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Backend APIs jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-10-29, Backend APIs appears in 110 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning Backend APIs.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29

Postings · last 90 days
110
Top role · 43.6% of skill postings
Software Engineer
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about Backend APIs

+Is Backend APIs in demand in 2026?

Yes. Backend APIs appears in 110 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Backend APIs (43.6% of all postings mentioning Backend APIs).

+What jobs require Backend APIs?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Backend APIs are Full-Stack Software Engineer (3.0% of that role’s postings mention Backend APIs), Mobile Engineer (2.1% of that role’s postings mention Backend APIs), Front End Engineer (1.1% of that role’s postings mention Backend APIs).

+What skills are commonly paired with Backend APIs?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-29), Backend APIs most often appears alongside Python, Distributed systems, React, CI/CD, TypeScript.

+Where is Backend APIs most in demand?

As of 2026-10-29, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Backend APIs are San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, London, Vienna, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Backend APIs content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Backend APIs alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Backend APIs content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after Backend APIs?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring Backend APIs — last 90 days

Career paths around Backend APIs

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Backend APIs

Before Backend APIspython → Backend APIs: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairPostgreSQL → Backend APIs: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairReact → Backend APIs: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairJava → Backend APIs: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → Backend APIs: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairci/cd → Backend APIs: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairMYSQL → Backend APIs: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → Backend APIs: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairBackend APIspython: 5 movespython5 movesPostgreSQL: 5 movesPostgreSQL5 movesReact: 5 movesReact5 movesJava: 5 movesJava5 movesJenkins: 4 movesJenkins4 movesci/cd: 3 movesci/cd3 movesMYSQL: 3 movesMYSQL3 movesdocker: 3 movesdocker3 moves

Skills after Backend APIs

After Backend APIsBackend APIs → GitHub Actions: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairBackend APIs → terraform: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairBackend APIs → PostgreSQL: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairBackend APIs → EC2: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairBackend APIs → MongoDB: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairBackend APIs → MYSQL: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairBackend APIs → DynamoDB: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairBackend APIs → Lambda: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairBackend APIsGitHub Actions: 6 movesGitHub Actions6 movesterraform: 3 movesterraform3 movesPostgreSQL: 3 movesPostgreSQL3 movesEC2: 3 movesEC23 movesMongoDB: 3 movesMongoDB3 movesMYSQL: 3 movesMYSQL3 movesDynamoDB: 3 movesDynamoDB3 movesLambda: 3 movesLambda3 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: python5
Before: PostgreSQL5
Before: React5
Before: Java5
Before: Jenkins4
Before: ci/cd3
Before: MYSQL3
Before: docker3
After: GitHub Actions6
After: terraform3
After: PostgreSQL3
After: EC23
After: MongoDB3
After: MYSQL3
After: DynamoDB3
After: Lambda3

Roles most likely to require Backend APIs

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Full-Stack Software Engineer83.0%
Mobile Engineer72.1%
Front End Engineer11.1%
Fullstack Software Engineer11.1%
Principal Engineer10.6%
Director of Engineering10.5%
AI Platform Engineer10.4%
Android Engineer10.4%
iOS Engineer10.3%
Backend Engineer90.3%

Roles with the most Backend APIs postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer4843.6%
Backend Engineer98.2%
Full-Stack Software Engineer87.3%
Mobile Engineer76.4%
Machine Learning Engineer65.5%
Data Engineer43.6%
Full Stack Engineer32.7%
AI Engineer21.8%
Engineering Manager21.8%
Software Engineering Manager21.8%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Backend APIs

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Backend APIs
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Grafana Labs8
Gusto7
Scale AI7
LinkedIn6
Hive5
Sportradar4
Stripe4
Verkada3
Runware3
Uber2

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for Backend APIs

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco109.1%
New York City65.5%
Seattle54.5%
London43.6%
Vienna43.6%
Mountain View32.7%
San Mateo32.7%
Topeka32.7%
Berlin21.8%

Skills commonly paired with Backend APIs

Python (42)Distributed systems (36)React (31)CI/CD (29)TypeScript (29)Kubernetes (25)observability (21)Docker (20)Go (20)AWS (19)

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Backend APIs by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Backend APIs postings by all Backend APIs postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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data_as_of
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window_days
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index