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Boston, MA
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135K-165K
Mid level
135K-165K
Mid level
Big Data • Healthtech • HR Tech • Machine Learning • Software • Telehealth • Big Data Analytics
The Backend Engineer II will build and maintain back-end services, respond to system outages, collaborate across disciplines, protect user privacy, and contribute to feature ideation and technological research. They should have a strong background in software development, particularly with Python and cloud services, and will work with various technologies to improve healthcare delivery.
Top Skills: AWSElasticsearchKubernetesNatsPostgresPythonSnowflakeTerraformTypescript
5 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Boston, MA
110K-180K Annually
Mid level
110K-180K Annually
Mid level
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
As a Backend Engineer III, you'll lead backend engineering for the Falcon Forensics product, enhance monitoring, resolve performance issues, and automate operations in collaboration with UI engineers and UX designers.
Top Skills: AWSC++CassandraDockerElasticsearchFalcon LogscaleGitGoJavaJenkinsK8SKafkaPythonRedisSlack
Reposted 4 Days Ago
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Remote
Boston, MA
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154K-248K
Senior level
154K-248K
Senior level
eCommerce • Software • Design • SEO
The Staff Backend Engineer will architect and implement scalable access control systems, drive collaboration across teams, and mentor engineers, ensuring high-quality software development.
Top Skills: AWSMongoDBNode.jsTypescript
Yesterday
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Remote
Boston, MA
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Mid level
Mid level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
The role involves developing and improving GitLab's Source Code Management tools, optimizing performance, collaborating with teams, and shipping features.
Top Skills: GoGraphQLPostgresRuby GrapeRuby On RailsSQL
4 Days Ago
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Remote
Boston, MA
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230K-250K
Senior level
230K-250K
Senior level
Big Data • Healthtech • HR Tech • Machine Learning • Software • Telehealth • Big Data Analytics
As a Staff Backend Engineer, you'll architect scalable data pipelines, ensure user privacy, mentor engineers, and support production operations.
Top Skills: ArgoKubernetesPostgresPythonSQL
Yesterday
Remote
Hybrid
Boston, MA
156K-220K
Senior level
156K-220K
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Software • Analytics • Business Intelligence • Big Data Analytics
As a Backend Engineer, you will build and maintain APIs, optimize data processing pipelines, and scale infrastructure while collaborating with various teams.
Top Skills: Apollo GraphqlAWSElasticsearchExpressHelmKubernetesLancedbPostgresRedisTerraformTypescript
10 Days Ago
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Remote
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Financial Services
As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will design and implement scalable backend systems, develop APIs, optimize databases, and mentor teams, driving technical solutions across the organization.
Top Skills: AWSCatsCats-EffectCirceDatadogDockerDoobieHttp4SKafkaKubernetesMskPlayPlay JsonPostgresScalaSkunkSlickTerraform
5 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Boston, MA
110K-180K Annually
Mid level
110K-180K Annually
Mid level
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
As a Backend Engineer III, you will design scalable backend services, develop command-line utilities, support integrations, and work on securing cloud workloads.
Top Skills: AWSAzureCassandraDockerElasticsearchGCPGitGoGrafanaHclKafkaKubernetesPagerdutyPostgresPrometheusRedisRestful ApiSplunkTerraform

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7 Days Ago
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Remote
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
Mid level
Mid level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
As a Staff Backend Engineer at GitLab, you will enhance developer productivity by creating tools, mentoring engineers, and optimizing workflows.
Top Skills: AnsibleAWSAzureGCPGoGoogle Cloud RunRubySnowflakeTerraform
7 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Boston, MA
180K-225K Annually
Senior level
180K-225K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Information Technology • Insurance • Software
Develop core backend services using Golang and PostgreSQL, resolving issues, writing tests, and collaborating with cross-functional teams for a life insurance platform.
Top Skills: Ci/CdDockerGoPostgres
Reposted 2 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Boston, MA
135K-180K Annually
Mid level
135K-180K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Mobile • Social Impact • Financial Services
The Software Engineer - Backend will develop features and scale the consumer finance platform, focusing on optimizing APIs for user experience, database performance, and integrating 3rd party services. Responsibilities include algorithm implementation for risk and transaction evaluations and enhancing internal automations.
14 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Boston, MA
Senior level
Senior level
HR Tech • Information Technology • News + Entertainment • Professional Services • Sales • Software
The Backend Engineer will focus on backend development, software design, and scalable architecture, requiring experience in C#, Java, or Scala, and cloud technologies like AWS.
Top Skills: AWSAws GlueC#JavaMySQLPostgresPysparkScala
Yesterday
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
Mid level
Mid level
Fitness • Hardware • Healthtech • Sports • Wearables
As a Backend Software Engineer, you'll design backend systems, optimize APIs, automate data pipelines, and enhance development processes for hardware at WHOOP.
Top Skills: APIsData PipelinesDatabase ManagementDistributed SystemsInfrastructure AutomationJavaPython
2 Days Ago
Hybrid
Boston, MA
144K-181K Annually
Mid level
144K-181K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
The role involves designing, developing, and supporting back-end solutions using Go and AWS, collaborating with teams across the organization.
Top Skills: AgileAWSDockerGoJavaKubernetesNoSQL
Reposted 16 Days Ago
Remote
Boston, MA
115K-180K Annually
Mid level
115K-180K Annually
Mid level
Insurance • Legal Tech • Social Impact
As a Backend Engineer, you'll design and operate Atticus' APIs, collaborate with teams to enhance features, and focus on backend systems' reliability and performance.
Top Skills: AWSCircleCICockroachdbDockerGCPGitGoGoogle SpannerGraphQLHadoopJavaJavaScriptMapreduceNode.jsPythonRestRubyScala
Yesterday
Remote
Boston, MA
Senior level
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Marketing Tech • Natural Language Processing
We are seeking a Staff Back End Engineer to develop our customer-facing application, focusing on quality, business impact, and system stability. Responsibilities include designing and evolving distributed systems, mentoring teams, and implementing CI/CD in a cloud environment.
Top Skills: AWSAws CdkCi/CdCloudFormationCloudwatchDatadogDevOpsElastic ApmGoJavaScriptPrometheusPythonRubyTerraform
6 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Hybrid
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
130K-200K
Senior level
130K-200K
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Software
As a Senior Software Engineer at Altana, you'll design and implement backend solutions, optimize code quality, and mentor junior engineers while scaling AI-powered platforms for diverse applications in supply chain management.
Top Skills: AWSAzureCeleryDatabricksDelta LakesDockerGitKubernetesMlflowPysparkPythonSwagger/Openapi
5 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Boston, MA
135K-215K Annually
Senior level
135K-215K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
Lead backend engineering efforts to design, develop, and enhance large-scale applications, focusing on distributed technologies and systems design.
Top Skills: Go,Golang,Java8,Python,Git,Cassandra,Kafka,Elasticsearch,Kubernetes,Postgres,Redis,Aws Cloud
Reposted 4 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Boston, MA
159K-224K
Mid level
159K-224K
Mid level
Information Technology • Software
Backend Engineer responsible for automating release processes, measuring impact, and debugging, while collaborating with cross-functional teams in software delivery.
Top Skills: GoJavaPythonRestful ApisRubyScala
Reposted 4 Days Ago
Remote
Boston, MA
Senior level
Senior level
Information Technology
The Sr Backend Engineer will design and maintain backend services using Ruby on Rails and AWS, ensuring high performance and data integrity while collaborating with front-end developers.
Top Skills: AWSCSS3DockerHTML5JavaScriptPostgresRuby On Rails
Yesterday
Remote
Boston, MA
Senior level
Senior level
Aerospace
Develop and enhance backend systems for controlling and monitoring biofarming products. Ensure code quality, lead development, and deploy solutions in production environments.
Top Skills: APIsDockerElasticsearchGitGoGraphQLGrpcInfluxdbMqttNoSQLPostgressqlPythonSQLSqlite
Reposted 8 Days Ago
Hybrid
Boston, MA
152K-228K Annually
Senior level
152K-228K Annually
Senior level
Consumer Web • eCommerce • Marketing Tech • Retail • Software • Analytics • Generative AI
The Senior Software Engineer will design, build, and maintain systems, collaborating with teams to refine specifications and mentor other engineers.
Top Skills: ClickhouseDjangoKafkaMySQLProxysqlPythonRedisZookeeper
Reposted 8 Days Ago
Hybrid
Boston, MA
188K-282K Annually
Senior level
188K-282K Annually
Senior level
Consumer Web • eCommerce • Marketing Tech • Retail • Software • Analytics • Generative AI
As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll design, build, and maintain systems, lead technical discussions, mentor engineers, and solve complex problems in a fast-paced environment.
Top Skills: AirflowApache KafkaApache PulsarArgoAWSBabelClickhouseDjangoDockerFastapiGrpcJenkinsJestKubernetesMySQLPostgresPythonRabbitMQReactRedisSparkTerraformTypescriptWebpack
16 Days Ago
Hybrid
Boston, MA
150K-225K
Senior level
150K-225K
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Software • Generative AI
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will develop reliable APIs, collaborate across teams, manage project priorities, and mentor junior engineers.
Top Skills: DjangoDockerFastapiGitJenkinsJsonnetKubernetesMypyOpenapiOpensearchPostgresPython
Reposted 14 Days Ago
Hybrid
Boston, MA
104K-194K Annually
Senior level
104K-194K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Insurance • Marketing Tech • Software • Analytics
The Senior Backend Engineer will design and develop high-performance RESTful and event-driven APIs, leveraging AWS services and modern technologies. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams, ensuring API security, mentoring junior engineers, and maintaining production support while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
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