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API jobs and hiring demand in San Francisco, USA

Core and required roles are separated from contextual and optional mentions so the headline does not overstate job intent.

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San Francisco, USA

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13core + required roles47context + optional mentions3remote-friendly• 0 this week

Employer concentration

Anthropic accounts for 23 of 60 mentions (38%). The remaining 37 mentions span other employers.

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API market intelligence visualization

Engineering demand with role context

API market guide

API demand is best read through vacancy evidence, role context, and the technologies used alongside it. ApplyDjinn separates core and required usage from supporting mentions so candidates can distinguish hands-on ownership from general stack exposure. Current hiring evidence includes Anthropic, OpenAI, Perplexity. Leading observed locations include United States, San Francisco, USA, New York, USA.

60 live roles14 hiring companies5% remote-friendly

Vacancy evidence map

Where API carries hiring weight

Each segment represents roles where API was parsed at that evidence tier. This keeps a required production skill separate from contextual stack language.

3 Core10 Required41 Supporting6 Optional
13core + required22% of mentions
4.3roles per company14 employers

Market interpretation

What API demand means in practice

API can represent different work depending on the role family and delivery environment. The live evidence map on this page shows whether employers treat it as a primary capability, a required implementation skill, supporting context, or an optional advantage. Companion demand such as AI, Scalability, Machine Learning, Cloud helps explain the actual systems and responsibilities behind the keyword.

A credible API application should connect the skill to a concrete system, decision, and result. State what you built, configured, migrated, secured, tested, or operated; name the scale and constraints; and explain the outcome. This gives hiring teams stronger evidence than a standalone skill badge or an undifferentiated list of tools.

Product engineeringBackend and systemsPlatform integrationQuality and operations

Reading the market

Signals to look for

  • Read API together with AI, Scalability, Machine Learning, Cloud; combinations reveal the likely workload and ownership boundary.
  • Core and required mentions deserve more weight than incidental text in a company or product description.
  • Role title, seniority, location, and adjacent skills determine whether prior experience transfers directly or needs a focused ramp-up.

Geographic demand

Top API locations

United States60San Francisco, USA35New York, USA24California, United States23San Francisco, California, United States23Seattle, Washington, United States10Washington, United States10District of Columbia, United States5

Questions candidates ask

API hiring FAQ

What does API demand mean on this page?

It counts fresh vacancies where API was found in title, requirements, responsibilities, or stack evidence. The tier breakdown separates central requirements from supporting and optional mentions.

How should API appear on a CV?

Tie it to a specific project or production responsibility, the surrounding stack, the constraint you handled, and an outcome. Match the depth of the claim to the evidence shown in the target vacancy.

How API appears in job requirements

Inferred from the title and requirement wording in 60 active roles; each role is counted once. Read the methodology.

Posting evidence, not a company-wide stack claim
Main / core
5%(3)
Required
17%(10)
Supporting / context
68%(41)
Nice-to-have
10%(6)

Skills mentioned with API

A shared posting does not always require both skills. Explicit alternatives are counted separately.

AI56 together7 both required1 alternativesScalability31 together2 both requiredMachine Learning21 together0 both requiredCloud20 together2 both requiredPython18 together1 both requiredReliability Engineering18 together2 both required

Role graph

Roles hiring for API

Software Engineering 19Product Management 8Sales & Account Management 8Customer Success 6Legal & Compliance 2Product & UX Design 2Project & Program Management 2Business Development & Partnerships 1

Latest roles mentioning API

Manager, Applied AI Architecture, Enterprise Tech

Context

Anthropic — San Francisco, California, United States; New York, USA

Growth Marketing Lead

Context

Anthropic — San Francisco, California, United States; New York, USA; Seattle, Washington, United States

IT Systems Engineer

Context

Vercel — San Francisco, USA

Sr. Partnerships Manager, US Model Labs

Nice

Together AI — San Francisco, USA

Product Manager

Context

Asana — San Francisco, USA

Senior Account Executive - Technology

Nice

Cohere — San Francisco, USA

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