Top skills for Staff Backend Engineer jobs
Based on 73 active Staff Backend Engineer postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Staff Backend Engineer postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Design83%
- Kubernetes42%
- Backend Systems40%
- PostgreSQL40%
- TypeScript31%
- Node.js28%
- Technical Leadership28%
- CI/CD21%
- Redis19%
- Concurrency18%
- Debugging17%
- Shipping17%
- Computer Science15%
- Analytics14%
- API Design14%
- Grafana14%
- Mentorship14%
- ElasticSearch13%
- Experimentation13%
- NoSQL13%
- Surfacing13%
- Caching11%
- Finance11%
- Async10%
- Operability10%
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