Backend Jobs in Netherlands
There are 860 open Backend jobs in Netherlands on freehire right now. 176 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, cloud and ai.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR | year | €89,000 | €90,500 | €100,000 | 33 |
| EUR | month | €5,500 | €5,850 | €6,312 | 20 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- api 42%
- cloud 38%
- ai 30%
- java 27%
- ci-cd 25%
- python 23%
- microservices 22%
- kubernetes 22%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 127 · 15%
- Remote 56 · 7%
- Onsite 6 · 1%
Visa sponsorship offered in 62% of the 53 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 404
- Lead 35
- Staff 18
- Middle 8
- Intern 3
- Junior 3
Who is hiring
- 51-200 employees 97
- 1000+ employees 57
- 501-1000 employees 45
- 201-500 employees 25
- 11-50 employees 16
- 1-10 employees 3
Mid-Level Backend Engineer – Spring Boot & Microservices
Builds and maintains mission-critical backend services in Spring Boot/Java or Kotlin, integrating systems with internal and external partners while ensuring reliability and observability.
Medior Backend Engineer: Spring Boot & Integrations
Builds and maintains mission-critical backend systems in Java/Kotlin with Spring Boot, focusing on integrations for port operations and partner systems.
Medior Backend Developer
Build, maintain and modernize mission-critical backend services in Java/Kotlin with Spring Boot, integrate systems via APIs and messaging, and improve observability and reliability for Europe’s largest port’s 24/7 operations.
Medior Backend Developer
A mid-level backend developer builds and maintains mission-critical system integrations (REST/SOAP, event-driven) for a port authority’s internal application using Spring Boot, Java/Kotlin, while ensuring reliability, security, and observability in production environments.
Fintech Backend Engineer - Remote (NL-based)
Build core banking APIs and financial infrastructure for an AI-powered neobank, collaborating with product, frontend, and AI teams to scale systems securely.
Backend Engineer (Rust)
Build and maintain performance-critical Rust services and libraries, optimizing networking and I/O for low-latency systems that underpin Go-based infrastructure.
Java & Kotlin Backend Engineer — Spring, Microservices
Build and maintain backend services in Java/Kotlin using Spring Boot and microservices for a product team in Utrecht.
Medior Backend Developer | Python
Build and improve Python-based backend services for AI-driven products, using Django/FastAPI, REST APIs, and databases, while collaborating in an agile team.
Software Engineer - Backend Databricks Amsterdam, Netherlands
Build and scale backend infrastructure for Databricks’ data and AI platform, focusing on distributed systems, cloud storage backends, and high-performance services using Scala, Kubernetes, and Spark.
Senior Software Engineer - Backend Databricks Amsterdam, Netherlands
Build and scale backend infrastructure for Databricks’ data and AI platform, including distributed systems, Kubernetes, and cloud storage integrations.
Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable Distributed Systems
Build and scale Databricks' data and AI platform by developing distributed systems, services, and high-performance backend components in Java/Scala/C++.
Senior Backend Engineer (TypeScript) — High-Traffic APIs
Senior Backend Engineer building and scaling high-traffic TypeScript APIs in a Kubernetes monorepo, defining architecture and collaborating with frontend and DevOps teams.
Senior PHP Backend Engineer — Laravel, Cloud & AI Innovation
Builds scalable backend features for an e-commerce shipping platform using PHP/Laravel and contributes to AI-driven improvements in a collaborative team.
Backend Developer
Build and maintain the core Java/Spring Boot backend for a European platform that handles secure customer communications, payments, and credit management using PostgreSQL and AWS.