Top skills for Staff Engineer jobs
Based on 1,371 active Staff Engineer postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Staff Engineer postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Design56%
- Computer Science22%
- Automation21%
- Verification19%
- Innovation16%
- Manufacturing15%
- Technical Leadership13%
- CI/CD13%
- JavaScript12%
- Debugging11%
- Kubernetes10%
- Software Development10%
- Scripting9%
- Aerospace7%
- Computer Engineering7%
- GitLab6%
- Git6%
- Hiring Process6%
- DevOps6%
- Mentorship6%
- Firmware5%
- Linux5%
- Computing5%
- Algorithms5%
- Cloud Development5%
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