8,608 Senior Backend jobs
Senior backend engineering roles owning server-side systems and APIs.
Senior Backend Software Engineer
Senior backend engineer at an early-stage startup building an enterprise platform for secure AI adoption — policy enforcement, agentic workflow orchestration, and a model-agnostic gateway. Day to day you design and ship backend services, APIs, and data layers primarily in TypeScript and Go (some Python) on AWS with PostgreSQL, owning what you put in production.
Senior Backend Engineer, Node & TypeScript, Stable SportsTech Co, Used by Millions
Senior backend engineer at a remote-first sports technology platform serving millions of users and tens of thousands of amateur sports organizations. The role focuses on building and scaling Node.js/TypeScript microservices, event-driven and asynchronous systems, SQL databases, and clean product-facing APIs.
Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer at a venture-backed AI infrastructure startup (sourced via recruiter Harrison Clarke) in Bellevue, WA, building a platform that gives enterprises visibility into AI spend, governance, and ROI. Day to day: designing backend services and APIs, and working across data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, integrations, and SDKs.
Senior Rust Backend Engineer -Nyc Hybrid
Senior backend engineer at an enterprise fintech building a scalable, event-driven transaction workflow platform that unifies traditional and tokenized assets. Day to day: designing Rust microservices, APIs, and adapters, integrating blockchains and banking rails, and evolving an AI-native data model with LLM tooling.
Senior Backend JavaScript Developer
Senior Backend JavaScript Developer on Bright Data's DCA_ide team in Netanya, owning end-to-end development of SaaS backend services in a microservices architecture using Node.js, MongoDB, Redis Streams, Kubernetes, and Snowflake, including LLM-powered workflows built with LangChain and LangGraph.
Senior Backend Engineer - System Services
Senior backend engineer at Context Labs in Amsterdam leading development of system services and APIs for the Immutably trusted-data platform. Day to day: hands-on technical leadership, Java (Spring/Quarkus/Helidon) services, Docker/Kubernetes microservices, distributed-ledger and cryptography work, plus mentoring engineers across distributed teams.
Senior Java Developer – Real-Time Backend on Azure/AKS
Senior Java Developer in Utrecht joining a DevOps team that supports a real-time, business-critical backend platform built from independently deployable components. Day to day you'll maintain and extend the platform and help migrate workloads to Azure/AKS while delivering new functionality for critical processes.
Senior Java Backend Developer / Krakow
Senior Java Backend Developer Location: Kraków, Poland Work Model: Hybrid — 3 days per week in the office About the Role We are looking for an experienced Senior Java Backend Developer to join a technology team in…
Senior software engineer - backend services
Senior backend engineer (hybrid, Randburg, Gauteng) who designs, builds, and maintains scalable server-side services and APIs powering a client's platform. Day-to-day work spans microservices, performance tuning, SQL/NoSQL databases, Docker, cloud platforms, and CI/CD, using languages like Java, Python, Go, or Node.js.
Remote senior blockchain backend engineer — high-impact
Senior backend engineer who designs, builds, and maintains core backend services and scalable APIs for blockchain solutions, collaborating with distributed teams on complex data flows. Core stack includes Go, Rust, Python, or Java plus blockchain protocol experience; 5+ years backend development required.
Senior software engineer - backend (java)
Senior backend engineer designing, building, and maintaining scalable, high-performance Java services and APIs for a banking & finance client in Polokwane, South Africa. Works across the full SDLC with Java frameworks (Spring Boot/Hibernate/Micronaut), microservices, SQL/NoSQL databases, and message queues in a hybrid work model.
Remote senior backend engineer
Fully remote senior backend engineer for a fast-growing SaaS client: designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend services and APIs, optimizing databases, and troubleshooting production issues within a globally distributed team. Stack includes backend languages like Python/Java/Go/Node.js/C#, SQL/NoSQL databases, cloud platforms, and Docker/Kubernetes.
Senior software engineer - backend
Senior backend engineer joining a tech-sector client in Durban, South Africa (on-site), designing and building scalable, high-performance server-side systems, APIs, and databases using languages like Python, Java, Go, or Node.js, contributing to architecture decisions and mentoring via code reviews.
Senior cloud & backend engineer — remote (sa)
Senior software engineer who designs, builds, and deploys scalable cloud-based backend services in a remote-first setup across South Africa, owning architectural decisions and mentoring junior engineers in distributed teams. Core tech: cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Docker/Kubernetes containers, and CI/CD.
Senior .net backend engineer - microservices & cloud
Senior backend engineer at Betway's Pretoria office building an enterprise-scale .NET microservices platform: shaping architecture, mentoring engineers, and tuning performance with .NET 8+/C# 12+, SQL Server, EF Core/Dapper, event-driven messaging (RabbitMQ/Kafka/Azure Service Bus), Azure DevOps, and OpenTelemetry.
Senior backend software engineer
Senior backend engineer at a logistics company's technology division in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, designing, building, and optimizing server-side services, databases, and APIs for scalable operations. Full-time, in-office role; flexible stack across Java, Python, Node.js, C#, or Go with SQL databases and REST/GraphQL APIs.
Senior backend developer - api integration
Senior Backend Developer joining a client's IT & Software team in Stellenbosch, South Africa, to design, build, and maintain backend systems, APIs, and microservices, integrate third-party services, and mentor juniors. Stack spans Python/Java/Node.js/Go, SQL/NoSQL databases, cloud platforms, and containerization.
Senior backend engineer (python/django) – hybrid & growth
Senior Backend Developer at Placements24 in Upington, South Africa, working on a hybrid basis to design, develop, and maintain Python/Django back-end systems and APIs. The role requires 5+ years of backend experience, solid PostgreSQL/MySQL database design, and REST API expertise, with cloud skills a plus.