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Sr. Backend Engineer (Python)

CNX · · 14 Weeks Ago
CNX
🌎 Argentina ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The role involves developing and maintaining backend services and APIs primarily using Python, alongside writing efficient SQL queries for relational databases. Responsibilities also include debugging, testing applications in Linux environments, and contributing to code modernization efforts.
bunch is hiring for remote (Senior) Backend Engineer

(Senior) Backend Engineer

bunch · · 14 Weeks Ago
bunch
🌎 Portugal, Spain ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The engineer will design and implement robust, scalable, and secure backend services to solve real customer problems while actively collaborating with Product Managers on problem discovery and solution creation. They will also maximize team output by enhancing functionality, addressing technical debt, and improving collaboration.
bunch is hiring for remote (Senior) Backend Engineer

(Senior) Backend Engineer

bunch · · 14 Weeks Ago
bunch
🌎 Portugal, Spain ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The engineer will design and implement robust, scalable, and secure backend services to solve customer problems while actively collaborating with Product Managers on discovery and solution creation. They will also maximize team output by enhancing functionality, addressing technical debt, and improving collaboration.
inPowered is hiring for remote Senior Backend Engineer (Remote)

Senior Backend Engineer (Remote)

inPowered · · 14 Weeks Ago
inPowered
🌎 United States ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The engineer will design and implement new systems for a client-facing content marketing platform, maintain production systems, and coordinate engineering initiatives. They will also deliver features that drive revenue and improve efficiency while maintaining deep knowledge of organizational technologies.
VRChat is hiring for remote Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (API) – Economy

Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (API) – Economy 33 APPLICANTS

VRChat · · 14 Weeks Ago
VRChat
🌎 Worldwide ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The engineer will design and implement scalable backend services using Node.js and TypeScript, focusing on ensuring transactional integrity within high-volume economic systems that handle subscriptions, ownership, and payouts. Key duties include evolving systems for creator monetization, driving architectural improvements, and ensuring traceability across payment transactions and reporting.

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Senior Python Backend Engineer - NLP

GreenCode · · 14 Weeks Ago
GreenCode
🌎 Argentina ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The main responsibilities include developing and maintaining robust, scalable backend applications, specifically focusing on building REST APIs and designing/managing automated workflows using Apache Airflow. The role also requires thorough documentation of code and technical processes.
Scrums.com is hiring for remote Senior AI & Backend Engineer

Senior AI & Backend Engineer

Scrums.com · · 14 Weeks Ago
Scrums.com
🌎 South Africa ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The role involves developing, maintaining, and optimizing backend services using Node.js and Python, alongside building and managing APIs and real-time communication channels via WebSockets. Responsibilities also include integrating intelligence into business workflows using AI agents, tools, and machine learning models, and designing robust database solutions using SQL.
Automattic Careers is hiring for remote Performance Engineer, Backend

Performance Engineer, Backend

Automattic Careers · · 14 Weeks Ago
Automattic Careers
🌎 Worldwide 💵 $70000 - $170K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The role involves identifying and eliminating backend performance bottlenecks by profiling PHP applications, analyzing MySQL/MariaDB query performance, and optimizing Memcached usage across Automattic's products. Responsibilities also include building performance observability tools and partnering with engineers to review code and architecture through a performance lens.
Silver.dev is hiring for remote Prospera AI - AI Backend Engineer

Prospera AI - AI Backend Engineer

Silver.dev · · 14 Weeks Ago
Silver.dev
🌎 Argentina ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The engineer will own and evolve the LLM orchestration pipeline, focusing on designing and optimizing the multi-agent system, implementing parallelization, and building robust prompt management features. Key tasks also involve designing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems and developing production-ready APIs for AI capabilities.
Startup Talents is hiring for remote Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

Startup Talents · · 14 Weeks Ago
Startup Talents
🌎 Germany 💵 €90000 - €130K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The Senior Backend Engineer will lead the design, development, and maintenance of robust, scalable, and secure backend systems and APIs, while actively participating in architecture decisions and ensuring high coding standards through reviews and optimization.

Vice President, Back-End Engineer 38 APPLICANTS

BNY · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
BNY
🌎 United States 💵 $189K - $203K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
This role involves consulting with internal business groups to deliver application software development services or technical support, focusing on requirements gathering, BRD/SRD preparation, and coordinating the technical design and documentation of cross-functional systems. The Vice President will also be responsible for designing, developing, and scaling backend features and components while actively reducing technical debt and participating in code reviews.
PaySet is hiring for remote Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

PaySet · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
PaySet
🌎 Oman, Portugal, Romania, Ukraine ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The Senior Backend Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and scaling the core services that power the payments infrastructure using Node.js and TypeScript. This includes architecting REST APIs, optimizing database schemas in PostgreSQL and MongoDB, and ensuring high performance and security of services.
adsquare GmbH is hiring for remote Backend Engineer - Java/Kotlin/AWS (m/f/d)

Backend Engineer - Java/Kotlin/AWS (m/f/d) 32 APPLICANTS

adsquare GmbH · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
adsquare GmbH
🌎 Germany ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The engineer will develop growing products by building distributed backend systems within a self-organized agile team, taking an active role in shaping team culture. Responsibilities include designing and building scalable solutions using the Spring Boot ecosystem and highly scalable AWS solutions provisioned via Terraform.
Rescale is hiring for remote Software Engineer, Backend Engineer

Software Engineer, Backend Engineer

Rescale · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
Rescale
🌎 United States 💵 $90000 - $159K per year ⭐ 2-5 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Software Engineer
The engineer will own the end-to-end delivery of essential, core functionality for customers while rapidly iterating on new product ideas. Responsibilities include building and maintaining high-quality automation for testing the customer-facing platform and developing critical areas like identity management and workflow automation.
Apply Digital is hiring for remote Principal Agentic Engineer (Back-end)

Principal Agentic Engineer (Back-end)

Apply Digital · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
Apply Digital
🌎 Chile, Italy ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
This senior technical leader will be responsible for designing, building, and scaling robust backend systems supporting modern, AI-powered digital products, leading technical direction across complex backend systems and mentoring engineers. Key duties include designing distributed, cloud-native architectures and integrating LLMs, vector databases, and AI agents, while engineering teams of coding agents to implement requirements.

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Apply Digital is hiring for remote Principal Agentic Engineer (Back-end)

Principal Agentic Engineer (Back-end)

Apply Digital · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
Apply Digital
🌎 Canada ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
This senior technical leader role involves designing, building, and scaling robust backend systems for AI-powered digital products, leading technical direction, and mentoring engineers. A critical part of the role is designing distributed, cloud-native architectures and integrating LLMs, vector databases, and AI agents into real-world applications.
CrowdStrike is hiring for remote Sr. Backend Engineer - Charlotte AI (Remote, EST)

Sr. Backend Engineer - Charlotte AI (Remote, EST)

CrowdStrike · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
CrowdStrike
🌎 United States 💵 $140K - $215K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The role involves advancing backend microservices, addressing critical concerns, and employing established tools to build scalable cloud solutions for countering cyber assaults. Responsibilities also include innovating with Large Language Models to enhance Charlotte AI capabilities and constructing data pipelines for LLM training.
Betr is hiring for remote Senior Backend Engineer (PHP/Python)

Senior Backend Engineer (PHP/Python)

Betr · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
Betr
🌎 Canada ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The role primarily involves contributing to the development and expansion of the Laravel-based betting platform using strong PHP skills, while also working with Python for various internal tools. Responsibilities include building consumer experiences, ensuring code quality, scalability, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.
WEX is hiring for remote Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

WEX · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
WEX
🌎 Brazil ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The role involves leading the design and development of full-stack solutions, emphasizing event-driven microservices, APIs, and data platforms, while driving iterative modernization by decomposing monoliths into shared, modular services. Responsibilities also include contributing to agentic architectures and mentoring junior developers on best engineering practices.
WEX is hiring for remote Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

WEX · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
WEX
🌎 Brazil ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The role involves leading the design and development of modern front-end solutions, emphasizing Angular and micro front ends, while iteratively modernizing legacy UIs into modular components. Responsibilities also include contributing to high-performance architectures and mentoring junior developers on best engineering practices.
Grafana Labs is hiring for remote Staff Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope | Canada | Remote

Staff Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope | Canada | Remote

Grafana Labs · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
Grafana Labs
🌎 Canada, United States 💵 186K - 223K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The role involves collaborating with the team to deliver new features, analyze outcomes, and lead projects from concept to implementation, including ongoing customer support. Key tasks include designing, building, operating, and maintaining essential distributed systems for profile ingestion and queries.
Grafana Labs is hiring for remote Staff Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope | Canada | Remote

Staff Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope | Canada | Remote

Grafana Labs · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
Grafana Labs
🌎 Canada, United States 💵 $174K - $209K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The role involves collaborating with the team to deliver new features, analyze outcomes, and lead projects from concept to implementation, including ongoing customer support for the Pyroscope continuous profiling database. A primary focus is implementing distributed systems to effectively manage profile ingestion and queries at scale.

Backend Engineer | Remote 17 APPLICANTS

Mex Digital FZE · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
Mex Digital FZE
🌎 United Arab Emirates ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The engineer will design, develop, and maintain scalable backend solutions specifically for CFD, FX, and crypto trading platforms. This involves collaborating with various teams to implement server-side architectures prioritizing performance, security, and reliability.
Eight Sleep is hiring for remote Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

Eight Sleep · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
Eight Sleep
🌎 Canada, United States 💵 $180K - $220K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The role involves maintaining and improving the integrity of a large-scale data processing pipeline handling 5 terabytes daily and developing tools to guarantee the availability of approximately thirty microservices. Responsibilities also include contributing to the development of backend services and new product features.

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AgileEngine is hiring for remote Lead Backend Engineer– $2500 sign-on bonus ID48360

Lead Backend Engineer– $2500 sign-on bonus ID48360

AgileEngine · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
AgileEngine
🌎 United States ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The Lead Backend Developer will design and develop scalable microservices using Golang or Kotlin, taking ownership of infrastructure provisioning via Terraform. Responsibilities also include migrating data from a legacy PHP monolith to modern cloud databases and ensuring high performance of services deployed on GCP.
AgileEngine is hiring for remote Lead Backend Engineer– $2500 sign-on bonus ID48360

Lead Backend Engineer– $2500 sign-on bonus ID48360

AgileEngine · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
AgileEngine
🌎 Portugal, Spain ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The Lead Backend Developer will design and develop scalable microservices using Golang or Kotlin, taking ownership of infrastructure provisioning with Terraform. Responsibilities also include migrating data from a legacy PHP monolith and ensuring high performance and reliability of services deployed to Cloud Run/GKE.
AgileEngine is hiring for remote Lead Backend Engineer– $2500 sign-on bonus ID48360

Lead Backend Engineer– $2500 sign-on bonus ID48360

AgileEngine · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
AgileEngine
🌎 Portugal ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The Lead Backend Developer will design and develop scalable microservices using Golang or Kotlin, taking ownership of infrastructure provisioning with Terraform. Responsibilities also include migrating data from a legacy PHP monolith to modern cloud databases and ensuring high performance and reliability of deployed services.
Startup Talents is hiring for remote Senior Rust/C++ Backend Engineer (Remote - EU)

Senior Rust/C++ Backend Engineer (Remote - EU)

Startup Talents · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
Startup Talents
🌎 United Kingdom ⭐ 10+ yrs exp 💼 Software Development Backend Engineer
The engineer will design, develop, and maintain core backend systems for a decentralized exchange, focusing on a high-throughput order-book and indexing on-chain data via scalable APIs and WebSockets. Responsibilities also include defining system architecture, ensuring reliability and performance, and implementing robust security measures.

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