What Senior Software Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 1,615 open Senior Software Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, cloud, python.
Updated October 27, 2026
1,629 open Senior Software Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,615 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 72% |
| cloud | 52% |
| python | 48% |
| api | 43% |
| aws | 34% |
| distributed-systems | 34% |
| kubernetes | 34% |
| ci-cd | 30% |
| observability | 29% |
| automation | 27% |
| java | 27% |
| cpp | 25% |
| typescript | 23% |
| agentic-ai | 21% |
| sql | 19% |
| react | 19% |
| gcp | 18% |
| docker | 18% |
| linux | 18% |
| machine-learning | 17% |
| postgresql | 17% |
| azure | 16% |
| llm | 15% |
| networking | 15% |
| analytics | 14% |
| agile | 14% |
| kafka | 13% |
| terraform | 13% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 13% |
| rust | 12% |
| cloud-native | 12% |
| javascript | 11% |
| microservices | 11% |
| git | 11% |
| devops | 10% |
| github | 10% |
| rest | 10% |
| event-driven-architecture | 10% |
| saas | 9% |
| csharp | 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.
- ai 4,154
- python 2,773
- cloud 2,690
- api 2,064
- distributed-systems 1,554
- aws 1,534
- machine-learning 1,432
- kubernetes 1,418
- automation 1,365
- observability 1,322
- cpp 1,309
- ci-cd 1,309