What Senior Backend Jobs Ask For
Across 314 open Senior Backend postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, api, distributed-systems.
Updated October 27, 2026
315 open Senior Backend postings. The percentages below are measured over the 314 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 62% |
| api | 59% |
| distributed-systems | 54% |
| aws | 53% |
| cloud | 51% |
| python | 48% |
| kubernetes | 47% |
| postgresql | 32% |
| java | 30% |
| observability | 30% |
| microservices | 26% |
| agentic-ai | 25% |
| docker | 25% |
| ci-cd | 24% |
| analytics | 22% |
| gcp | 20% |
| kafka | 20% |
| machine-learning | 19% |
| mysql | 19% |
| automation | 18% |
| azure | 18% |
| typescript | 18% |
| sql | 17% |
| event-driven-architecture | 17% |
| kotlin | 16% |
| redis | 16% |
| nodejs | 15% |
| cpp | 13% |
| nosql | 13% |
| rdbms | 13% |
| rest | 13% |
| cloud-native | 13% |
| llm | 13% |
| terraform | 13% |
| rust | 12% |
| saas | 12% |
| react | 12% |
| api-design | 11% |
| data-pipelines | 11% |
| grpc | 11% |
"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 315 open Senior Backend jobs →
Across all Backend levels
Most Backend postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 458
- api 452
- aws 376
- distributed-systems 364
- python 363
- cloud 362
- kubernetes 326
- java 241
- postgresql 234
- observability 228
- docker 189
- ci-cd 187