Skill
API Design
Software Development and Engineering Practices
API design is the practice of planning how an application programming interface's endpoints, data formats, and conventions will work before and while it is built, so it is intuitive, consistent, and easy for other developers to use. It covers decisions like resource naming, versioning, authentication, error handling, and choosing an architectural style such as REST, GraphQL, or gRPC. Backend engineers and API architects practice it to ensure APIs remain scalable, secure, and maintainable over time.
API Design in the job market
Last checked October 27, 2026
- Open roles
- 116
- Employers
- 63
- Median pay
- $220,000
- Disclose pay
- 84%
on Career App
hiring for it
from 98 roles
of these roles
Open roles requiring API Design (116)
FullStack Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (LangSmith)
LangChain
New York, NY · $145,000 – $180,000
You'd be building observability and evaluation features for LangSmith, a production AI platform used by major enterprises and developers. This role suits someone who enjoys fullstack work on developer tools and wants to work directly with high-impact customers while shipping features across Go, Python, and TypeScript.
Listed on LangChain’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Engineering Manager, K4B
Kayak.com
Vilnius Office · €7,080 – €7,900 / month · Remote
Lead one or more engineering teams at a travel technology company, owning the technical roadmap, engineering practices, and people development for a domain focused on supplier integrations and content delivery. This role suits experienced engineering managers who want to shape product strategy, build high-performing teams, and influence architecture in a fast-paced travel tech environment.
Listed on Kayak.com’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Software Engineer, Internal Tools
Suno
Full-time · Boston, MA · $188,640 – $247,590
Suno seeks a Software Engineer to build internal tools and AI-powered workflows that help non-technical teams scale operations without hiring more engineers. You'll design agents, integrate third-party systems, and architect solutions across music operations, support, legal, and finance using frameworks like LangGraph and Django.
Listed on Suno’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Staff Software Engineer - Agent Marketplace
Kong Company
San Francisco, CA · $250,000 – $270,000 · Remote
This role leads the architectural design and implementation of Kong's agent marketplace infrastructure, building the transaction systems and coordination layer that enables machine-to-machine commerce. It suits an experienced distributed systems architect who has shipped autonomous agent applications and wants to establish Kong's platform leadership in the agentic era.
Listed on Kong Company’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Availability Platform
Crusoe
San Francisco, CA · $250,000 – $300,000
You'll architect and operate the control plane for one of the world's largest GPU fleets, building a platform that enables other teams to manage complex infrastructure through APIs, SDKs, and self-serve workflows instead of manual operations. This role combines distributed systems, hardware-software integration, and internal developer platform design to automate fleet operations at unprecedented scale.
Listed on Crusoe’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Software Engineer (Customer Platform)
Redpoint Ventures Portfolio
United States - Remote · $157,000 – $184,000
Join Chainguard's Platform team to design and build backend services and public APIs that power customer-facing products across the company. This role is for a senior engineer who thrives on shipping quickly, collaborating across product lines, and taking ownership of features end-to-end in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.
Listed on Redpoint Ventures Portfolio’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Product Manager, Retail Publisher Partnerships
Ibotta
Full-time · Denver, CO · $128,000 – $153,000 · Remote
Ibotta is hiring a Senior Product Manager to develop products for retail partners in their Performance Network, focusing on helping brands and retailers optimize digital promotions. This role suits someone experienced in B2B product management who enjoys working directly with business customers, using AI tools to build prototypes, and making decisions in ambiguous problem spaces.
Listed on Ibotta’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Technical Product Manager - Investor Solutions
Similarweb
Full-time · New York, NY · $145,000 – $195,000
Similarweb is seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to own data products for their Investor Solutions division, which serves hedge funds and asset managers with alternative data. The ideal candidate combines hands-on data expertise with finance domain knowledge, translating how investment firms evaluate alternative data into scalable, production-ready datasets and APIs.
Listed on Similarweb’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Tooling
Sentry
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $220,000 – $400,000 · Remote
This role focuses on integrating AI coding agents into Sentry's development workflows, building the APIs and infrastructure those agents need to operate reliably and autonomously. It suits experienced engineers comfortable spanning infrastructure and developer tooling who want to shape how AI assists software development at scale.
Listed on Sentry’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Salesforce Architect (Remote)
Rula
Full-time · Remote - United States · $152,000 – $176,700
This role designs the technical architecture for how Rula's Salesforce systems connect patients, clinicians, and insurers, with responsibility for data flows, integrations, and standards that directly affect how quickly people access mental health care. It suits experienced Salesforce architects who've owned complex implementations end-to-end, can write and review code, and communicate technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders.
Listed on Rula’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Asked for alongside API Design
Measured from the 116 open roles that name API Design — not from a curated list.
- Python44 roles37.9%
- Kubernetes25 roles21.6%
- TypeScript25 roles21.6%
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)23 roles19.8%
- Go23 roles19.8%
- Java18 roles15.5%
- JavaScript16 roles13.8%
- Microservices16 roles13.8%
What employers state they pay
Median
$220,000
Middle half
$190,000 – $260,000
From 98 of 116 open roles — the 84% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
Who employers are hiring
- Mid11%
- Senior53%
- Lead / Staff / Principal28%
- Management6%
- Executive2%
From 110 roles whose posting states a level.
Where API Design roles are
Among the 75 of 116 open roles we could place on a map.
Roles that use API Design
Employers hiring for API Design
63 in total, most open roles first.
Related skills
Curated neighbors in the taxonomy, whether or not employers ask for them together.