API Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-10-01, Skillenai has indexed 23 job postings with the title “API Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is CI/CD.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-01
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Frequently asked questions about API Engineer jobs
+How many API Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 23 job postings with the title “API Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-10-01.
+What skills do API Engineer jobs require?
Across API Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-01, the skills mentioned most often are CI/CD, Git, Node.js, GraphQL, RESTful APIs.
+Which cities are hiring the most API Engineer?
As of 2026-10-01, API Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Madrid, Milford, 100 Mile House, Ansonia, Bridgeport.
+Is API Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 23 API Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-10-01. The skill mentioned most often in API Engineer postings is CI/CD, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of API Engineer?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed API Engineer postings — last 90 days
Career paths through API Engineer
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Roles before API Engineer
Roles after API Engineer
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Software Engineer | 3 |
| Before: Intern | 1 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Engineer | 1 |
| Before: Finance Consultant | 1 |
| Before: Backend Engineer | 1 |
| Before: GRC Analyst | 1 |
| Before: Software Architect | 1 |
| Before: Full Stack Developer | 1 |
| After: Software Engineer | 3 |
| After: Web Engineer | 1 |
| After: Technical Trainer | 1 |
| After: Cybersecurity Architect | 1 |
| After: Sales Engineer | 1 |
| After: QA Automation Engineer | 1 |
| After: Teaching Assistant | 1 |
Skills most often required for API Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CI/CD | 18 | 78.3% |
| Git | 13 | 56.5% |
| Node.js | 13 | 56.5% |
| GraphQL | 13 | 56.5% |
| RESTful APIs | 13 | 56.5% |
| JavaScript | 13 | 56.5% |
| TypeScript | 13 | 56.5% |
| C# | 12 | 52.2% |
| event-driven architecture | 12 | 52.2% |
| Java | 12 | 52.2% |
| Azure DevOps | 11 | 47.8% |
| Amazon API Gateway | 11 | 47.8% |
| AWS Lambda | 11 | 47.8% |
| GitHub Actions | 11 | 47.8% |
| Webhooks | 11 | 47.8% |
Top companies posting API Engineer jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Subway | 11 |
| Ebury | 2 |
| Barclays | 1 |
| Supabase | 1 |
| TheDriveGroup | 1 |
| Babel Street | 1 |
| Gigs | 1 |
| Truezerotech | 1 |
| Equinix | 1 |
| Jobs-collaborationbetterstheworld | 1 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring API Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 2 | 8.7% |
| Milford | 2 | 8.7% |
| 100 Mile House | 1 | 4.3% |
| Ansonia | 1 | 4.3% |
| Bridgeport | 1 | 4.3% |
| Easton | 1 | 4.3% |
| Glasgow | 1 | 4.3% |
| London | 1 | 4.3% |
| Orange | 1 | 4.3% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-01, matching postings whose canonical role is “API Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- API Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-10-01
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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