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backend developer

Learned from 100 real résumés for this role.

Across 100 real U.S. résumés for a backend developer, the most distinctive skills are Google Cloud, Ruby and Azure — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Google Cloud
33% have it · 19.3× vs average
Ruby
34% have it · 18.7× vs average
Azure
40% have it · 17.4× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

google cloud
19.3×
33% · N=33
ruby
18.7×
34% · N=34
azure
17.4×
40% · N=40
vue
15.8×
24% · N=24
go
14.8×
20% · N=20
redis
13.6×
26% · N=26
c++
11.2×
30% · N=30
python
7.2×
100% · N=100
react
7.7×
31% · N=31
c#
8.3×
24% · N=24
django
7.3×
30% · N=30
node.js
6.6×
31% · N=31
angular
6.5×
24% · N=24
postgresql
6.3×
25% · N=25
spring
4.9×
35% · N=35

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

Not enough dated career history yet to show real next moves for this role.

We show honest gaps instead of guessing.

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

developer2% · N=6

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Backend Developer need?

In 100 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Google Cloud (33% have it), Ruby (34% have it), Azure (40% have it), Vue (24% have it), Go (20% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Backend Developer roles move on to next?

Not enough dated career history exists yet for this role to show real next moves, so we say so rather than invent a path.

What roles lead into Backend Developer?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Developer (2% of arrivals, N=6).

Does this page show Backend Developer salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 100 of them are Backend Developer résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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