RÉSUMÉ KEYWORDS · OCTOBER 2026
Backend Engineer résumé keywords
The skills employers list as required in 928 Backend Engineer job postings posted July 9, 2026 to October 7, 2026, most listed first.
Top skills in Backend Engineer postings
| Skill | Share of postings | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Distributed systems | 24% | 223 |
| REST APIs | 19% | 178 |
| Python | 14% | 132 |
| Java | 14% | 130 |
| Microservices | 12% | 110 |
| Go | 10% | 88 |
| SQL | 8% | 73 |
| PostgreSQL | 7% | 68 |
| System design | 7% | 67 |
| Spring Boot | 7% | 62 |
| Kubernetes | 6% | 57 |
| Node.js | 6% | 54 |
| AWS | 6% | 53 |
| Test automation | 6% | 53 |
| CI/CD | 5% | 48 |
| TypeScript | 5% | 45 |
| Docker | 5% | 43 |
| Kafka | 4% | 37 |
| PHP | 4% | 34 |
| Spring | 4% | 33 |
| MySQL | 3% | 28 |
| Observability | 3% | 27 |
| Agile | 3% | 25 |
| Kotlin | 2% | 22 |
| Object-oriented programming | 2% | 22 |
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