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17 staff backend engineer jobs at 13 companies in Frederick, MD

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Staff Software Engineer - Backend
Torrance or Washington D.C.
$161k-$224k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northwood Space
Northwood Space: Manufacturing ground stations and providing satellite communication infrastructure.
7+ YOE7+ years software development; 3+ years cloud services; distributed scheduling systems; cloud proficiency (AWS/Azure/GCP).
Kubernetes, Cloud platforms, APIs, CI/CD, Databases, Message queues
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer
North Bethesda or Waltham
$200k-$220k/yr HybridFull Time
Xometry
XometryNASDAQ: XMTR: Operates an AI-powered marketplace for custom manufacturing and prototyping.
6+ YOESenior ML engineer owning end-to-end ML systems, with cloud, MLOps, Python, and scalable backend experience.
Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions
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Staff Software Engineer (Backend) - Billing Platform *HYBRID*
Palo Alto or Falls Church or Frisco or Washington or Baltimore or Dallas or Bethesda or Fort Worth
$110k-$230k/yr HybridFull Time
GEICO
GEICO: Provides vehicle and property insurance services to consumers.
8+ YOE8+ years software development experience with large-scale systems; proficiency in Java/Kotlin/Golang, SQL/NoSQL, Kafka, Spark, Airflow, cloud and DevOps practices; strong communication and system design skills.
Java, Kotlin, Golang, SQL, NoSQL, Kafka, Spark, Airflow
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Staff Engineer - Java/Spring Boot/Event Driven Architecture/Workflow Orchestration & Backend Operations/UI/UX/Distributed Systems/High Volume Scalable Systems (HYBRID)
Bethesda or Richardson
$110k-$230k/yr HybridFull Time
GEICO
GEICO: Provides vehicle and property insurance services to consumers.
Proven API-first, event-driven architecture, and scalable backend engineering experience; strong Java/C#/Python; leadership and collaboration skills.
Java, Spring Boot, GraphQL, gRPC, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL, NoSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cosmos, Cassandra, Trino, Python, C++, Time permitted tools like Temporal, AWS Step Functions
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Staff Engineer – Full Stack Applications FinOps
Bethesda or Palo Alto or Dallas or Seattle
$110k-$230k/yr HybridFull Time
GEICO
GEICO: Provides vehicle and property insurance services to consumers.
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering experience building full-stack web platforms; leadership in UI and backend, cloud and Kubernetes experience; strong knowledge of microservices, event-driven architectures, and data stores.
React, Typescript, Bootstrap, Django, Golang, Python, Kafka, gRPC, protocol buffers, Apache Spark, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Kubernetes, k8s, Docker, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Azure, CICD, Java, ReactJS, TypeScript, BoostrapJS
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Associate Director Staff Engineer Software
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
OnsiteFull Time
OneMain Financial
OneMain FinancialNYSE: OMF: Provides personal loans and credit cards to nonprime consumers.
Senior backend architect with hands-on engineering, API and data integration expertise; Kubernetes, GraphQL, microservices, and CI/CD experience; comfortable in financial services environments.
Kubernetes, Docker, GraphQL, REST, Microservices, Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Go, CI/CD
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Staff Software Engineer
San Francisco or Los Angeles or Washington or San Diego or Seattle or London
$190k-$260k/yr OnsiteFull Time
CHAOS Industries
CHAOS Industries: Develops advanced radar and sensing systems for modern defense.
Backend and cloud engineering fundamentals; Python, Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, containers, CI/CD, distributed systems, or TypeScript/React preferred. Must be a U.S. Person and able to obtain a security clearance.
Python, Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, TypeScript, React, CI/CD
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Staff Software Engineer
United States or Tempe or Santa Clara or San Francisco or Los Angeles or Austin or Washington or New York City or Seattle or Kirkland or Alaska or Mississippi or North Dakota or United States Virgin Islands or California or Hawaii or Illinois or Massachusetts or New Hampshire or Oregon or Virginia
$140k-$273k/yr RemoteFull Time
GoDaddy
GoDaddyNYSE: GDDY: Provides domain registration, web hosting, and website building tools.
Strong backend engineering with Node.js/TypeScript, scalable API design, AWS experience, React/Next.js, distributed systems, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), testing, and platform-level architecture and on-call ownership.
Node.js, TypeScript, REST, AWS, ECS, Fargate, DynamoDB, RDS, Aurora, IAM, React, Next.js, GitHub Actions, ServiceNow, CMDB, CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation, Vault, LLM
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Senior Staff, Software Engineer
Sterling, Virginia, United States
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Asurion: Provides insurance and repair services for consumer electronics.
10+ YOE10+ years building APIs, backend services, distributed systems and data-intensive platforms; strong Node.js and TypeScript experience; data modeling, database design, API design, observability, and reliability engineering.
Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Neo4j, Kafka, CDC, CI/CD, schema registry
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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 (Product + Platform Development)
Seattle or McLean or United States
$180k-$240k/yr HybridFull Time
Trase Systems
Trase Systems: Provides an enterprise platform for deploying autonomous AI agents.
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering experience; production system design; applied AI/ML and LLM techniques; backend, APIs, data pipelines, cloud experience; strong communication and debugging skills.
Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, AWS, Azure, GCP, CI/CD, LLM, RAG
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Staff Software Engineer (Product + Platform Development)
Seattle or McLean or United States
$180k-$240k/yr HybridFull Time
Red Cell Partners
Red Cell Partners: Incubating technology companies in healthcare and national security sectors.
8+ YOE8+ years engineering experience; apply AI/ML and LLM techniques; scalable system design; backend, distributed systems, APIs, data pipelines, cloud; strong technical communication and debugging skills.
LLM, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, observability
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Pasadena or San Francisco or Washington or United States
HybridFull Time
Primer
Primer: Provides AI-powered data analysis software for national security.
6+ YOE6+ years building production backend and ML-driven systems; experience with LLMs, agentic systems, retrieval/RAG, evals, PyTorch, Python; BS/MS/PhD or equivalent.
PyTorch, Python, Rust, Triton, vLLM
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Staff Software Engineer in Test
Budapest or New York City or Washington or Vancouver or London or Galway or Munich or Bengaluru or Singapore or Sydney
HybridFull Time
Diligent
Diligent: Provides software for corporate governance, risk, and compliance management.
5+ YOE5+ years in test engineering, strong TypeScript and Playwright experience, API/backend testing, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), AWS/serverless and DevOps familiarity, LLM/AI testing knowledge, strong communication and mentoring skills.
TypeScript, Playwright, AWS CDK, AWS serverless services, GitHub Actions, .NET, Angular, Docker, LLMs
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Staff Software Engineer - Wallet/Authentication Platform
Mountain View or McLean or New York City or Tampa
$222k-$258k/yr OnsiteFull Time
ID.me
ID.me: Provides secure digital identity verification and authentication services.
8+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent, 8+ years software development experience, 5+ years backend engineering with Java and Spring Boot, 1+ year daily use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor).
Java, Spring Boot, Claude Code, Cursor, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML 2.0, FIDO2, WebAuthn, SCIM, XACML, LDAP, Active Directory, React, NIST SP 800-63
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Staff Software Engineer, GCS - Full Stack (R5192)
United States or San Diego or Dallas or Washington or Boston
$150k-$230k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Shield AI
Shield AI: Develops autonomous flight software and unmanned aircraft for defense.
7+ YOEBS/MS in CS or equivalent experience, typically 7+ years (or equivalent by higher degree), experience with modern frontend frameworks and full‑stack/backend languages, distributed systems, databases, and ability to obtain SECRET clearance.
React, TypeScript, Node.js, Go, C/C++, Python, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Maplibre GL, Leaflet, CesiumJS, OpenLayers, WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, GStreamer, FFmpeg, Docker, Kubernetes, k3s/k3d, MAVLink, STANAG 4586, A-GRA, UCI, OMS, OpenAPI/Swagger
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Staff Engineer, Software, GCS - C++ (R5189)
United States or San Diego or Dallas or Washington or Boston
$150k-$230k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Shield AI
Shield AI: Develops autonomous flight software and unmanned aircraft for defense.
7+ YOEBS/MS or equivalent; typically 7+ years experience; strong C++, Qt/QML, QGroundControl experience; backend experience in C/C++, Python, TypeScript or Go; networked systems expertise; ability to obtain SECRET clearance.
C++, Qt, QML, QGroundControl (QGC), QGC Map Engine, Python, TypeScript, Go, UDP, TCP, Mapbox, Cesium, Esri, RTSP, WebRTC, GStreamer, H.264, H.265, Docker, Kubernetes, MAVLink, STANAG 4586
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