% |
| rest | 20% |
| microservices | 18% |
| docker | 18% |
| git | 18% |
| devops | 17% |
| react | 16% |
| observability | 16% |
| typescript | 16% |
| spring | 16% |
| javascript | 16% |
| distributed-systems | 15% |
| csharp | 14% |
| linux | 14% |
| cpp | 13% |
| postgresql | 13% |
| dotnet | 12% |
| test-automation | 11% |
| gcp | 11% |
| kafka | 11% |
| github | 11% |
| scrum | 10% |
| machine-learning | 10% |
| rdbms | 10% |
| agentic-ai | 10% |
| cloud-native | 10% |
| design-patterns | 9% |
| analytics | 9% |
| networking | 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.
Browse 49,234 open Senior Software Engineering jobs →
Across all Software Engineering levels
Most Software Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 68,803
- api 64,066
- ai 62,930
- python 58,671
- java 57,168
- ci-cd 49,243
- agile 45,125
- sql 44,663
- automation 42,146
- aws 40,922
- git 30,521
- javascript 30,383