California Sees Growth in Backend Engineer Postings

Backend Engineer job postings in California rose by thirty percent in the last 28 days.

By Layla Hassan, Mogi Research · Oct 10, 2026

Job postings for Backend Engineers in California showed a thirty percent rise over the last 28 days. This means there were thirty percent more postings found in the most recent 28 day period compared to the 28 days before that.

This change in California may be due to increased demand for specific skills within the state. It could also reflect a seasonal hiring pattern or a shift in how employers are advertising available positions.

In contrast, Texas saw a twelve percent fall in Backend Engineer postings during the same period. The reasons for this decline are not specified in the data.

The numbers

Which states are showing the most growth in backend engineer roles in the last 28 days?

Name	Last 28 days	The 28 before	Change
California	30	23	+30%
Texas	44	50	-12%

Top roles: Backend Engineer (30)

Top employers: Ford Global (2), NetApp (2), Uber (2)

California jobs by city

Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA276 Product Manager in San Francisco, CA139 Software Engineer in Mountain View, CA82 Software Engineer in Palo Alto, CA81 Software Engineer in San Diego, CA73 Software Engineer in San Jose, CA71 Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA60 Software Engineer in El Segundo, CA51

Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 28 days to 2026-10-10 with the 28 days before them. Covers US, all states, Backend Engineer. Employers with fewer than five postings in the last eight weeks are grouped together and left out of the rankings. The company details come from the crawl's company profiles, where the crawl has one.

Written by Layla Hassan of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.

California Sees Growth in Backend Engineer Postings

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