By skill
Remote tech jobs by skill
60 skill categories tracked across the index. Pick a stack to see open positions and salary ranges.
Frameworks
16 skillsReact
The dominant front-end library on remote engineering postings.
Next.js
The default React meta-framework on remote front-end postings.
Vue
Second front-end framework on remote postings, strong in EU.
Svelte
Smaller but growing remote demand at modern web teams.
Angular
Mature framework, common on remote enterprise front-end postings.
Node.js
Default JavaScript runtime on remote backend postings.
Django
Primary Python web framework on remote backend postings.
FastAPI
Growing Python framework on modern remote backend roles.
Spring
Dominant Java framework on remote backend postings.
Tailwind CSS
Default CSS framework on modern remote front-end roles.
Redux
Established React state management on remote front-end roles.
Unity
Primary game engine on remote gameplay engineering postings.
Unreal Engine
AAA-tier engine on remote gameplay engineering postings.
Figma
Universal design tool on remote product design postings.
Storybook
Common UI component documentation tool on remote front-end roles.
WebGL
Specialized graphics skill on remote front-end and 3D postings.
Languages
10 skillsTypeScript
Default language for new web and Node services on remote teams.
JavaScript
The universal web language, still strongest on broad front-end and Node postings.
Python
The dominant language for remote data, ML, and backend roles.
Rust
Premium-paid systems language with growing remote demand.
Go
Backbone of remote-first infrastructure and platform engineering.
Java
Enterprise backbone, common on remote enterprise back-end postings.
Kotlin
Primary language for remote Android and JVM backend work.
C#
Common on remote enterprise and game backend postings.
Ruby
Strong remote presence at established SaaS companies.
PHP
Stable demand on remote backend and Laravel postings.
Mobile
3 skillsCloud platforms
3 skillsDevOps & platform
6 skillsKubernetes
Baseline orchestration skill on remote platform and SRE roles.
Docker
Ubiquitous container tooling on remote engineering postings.
Terraform
Primary IaC tool on remote platform postings.
Ansible
Common configuration management tool on remote ops roles.
Cybersecurity
Premium-paid remote category with shortage of senior candidates.
CI/CD
Pipeline skills required across remote engineering postings.
Data & databases
13 skillsPostgreSQL
Default OLTP database across remote backend postings.
MongoDB
Common document store on remote backend postings.
MySQL
Widespread on remote backend postings at established companies.
Redis
Ubiquitous caching and queuing primitive on remote backend roles.
Elasticsearch
Search and log analytics skill across remote backend postings.
Kafka
Premium event streaming skill on remote data platform postings.
Snowflake
Leading data warehouse on remote data engineering postings.
BigQuery
Default warehouse on remote GCP-anchored data teams.
dbt
Default transformation layer on remote analytics engineering roles.
Apache Spark
Distributed processing skill on remote data engineering roles.
Apache Airflow
Most-listed orchestrator on remote data engineering roles.
SQL
Foundational data skill on remote analytics, data and backend roles.
Data Engineering
Premium-paid remote data category with steady demand.
AI & ML
7 skillsPyTorch
Default ML framework on remote ML engineering postings.
TensorFlow
Established ML framework on remote ML engineering postings.
LLM Engineering
The fastest-growing remote AI specialty since 2023.
RAG
Production retrieval skill across remote AI engineering postings.
Hugging Face
Default ML model platform on remote ML engineering postings.
Machine Learning
Broadest AI category on remote engineering postings.
Prompt Engineering
Specialized AI skill peaking on remote applied AI postings.