Which roles ask for API Design at tech companies · 94 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
94 roles counted that list API Design, one per company, title and level; 308 postings in the window.
In short
API Design: listed in 94 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 77 and preferred in 17. The largest group is software engineer roles: 83 of 94 (88%).
- Required
- 77 of 94 (82%)
- Of the roles that list API Design
- Preferred
- 17 of 94 (18%)
- Of the roles that list API Design
- Largest group
- 83 of 94 (88%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for API Design
Roles listing API Design, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 83 | 83 of 719 (12%) |
| AI engineer | 2 | 2 of 70 (3%) |
| Data engineer | 2 | 2 of 99 (2%) |
| Security engineer | 2 | 2 of 126 (2%) |
| Software architect | 2 | 2 of 32 |
| Analytics engineer | 1 | 1 of 28 |
| Mobile engineer | 1 | 1 of 38 |
| Platform engineer | 1 | 1 of 57 (2%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- mercor4 roles
- CoreWeave3 roles
- Endor Labs3 roles
- Anthropic2 roles
- Black Duck Software, Inc.2 roles
- Hercules2 roles
- Okta2 roles
- Palantir2 roles
- Spotify2 roles
- Crusoe1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 94 API Design roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| REST | 34 of 94 (36%) |
| Distributed Systems | 30 of 94 (32%) |
| TypeScript | 30 of 94 (32%) |
| Python | 27 of 94 (29%) |
| Data Modeling | 26 of 94 (28%) |
| CI/CD | 24 of 94 (26%) |
| AWS | 21 of 94 (22%) |
| React | 21 of 94 (22%) |
| Git | 18 of 94 (19%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 19 of 94 (20%) |
| Docker | 14 of 94 (15%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 14 of 94 (15%) |
| AWS | 13 of 94 (14%) |
| Kubernetes | 12 of 94 (13%) |
| LLMs | 11 of 94 (12%) |
| Python | 11 of 94 (12%) |
| AI | 10 of 94 (11%) |
| GCP | 9 of 94 (10%) |
| Kafka | 9 of 94 (10%) |
Experience
Of the 53 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 53 of 53 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 53 of 53 (100%)
- 3+ years
- 48 of 53 (91%)
- 5+ years
- 41 of 53 (77%)
- 8+ years
- 12 of 53 (23%)
- 10+ years
- 8 of 53 (15%)
Degree
Of the 64 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 4 of 64 (6%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 11 of 64 (17%)
- Preferred
- 4 of 64 (6%)
- Not mentioned
- 45 of 64 (70%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 94 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 36 of 94 (38%)
- Remote roles
- 64 of 94 (68%)
How we count: 94 roles from 81 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology