What Staff Backend Jobs Ask For
Across 202 open Staff Backend postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, distributed-systems, aws.
Updated November 1, 2026
203 open Staff Backend postings. The percentages below are measured over the 202 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 65% |
| distributed-systems | 58% |
| aws | 57% |
| cloud | 52% |
| api | 51% |
| python | 51% |
| kubernetes | 49% |
| observability | 44% |
| postgresql | 32% |
| java | 31% |
| agentic-ai | 23% |
| kafka | 23% |
| kotlin | 22% |
| typescript | 22% |
| docker | 21% |
| gcp | 21% |
| microservices | 21% |
| ci-cd | 20% |
| llm | 19% |
| analytics | 17% |
| redis | 16% |
| sql | 16% |
| automation | 15% |
| react | 15% |
| machine-learning | 15% |
| mysql | 15% |
| nodejs | 15% |
| event-driven-architecture | 14% |
| saas | 14% |
| grafana | 13% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 11% |
| rust | 11% |
| datadog | 11% |
| nosql | 11% |
| agile | 10% |
| api-design | 10% |
| cloud-native | 10% |
| rest | 10% |
| spark | 10% |
| data-pipelines | 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 203 open Staff Backend jobs →
Across all Backend levels
Most Backend postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- api 1,997
- ai 1,419
- aws 1,400
- cloud 1,381
- postgresql 1,133
- python 1,108
- kubernetes 1,042
- java 1,019
- ci-cd 978
- docker 909
- observability 804
- distributed-systems 803