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Founding Backend / Infra Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$300k/yr On-SiteFull Time
Own the crawlers, pipelines, and infrastructure powering a real-time job search engine. Strong Node.js and Python fundamentals; bonus points for security and reverse-engineering chops.
Node.js, Python, Elasticsearch, Redis
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Senior Backend Engineer (Python) - Content Understanding
San Francisco or Atlanta or Austin or Boston or Chicago or Dallas or Denver or Houston or Jacksonville or Los Angeles or Miami or New York City or Phoenix or Portland or Sacramento or Salt Lake City or San Diego or Seattle or Washington, D.C. or Ottawa or Toronto or Vancouver or Mexico City
$120k-$228k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years software engineering; Python 5+ years; distributed systems; AWS; Terraform; leadership; bachelor’s in CS.
Python, Scala, Airflow, Spark, Databricks, Terraform, AWS, SQS, SNS, CloudWatch, Datadog
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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
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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Staff Backend Engineer, Safety
United States or San Francisco or Los Angeles or New York City or Chicago
$217k-$304k/yr RemoteFull Time
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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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
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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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
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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Senior Backend Java Engineer (Chicago Hybrid)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$130k-$150k/yr HybridFull Time
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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Python Developer IV
Webster or Chicago or St Petersburg or Phoenix or Tempe
$111k-$175k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years backend software development; Python/Django; AWS; REST APIs; PostgreSQL/MySQL; Docker; CI/CD.
Python, Django, REST, Celery, Redis, AWS, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
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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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Python Software Engineer - Temporary to Perm
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$70-$90/hr OnsiteContract
7+ YOE7+ years backend/full-stack development experience, strong Python skills, Azure Functions and event-driven systems experience, database integration, microservices and cloud security familiarity, practical LLM/AI tooling exposure.
Python, Azure Functions, Azure Event Grid, Durable Functions, API Management, SQL, NoSQL, Azure SDKs, Azure Cognitive Services, LangChain, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel
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Lead Software Engineer - Backend
McLean or Chicago
$179k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOE1+ MgmtBachelor's degree and 4+ years software engineering experience, 1+ year cloud experience, proficiency in Java/Python/Go/Node/Scala, cloud and container technologies, and people management experience preferred.
Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, Scala, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
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Full Stack Developer (Backend Emphasis)
Scott AFB, Illinois, United States
$110k-$150k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOESenior full stack developer with 5+ years in Java/.NET, AWS GovCloud, REST APIs; DoD/federal experience preferred; ability to obtain security clearance.
Java, .NET, AWS (GovCloud), Lambda, ECS, EKS, Fargate, API Gateway, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, SQL, Linux, Docker, OpenAPI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Python, Bash
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Lead Software Quality Engineering, Backend
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$150k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years in backend testing or software development; strong automation, cloud backend, data validation, and regulatory compliance experience.
Python, Kotlin, Java, SQL, BigQuery, Cassandra
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Sr. Data Python Engineer - FreeWheel
Englewood or Chicago
$136k-$204k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years building data pipelines or distributed backend systems with Python; hands-on AWS, CI/CD, Terraform, Kubernetes; Snowflake/Spark and SQL experience; bachelor’s degree preferred.
Python, Snowflake, Spark, SQL, AWS, CI/CD, Terraform, Kubernetes, Snowpark, Databricks
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Senior Software Engineer
Chicago or United States
$113k-$183k/yr RemoteFull Time
1+ YOEMaster's in Computer Science or related and 1 year experience developing backend/service-layer software. Requires Java, Python, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, TDD practices, and Agile development experience.
Java, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Python
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Software Developer - Grain Dryer Controls
Assumption, Illinois, United States
$70k-$90k/yr HybridFull Time
3+ YOEBachelor's in Computer Science, 3+ years developing and supporting distributed full-stack systems; backend, embedded, and AWS experience; familiarity with Python, Docker, Terraform, and embedded Linux.
Python, AWS, Docker, Terraform, Embedded Linux, ReactJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL
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Senior Developer - IT
Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States
$112k-$147k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOEBachelor's in CS/CE/EE/MIS,4+ years software development experience, AWS and backend API experience (Java/Node/Python), CI/CD, Kubernetes, Git, cloud platforms, Agile, strong communication; must be authorized to work in the US.
AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Cognito, Amazon Route 53, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon ECS, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, Amazon RDS - Aurora Postgres, Active MQ, Secrets Manager, Parameter Store, Amazon EFS, Git, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Node.js, Java, Springboot, Angular 15, Github, Harness, Artifactory, Kubernetes, Microsoft .Net Framework, Microsoft .Net Core, SQL, NoSQL, JSON, XML, OAuth, Claude, Agentic AI, CoPilot, AWS, Azure, GCP, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Azure DevOps
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Senior Software Engineer
Westchester, Illinois, United States
$99k-$124k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's in CS/IT, 10+ years software development with backend Java experience; proficiency in Python/Go, Spring Framework, cloud platforms, containerization, relational databases, CI/CD, and strong communication.
Java, Python, Go, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Security, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, React, Angular
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Software Engineer
Illinois or Kentucky or Kansas or Idaho or Washington or Michigan or Florida or California or Texas or Oklahoma or Tennessee or North Carolina or Minnesota or Massachusetts or Indiana or Georgia or Arizona or Missouri or Alabama or Connecticut or District of Columbia or South Carolina or Oregon
$79k-$119k/yr HybridFull Time
Backend software engineering role; experience with C# or Python; strong distributed systems knowledge; cloud experience preferred.
C#, Python, GitHub Actions, Azure, Kubernetes
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Machine Learning Senior/Staff Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$150k-$190k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years of production ML/vision experience; backend architecture ownership; cloud experience; Python/backend proficiency; hybrid/startup environment adaptability.
Python, AWS, Java, TypeScript, Go
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Senior Platform Engineer
Atlanta or Boston or Chicago or Dallas or New York
HybridFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years backend platform engineering; Kubernetes, Python, Postgres, Kafka, Redis; security and AI tooling.
Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Helm, Vault, Azure Key Vault, Azure Monitor
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