12 staff backend engineer jobs at 9 companies in Virginia
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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
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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Senior Staff, Software Engineer
Sterling, Virginia, United States
HybridFull Time
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 Software Engineer - Search / AI
Rhode Island or Mississippi or Montana or North Carolina or Louisiana or Maryland or Maine or Minnesota or Nebraska or Missouri or North Dakota or New York or New Jersey or New Mexico or Nevada or Ohio or South Carolina or Texas or South Dakota or Vermont or Tennessee or Virginia or Washington or Utah or Wisconsin or West Virginia or Oregon or Wyoming or Oklahoma or Pennsylvania or Colorado or Alabama or Arizona or California or Connecticut or District of Columbia or Florida or Iowa or Arkansas or Idaho or Illinois or Kansas or Delaware or Georgia or Indiana or Kentucky or Michigan or Massachusetts or New Hampshire
$107k-$284k/yr RemoteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years software engineering, 5+ years cloud-native app experience (GCP/Azure/AWS), backend programming in Java/Python/Kotlin/Go, microservices design, AI/LLM integration, search tech, CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, observability.
GCP, Azure, AWS, Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, Elastic, OpenSearch, Solr, Lucene, GitHub, Jenkins, CircleCI, Harness, Docker, Kubernetes, LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), CI/CD
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Staff Software Engineer, Product Workflow Reinvention
Palo Alto or Campinas or Mexico City or São Paulo or Belo Horizonte or Bogota or Virginia or Miami or Rio de Janeiro
HybridFull Time
Proven senior-level backend/platform engineering experience building workflow, state, and event systems; 0-to-1 platform delivery; strong communication and AI/agentic systems conviction.
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Staff Software Engineer (Product + Platform Development)
Seattle or McLean or United States
$180k-$240k/yr HybridFull Time
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
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 Software Engineer - Wallet/Authentication Platform
Mountain View or McLean or New York City or Tampa
$222k-$258k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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, Defense Applications - Clearance Required
Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States
$134k-$232k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, 8+ years of software engineering experience, JavaScript or TypeScript, React, backend/API development, Palantir Foundry, and active Secret clearance.
JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Palantir Foundry, Army Vantage, OSDK, Workshop, AIP, Python, Java, Go, Node.js, DevSecOps, CI/CD
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Staff Software Engineer, Defense Applications - Clearance Required
Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States
$134k-$232k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience, 8+ years of software engineering, JavaScript or TypeScript, React, backend services, APIs, Palantir Foundry, DoD support, and active Secret clearance.
Palantir Foundry, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, API, Python, Java, Go, Node.js, Army Vantage, OSDK, Workshop, AIP, DevSecOps, CI/CD
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Staff Software Engineer, Mission Applications - Clearance Required
Newport News, Virginia, United States
$111k-$190k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, 8+ years of software engineering experience, modern frontend and backend skills, API and data-system design, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, DoD experience, and active Secret clearance.
React, TypeScript, Python, Java, Go, Node.js, AWS, Palantir Foundry, Army Vantage, CI/CD
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Staff Fullstack Software Development Engineer
Arlington, Virginia, United States
$208k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent experience, 8+ years software development, 4+ years React or React Native, backend language proficiency, distributed systems, cloud platforms, design leadership, and AI development experience.
React, GraphQL, Java, Kotlin, TypeScript, React Native, Go, Node.js, Python, AWS, GCP, Azure
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Senior Staff TPM - Core Infrastructure & Platform Evolution
Palo Alto or Virginia or Miami or São Paulo
HybridFull Time
Requires deep infrastructure, SRE, or backend engineering expertise; hands-on technical leadership; massive cloud-native systems experience; architectural mastery; AI/ML transformation experience; and executive communication skills.
AI, ML, SRE, cloud-native, distributed databases, microservices