developer platforms jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-05-08, developer platforms appears in 113 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-08

Postings · last 90 days
113
Demand vs prior month
down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top hiring metro
San Francisco

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Frequently asked questions about developer platforms

+Is developer platforms in demand in 2026?

Yes. developer platforms appears in 113 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-08, with demand down 38% vs the prior 4 weeks.

+What skills are commonly paired with developer platforms?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-05-08), developer platforms most often appears alongside Distributed systems, Product Management, Python, observability, APIs.

+Where is developer platforms most in demand?

As of 2026-05-08, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring developer platforms are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Seattle, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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Weekly job postings requiring developer platforms — last 90 days

Top metros hiring for developer platforms

NamePostingsShare
San Francisco2541.0%
New York City1016.4%
London813.1%
Bengaluru711.5%
Seattle46.6%
Austin23.3%
Denver23.3%
Paris23.3%
Atlanta11.6%

Skills commonly paired with developer platforms

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-08. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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2026-05-08
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90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index