689 backend development jobs at 213 companies in Santa Cruz, CA
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Java Backend Developer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$90k-$102k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years Java development experience with Springboot and microservices, strong backend and commerce domain skills, mentoring and CI/CD experience, database and API proficiency.
Java, Springboot, RESTful APIs
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Backend Engineer
San Mateo, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years building high-performance backend systems; Kubernetes expertise; SaaS focus; cloud infrastructure and security; leadership and mentoring; strong communication.
Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, CI/CD
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Backend Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$177k-$195k/yr OnsiteFull Time
GFiber: An Alphabet delivering fiber and webpass internet services to homes and businesses across the United States.
5+ YOE5+ years software design and full-stack experience with Java/Kotlin, microservices and distributed systems; 2+ years API development; experience with Spring Boot, GCP, container orchestration, and observability; bachelor's or equivalent.
Spring Boot, Kotlin, Java, Redis, Memcached, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Run, Google Cloud Observability (Stackdriver), OpenTelemetry, Vertex AI, Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, AntiGravity, Claude, Cursor, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
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Backend Engineer - Connectivity
San Mateo, California, United States
$125k-$160k/yr OnsiteFull Time
1+ YOE1+ years backend experience, BS/MS in CS or related, proficiency in Python and/or Go, experience with Redis/DynamoDB/Postgres, Kafka/SQS, Terraform/Kubernetes, and REST APIs.
Redis, DynamoDB, Postgres, Kafka, SQS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Python, Go, REST APIs
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Senior Backend Engineer
Redwood City, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOERequires 6+ years of production software experience, 2+ years at a seed-to-Series B startup, backend/data expertise, live schema migrations, queues, APIs, and strong communication.
TypeScript, Node, React, GraphQL, Postgres, Claude Code
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Senior Backend Engineer
Mountain View, California, United States
$190k-$240k/yr HybridFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years building and operating production backend systems; strong Node.js/TypeScript skills, API design (GraphQL/REST), relational databases, cloud, containers, CI/CD, reliability, monitoring, and security.
Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, NestJS, Next.js, React, Kafka, MQTT
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Lead Backend Engineer
Redwood City, California, United States
HybridFull Time
6+ YOEStrong backend engineering experience designing APIs, microservices, and data models; experience with cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), gRPC/protobuf/GraphQL, relational databases, Rust-based services; 6+ years preferred; strong communication and leadership potential.
Rust, AWS, GCP, Azure, gRPC, protobuf, GraphQL, React Native, iOS, Android
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Java Backend Developer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$90k-$102k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years professional Java development experience with Springboot microservices, commerce domain experience preferred, strong testing, database, and communication skills.
Java, Springboot, Microservices, RESTful APIs, NoSQL
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Java Backend Developer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$90k-$102k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software development experience with Java and Springboot microservices, commerce architecture, RESTful APIs, databases, testing, CI/CD, and strong communication.
Java, Springboot, Microservices, RESTful APIs
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Backend Engineer
Mountain View, California, United States
HybridFull Time
Production systems, distributed infra, sandboxing; Python; cloud experience; collaboration with research teams; strong reliability mindset.
Python, Go, Rust, C++, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, CLI
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Java Backend Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$75k-$113k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOERequires 5–7 years of enterprise Java development, including Java 18+, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, REST APIs, SQL, NoSQL or Cosmos DB, microservices, and cloud experience.
Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, SQL, NoSQL, Microsoft Azure, Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Hibernate, JPA, REST APIs, CI/CD
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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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Backend Tech Lead, Content E-Commerce
San Jose, California, United States
$245k-$450k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE2+ Mgmt2+ years tech-leading experience,5+ years large-scale backend development,experience with scalable, highly-available systems,strong communication and technical leadership.
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Backend Software Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$140k-$205k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years backend experience building distributed systems in Go; strong Docker and Kubernetes skills; familiarity with PostgreSQL, message brokers (NATS, RabbitMQ), gRPC/REST, CI/CD and Git.
Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, NATS, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, gRPC, REST, CI/CD, Git
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Sr. II Backend Engineer, Mobile API
San Mateo, California, United States
$176k-$220k/yr HybridFull Time
Extensive backend development experience with PHP, RESTful or GraphQL APIs, relational databases, distributed systems, cloud platforms, containers, CI/CD, production monitoring, and cross-team technical leadership.
PHP, Vue, TypeScript, MySQL, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Valkey, Redis, Kafka, Firebase Cloud Messaging, APNs, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, JWT, RESTful, GraphQL, iOS, Android, CI/CD
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Staff Cloud Backend Developer
Palo Alto, California, United States
$170k-$210k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years building and scaling backend systems, experience with remote device lifecycle, API and schema design, event-driven architectures, security/authentication, and cloud infrastructure.
AWS, Lambda, ECR, ECS, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, JSON-RPC, Kafka, Redis, SQS, SNS, OAuth2, OID, JWT, SAML, mTLS, MQTT, CoAP
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Backend Development Engineer Intern (Infrastructure Platform Delivery) - 2027 Summer
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteInternship
Current undergraduate or master's student in computer science, software engineering, or a related field with strong programming, algorithms, and data structures skills; proficiency in at least one programming language.
Java, Go, C, C++, MySQL, Redis, Linux, TCP/UDP, HTTP
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Principal Backend Engineer - Core Infrastructure
Santa Clara, California, United States
$212k-$318k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOEAdvanced software engineering experience (6+ years), proficiency in backend languages (Go, Java, Python, C/C++), cloud platforms, containerization, distributed systems, and API design; BS/MS/PhD in CS or related field.
C, C++, Java, Python, Go, Node.js, AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Git, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack
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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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Sr. Backend Engineer
New York or Sunnyvale or Berkeley Heights or Alpharetta
$128k-$216k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent,10+ years software engineering,Java/JVM and Spring Boot expertise,cloud-native/Kubernetes and Terraform experience,SQL/NoSQL schema design,REST API architecture,mentorship and on-call experience.
Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Terraform, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT
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