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106 backend engineering manager jobs at 52 companies in Santa Cruz, CA

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Backend Application Architect
Sunnyvale or Alpharetta
$160k-$240k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Fiserv
FiservNew York Stock Exchange: FI: Provides financial technology and payment processing services to institutions.
12+ YOE12+ years building enterprise backend systems in Java/JVM, strong experience with cloud, microservices, distributed messaging, databases, API design, and architectural leadership.
Java, JVM, Spring Boot, CQRS, Saga, Circuit Breaker, Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, GCP, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, RESTful API, OpenAPI/Swagger, OAuth2, JWT, mTLS, Python, Go, Node.js, Next.js, Google Cloud Functions, AWS Lambda, Kinesis, Spring WebFlux, RxJava
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Engineering Manager, RCM AI Core Backend
Mountain View or San Francisco or Los Angeles or New York City
$200k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Commure
Commure: AI-powered software platform for healthcare workflow and administrative automation.
6+ YOE2+ Mgmt6+ years developing software, 2+ years leading engineering teams, experience delivering platform-scale backend systems, strong communication, and technical expertise in Python, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes.
Python, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, EHR
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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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Engineering Manager, Backend Frameworks
San Francisco or Sunnyvale or Seattle or Los Angeles or New York City
$194k-$285k/yr OnsiteFull Time
DoorDash
DoorDashNYSE: DASH: Local food delivery and on-demand logistics platform.
7+ YOE2+ MgmtRequires 7+ years software development, expert Java, Kotlin, Go, or Python proficiency, 3+ years distributed systems experience, and 2+ years engineering team leadership.
Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, Gem, Covey
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Lead Backend Software Engineer
San Carlos, California, United States
$185k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
Beacon AI
Beacon AI: Developing an AI-powered-pilot for safer flight operations.
5+ YOERequires 5+ years designing production backend services, APIs, and distributed systems; Python and JavaScript/TypeScript proficiency; experience with infrastructure, data pipelines, scalability, reliability, and end-to-end ownership.
Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js
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Staff Backend Engineer, Core Data Service
San Jose, California, United States
$245k-$450k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TikTok
TikTok: Global short-form video hosting and social media platform.
5+ YOE5+ years building large-scale distributed backend systems; strong coding in Go/C++/Java; experience with active-active/global architectures, distributed storage, and AI-native infrastructure.
Go, C++, Java, Redis, RocksDB, Spanner
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Senior Staff Backend Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure
Mountain View, California, United States
$174k-$299k/yr HybridAll Commitments Available
Coupang
CoupangNYSE: CPNG: Provides online retail, grocery delivery, and video streaming services.
10+ YOEExtensive cloud platform engineering with DevOps, IaC, Kubernetes; 10+ years in cloud, SRE/DevOps; leadership experience.
Terraform, Python, Go, CloudFormation, Ansible, GitHub, CircleCI, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, AWS, Azure, GCP, IaC
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Staff Software Engineer-Backend
Fremont, California, United States
$182k-$220k/yr HybridFull Time
Scout Motors
Scout Motors: Designs and manufactures all-electric rugged SUVs and trucks.
8+ YOEBachelor's in CS or related,8+ years backend experience,proficiency in Go/Node.js/Python/Java,relational and non-relational databases,identity management experience,architecture and on-call responsibility.
Go, Node.js, Python, Java, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Azure AD, AWS Cognito, LDAP, Okta, Keyclock
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Sr Staff Engineer Backend
Los Angeles or Santa Clara or Tustin or Dallas
$99k-$185k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lendistry
Lendistry: Technology-enabled lender providing capital to small businesses.
7+ YOE7+ years backend, distributed systems, microservices; technical leadership; collaboration across product, data, and compliance; AI-assisted development familiarity.
Java, Kotlin, Scala, Go, C#, TypeScript, REST, gRPC, OAuth2, JWT, AWS, CI/CD, AI tools, Copilot
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Knowledge Engineer Manager - Back-end Engineer
United States or Albany or Arlington or Atlanta or Austin or Beaverton or Bentonville or Boston or Carmel or Charlotte or Chicago or Cincinnati or Cleveland or Columbus or Culver City or Denver or Des Moines or Detroit or Hartford or Houston or Irving or Kirkland or Miami or Milwaukee or Minneapolis or Morristown or Mountain View or Nashville or New York City or Oklahoma City or Overland Park or Philadelphia or Pittsburgh or Raleigh or Redmond or Sacramento or San Diego or San Francisco or Scottsdale or Seattle or St. Louis or St. Petersburg or Walnut Creek
$80k-$294k/yr HybridFull Time
Accenture
AccentureNYSE: ACN: Global professional services firm providing consulting and technology solutions.
5+ YOERequires 5+ years in knowledge graphs, ontology mapping, R2RML, graph and relational databases, vector databases, Python or Java, REST APIs, and a bachelor's degree or equivalent.
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, D3.js, Cytoscape.js, 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
Accenture
AccentureNYSE: ACN: Global provider of management consulting and technology services.
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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Engineering Manager
Palo Alto, California, United States
$220k-$280k/yr HybridFull Time
Qualified Health
Qualified Health: A building AI infrastructure and platforms to improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.
8+ YOE2+ Mgmt8+ years engineering experience with 2+ years managing engineers; strong background in backend distributed systems, microservices and REST APIs; production shipping experience; applied AI/LLM experience preferred.
REST APIs, microservices, AI/ML, LLM
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Software Engineering Technical Leader, Backend (Hybrid)
Milpitas or San Jose
$187k-$268k/yr HybridFull Time
Cisco
CiscoNASDAQ: CSCO: Develops and sells networking hardware and cybersecurity software.
7+ YOERequires STEM degree and 5–12+ years related experience, including 7+ years building backend platforms and programming in Python or Go; cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices experience required.
Python, Go, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes
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Engineering Manager, Home Infrastructure
San Mateo, California, United States
$295k-$345k/yr HybridFull Time
Roblox
RobloxNYSE: RBLX: Platform for creating and playing user-generated 3D digital experiences.
3+ YOE3+ Mgmt3+ years as Engineering Manager or Tech Lead Manager; expert in distributed systems and backend/data tech; proven leadership and delivery of large-scale systems.
Distributed Systems, Backend, Data Infrastructure, Machine Learning serving systems
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Engineering Manager
Mountain View or United States or United Kingdom or Chile or New Zealand or Australia or Brazil
$207k-$304k/yr HybridFull Time
Alphabet
AlphabetNASDAQ: GOOGL: Holding providing internet, software, and AI services.
8+ YOE2+ MgmtBachelor's in CS/EE or related; 8+ years building scalable cloud production systems (GCP preferred); 3+ years technical leadership with 2+ years direct people management; experience with large-scale data processing, backend and frontend systems; strong communication.
GCP, RDF
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Engineering Manager, Ad Serving
San Jose or Boston
$360k-$440k/yr HybridFull Time
Roku
RokuNASDAQ: ROKU: Operates a TV streaming platform and sells streaming hardware.
10+ YOE10+ years architecting large distributed systems; experience leading senior engineering teams, large-scale backend systems, cross-functional initiatives, and technical strategy.
Claude Code, Cursor, MCP servers
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Engineering Manager - Simulation and Verification
Santa Clara, California, United States
$200k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
PlusAI
PlusAI: AI-based virtual driver software for factory-built autonomous trucks.
5+ YOE2+ Mgmt5+ years software engineering experience with 2+ years in management; expertise in autonomous driving/robotics/simulation; backend (Python, FastAPI, Postgresql), frontend (React, Vite), cloud (AWS), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD (Jenkins); data pipeline experience.
Carla, Unreal Engine, Python, FastAPI, Postgresql, React, Vite, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins
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Engineering Manager, Discovery Experience
San Francisco or Sunnyvale
$194k-$285k/yr OnsiteFull Time
DoorDash
DoorDashNASDAQ: DASH: On-demand delivery platform connecting consumers with local merchants.
7+ YOE2+ Mgmt7+ years industry experience, ≥2 years management, CS degree (BS/MS/PhD) or equivalent, experience across backend, Android, iOS and web, strong product sense and cross-functional collaboration.
LLM, iOS, Android, Web
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Manager, Software Engineering, Maps
New York City or Seattle or San Francisco or Palo Alto or Los Angeles
$195k-$343k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Snap
SnapNYSE: SNAP: Provides visual messaging software and augmented reality wearable devices.
9+ YOE1+ Mgmt9+ years software development experience, 1+ year managing, Bachelor's in CS or equivalent, experience with distributed backend systems, AI tooling aptitude, strong communication and technical judgment.
AI tools
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Engineering Manager, Access Control
San Mateo, California, United States
$200k-$315k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Verkada
Verkada: Sells integrated AI-powered cloud physical security hardware and software.
7+ YOE1+ MgmtRequires 7+ years of software engineering experience, 1+ year managing engineers, frontend and backend production experience, distributed systems and architecture expertise, cross-functional leadership, and a computer science bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Python, Go, React
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