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

CurrencyPeriod25thMedian75thPostings
EURyear€89,000€90,500€100,00033
EURmonth€5,500€5,850€6,31220

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
860 jobs
Monetaryamount
last week

Backend Engineer - Open Source Security (Remote)

Europe
Netherlands

Backend engineer developing new features in PHP and CakePHP, maintaining existing code, improving test coverage, and collaborating with Sales, Customer Success, and Design teams on robust architectural solutions.

php
Enfint
last week

Senior Backend Engineer – Payments & Scalable Systems

EuropeSenior
Netherlands

Build and support payment and onboarding backend services with a focus on resilient, high-performance distributed architecture for a micro-mobility company in a hybrid Amsterdam role.

observability
DHL eCommerce
last week

Scala Backend Engineer – Event-Driven, Production Ownership

Europe
Netherlands

A Scala backend engineer who owns event-driven services end-to-end, building reliable ecommerce platforms with Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure in Utrecht.

azure docker ecommerce kafka kubernetes +2 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Voys
last week

Backend Engineer - Real Ownership in a Self-Managed Team

HybridEurope
Netherlands

Backend engineer at Voys in Groningen, writing Python/FastAPI/Django services in a self-managed scrum team, taking features from idea to production with peer reviews.

ci-cd django docker fastapi gitlab +5 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Spilberg
last week

Senior Node.js Backend Engineer — Hybrid in Amsterdam

EuropeSenior
Netherlands

Builds scalable backend systems used daily by millions of users, focusing on architecture, quality, and tech stack like TypeScript, Node.js, MySQL, Redis, and Kubernetes.

api docker kubernetes mysql nodejs +3 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
ContinuitySA
last week

Backend Engineer: Python, API-First, Cloud, Hybrid

Europe
Netherlands

Design and maintain scalable backend systems for a health-tech platform using Python, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Docker, and Kubernetes in a cloud-native environment.

api cloud cloud-native devops docker +3 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Monetaryamount
last week

Backend Engineer H/F

Europe
Netherlands

Backend Engineer developing features and maintaining an open-source cybersecurity identity/access management product using PHP and CakePHP, with a strong emphasis on security, testing, CI/CD deployment, and mentoring.

agile ai bash ci-cd docker +8 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Eenvoud Media
last week

Backend Engineer (Laravel/Node.js) - Remote & Learn Budget

Europe Licensed NL sponsor — This employer appears on the IND public register of recognised sponsors for work and highly skilled migrants. The recognition belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
Netherlands

Backend developer building varied web applications in Laravel or Node.js within a multidisciplinary team alongside designers and project managers.

gitlab javascript laravel nodejs php
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
ContinuitySA
last week

Backend Engineer

HybridEuropeContract
Netherlands

Build and maintain scalable, cloud-native backend services in Python (FastAPI, SQLAlchemy) for a global health-tech platform that connects patients to experimental treatments using AI.

ai angular api api-documentation aws +27 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Abykys
last week

Hybrid Backend Engineer — Build Europe’s Data Exchange

Europe
Netherlands

Hybrid Backend Engineer at a Haarlem startup building and extending a data exchange platform and backend services, owning features end-to-end and collaborating closely with customers and a small team.
BlueTrail
last week

Medior Backend Engineer — Spring Boot & Kotlin

Europe
Netherlands

Medior Backend Engineer developing, maintaining, and modernizing integrations with chain partners for the HaMIS mission-critical system at Port of Rotterdam, using Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot.

java kotlin spring
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Enfint
last week

backend developer for payment systems

HybridEurope
Netherlands

Backend developer designing, building, and operating payment and onboarding services for a European micro-mobility company. Core tech includes distributed backend systems, with TypeScript/Node.js, GCP (Pub/Sub, Firestore), and Grafana/Prometheus as nice-to-haves.

cloud gcp grafana nodejs observability +2 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Eenvoud Media
last week

Backend Developer

Europe Licensed NL sponsor — This employer appears on the IND public register of recognised sponsors for work and highly skilled migrants. The recognition belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
Netherlands

Building backends with Laravel or Node.js for diverse web, mobile, and data-visualization client projects as part of a multidisciplinary team at a Dutch web-development agency.

git gitlab javascript laravel nodejs +2 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
BlueTrail
last week

Backend developer

Europe
Netherlands

Develop and maintain backend services for a mission-critical port management system using Spring Boot, Java, and Kotlin, ensuring reliable integrations with internal and external partners.

java kotlin spring
64 800 – 72 000 €
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
adesso Netherlands
last week

Senior Java/Kotlin Backend Engineer - Remote & Flexible

EuropeInternshipSenior
Netherlands

Builds backend systems and integrations in Java/Kotlin with Spring Boot, reviews code, and mentors junior developers for enterprise clients.

api java kotlin spring
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Doghouse Recruitment
last week

Senior Backend Engineer - Node.js, TypeScript, AWS

EuropeSenior
Netherlands

Build and maintain backend services powering multimedia content (audio, video, players, news) across high-traffic platforms using Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS.

aws ci-cd cloud cloud-native typescript
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Clutch Canada
last week

Platform Backend Engineer - Remote, High-Impact AI Audio

Europe
Netherlands

Builds and maintains scalable backend APIs for an AI audio platform, optimizing performance and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance system reliability and innovation.

api cloud docker gcp kubernetes +1 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Corecom Consulting
last week

Senior Backend Engineer - AI & AWS, Scalable Platform

EuropeSenior
Netherlands

A Mid-Senior Back-End Developer at a consulting firm in Eindhoven designing and building scalable back-end solutions for an AI-driven education product, primarily using Node.js and AWS.

ai aws nodejs
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Menlo Ventures
last week

Senior Backend Engineer: Scale Distributed Systems

EuropeSenior
Netherlands

Builds scalable infrastructure and services for a data/AI platform, focusing on distributed systems and cloud storage reliability using Java/Scala.

ai cloud distributed-systems java scala
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Basic Fit International B.V.
last week

Senior Backend Dev (Node.js) — Scale to Millions, Hybrid

EuropeSenior Licensed NL sponsor — This employer appears on the IND public register of recognised sponsors for work and highly skilled migrants. The recognition belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
Netherlands

A Senior Backend Developer will design, build, and maintain APIs to scale infrastructure for 4.7M+ European members, using React, TypeScript, and Nest.js while collaborating in a tech-driven team.

ai api react typescript
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile

Tailor your CV for this role?

We couldn't check your fit for this role — add a CV to your profile to see it next time.

A new version of freehire is available