14 staff backend engineer jobs at 11 companies in Berkeley, IL

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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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Staff Back End Engineer, Trading
Chicago or Los Angeles or San Francisco
$200k-$285k/yr RemoteFull Time
Altruist
Altruist: Provides a digital custodian and portfolio management platform for advisors.
8+ YOE8+ years in software engineering; distributed systems; Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Postgres, Kubernetes; BS in CS or related field; strong ownership and communication; resilient and creative problem solver.
Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Postgres, Kubernetes
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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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Staff Software Engineer (Backend) - Fable Core
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
HybridFull Time
Scribd
Scribd: Subscription-based digital library for e-books, audiobooks, and documents.
10+ YOE10+ years backend experience; Python/Django; cloud ops; incident ownership; cross-functional collaboration.
Python/Django, Postgres, Kubernetes, Datadog, GCP, AWS
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Staff Software Engineer-Backend
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$175k-$215k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Cameo
Cameo: Connects fans with celebrities for personalized video messages and interactions.
10+ YOE10+ years backend experience with Node.js, distributed systems, NoSQL (MongoDB), event-driven architectures (Kafka/Confluent), AWS, security, API design, mentoring, and AI tooling experience.
Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Kafka, Confluent, REST, AWS, Claude Code, Cursor
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Staff Software Engineer (Backend) - Everand Core
San Francisco or Ottawa or Phoenix or Toronto or Los Angeles or Denver or Salt Lake City or Atlanta or Chicago or Houston or Portland or New York City or Vancouver or San Diego or Sacramento or Jacksonville or Seattle or Mexico City or Austin or Miami or Boston or Dallas or Charlotte
$141k-$267k/yr HybridFull Time
Scribd
Scribd: Subscription-based digital library for e-books, audiobooks, and documents.
Significant backend engineering experience building and scaling distributed systems; strong coding in Ruby/Scala/Go/Python; expertise in reliability, observability, SLOs, and mentoring; cross-functional collaboration experience.
Ruby, Scala, Go, Python
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Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Computer Vision)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$150k-$190k/yr HybridFull Time
DeepWalk
DeepWalk: Automating sidewalk inspections using mobile LiDAR and computer vision.
6+ YOE6+ years in production ML/CV, owns system architecture, deploys ML/CV in production, backend experience, cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), startup-ready.
Python, AWS, Terraform, CDK, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go
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Staff Full Stack Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$152k-$203k/yr HybridFull Time
Grindr
GrindrNYSE: GRND: Mobile dating app for the LGBTQ+ community.
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering; expert React front-end; strong backend in Java/Kotlin/Node.js/Python/Go; cloud-native on AWS/GCP; relational and NoSQL databases; staff-level leadership; AI-native mindset.
React, Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Python, Go, AWS, GCP, Relational DB, NoSQL
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Staff AI Security Engineer
Bellevue or Chicago or New York City or San Francisco or Washington
$161k-$248k/yr HybridFull Time
Okta
OktaNASDAQ: OKTA: Provide secure identity management and authentication for enterprises.
8+ YOE8+ years in security engineering or backend development, expertise in AI threat landscape, strong coding in Python or Go, cloud (AWS/GCP) experience, and leadership/mentorship ability.
Python, Go, LangChain, Strands, Claude Agent SDK, AWS, GCP, OWASP, MITRE ATLAS, NIST AI RMF
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Staff Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$154k-$193k/yr RemoteFull Time
Cars Commerce
Cars CommerceNYSE: CARS: Digital platform for car buying, selling, and dealership operations
10+ YOE10+ years backend development experience, AWS cloud-native experience, strong system design, APIs/GraphQL/gRPC, database and messaging expertise, excellent communication and mentorship skills.
AWS, EKS, RDS, MSK, S3, Lambda, Node, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, DataDog, OpenTelemetry, GraphQL, gRPC, OAuth2, JWT
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Staff Software Engineer
Westchester, Illinois, United States
$124k-$155k/yr RemoteFull Time
Ritchie Bros.
Ritchie Bros.NYSE: RBA: Conducts global auctions for heavy equipment and industrial assets.
10+ YOEBachelor's degree, 10+ years software development experience with strong mobile (native and Flutter) and backend skills; experience with Spring, relational databases, cloud platforms, CI/CD, mentoring and technical leadership.
Swift, Kotlin, Flutter, Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Security, Xcode, Android Studio, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Bitrise, GitHub, CircleCI, Jenkins, Mockito, Appium, Flutter integration test package
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Machine Learning Senior/Staff Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$150k-$190k/yr HybridFull Time
DeepWalk
DeepWalk: Automating sidewalk inspections using mobile LiDAR and computer vision.
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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Staff Platform Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$140k-$233k/yr HybridFull Time
Zoro
Zoro: Online marketplace for industrial tools and business supplies.
10+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent experience,10+ years software development experience in backend/platform,expertise in Python/Java/TypeScript,Terraform,CI/CD,observability,and cloud-native systems; strong communication and incident leadership.
Python, Java, TypeScript, Terraform, CI/CD, Datadog, Prometheus, Kubernetes, Cloud Run
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Full Stack Staff Software Engineer — AI-Augmented Development
Charlotte or Hartford or Columbus or Chicago
$116k-$174k/yr HybridFull Time
The Hartford
The HartfordNYSE: HIG: Provides business and personal insurance, group benefits, and investments.
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering experience, 5+ years tech lead experience; Bachelor’s in CS or related (or equiv. experience); expertise in frontend and backend stacks, cloud (AWS/GCP), CI/CD, databases, APIs, and AI-augmented development tools.
React, Angular, Vue.js, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Express, Python, FastAPI, Django, .NET, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, gRPC, AWS, GCP, AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex, Vertex Studio, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, SQL, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Opus, OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI