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Kodex

Software Engineer — Integrations

KodexUnited States

Build and operate customer-facing integrations (APIs, identity federation, webhooks) connecting Kodex with third-party systems. Backend-leaning generalist with 4+ years experience in TypeScript/Node.js/React and production API experience.

150k – 180k/yr
Remote4+ YOEBackend Engineering
MongoDB

Software Engineer, Data Migration

MongoDBCalifornia +2

Software Engineer building data migration and code generation tools for modernizing legacy databases to MongoDB. Requires 2+ years backend experience with Java/Spring Boot, Kafka, CDC, and SQL databases.

109k – 215k/yr
On-site2+ YOEBackend Engineering
Mntn

Senior Software Engineer - CDS

MntnUnited States

Backend engineer building and operating high-scale Java/Kotlin services for ad serving and creative delivery pipelines. Own end-to-end systems including API design, ingestion, caching, and global delivery with strong focus on performance and reliability.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Gusto

Senior Staff Software Engineer - Pricing and Packaging

GustoSan Francisco, CA

Lead technical architecture and delivery for Gusto's internal Commerce Platform powering pricing, packaging, subscriptions, and entitlements. Own platform reliability, mentor engineers, and drive cross-functional initiatives for 500k+ small business customers.

223k – 278k/yr
Hybrid10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Ramp

Software Engineer, Banking

RampNew York, NY +1

Build large-scale backend systems for money movement and payments infrastructure at Ramp. Own end-to-end architecture, reliability, and integrations with banking and crypto rails.

142k – 335k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Mntn

Senior Software Engineer

MntnAustin, TX

Senior Backend Engineer on the Integrations team building and scaling data pipelines and connectors for a high-volume SaaS advertising platform. Requires 5+ years backend experience with distributed systems, messaging infrastructure, and strong CS fundamentals.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Vestmark

Principal Software Engineer

VestmarkBoston, MA

Principal Engineer to architect and deliver production agentic AI systems, define AI-native development standards, and build reusable frameworks for wealth management technology at scale.

160k – 190k/yr
Hybrid12+ YOEBackend Engineering
Pinterest

Manager II, Engineering - Infra

PinterestSan Francisco, CA +1

Lead technical direction for Pinterest's Cache Infra team, building and operating large-scale distributed caching systems (Redis, Memcached) serving 450M QPS across 100+ clusters. Drive modernization initiatives and mentor senior engineers.

208k – 365k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Stripe

Backend Engineer, Payments Experiences

StripeUnited States

Build and maintain new payment methods for Stripe focused on LATAM and North America. Design backend services, integrations, and partner solutions with emphasis on developer experience and scalability.

Salary not listed
Remote3+ YOEBackend Engineering
PlanetScale

Software Engineer - PlanetScale Postgres

PlanetScaleSan Francisco, CA

Design and build the control plane and tooling for a managed Postgres service, focusing on HA, DR, scaling, and automation for large-scale deployments. Requires 5+ years experience, strong Go skills, and deep Postgres/distributed systems knowledge.

120k – 290k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Drata

Senior Software Engineer 2, IAM

DrataSan Francisco, CA

Senior backend engineer leading platform architecture and development of scalable APIs and web applications in Node.js/React. Owns features end-to-end in a hybrid environment.

175k – 236k/yr
Hybrid7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Drata

Software Engineer, Monetization Platform

DrataSan Francisco, CA

Build and evolve Drata's billing and monetization platform, handling usage metering, entitlements, invoicing, and integrations with Salesforce, CPQ, and ERP systems. Requires 3+ years building backend systems and experience with modern B2B SaaS billing models.

Salary not listed
Hybrid3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Drata

Staff Software Engineer, Core GRC

DrataSan Francisco, CA

Staff-level engineer leading architecture and cross-team initiatives for Drata's GRC platform. Focuses on scalable systems, authentication infrastructure, mentoring, and roadmap collaboration in a hybrid SF office environment.

201k – 272k/yr
Hybrid10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Upstart

Senior Software Engineer - Partner Integrations and Origination Platform

UpstartUnited States

Design and build scalable backend services and platform infrastructure for loan origination workflows across products and lending partners. Own systems through the full lifecycle including design, deployment, monitoring, and on-call support.

167k – 231k/yr
Remote6+ YOEBackend Engineering
Applied Intuition

Lead Software Engineer - Autonomy/Physical AI

Applied IntuitionAnn Arbor, MI

Lead backend C++ engineer building high-performance autonomy infrastructure for defense products Axion and Acuity. Own end-to-end systems for multi-domain autonomous operations in contested environments.

150k – 200k/yr
On-site6+ YOEBackend Engineering
Applied Intuition

C++ Software Engineer - Autonomy/Physical AI

Applied IntuitionAnn Arbor, MI

Backend C++ engineer building high-performance autonomy infrastructure for defense products Axion and Acuity in Ann Arbor. Requires strong C++, systems fundamentals, Python, and U.S. citizenship with security clearance eligibility.

100k – 200k/yr
On-site3+ YOEBackend Engineering
LiveKit

Senior Software Engineer, Media Backend

LiveKitUnited States

Senior/Staff Engineer to own and improve the media pipeline and services around LiveKit's real-time core, handling ingest, export, recordings, format/codec handling, and distributed media processing at scale.

120k – 250k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Ambient.ai

Software Engineer - Backend (Product)

Ambient.aiRedwood City, CA

Design and build backend APIs and services powering enterprise security monitoring, owning product areas end-to-end with Python, data modeling, and cloud infrastructure.

168k – 205k/yr
Hybrid6+ YOEBackend Engineering
OpenAI

Software Engineer, API SDK

OpenAISan Francisco, CA +2

Build and maintain OpenAI's official SDKs across Python, Node.js, Go, Java, and Ruby. Shape developer experience for new API features and drive SDK strategy and automation.

293k – 385k/yr
Hybrid7+ YOEBackend Engineering
OpenAI

Capacity Systems Software Engineer

OpenAISan Francisco, CA

Build backend services, APIs, and data platforms that serve as the system of record for OpenAI's compute capacity planning, forecasting, and operational decision-making across a global infrastructure footprint.

125k – 228k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Stripe

Software Engineer IC-02

StripeNew York, NY

Build and maintain APIs, services, and backend systems using Ruby, Java, and TypeScript. Design microservices, work with relational/document databases, and integrate event-driven systems.

161k – 235k/yr
Hybrid3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Hedra

Senior / Staff Backend Engineer

HedraSan Francisco, CA

Design, build, and deploy scalable Python backend services and APIs on AWS to power creative tools, integrating with foundation models, Postgres, Redis, S3, and DynamoDB. Requires 5+ years building backend services with Python, Kubernetes/EKS, and relational databases.

175k – 275k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Ether.Fi

Lead Smart Contract Engineer

Ether.FiNew York, NY +1

Lead smart contract development on Ethereum/L2s for a top DeFi protocol. Design, deploy, audit, and optimize secure Solidity contracts while driving best practices and infrastructure.

240k – 300k/yr
On-siteBackend Engineering
Alpaca

Senior Software Engineer - Core Trading

AlpacaUnited States

Build and scale Alpaca's algorithmic trading platform with deep expertise in trading systems, low-latency infrastructure, and distributed systems architecture.

Salary not listed
RemoteBackend Engineering
Clickhouse

Principal Software Engineer - Postgres

ClickhouseUnited States

Principal Engineer building and extending Postgres internals for storage, replication, and performance at scale. Requires 10+ years systems programming experience in C/C++ or Rust plus deep database engine knowledge.

140k – 232k/yr
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
1Password

Staff Developer, Identity

1PasswordUnited States

Lead architect and developer for 1Password's core identity platform, designing scalable authentication, authorization, and access management systems using Go. Requires 8+ years of experience, deep Go expertise, and 5+ years in identity and access management.

192k – 278k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
ZoomInfo

Principal Software Engineer

ZoomInfoBethesda, MD +1

Principal Software Engineer leading design and development of ZoomInfo's customer-facing GraphQL API platform on top of GTM data assets. Technical anchor setting architectural direction for scalable, secure APIs used by enterprise customers and partners.

164k – 257k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Worth AI

Senior Software Engineer - Integrations

Worth AIOrlando, FL

Senior Software Engineer owning integrations with third-party providers, public APIs/SDKs, event-driven systems, and Kubernetes services. Requires 8+ years experience, deep Node.js/TypeScript expertise, and strong system design for resilient integrations.

Salary not listed
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Truffle Security

Senior Software Engineer (Azure/.NET)

Truffle SecurityUnited States

Senior backend engineer building and maintaining production Microsoft platform integrations (SharePoint, Teams, Azure) with strong focus on authentication, authorization, and enterprise-scale APIs using Go.

160k – 200k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
PlanetScale

Software Engineer - Insights

PlanetScaleSan Francisco, CA

Build customer-facing database observability product for Vitess/MySQL and PostgreSQL, including data collection pipelines, dashboards, query analysis, and performance profiling tools. Requires 5+ years experience and observability/monitoring background.

120k – 290k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
NinjaTrader

Sr. Software Engineer, Backend - NT Connect

NinjaTraderChicago, IL

Senior backend engineer building scalable API and WebSocket services for a fintech brokerage platform. Requires 8+ years experience with JVM languages, Kubernetes/GCP, and distributed systems in a hybrid Chicago role.

100k – 150k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
MongoDB

Software Engineer 3 - Query Optimization

MongoDBAtlanta, GA +2

Build and optimize MongoDB's distributed query engine, focusing on query parsing, optimization, plan selection, and execution for transactional, time-series, and analytical workloads. Requires 3+ years in data-intensive environments and strong CS fundamentals.

106k – 209k/yr
Hybrid3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Underdog Fantasy

Senior Software Engineer, Exchange

Underdog FantasyUnited States

Senior engineer building and scaling high-performance exchange infrastructure for prediction markets, including order matching, APIs (FIX/REST/WebSockets), and clearing systems. Requires 5+ years experience in low-latency systems and strong proficiency in performant languages.

160k – 240k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
PlanetScale

Software Engineer - Sharded Postgres (Neki)

PlanetScaleSan Francisco, CA

Software Engineer building PlanetScale's sharded PostgreSQL platform (Neki) from scratch. Focus on distributed systems, database engines, and high-scale query performance with strong Go and backend experience.

120k – 290k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Rippling

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - RQL

RipplingSan Francisco, CA +1

Senior backend engineer building distributed processing engines, databases, and a custom query language (RQL) for analytics and data platform products. Requires 6+ years experience and strong distributed systems skills.

168k – 280k/yr
On-site6+ YOEBackend Engineering
Twilio

Software Engineer (L3)

TwilioUnited States

Senior Software Engineer building and scaling Stytch’s backend identity platform on Twilio. Owns authentication APIs, agentic/non-human identity features, observability, and cross-team architecture. Requires 6+ years experience in high-scale cloud systems and RESTful API design.

142k – 208k/yr
Remote6+ YOEBackend Engineering
Chainguard

Senior Software Engineer (Guarded OS)

ChainguardUnited States

Senior backend engineer to operate and improve Chainguard's Kubernetes-based Elastic Build pipeline and Melange packaging tool for maintaining secure OS packages at scale.

Salary not listed
Remote4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Confluent

Senior Software Engineer II

ConfluentNew York, NY

Senior backend engineer owning design and delivery of cloud-native, multi-tenant Stream Governance services for Confluent's data streaming platform. Requires 7+ years experience building scalable distributed systems in public clouds with strong technical leadership skills.

197k – 232k/yr
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
OpenAI

Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Platform

OpenAISan Francisco, CA

Build internal AI-native apps, MCP connectors, multi-agent workflows, and reusable platform components for enterprise operations across Finance, People, and GTM. Strong Python, system design, enterprise integrations, and applied AI experience required.

230k – 385k/yr
On-siteBackend Engineering
Pinterest

Software Engineer II, Backend

PinterestUnited States

Backend engineer building scalable Pinner-facing features and distributed systems. Requires 2+ years experience, proficiency in Python/Java/Go/C++, and experience with large-scale systems.

139k – 189k/yr
Remote2+ YOEBackend Engineering
Upstart

Software Engineer, Foundations

UpstartUnited States

Build and maintain scalable backend data systems and pipelines supporting audience segmentation, marketing attribution, and customer acquisition at a leading AI lending platform.

142k – 196k/yr
Remote3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Glean

Software Engineer, APIs & Context Platform

GleanMountain View, CA

Build and evolve Glean's REST APIs, API gateway, and developer SDKs for their AI platform. Requires 5+ years experience building public-facing APIs and strong REST design skills.

210k – 260k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Snowflake

Staff Software Engineer - Parameters

SnowflakeBellevue, WA

Lead development of Snowflake's feature flagging and experimentation platform. Build scalable frameworks, APIs, and infrastructure used across engineering teams to enable safe, performant feature releases.

236k – 339k/yr
On-site8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Supabase

OrioleDB Developer (AMER)

SupabaseUnited States

Engineer driving OrioleDB evolution and PostgreSQL upstream contributions. Requires 8+ years C experience, deep PostgreSQL internals knowledge, and production database systems work.

Salary not listed
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Zocdoc

Staff Software Engineer, Search

ZocdocNew York, NY

Staff Software Engineer on the Search Services team leading design and development of high-performance backend services, APIs, and data infrastructure to power an intelligent, intent-driven search experience using embeddings, LLMs, and modern ranking models.

211k – 285k/yr
HybridBackend Engineering
Sentry

Senior Software Engineer (Node), JavaScript SDK

SentrySan Francisco, CA

Senior engineer building and maintaining JavaScript SDKs for Node.js and modern server/edge runtimes. Requires 5+ years experience with strong TypeScript/JavaScript expertise and server runtime knowledge.

190k – 280k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Databricks

Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Managed Tables

DatabricksMountain View, CA

Senior engineer building autonomous analytical data systems for Unity Catalog Managed Tables, focusing on Predictive Optimization, Liquid Clustering, and large-scale storage innovations. Requires 15+ years building distributed systems and strong expertise in databases and performance optimization.

229k – 314k/yr
On-site15+ YOEBackend Engineering
Reddit

Senior Software Engineer, GraphQL

RedditUnited States

Senior engineer building and scaling Reddit's GraphQL platform. Requires 5+ years experience with large-scale distributed backend systems, Go, and cloud infrastructure like Kubernetes and AWS/GCP.

191k – 267k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Postman

Senior Software Engineer, Postman Insights

PostmanSan Francisco, CA

Senior infrastructure engineer responsible for designing and scaling backend systems that process real-time time-series network traffic and build AI algorithms for API analysis.

210k – 240k/yr
On-site7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Addepar

Backend Software Engineer - Calculation Engines

AddeparNew York, NY

Design and scale Java-based distributed microservices for a data-intensive calculation engine. Requires 3+ years of software engineering experience with familiarity in Java, Python, SQL, Kubernetes, and related technologies.

Salary not listed
On-site3+ YOEBackend Engineering