Arlington Heights • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
Arlington Heights • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
Arlington Heights • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
Arlington Heights • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
54 back end software engineer jobs at 35 companies in Arlington Heights, IL
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Senior Backend Software Engineer
Chicago or San Francisco
OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOERequires 3–6+ years of software engineering experience, TypeScript, Node.js, REST API design, external-system integration, AI-driven systems experience, strong communication, and Chicago location with 20–30% travel.
TypeScript, Node.js, REST API
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Lead Backend Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$185k-$215k/yr RemoteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years backend experience with strong Python skills, hands-on technical leadership, experience with FastAPI, relational data modeling, PostgreSQL/ORMs, AWS services, CI/CD, and mentoring engineers.
Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, Flyway, AWS, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM, Docker, Git, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, Claude Code, Cursor, Terraform, Terragrunt, Datadog, Sentry, LangGraph, Claude Code SDK, Amazon Bedrock
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Lead Software Engineer, Back End
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$179k-$205k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOEBachelor's degree, 4+ years software engineering experience, 1+ year cloud experience, proficiency in Java/Python/SQL/Node/Go/Scala, experience with Docker/Kubernetes and AWS, strong communication and critical thinking.
Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, Scala, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
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Senior Backend Software Engineer - Cloud (55446)
Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States
$108k-$126k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years professional software development experience with C#/.NET, backend systems, APIs, integrations, relational and NoSQL databases, cloud-native solutions and production support.
C#, .NET, PostgreSQL, RavenDB, SQL Server, Microsoft Azure, Azure Functions, App Services, Azure SQL, Storage, Key Vault, Service Bus
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Sr. Backend Software Engineer (NodeJS)
United States or Minneapolis or Philadelphia or New Hartford or Austin or Champaign or Chicago
$140k-$160k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOEExpertise in Node.js/Typescript and PostgreSQL, 8+ years backend experience with distributed systems, GraphQL, TypeORM, Nest.js; familiarity with Kubernetes, message brokers, AWS, Terraform.
Typescript, NodeJS, Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, TypeORM, Nest.js, RabbitMQ, RMQ, React, AWS, Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes, EKS, Microsoft Teams
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Associate Backend Software Engineer II
Mettawa, Illinois, United States
$66k-$126k/yr HybridFull Time
0+ YOEBachelor's degree in computer or data science plus 2 years of experience, or master's degree with 0 years. Requires Java, JavaScript, SQL, and TypeScript programming skills; Salesforce APEX and Generative AI are preferred.
Java, JavaScript, SQL, TypeScript, Salesforce, APEX, Generative AI
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Senior Backend Software Engineer (USA Remote)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$112k-$187k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years backend development experience; strong Java preferred; experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB; serverless and microservices knowledge; Git and CI/CD experience; strong problem-solving skills.
AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Java, Python, Node.js, Git, GitHub Actions
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Lead Back End Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$165k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years of software engineering experience; strong Go or equivalent-language experience; hardware, firmware, Linux, LLM, mentoring, architecture, testing, and technical communication skills.
Go, Linux, AWS, LLMs
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Senior Backend Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$110k-$140k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years backend engineering experience; strong Go and Python skills; JavaScript/TypeScript desirable; experience with microservices on AWS or GCP, Docker/Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD, streaming platforms (Kafka/Kinesis/MQTT), and SQL/NoSQL databases; BS/MS preferred.
Go, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD, Kafka, Kinesis, MQTT, SQL, NoSQL
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Backend Engineer, Credit Decisions
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$173k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
6+ YOEBachelor's degree and 6+ years software development experience; proficiency across stack with 2+ of Java, Ruby, Scala, Python, SQL; experience with Spark, IDEs, AWS, distributed systems, cloud services (gRPC, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes); strong engineering and collaboration skills.
Java, Ruby, Scala, Python, SQL, Spark, IDE, AWS, gRPC, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes
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Backend Engineer, Flag Delivery
Oakland or San Francisco or New York City or Boston or Seattle or Irvine or Los Angeles or Monterey or Santa Barbara or Santa Rosa or Austin or Portland or Philadelphia or Chicago or United States
$146k-$235k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years backend engineering experience building/operating production distributed systems; strong programming in Go/Java/Rust; production debugging, observability, on-call experience; clear AI usage in engineering work.
Go, Java, Rust
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Remote Backend Engineer (Python/FastAPI)
Chicago or San Francisco or United States
$200-$300/hr RemoteContract
3+ YOEAt least 3 years of software engineering experience; expertise in Python and JavaScript full-stack development, React and Node.js, scalable production systems, architecture, debugging, code review, and technical communication.
Python, FastAPI, JavaScript, React, Node.js, C, C++, Java, Rust, Go
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Staff Back End Engineer, Trading
Chicago or New York City or Los Angeles or San Francisco or Culver City or Dallas
$200k-$285k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering experience, 2+ years building low-latency trading systems, BA/BS preferred, proficient with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Postgres, Kubernetes, strong leadership and communication.
Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Postgres, Kubernetes
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Lead Software Engineer, Back End
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$179k-$205k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOE1+ MgmtBachelor's degree, 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, and 1+ year of cloud computing experience required. Preferred: 7+ years programming, people management, Agile, frameworks, and cloud experience.
Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, Scala, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Open Source RDBMS, NoSQL, Agile
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Lead Software Engineer, Back End
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$179k-$205k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOE1+ MgmtBachelor's degree, 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, and 1+ year of cloud computing experience required. Preferred: people management, Agile, open-source framework, and listed programming language experience.
Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, Scala, RDBMS, NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, GCP, Agile
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Senior Backend Engineer - Java
United States or Tampa or Boston or Atlanta or New York City or Columbus or Chicago or Philadelphia or Raleigh or Charlotte or Minneapolis or Dallas or Washington D.C. or Austin or Miami or Newark
$152k-$194k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years experience with Java/Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, relational databases; experience designing event-driven microservices, strong testing practices, AI-assisted development familiarity, BA/BS or equivalent.
Java 17, Java 21, Spring Boot 3.x, JPA/Hibernate 6, Postgres, Kafka, DynamoDB, Redis, OpenSearch, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Datadog, ArgoCD, TeamCity, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Model Context Protocol (MCP), GitHub, SonarQube
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Backend / Frontend Developer Intern
Chicago, Illinois, United States
OnsiteInternship
0+ YOEInternship seeking motivated, detail-oriented students skilled in frontend or backend development.
JavaScript, TypeScript, React, REST APIs, AWS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Java, Spring Boot, JUnit, AWS
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend Services
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$150k-$170k/yr HybridAll Commitments Available
5+ YOESenior Python engineer with 5-7 years in large-scale systems, building SaaS/PaaS, and data management experience.
Python, FastAPI, Flask, PostgreSQL, SQL, REST, AWS, Docker, PySpark, Kafka, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Lustre, GPFS, VAST, Parquet, S3, Security: OAuth2, SAML, OpenID Connect
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend FinPlatform
New York City or San Francisco or Salt Lake City or Los Angeles or Seattle or Austin or Washington or Philadelphia or San Diego or Chicago or Atlanta or Australia or Canada or South America
$146k-$215k/yr RemoteFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years software engineering experience, 4+ years with Java, experience with backend systems, APIs, data pipelines, AWS, and distributed teams.
Java, Spring, Gradle, JUnit, JVM, AWS, EKS, Aurora RDS, Elasticache, DynamoDB, GitHub Actions, git, DataDog, Snowflake, CDK, Terraform
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Knowledge Engineer Manager - Back-end Engineer
Seattle or Milwaukee or Dallas or Columbus or Kirkland or Cincinnati or New York City or Cleveland or Oklahoma City or Austin or Albany or Chicago or St. Petersburg or Hartford or Pittsburgh or St. Louis or Miami or Sacramento or Raleigh or Minneapolis or Mountain View or Scottsdale or San Francisco or Morristown or Denver or Boston or Philadelphia or Des Moines or Overland Park or Los Angeles or Charlotte or Walnut Creek or Carmel or Houston or Arlington or Atlanta or Redmond or Bentonville or Beaverton or Nashville or Detroit or San Diego
$80k-$294k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOEMinimum 5 years in knowledge graph hydration, ontology mapping, graph and relational databases, vector databases, Python or Java, and REST API development; bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
RDF, OWL, SKOS, RDFS, SPARQL, R2RML, CSVW, SHACL, GraphDB, Stardog, Neo4j, Amazon Neptune, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, Qdrant, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Python, Java, SQL, JSON, XML, CSV, REST APIs, Apache NiFi, Airflow, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS Neptune, Azure Cosmos DB, GCP, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Git, GraphQL APIs, D3.js, Cytoscape.js, Terraform
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