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Reddit

Staff Software Engineer - Content Platform

RedditUnited States

Lead development of Reddit's Content Platform, owning Tier-0 services and core data models that power feeds, posting, and commenting. Design scalable distributed systems in Go/Python while mentoring engineers and driving platform evolution.

217k – 304k
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Function Health

Staff Software Engineer

Function HealthUnited States

Lead design and development of scalable health data systems as a hands-on engineering leader with 12+ years of experience. Drive cross-functional projects and solve complex technical challenges in a remote startup environment.

Salary not listed
Remote12+ YOEBackend Engineering
Chainguard

Staff Software Engineer

ChainguardUnited States

Staff engineer on the Containers team owning complex technical components of Chainguard Images, driving long-term technical direction, and mentoring engineers. Requires 10+ years experience, deep expertise in containers/Kubernetes/Go, and IaC.

205k – 231k
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Teleport

Senior Backend Engineer - Platform Scalability

TeleportUnited States

Senior backend engineer focused on platform scalability, performance, and reliability for Teleport's identity infrastructure. Requires extensive Go experience and distributed systems expertise.

222k – 342k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Level AI

Senior Backend Engineer - AI Agents

Level AIUnited States

Senior backend engineer building scalable, real-time systems and orchestration frameworks that power production-grade AI Agents for enterprise contact centers.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
PlanetScale

Software Engineer

PlanetScaleUnited States

Design and build the control plane for provisioning, scaling, and healing Neki (sharded PostgreSQL) clusters. Requires 5+ years experience, strong Go proficiency, Kubernetes, and distributed systems expertise.

120k – 290k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
PrizePicks

Senior Back End Engineer

PrizePicksUnited States

Senior backend engineer building and migrating services in Ruby on Rails and Go for PrizePicks' internal Back Office platform. Owns complex features end-to-end, drives microservices migration, mentors engineers, and participates in on-call.

175k – 185k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Cribl

Sr Software Engineer, Edge

CriblUnited States

Senior Software Engineer building and maintaining backend features for Cribl Edge, a multi-platform data collection agent running on Windows, Linux, and Mac. Requires strong OS fundamentals, TypeScript/Node.js experience, Docker/K8s, and cloud platform knowledge.

160k – 210k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Chainguard

Senior Software Engineer

ChainguardUnited States

Senior backend engineer building and evolving customer-facing platform services and public APIs in Go. Owns features end-to-end with Product and frontend teams in a fast-paced remote startup.

157k – 184k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Coinbase

Staff Software Engineer

CoinbaseUnited States

Staff Software Engineer on the Financial Engineering team owning multi-year architecture and technical strategy for Coinbase's financial data pipelines, reporting systems, and backend infrastructure in Go.

218k – 257k
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Tines

Senior Software Engineer - Government Cloud

TinesUnited States

Senior engineer building and hardening Tines features for AWS GovCloud and federal compliance environments. Focus on security controls, auditability, and abstractions enabling cross-environment development.

Salary not listed
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Coinbase

Staff Software Engineer, Payments

CoinbaseUnited States

Staff Software Engineer on the Payments team building and scaling the infrastructure, workflows, and APIs that power global fiat on- and off-ramps. Owns multi-year technical strategy, distributed systems architecture, and cross-team reliability initiatives.

218k – 257k
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Clickhouse

Senior Backend Engineer - ClickStack

ClickhouseUnited States

Senior Backend Engineer building petabyte-scale observability platform services and APIs in TypeScript/Node.js. Requires 5+ years backend experience, strong distributed systems skills, and a passion for developer tooling and open source.

130k – 230k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
ezCater

Staff Software Engineer, Search Platform

ezCaterBoston, MA

Staff-level technical owner of the Search Platform (Vespa engine, indexing pipeline, availability) at a food-tech marketplace. Sets architecture, drives relevance/ranking, and leads migration from legacy monolith. Requires 8+ years experience and deep search-engine expertise.

184k – 232k
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Coinbase

Staff Software Engineer

CoinbaseUnited States

Staff Software Engineer building and evolving Control Center, Coinbase's secure internal operations platform, into an AI-agent-ready system with MCP, agentic guardrails, and distributed backend services.

218k – 257k
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
ClickUp

Senior Backend Engineer, Platform

ClickUpUnited States

Senior backend engineer building and scaling API tooling, shared services, and distributed systems that power ClickUp's AI platform capabilities.

160k – 210k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
ClickUp

Staff Backend Engineer, Search

ClickUpUnited States

Staff-level search engineer responsible for designing, scaling, and optimizing ClickUp's search infrastructure using OpenSearch/ElasticSearch, including real-time indexing, vector search, and relevance tuning.

250k – 300k
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
ClickUp

Senior Backend Engineer, Search

ClickUpUnited States

Senior Search Engineer responsible for designing, optimizing, and scaling search infrastructure using OpenSearch/ElasticSearch, improving relevance and speed, and building vector search capabilities.

200k – 250k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Offchain Labs

Senior Backend Engineer, Rust

Offchain LabsUnited States

Build and optimize Nitro, Arbitrum's core node software for Ethereum scaling. Focus on transaction execution, state management, networking, and performance in Rust.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Weave

Senior Backend Engineer - Performance

WeaveLehi, UT

Founding Senior Backend Engineer to build Weave's performance engineering practice, focusing on scaling the Truelark platform and creating self-service testing frameworks for Go microservices on Kubernetes.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Oneleet

Software Engineer, Integrations

OneleetBeaverton, OR

Build and maintain backend integrations connecting a security platform to cloud providers and third-party tools. Focus on reliable data pipelines, API integrations, and authentication flows.

110k – 180k
Remote3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Tines

Staff Software Engineer

TinesUnited States

Lead technical direction and scale backend job processing systems and code execution engines for an intelligent workflow platform. Requires 10+ years experience with Linux systems, container runtimes, and low-level primitives in Rust or Go.

230k – 250k
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
LeafLink

Senior Backend Engineer II, Marketplace

LeafLinkUnited States

Senior backend engineer building and scaling commerce and traceability platform services using Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and AWS. Requires 5+ years of production backend experience and strong distributed systems skills.

185k – 200k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Headway

Staff Backend Software Engineer

HeadwayUnited States

Staff Backend Engineer on the Revenue Engine team setting technical direction for payment and clearinghouse platforms. Hands-on leader designing fault-tolerant integrations with Stripe, Plaid, and payer systems while mentoring engineers.

224k – 280k
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Nango

Backend Engineer

NangoUnited States

Nango is seeking Senior & Staff Backend Engineers to design and scale backend systems, APIs, and services for their open-source platform. This role involves collaborating with customers, optimizing performance, and shaping the product roadmap.

120k – 200k
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Stellar Cyber

Senior Software Engineer

Stellar CyberUnited States

Senior Staff Software Engineer building scalable backend systems and data processing components for a cybersecurity Open XDR platform, collaborating with ML researchers and product teams.

150k – 200k
Remote3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Reddit

Staff Software Engineer, Onboarding

RedditUnited States

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Onboarding team, you will define and accelerate the backend architecture for new user experiences, focusing on signal collection, personalization pipelines, and experimentation infrastructure. You will foster a growth engineering mindset and scale impact through collaborative engineering.

217k – 303k
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Confluent

Senior Software Engineer

ConfluentUnited States

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will advance the Tableflow project by developing and maintaining multi-tenant, highly available compute infrastructure and core components for table materialization and background maintenance at scale. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate storage features and infrastructure.

182k – 246k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Astra

Senior Backend Engineer

AstraUnited States

Astra is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to architect and build complex financial systems for payment processing, fraud detection, and compliance. This role involves leading technical decisions, mentoring junior engineers, and optimizing system performance within a distributed microservices architecture.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Astra

Staff Backend Engineer

AstraUnited States

Astra is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to architect and build complex financial systems for payment processing, fraud detection, and compliance. This role requires deep systems thinking, technical leadership, and experience with distributed microservices.

Salary not listed
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Anchorage

Member of Technical Staff, Atlas

AnchorageUnited States

As a Member of Technical Staff on the Atlas team, you will drive system architecture, technical direction, and team skill development. You will build secure, resilient infrastructure, review code, and implement high-quality software for digital asset settlement.

Salary not listed
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Mntn

Senior Software Engineer - Performance Pacing

MntnUnited States

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain Kotlin APIs and backend services for MNTN’s distributed pacing and ad delivery systems. You will own critical infrastructure, scale microservices, and optimize existing services for performance and maintainability.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Twilio

Staff Software Engineer - Email

TwilioUnited States

Twilio is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to build and operate highly available, scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems for their email platform. This role involves collaborating with other teams, mentoring junior engineers, and optimizing systems.

171k – 214k
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
LeafLink

Senior Backend Engineer II

LeafLinkUnited States

Senior backend engineer building and scaling Java-based financial services and transaction processing systems for a B2B cannabis marketplace.

145k – 190k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Clickhouse

Senior Software Engineer - Postgres

ClickhouseSan Francisco, CA +1

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and build backend services to orchestrate and manage database clusters in ClickHouse Cloud, focusing on a strategic Postgres initiative. This role involves extending the platform control plane, contributing to PostgreSQL extensions, and improving automation and tooling for cluster management.

140k – 230k
Remote6+ YOEBackend Engineering
Instacart

Senior Software Engineer II, Logistic Foundation

InstacartSan Francisco, CA +20

Instacart is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II for the Logistics Foundation team to lead complex platform initiatives, designing and building high-throughput distributed backend services. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional partners to deliver compliant and scalable logistics systems.

192k – 242k
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Instacart

Senior Software Engineer II, Core Experience

InstacartCalifornia +19

The Senior Software Engineer II, Core Experience will lead efforts to enhance content discoverability and purchase processes by improving backend systems. This role involves developing robust backend architectures for advanced recommendation and personalization systems, collaborating with ML engineers, product teams, and data scientists.

192k – 242k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Resend

Deliverability Engineer, Core Sending

ResendUnited States

As a Deliverability Engineer, you will be responsible for building and maintaining core components for sending transactional and marketing emails. This role requires expertise in email deliverability, reputation, and high-volume email systems.

150k – 180k
RemoteBackend Engineering
Resend

Backend Engineer , Core Sending

ResendUnited States

As a Backend Engineer on the Core Sending Squad, you will build and operate Resend’s email transport infrastructure, focusing on SMTP delivery, MTA systems, and routing. You will design systems for throttling, IP pools, and reputation-aware routing, and improve bounce classification.

150k – 170k
RemoteBackend Engineering
Seeq

Backend Software Engineer

SeeqUnited States

As a Staff+ Software Engineer, you will lead the design and development of complex software systems, mentor junior engineers, and drive innovation in a fully remote environment. You will work with backend technologies, databases, distributed computing, and cloud platforms.

170k – 205k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Oneleet

Backend Engineer

OneleetBeaverton, OR

Backend Engineer building and optimizing Go-based services, PostgreSQL schemas, and integrations for a fast-growing cybersecurity compliance platform.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Docker

Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Platform

DockerSeattle, WA

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Agentic Platform team, you will build foundational infrastructure for AI-driven workflows, focusing on agent execution runtime, orchestration, and cloud infrastructure. This role involves high ownership, driving architectural decisions, and mentoring junior engineers.

170k – 276k
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Cribl

Staff Software Engineer, Core Platform

CriblUnited States

Staff Software Engineer on the Core Platform team building scalable backend systems and APIs for ingesting, processing, and routing large-scale telemetry data. Requires strong distributed systems experience and Node.js/TypeScript expertise.

205k – 245k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Grafana Labs

Staff Backend Engineer - Grafana Enterprise | US | Remote

Grafana LabsUnited States

Staff Backend Engineer designing and building distributed Go services for Grafana Enterprise, focusing on scalability, reliability, and multi-tenancy for large-scale operators. Requires deep experience with distributed systems, gRPC APIs, databases, and Kubernetes.

Salary not listed
RemoteBackend Engineering
Dispel

Senior Backend Engineer (IC6)

DispelUnited States

Senior backend engineer building secure network infrastructure systems. Owns architecture through delivery for complex production APIs and services across cloud, database, and network layers.

150k – 169k
Remote6+ YOEBackend Engineering
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
Remote4+ 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
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
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
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