API Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-08-13, Skillenai has indexed 38 job postings with the title “API Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is CI/CD, with demand down 68% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-08-13
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+How many API Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 38 job postings with the title “API Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-08-13, with demand down 68% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do API Engineer jobs require?
Across API Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-08-13, the skills mentioned most often are CI/CD, Git, RESTful APIs, JavaScript, Java.
+Which cities are hiring the most API Engineer?
As of 2026-08-13, API Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Madrid, Milford, 100 Mile House, Ansonia, Bridgeport.
+Is API Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 38 API Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-08-13, with demand down 68% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in API Engineer postings is CI/CD, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly API Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for API Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CI/CD | 21 | 55.3% |
| Git | 18 | 47.4% |
| RESTful APIs | 18 | 47.4% |
| JavaScript | 17 | 44.7% |
| Java | 17 | 44.7% |
| C# | 16 | 42.1% |
| TypeScript | 15 | 39.5% |
| Node.js | 14 | 36.8% |
| GraphQL | 14 | 36.8% |
| Azure DevOps | 13 | 34.2% |
| Amazon API Gateway | 13 | 34.2% |
| AWS Lambda | 13 | 34.2% |
| GitHub Actions | 13 | 34.2% |
| event-driven architecture | 13 | 34.2% |
| Webhooks | 13 | 34.2% |
Top metros hiring API Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 3 | 7.9% |
| Milford | 2 | 5.3% |
| 100 Mile House | 1 | 2.6% |
| Ansonia | 1 | 2.6% |
| Bridgeport | 1 | 2.6% |
| Chennai | 1 | 2.6% |
| Derby | 1 | 2.6% |
| Easton | 1 | 2.6% |
| London | 1 | 2.6% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-08-13, matching postings whose canonical role is “API Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- API Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-08-13
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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