Back-end Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-25, Skillenai has indexed 67 job postings with the title “Back-end Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Java, with demand up 25% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-25
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+How many Back-end Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 67 job postings with the title “Back-end Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-25, with demand up 25% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Back-end Engineer jobs require?
Across Back-end Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-25, the skills mentioned most often are Java, AWS, Python, Distributed systems, Docker.
+Which cities are hiring the most Back-end Engineer?
As of 2026-09-25, Back-end Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing, Seattle, São Paulo.
+Is Back-end Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 67 Back-end Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-25, with demand up 25% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Back-end Engineer postings is Java, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Back-end Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Back-end Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Java | 44 | 65.7% |
| AWS | 30 | 44.8% |
| Python | 28 | 41.8% |
| Distributed systems | 24 | 35.8% |
| Docker | 21 | 31.3% |
| Kubernetes | 20 | 29.9% |
| CI/CD | 19 | 28.4% |
| Kotlin | 15 | 22.4% |
| microservices | 13 | 19.4% |
| monitoring | 12 | 17.9% |
| Redis | 11 | 16.4% |
| Terraform | 11 | 16.4% |
| MySQL | 10 | 14.9% |
| API Gateway | 10 | 14.9% |
| GCP | 10 | 14.9% |
Top metros hiring Back-end Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Seoul | 23 | 34.3% |
| Shanghai | 7 | 10.4% |
| Beijing | 6 | 9.0% |
| Seattle | 3 | 4.5% |
| São Paulo | 3 | 4.5% |
| Hyderabad | 2 | 3.0% |
| Paris | 2 | 3.0% |
| Santo Domingo | 2 | 3.0% |
| Algiers | 1 | 1.5% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-25, matching postings whose canonical role is “Back-end Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Back-end Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-25
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- 90
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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