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+3.8%
API & Cloud Architecture
165Live openings
$164,407Median salary
78Roles demanding it
19.8%Avg. posting demand

Demand over time

Where it's in demand

Roles whose live postings ask for this skill most often.

API Engineer
80%
$125,763
Product Manager, API
60%
$137,500
Software Engineer
50%
$150,417
Senior Software Engineer
50%
$208,384
Senior Backend Engineer
50%
$125,000
Platform Engineer
50%
$218,124
Full-Stack Engineer
40%
$127,448
Principal Software Engineer
40%
$159,429
Test Automation Engineer
40%
$134,932
AI Engineer
31%
$156,500

Pairs with

Skills that show up alongside this one, beyond chance.

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Distributed Systems37 roles
CI/CD57 roles
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Kubernetes35 roles
Unit Testing26 roles
DevOps50 roles
JavaScript/TypeScript36 roles
Backend Development14 roles
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