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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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Lead Software Engineer - Backend
San Mateo, California, United States
$168k-$208k/yr HybridFull Time
Freshworks
FreshworksNASDAQ: FRSH: Provides cloud-based customer support and IT management software.
6+ YOE6-8 years backend experience; Ruby on Rails; strong DSA, REST APIs, OOD/SOLID; system design; leadership potential; collaborative, agile mindset.
Ruby on Rails, REST APIs, RDBMS, Caching, Distributed Queues, Microservices, OOP, SOLID, AI tools and technologies
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Lead Backend Software Engineer (API & Microservices development)
San Jose, California, United States
$215k-$245k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NetApp
NetAppNASDAQ: NTAP: Provides enterprise data storage and cloud data management software.
8+ YOERequires 8+ years of software engineering experience, Go, C++, or C#, REST APIs, microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, databases, CI/CD, testing, observability, and secure development practices. Bachelor's degree required or equivalent experience.
Go, C++, C#, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Python, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), React, TypeScript, RabbitMQ, Kafka, CI/CD
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Lead Backend Engineer
Redwood City, California, United States
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Attain
Attain: Provides real-time purchase data and measurement solutions for marketers.
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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Senior Software Backend Engineer - Market Pricing
New York City or San Francisco or Salt Lake City or Kraków or United Kingdom
$167k-$225k/yr HybridContract
Pave
Pave: Cloud-based software for managing and benchmarking employee compensation.
5+ YOERequires 5+ years of backend engineering experience, scalable systems design, performance and reliability expertise, strong judgment, and ability to lead ambiguous projects and mentor engineers.
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Senior Engineer - Security Products (Backend APIs)
San Francisco, California, United States
$181k-$217k/yr HybridFull Time
Fastly
FastlyNYSE: FSLY: Provides edge cloud platform for content delivery and cybersecurity.
5+ YOE5+ years engineering experience with production Go; 3+ years building public APIs; strong RESTful API design, testing, observability, and on-call experience; ability to author design docs and lead end-to-end projects.
Go, Terraform, CI/CD, OpenAPI, OAuth, JWT, SAML, RBAC, AI coding agents
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Tech Lead Backend Software Engineer - AI - Asset Services
San Jose, California, United States
$245k-$450k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TikTok
TikTok: Global short-form video hosting and social media platform.
Experience building large-scale backend services, distributed systems, data structures and algorithms, AI application and agent development, and strong cross-team communication.
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Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend
Seattle or Palo Alto
$152k-$215k/yr OnsiteFull Time
JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan ChaseNYSE: JPM: Global financial services firm providing banking and investment solutions.
5+ YOE5+ years professional software engineering experience; proficiency with Java, Scala, or Python; system design, testing, operational stability, CI/CD and experience with production data/streaming systems.
Java, Scala, Python, Flink, Spark, Feast, CI/CD
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Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
San Francisco, California, United States
$180k-$240k/yr HybridFull Time
Onos Health
Onos Health: AI-powered behavioral health platform for healthcare payers.
5+ YOE5+ years building software, prior experience leading engineering teams, strong system design and product sense, experience with cloud infrastructure and backend systems, familiarity with healthcare data preferred.
AWS, ECS, Bedrock, Glue, Docker, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Python, Django, Celery, Celery Beat, django-ninja, django-tenants, Next.js, TypeScript, TanStack Query, Shadcn UI, Zod, Nuqs, PostgreSQL, AWS RDS, S3, ClickHouse, GitHub, Jira, Claude Code, CoderabbitAI, Tusk
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Software Engineer, Backend
San Francisco, California, United States
$200k-$500k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Mercor
Mercor: Connecting expert human intelligence with frontier AI model development.
8+ YOE8+ years backend engineering experience with 3+ years at senior level, expertise in distributed systems, service architecture, data modeling, API design, and leading complex migrations; strong communication and mentoring skills.
Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot
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Lead Software Engineer - Backend
San Jose, California, United States
$159k-$302k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Adobe
AdobeNASDAQ: ADBE: Provides software for digital media creation and marketing analytics
5+ YOEBachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent, 5+ years backend development, strong Node.js/TypeScript experience, Kubernetes, Postgres/Redis, Terraform and AWS, CI/CD (CircleCI), bash, and HTTP API security.
Node.js, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Postgres, Redis, Terraform, AWS, bash, CircleCI
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Lead Software Engineer, Back End (Enterprise Platforms Technology)
McLean or New York City or Richmond or San Francisco or Philadelphia or Canada or United Kingdom or Philippines
$179k-$246k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Provides credit card, banking, and auto loan services.
4+ YOE1+ MgmtBachelor's degree, 4+ years of software engineering experience, and 1+ year of cloud computing experience required; leadership, programming, databases, containers, and Agile expertise preferred.
Java, Python, SQL, Node.js, Go, Scala, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Open Source RDBMS, NoSQL, Agile, interactive AI tooling
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Staff, Software Engineer - Backend / ML
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$143k-$286k/yr HybridFull Time
Walmart
WalmartNYSE: WMT: Multinational retail operating discount stores and supermarkets.
6+ YOE10+ years building large-scale distributed backend microservices, data pipelines, and ML-serving infrastructure; expertise with Java/Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Spark, Kafka, NoSQL, testing frameworks, and cloud data platforms; experience leading engineering teams.
Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Apache Spark, SparkSQL, Kafka, Cassandra, JUnit, Mockito, Hive, BigQuery, GCP, GCS, Cosmos DB, Azure Blob Storage, Solr, Elasticsearch, Vespa, FAISS, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, XGBoost, TensorRT, ONNX, Python, Airflow
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Senior Lead Software Engineer, Back-End Distributed Systems (AWS, Go, Kubernetes, MCP, Lua, Python)
Cambridge or McLean or New York or Plano or San Jose
OnsiteFull Time
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Financial services offering credit cards, banking, and loans.
6+ YOE6+ yrs software engineering; 1+ yr cloud (AWS); BS; backend distributed systems exp; Go, Lua, Python, AWS, Kubernetes.
AWS, Kubernetes, Go, Lua, Python, JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, SQL, HTML/CSS, Docker, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL
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Delivery Module Lead
Menlo Park or California
OnsiteFull Time
Mphasis
MphasisNational Stock Exchange of India / Bombay Stock Exchange: MPHASIS / 526299: Provider of IT consulting and digital transformation services.
7+ YOEBachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or STEM; 7+ years of software engineering; Java, Spring Framework, or Go; microservices, databases, scalable systems, and cloud technologies.
Java, Spring Framework, Go, Python, Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, PostgreSQL, Service Mesh, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Microsoft Azure
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Staff Engineer, Product Engineering (Backend)
San Francisco, California, United States
$249k-$278k/yr HybridFull Time
Strava
Strava: Fitness tracking and social networking app for athletes.
10+ YOE10+ years backend engineering experience, tech lead experience, strong system design for distributed systems, proficiency in Scala/Go/Python and distributed tech (Kafka, Kubernetes, cloud).
Ruby, Scala, Go, Python, MySQL, Redis, Cassandra, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS
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Technical Lead L1
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$60k-$149k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Wipro
WiproNYSE: WIT: Global technology services and consulting for digital transformation.
5+ YOEBachelor's or master's degree and 5+ years of backend development experience with Java, Spring Boot, microservices, distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, and Agile delivery.
Java, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Spring Boot, Kafka, Flink, Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Apache Spark, Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
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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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