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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Prospect Equities
Prospect Equities: Provides residential and commercial real estate brokerage and leasing services.
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 Backend Software Engineer
Arkansas or California or Colorado or District of Columbia or Florida or Illinois or Massachusetts or Maryland or Maine or Michigan or New Jersey or Ohio or Pennsylvania or South Carolina or Texas or Utah or Virginia or Washington
$165k-$195k/yr RemoteFull Time
SITE Technologies
SITE Technologies: Provides AI-powered property condition assessments and management software.
5+ YOE5+ years backend development experience with Python and FastAPI, strong backend architecture, relational modeling, AWS services, Docker, CI/CD, and cross-team communication.
Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, Flyway, AWS, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM, Docker, Git, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, Claude Code, Cursor, Terraform, Terragrunt, Datadog, Sentry, LangGraph, Claude Code SDK, Amazon Bedrock
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Senior Backend Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$110k-$140k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Ubiety
Ubiety: AI-driven home security platform for real-time presence verification.
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
California or Colorado or Georgia or Idaho or Illinois or Kansas or Massachusetts or Maryland or Michigan or Minnesota or New Jersey or New York or Ohio or Oregon or Pennsylvania or Rhode Island or Texas or Washington
$180k-$220k/yr RemoteFull Time
Unit21
Unit21: Provides an AI-powered platform for fraud and money laundering detection.
5+ YOE5+ years in data/software engineering, experience with large-scale data processing, advanced SQL, Python/OOP, cloud platforms, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).
Apache Spark, Databricks, Flink, Beam, Python, SQL, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Terraform
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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
LaunchDarkly
LaunchDarkly: Provides a feature management platform for software development teams.
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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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
Real
RealNasdaq: REAX: Technology-driven brokerage offering residential real estate and title services.
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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Staff Backend Engineer, Safety
United States or San Francisco or Los Angeles or New York City or Chicago
$217k-$304k/yr RemoteFull Time
Reddit
RedditNYSE: RDDT: Social platform for community-driven discussion and content sharing.
8+ YOE8+ years software development experience; proficiency in Go, Python, Rust, or Ruby; experience with GraphQL/REST/HTTP/Thrift/gRPC; BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience; strong organizational and cross-functional remote collaboration skills.
Go, Python, Rust, Ruby, GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift, gRPC
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Backend Engineer, Credit Decisions
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$173k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
Stripe
Stripe: Provides online payment processing and financial infrastructure for businesses.
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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Senior Backend Software Engineer (USA Remote)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$112k-$187k/yr RemoteFull Time
Turnitin
Turnitin: Software for plagiarism detection and academic integrity in education.
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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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
PAR Technology
PAR TechnologyNYSE: PAR: Provides unified software and hardware for restaurant operations.
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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Senior Backend Engineer, Platform, Consumer Apps - Klover
Chicago or Redwood City
HybridFull Time
Attain
Attain: Provides real-time purchase data and measurement solutions for marketers.
5+ YOE5+ years building backend services; experience with Rust or Go, SQL, microservices, gRPC/protobuf or GraphQL, message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ), cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure); familiarity with payments, security and compliance.
Rust, Go, gRPC, protobuf, GraphQL, SQL, Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS, GCP, Azure
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Senior Platform Backend Engineer - Battery Storage
San Francisco or Houston or Chicago or Seattle or New York City or Palm Beach or Birmingham or United States
$150k/yr RemoteFull Time
Plus Power
Plus Power: Develops and operates standalone battery energy storage systems.
5+ YOE5+ years platform/backend/data/platform engineering experience; strong AWS, Terraform, Docker/Kubernetes, Python, CI/CD, and observability experience; experience with data platforms and relational databases.
Python, AWS, VPC, IAM, EKS, ECS, RDS, S3, Terraform, CloudFormation, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git
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Software Engineer (Backend), Content Foundations
San Francisco or Atlanta or Austin or Boston or Chicago or Dallas or Denver or Houston or Jacksonville or Los Angeles or Mexico City or Miami or New York City or Ottawa or Phoenix or Portland or Sacramento or Salt Lake City or San Diego or Seattle or Toronto or Vancouver or Washington, D.C.
$104k-$187k/yr HybridFull Time
Scribd
Scribd: Subscription-based digital library for e-books, audiobooks, and documents.
4+ YOE4+ years as a software engineer; backend/data pipelines; comfortable with messy data; proficient in Ruby, Python, or Go; AWS experience; SQL; collaborative and communicative.
Ruby, Python, Go, AWS, S3, SQS, SNS, SQL
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Senior Backend Engineer, Space Operations Intelligence & Autonomy (SOIA)
Colorado Springs or Alabama or Arizona or California or Colorado or District of Columbia or Florida or Georgia or Hawaii or Illinois or Indiana or Kansas or Massachusetts or Maryland or Michigan or Minnesota or Missouri or Montana or North Carolina or New Jersey or New Mexico or Nevada or New York or Ohio or Oklahoma or Oregon or Rhode Island or Tennessee or Texas or Utah or Virginia or Washington or Wisconsin or West Virginia or United Kingdom
$150k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Slingshot Aerospace
Slingshot Aerospace: Software and data analytics for space operations management.
5+ YOE5+ years software development, bachelor’s in CS or related, active security clearance (Top Secret preferred), experience with Java/Kotlin, Python, cloud (AWS), containers, distributed systems, Kafka, databases, and API design.
Java, Kotlin, GraphQL, GraphQL subscriptions, REST, Docker, Kubernetes, React, Python, AWS, Helm, EKS, Git, GitHub Actions, Kafka, CloudEvents, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Three.js, HLA, DIS
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Sr. Backend Dev – Java/Spring Boot, Angular, Cloud - TX
Texas or Chicago or New York City
$44k-$154k/yr HybridFull Time, Contract
Photon: A digital modernization services firm that builds and operates digital experiences for large enterprises.
5+ YOE5+ years software development experience; strong Java and Spring Boot skills, Angular, cloud (GCP/Azure), CI/CD, RESTful APIs/microservices, data structures and algorithms; 3+ years building APIs; ability to lead technical decisions and mentor engineers.
Java, Spring Boot, Angular, GCP, Azure, CI/CD, RESTful APIs, Microservices, Kafka, Pub/Sub
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Senior Backend Developer/ DevSecOps Engineer
Louisville or Charlotte or Dallas or Tampa or Fort Lauderdale or Washington or Nashville or Miami or Boston or New York City or Chicago or Atlanta
$118k-$162k/yr RemoteFull Time
Humana
HumanaNYSE: HUM: Provides health insurance plans and clinical healthcare services.
4+ YOE4+ years in software engineering/DevOps; strong .NET (C#), Microsoft Azure, Terraform, Python, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Docker, API design, and security/tooling experience.
.NET (C#), Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure App Services, Microsoft Azure Functions, Microsoft Azure Service Bus, Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO), GitHub Actions, Terraform, Python, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Databricks, ADLS Gen2, JFrog Artifactory, HashiCorp Vault, LaunchDarkly, Splunk, Docker Desktop, Postman, Checkmarx, AppScan, Cycode, GLAPI
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Senior/Staff/Principal Backend Engineer, Platform & Data Ingestion
San Francisco or New York City or Arizona or California or Colorado or Connecticut or Florida or Georgia or Illinois or Louisiana or Massachusetts or Minnesota or North Carolina or New Jersey or Nevada or New York or Ohio or Pennsylvania or South Carolina or Tennessee or Texas or Washington or District of Columbia
$150k-$236k/yr HybridFull Time
Verana Health
Verana Health: Curates real-world clinical data to accelerate medical research and insights.
4+ YOE4+ years building scalable APIs, microservices, and high-volume ETL; experience with Scala/Elixir or typed languages, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, OCR/document parsing, SQL and data modeling; strong communication skills.
Scala, Elixir, Java, C#, C++, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, OCR, Postgres, MySQL, Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, AWS, GCP, Amazon SQS, Kafka, Google PubSub, TypeScript, Angular, React
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Senior Backend Java Engineer (Chicago Hybrid)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$130k-$150k/yr HybridFull Time
Motorola Solutions
Motorola SolutionsNYSE: MSI: Provides mission-critical communications and public safety technology.
5+ YOEBachelor's degree with 5+ years engineering experience, 4+ years Java, GCP and Postgres experience, experience with Anthropic Claude/LLMs, and U.S. citizenship able to obtain security clearance.
Java, Python, GCP, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Storage, AlloyDB, PostgreSQL, Anthropic Claude, LLMs, RAG systems, AI coding assistants
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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
Altruist
Altruist: Provides a digital custodian and portfolio management platform for advisors.
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
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Financial services offering credit cards, banking, and loans.
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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