27,055 Backend jobs
Server-side engineering roles — APIs, services, databases and backend systems.


Senior Backend Engineer - Intercom
Who We Are Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality…


Senior Backend Engineer
Senior backend engineer on Verkada's Core Command team, scaling the Auth, Users, Roles, and Audit control planes behind its cloud-managed physical security platform (cameras, access control, sensors). Day to day: build distributed microservices in Python or Go with Postgres, Redis, Kafka, and cloud providers, onsite in San Mateo.


Staff Backend Engineer - Device Security
A Staff Backend Engineer at Verkada builds and maintains security infrastructure and backend systems for device security, developing automation for security testing and working on offensive security evaluation efforts using technologies like Go/Python and AWS.


Senior Backend Engineer, Growth
Senior Backend Engineer at Verkada building AI-powered growth systems that integrate with sales, marketing, and CRM tools to drive revenue and pipeline efficiency.


Senior Backend Engineer - Virtual Guard
Build and scale backend systems for AI-driven physical security products, designing distributed, low-latency systems to ingest, process, and act on video, audio, and sensor data from cameras/sensors to enable automated threat detection and response.


Senior Backend Engineer - Alerts and Operations
Who We Are Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality…


Staff Backend Engineer - Streaming
Staff Backend Engineer designing and scaling cloud-native video/audio streaming infrastructure for millions of IoT cameras at a physical security platform, using Go/Python, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Senior Automation Engineer (Backend Testing & Data Migration Testing)
Onsite senior automation engineer in Chicago focused on backend and data migration testing: designing migration test strategies, building automated validation and reconciliation frameworks, and verifying source-to-target data integrity using Python/Java, SQL, and databases like Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and Snowflake.
Engineering Manager, Backend (Payments)
Hands-on engineering manager leading a small backend team that owns payments and subscription infrastructure (Apple StoreKit 2, App Store Server APIs, server-side billing, webhooks, reconciliation) at a profitable, high-growth consumer tech company. About 20% hands-on coding plus architecture, code reviews, hiring, and mentoring; fully remote in the US.
Senior Software Engineer - Backend
Senior backend engineer at Jobba Trade Technologies, a cloud SaaS for commercial roofing job management. Day to day: modernize a legacy .NET Framework system to .NET 10, design cloud-native distributed services (C#, DDD, REST, Kafka/Azure messaging, Docker/Kubernetes), do data modeling, and lead architecture with IaC and CI/CD. 10+ years experience; 4 days onsite in Rosemont.
Staff Backend Software Engineer
Own backend architecture end to end at an early-stage, stealth, venture-backed startup building the commerce layer for designing physical spaces, using agentic AI and computer vision. Day to day: design APIs and schemas, build distributed async workflows and queues, real-time collaboration and multi-tenant systems, and set up infrastructure-as-code on AWS.
Backend Engineer for AI Agent Orchestration (Remote)
Freelance, fully remote backend role at Outlier building production-grade modular services (data parsing, logic processing, reporting) that help improve AI agents for leading companies. Flexible, self-chosen schedule with weekly payments, paying up to $50/hour.
Senior Java Backend Developer - W2 role - USC/GC
Onsite senior Java backend role in Chicago (W2, US citizens/green-card holders only) for an engineer with 13+ years designing, building, and tuning enterprise microservices using Java 11/17+, Spring Boot, SQL/NoSQL databases, messaging like Kafka, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Docker/Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
Java Backend Developer with AWS
Full-time, onsite Java backend developer role in Jersey City, NJ: build and maintain backend applications in Java and use AWS services for deployment and scalability. Requires 5+ years of Java experience and strong AWS skills; offered via Pyramid Consulting for its client.
Jr. Java backend developer
Jr. Java backend developer on a W2 contract in Raleigh, NC, building RESTful APIs and microservices with Java 11/17, Spring Boot, SQL databases, and Git/CI-CD. The role emphasizes AI-assisted coding (e.g., Copilot) and prefers exposure to Kafka, Docker/Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and financial-services systems.
Senior Backend Engineer, Payments
Fully remote senior backend engineer role (hired via search firm Day One Partners) at a profitable, high-growth consumer tech company. You build and scale subscription/payment infrastructure: Apple StoreKit 2 and App Store Server APIs, Stripe billing, transaction verification, webhooks, reconciliation, and distributed backend services; Node.js/TypeScript preferred.
Senior Backend Engineer
Senior backend engineer at a Series B scale-up in NYC, designing and scaling distributed backend systems, high-volume data pipelines, and event-driven services. Requires 8–10+ years' experience and proficiency in at least two of TypeScript, Python, and Go. Pays up to $260k base plus equity, hybrid (3 days/week in Lower Manhattan).
Senior Staff Backend Software Engineer, Grid Applications
Senior staff backend engineer/tech lead at Tapestry (Google's AI-powered electric grid group) defining technical strategy and architecture for planet-scale enterprise grid applications. Day-to-day: leading large-scale distributed backend systems, mentoring senior engineers, and hands-on work in Java/Kotlin on Google Cloud.
Senior Staff Backend Software Engineer, Grid Applications, Tapestry
Senior backend engineer on Tapestry (an Alphabet/Google group building the AI-powered electric grid) designs and builds a massive-scale, LLM-enabled Agentic Data Platform for grid data ingestion, enrichment, and retrieval. Work centers on secure cloud-scale backend services and streaming infrastructure using Java/Kotlin or Go, gRPC/REST, PostgreSQL/MySQL, and GCP.
Senior C++ / Android Systems Engineer – AOSP, Backend & Telemetry
Senior engineer owning work across the stack: modern C++ on Linux/Android with AOSP and embedded Android system services, plus backend services, telemetry, diagnostics and data analysis. Based onsite in the Albany area of Western Australia.