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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Software Engineer, Ads
RedditUnited States
Backend engineer developing microservices, distributed systems, and real-time data platforms for Reddit's advertising products. Requires 3+ years experience with ownership of features in Go, Python, or Scala.
164k – 230k/yr
Remote3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Payments
Order.coUnited States
Senior Software Engineer on the Payments team owning virtual card issuance, bank connections, accounting integrations, invoicing, and ACH/RTP rails. Must have deep expertise in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, payment processors, and secure money-movement systems.
Salary not listed
RemoteBackend Engineering
Senior Backend Engineer
WeaveUnited States
Design, build, and maintain scalable Golang backend services and APIs for a healthcare platform. Drive architecture, observability, and mentor engineers while participating in on-call rotations.
Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Software Engineer, Lifecycle
UpstartUnited States
Backend engineer on the Lifecycle team building scalable services for SMS, email, push and real-time marketing automation. Partner with marketing, analytics and ML teams to deliver data-driven engagement at Upstart.
136k – 197k/yr
Remote3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer - Tax Platform
AlpacaUnited States
Architects, builds, and scales mission-critical tax platform systems using Golang microservices, Temporal workflows, and Redpanda data pipelines to ensure compliance and accuracy in financial operations. Requires 5+ years experience with deep Golang and distributed systems expertise.
Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer - Query Execution
MongoDBNew York, NY +1
Develops and optimizes MongoDB's core query execution engine, converting logical plans to efficient physical operators for transactional and analytical workloads. Requires 10+ years in query engines/database internals, C++ expertise, and technical leadership.
151k – 297k/yr
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Backend Engineer
SardineUnited States
Leads development of backend systems for compliance platform including KYC, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and regulatory reporting. Requires 7+ years backend experience, ideally in Golang, with high-throughput data processing and integrations in regulated environments.
170k – 600k/yr
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Media Experiences
RedditUnited States
Leads technical architecture for Reddit's global media infrastructure, designing scalable systems for video/audio ingestion, processing, and delivery. Partners with cross-functional teams to optimize pipelines, integrate AI, and mentor engineers, requiring 8+ years in distributed systems.
217k – 303k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer - Snowflake Postgres
SnowflakeMenlo Park, CA
Build and scale a multi-cloud Postgres OLTP service at Snowflake, orchestrating databases with Ruby, integrating with major cloud APIs, and ensuring high availability for massive datasets. Requires 7+ years experience with distributed systems, Postgres, Ruby/Go, and cloud infrastructure.
200k – 288k/yr
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Remote
NexHealthUnited States
Build and scale backend systems for healthcare API platform, including real-time EHR integrations, data lakes from terabytes to petabytes, and core infrastructure for 100x growth. Requires 5+ years backend experience with Kubernetes, AWS, PostgreSQL, and DevOps practices.
165k – 230k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Software Engineer III (Ruby on Rails) (Marketing Technology)
PrizePicksUnited States
Builds and owns Ruby on Rails backend services for marketing technology, including CDP integrations and marketing automation. Requires 3-5 years experience with Rails, PostgreSQL, APIs, and martech tools like Braze; guides juniors and collaborates cross-functionally.
145k – 155k/yr
Remote3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer - Market Data
AlpacaUnited States
Builds and scales market data systems for low-latency trading APIs covering stocks, options, crypto, and FX. Requires 4+ years experience with Go, Kubernetes, GCP, networking, and Linux for high-scale backend services.
Salary not listed
Remote4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Backend Engineer, Core Sending
ResendUnited States
Builds and scales core email sending infrastructure handling millions of daily requests and emails. Designs high-availability systems, async pipelines, and databases with 8+ years backend experience focused on AWS cloud infrastructure.
120k – 140k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Backend Senior Software Engineer, Identity
VantaUnited States
Leads complex backend projects on the Identity team, designing scalable identity primitives for agentic capabilities, enforcing permissions, and ensuring auditable actions. Requires 8+ years backend experience, strong auth/authz knowledge (OIDC/SAML/RBAC), and distributed systems expertise.
195k – 229k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Community Builders
RedditUnited States
Leads backend architecture and technical strategy for Reddit's community growth team, partnering on ML-powered recommendation systems for feeds/search/onboarding to drive engagement. Requires 7+ years experience with ranking/personalization, data-driven experimentation, and cross-team collaboration.
217k – 304k/yr
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Home & Cross-Retailer Search
InstacartUnited States
Leads architecture and technical vision for Home & Cross-Retailer Search infrastructure, owning retrieval, ranking, indexing, and ML-driven personalization at massive scale. Requires 10+ years experience in backend systems, search/recommendations, and cross-team leadership.
221k – 279k/yr
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Identity
AttentiveNew York, NY +1
Senior Software Engineer on Identity team owns and improves high-scale systems processing billions of events daily for accurate customer identity resolution, session enrichment, and matching algorithms. Collaborates with product, data science, and analytics; requires 5+ years experience with real-time data systems.
Builds and operates scalable multi-tenant backend systems for Grafana App Platform, refactoring core architecture for OSS and proprietary apps. Requires strong Golang skills, SaaS experience with distributed systems challenges, and cross-team collaboration including on-call.
175k – 210k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Backend Engineer, Expansion
StripeUnited States
Builds server-side systems, APIs, data pipelines, and LLM orchestration for dynamic user acquisition tools at Stripe. Requires 5+ years backend experience, distributed systems, and LLM integration for production-grade, reliable services.
Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer II, Kora Compute
ConfluentUnited States
Builds highly available, scalable, multi-tenant compute layer for Kora, Confluent's cloud-native event streaming platform. Requires 4+ years in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems expertise, and proficiency in Java, Scala, C/C++, or Go.
219k – 257k/yr
Remote4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Backend Engineer
BestowDallas, TX
Staff Backend Engineer owns technical architecture for IPC services, builds and operates backend systems using Python, Go, and Java on Kubernetes in GCP, leads cross-team initiatives, ensures reliability, and mentors engineers while using AI coding tools.
202k – 238k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer - AI SDK
TemporalUnited States
Designs and implements AI SDK features for Temporal, supporting diverse frameworks in Python and TypeScript. Requires deep AI expertise, concurrent programming, open source contributions, and strong API/documentation skills; BS/MS in CS preferred.
224k – 302k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Backend Engineer
Lightning AINew York, NY +2
Build scalable backend systems in Go for a SaaS product, partnering with product leaders to deliver features, improve performance, and mentor engineers. Requires extensive Go experience, cloud platforms, and end-to-end ownership in high-uncertainty environments.
Builds and operates backend reconciliation systems for Grafana Cloud stack lifecycle management, ensuring state alignment across services like SSS, grafana.com, and infrastructure. Collaborates cross-team on reliability, scalability, and operational improvements for customer stacks.
Salary not listed
RemoteBackend Engineering
Software Engineer II, Backend, tvScientific
PinterestSan Francisco, CA
Builds and scales backend services for contract lifecycle management, billing models (CPA/CPM), and integrations with finance systems. Requires strong software engineering in JavaScript/Python/Java, API development, and collaboration with product/finance teams.
124k – 255k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
CLI Engineer
SupabaseUnited States
Builds and maintains backend APIs with NestJS/TypeScript (80%) and cross-platform CLI tools (20%) for local development experience. Requires 5+ years backend experience, strong TypeScript, and hands-on CLI development skills.
Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior AI Engineer, Applied AI
ClariumUnited States
Builds production backend systems and AI applications integrating LLM APIs for healthcare supply chain platform. Requires 5+ years backend experience and 1+ year deploying AI apps, using Python, FastAPI, and SQL.
Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Platform
SmithRxUnited States
Designs and develops backend architecture and scalable APIs using Golang, Node.js, GraphQL, and SQL. Collaborates on requirements, troubleshoots production issues, mentors juniors, and leverages AWS for batch processing. Requires 5-8 years experience with server-side apps and relational databases.
Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Upstart Bank
UpstartUnited States
Designs and builds scalable backend/full-stack systems for Upstart Bank's funding, payments, reporting, and operations in a regulated fintech environment. Requires 4+ years experience, Bachelor's degree, and proficiency in Python, Java, or Kotlin.
167k – 231k/yr
Remote4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Engineer, Backend - Revenue
ZapierSan Francisco, CA
Staff backend engineer owns technical vision and architecture for revenue infrastructure handling billing, payments, subscriptions, and entitlements at scale. Requires deep domain expertise in monetization systems, API/platform design, performance optimization, and cross-team leadership.
211k – 316k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Software Engineer, Treasury
LithicUnited States
Builds and maintains backend services for treasury operations, including ledger, ACH/wire infrastructure, and reconciliation systems. Uses Python and AWS stack to ensure high reliability in funds flow between Lithic and financial institutions.
160k – 200k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Staff Engineer – Experimentation Team
LaunchdarklyUnited States
Builds statistical engines and warehouse-native analysis pipelines for A/B testing and adaptive experimentation (contextual bandits). Requires 10+ years experience, deep applied statistics/ML, backend expertise in Go/Python, and warehouse integration across Snowflake, Databricks, etc.
183k – 295k/yr
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
SDK Software Engineer, AI
LaunchdarklySan Francisco, CA +12
Builds and maintains feature-rich open-source AI SDKs in Python and TypeScript for GenAI feature control, monitoring, and optimization. Requires 5+ years experience with these languages, AI SDK familiarity, strong testing skills, and open-source contributions.
146k – 235k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Backend Engineer, Hierarchy
ClickUpUnited States
Builds and scales core backend services for ClickUp's filesystem and productivity platform, optimizing databases and distributed systems. Requires 8+ years experience with Node.js, NestJS, Postgres, and microservices architecture.
200k – 250k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Search
Location
331 jobs
Job results
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Software Engineer, Ads
RedditUnited States
Backend engineer developing microservices, distributed systems, and real-time data platforms for Reddit's advertising products. Requires 3+ years experience with ownership of features in Go, Python, or Scala.
164k – 230k/yr
Remote3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Payments
Order.coUnited States
Senior Software Engineer on the Payments team owning virtual card issuance, bank connections, accounting integrations, invoicing, and ACH/RTP rails. Must have deep expertise in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, payment processors, and secure money-movement systems.
Salary not listed
RemoteBackend Engineering
Senior Backend Engineer
WeaveUnited States
Design, build, and maintain scalable Golang backend services and APIs for a healthcare platform. Drive architecture, observability, and mentor engineers while participating in on-call rotations.
Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Software Engineer, Lifecycle
UpstartUnited States
Backend engineer on the Lifecycle team building scalable services for SMS, email, push and real-time marketing automation. Partner with marketing, analytics and ML teams to deliver data-driven engagement at Upstart.
136k – 197k/yr
Remote3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer - Tax Platform
AlpacaUnited States
Architects, builds, and scales mission-critical tax platform systems using Golang microservices, Temporal workflows, and Redpanda data pipelines to ensure compliance and accuracy in financial operations. Requires 5+ years experience with deep Golang and distributed systems expertise.
Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer - Query Execution
MongoDBNew York, NY +1
Develops and optimizes MongoDB's core query execution engine, converting logical plans to efficient physical operators for transactional and analytical workloads. Requires 10+ years in query engines/database internals, C++ expertise, and technical leadership.
151k – 297k/yr
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Backend Engineer
SardineUnited States
Leads development of backend systems for compliance platform including KYC, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and regulatory reporting. Requires 7+ years backend experience, ideally in Golang, with high-throughput data processing and integrations in regulated environments.
170k – 600k/yr
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Media Experiences
RedditUnited States
Leads technical architecture for Reddit's global media infrastructure, designing scalable systems for video/audio ingestion, processing, and delivery. Partners with cross-functional teams to optimize pipelines, integrate AI, and mentor engineers, requiring 8+ years in distributed systems.
217k – 303k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer - Snowflake Postgres
SnowflakeMenlo Park, CA
Build and scale a multi-cloud Postgres OLTP service at Snowflake, orchestrating databases with Ruby, integrating with major cloud APIs, and ensuring high availability for massive datasets. Requires 7+ years experience with distributed systems, Postgres, Ruby/Go, and cloud infrastructure.
200k – 288k/yr
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Remote
NexHealthUnited States
Build and scale backend systems for healthcare API platform, including real-time EHR integrations, data lakes from terabytes to petabytes, and core infrastructure for 100x growth. Requires 5+ years backend experience with Kubernetes, AWS, PostgreSQL, and DevOps practices.
165k – 230k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Software Engineer III (Ruby on Rails) (Marketing Technology)
PrizePicksUnited States
Builds and owns Ruby on Rails backend services for marketing technology, including CDP integrations and marketing automation. Requires 3-5 years experience with Rails, PostgreSQL, APIs, and martech tools like Braze; guides juniors and collaborates cross-functionally.
145k – 155k/yr
Remote3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer - Market Data
AlpacaUnited States
Builds and scales market data systems for low-latency trading APIs covering stocks, options, crypto, and FX. Requires 4+ years experience with Go, Kubernetes, GCP, networking, and Linux for high-scale backend services.
Salary not listed
Remote4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Backend Engineer, Core Sending
ResendUnited States
Builds and scales core email sending infrastructure handling millions of daily requests and emails. Designs high-availability systems, async pipelines, and databases with 8+ years backend experience focused on AWS cloud infrastructure.
120k – 140k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Backend Senior Software Engineer, Identity
VantaUnited States
Leads complex backend projects on the Identity team, designing scalable identity primitives for agentic capabilities, enforcing permissions, and ensuring auditable actions. Requires 8+ years backend experience, strong auth/authz knowledge (OIDC/SAML/RBAC), and distributed systems expertise.
195k – 229k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Community Builders
RedditUnited States
Leads backend architecture and technical strategy for Reddit's community growth team, partnering on ML-powered recommendation systems for feeds/search/onboarding to drive engagement. Requires 7+ years experience with ranking/personalization, data-driven experimentation, and cross-team collaboration.
217k – 304k/yr
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer, Home & Cross-Retailer Search
InstacartUnited States
Leads architecture and technical vision for Home & Cross-Retailer Search infrastructure, owning retrieval, ranking, indexing, and ML-driven personalization at massive scale. Requires 10+ years experience in backend systems, search/recommendations, and cross-team leadership.
221k – 279k/yr
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Identity
AttentiveNew York, NY +1
Senior Software Engineer on Identity team owns and improves high-scale systems processing billions of events daily for accurate customer identity resolution, session enrichment, and matching algorithms. Collaborates with product, data science, and analytics; requires 5+ years experience with real-time data systems.
Builds and operates scalable multi-tenant backend systems for Grafana App Platform, refactoring core architecture for OSS and proprietary apps. Requires strong Golang skills, SaaS experience with distributed systems challenges, and cross-team collaboration including on-call.
175k – 210k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Backend Engineer, Expansion
StripeUnited States
Builds server-side systems, APIs, data pipelines, and LLM orchestration for dynamic user acquisition tools at Stripe. Requires 5+ years backend experience, distributed systems, and LLM integration for production-grade, reliable services.
Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer II, Kora Compute
ConfluentUnited States
Builds highly available, scalable, multi-tenant compute layer for Kora, Confluent's cloud-native event streaming platform. Requires 4+ years in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems expertise, and proficiency in Java, Scala, C/C++, or Go.
219k – 257k/yr
Remote4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Backend Engineer
BestowDallas, TX
Staff Backend Engineer owns technical architecture for IPC services, builds and operates backend systems using Python, Go, and Java on Kubernetes in GCP, leads cross-team initiatives, ensures reliability, and mentors engineers while using AI coding tools.
202k – 238k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer - AI SDK
TemporalUnited States
Designs and implements AI SDK features for Temporal, supporting diverse frameworks in Python and TypeScript. Requires deep AI expertise, concurrent programming, open source contributions, and strong API/documentation skills; BS/MS in CS preferred.
224k – 302k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Backend Engineer
Lightning AINew York, NY +2
Build scalable backend systems in Go for a SaaS product, partnering with product leaders to deliver features, improve performance, and mentor engineers. Requires extensive Go experience, cloud platforms, and end-to-end ownership in high-uncertainty environments.
Builds and operates backend reconciliation systems for Grafana Cloud stack lifecycle management, ensuring state alignment across services like SSS, grafana.com, and infrastructure. Collaborates cross-team on reliability, scalability, and operational improvements for customer stacks.
Salary not listed
RemoteBackend Engineering
Software Engineer II, Backend, tvScientific
PinterestSan Francisco, CA
Builds and scales backend services for contract lifecycle management, billing models (CPA/CPM), and integrations with finance systems. Requires strong software engineering in JavaScript/Python/Java, API development, and collaboration with product/finance teams.
124k – 255k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
CLI Engineer
SupabaseUnited States
Builds and maintains backend APIs with NestJS/TypeScript (80%) and cross-platform CLI tools (20%) for local development experience. Requires 5+ years backend experience, strong TypeScript, and hands-on CLI development skills.
Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior AI Engineer, Applied AI
ClariumUnited States
Builds production backend systems and AI applications integrating LLM APIs for healthcare supply chain platform. Requires 5+ years backend experience and 1+ year deploying AI apps, using Python, FastAPI, and SQL.
Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Platform
SmithRxUnited States
Designs and develops backend architecture and scalable APIs using Golang, Node.js, GraphQL, and SQL. Collaborates on requirements, troubleshoots production issues, mentors juniors, and leverages AWS for batch processing. Requires 5-8 years experience with server-side apps and relational databases.
Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Upstart Bank
UpstartUnited States
Designs and builds scalable backend/full-stack systems for Upstart Bank's funding, payments, reporting, and operations in a regulated fintech environment. Requires 4+ years experience, Bachelor's degree, and proficiency in Python, Java, or Kotlin.
167k – 231k/yr
Remote4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Engineer, Backend - Revenue
ZapierSan Francisco, CA
Staff backend engineer owns technical vision and architecture for revenue infrastructure handling billing, payments, subscriptions, and entitlements at scale. Requires deep domain expertise in monetization systems, API/platform design, performance optimization, and cross-team leadership.
211k – 316k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Software Engineer, Treasury
LithicUnited States
Builds and maintains backend services for treasury operations, including ledger, ACH/wire infrastructure, and reconciliation systems. Uses Python and AWS stack to ensure high reliability in funds flow between Lithic and financial institutions.
160k – 200k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Staff Engineer – Experimentation Team
LaunchdarklyUnited States
Builds statistical engines and warehouse-native analysis pipelines for A/B testing and adaptive experimentation (contextual bandits). Requires 10+ years experience, deep applied statistics/ML, backend expertise in Go/Python, and warehouse integration across Snowflake, Databricks, etc.
183k – 295k/yr
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
SDK Software Engineer, AI
LaunchdarklySan Francisco, CA +12
Builds and maintains feature-rich open-source AI SDKs in Python and TypeScript for GenAI feature control, monitoring, and optimization. Requires 5+ years experience with these languages, AI SDK familiarity, strong testing skills, and open-source contributions.
146k – 235k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Backend Engineer, Hierarchy
ClickUpUnited States
Builds and scales core backend services for ClickUp's filesystem and productivity platform, optimizing databases and distributed systems. Requires 8+ years experience with Node.js, NestJS, Postgres, and microservices architecture.