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Reposted 20 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
Senior level
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain • Fintech • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • NFT • Web3
The role involves architecting and developing platforms for foundational teams, providing technical structure, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with stakeholders to create strategic roadmaps.
Top Skills: SparkDockerGoGrpcHiveSQL
Reposted 17 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
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 15 Days AgoSaved
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Remote
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
232K-310K
Senior level
232K-310K
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
The Senior Staff Software Engineer will design and maintain a scalable datastore platform, collaborating across teams and mentoring junior engineers, focusing on database performance and reliability.
Top Skills: AnsibleAws AuroraCachingDistributed SqlDynamoDBGoKotlinMySQLPythonRustTerraform
Reposted 15 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
186K-219K Annually
Senior level
186K-219K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain • Fintech • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • NFT • Web3
Lead backend engineering for a new product at Coinbase, handling the design, coding, and collaboration needed for launch. Focus on high-quality, customer-driven development in fintech.
Top Skills: DockerGoMongoDBPostgresRuby on RailsRedshiftRubySinatra
Reposted 3 Hours AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
119K-245K Annually
Mid level
119K-245K Annually
Mid level
Social Media
The Backend Software Engineer will develop and enhance Pinner-facing features, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and maintain high-quality code through automated testing and best practices.
Top Skills: CachingData ProcessingRestful ApiStorage
Reposted 21 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
126K-220K
Senior level
126K-220K
Senior level
Software
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Mux, you will build scalable applications, manage service infrastructure, and support product development while collaborating across teams.
Top Skills: ElixirGoKubernetesNode.jsPythonRuby
Reposted 10 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
Mid level
Mid level
Software
As a Backend Engineer at Drivetrain, you will solve complex backend application development problems, manage system design, and ensure production quality. You'll collaborate on innovation, review code for best practices, and contribute to product documentation, shaping the company culture and engineering practices.
Top Skills: AWSBigQueryElasticsearchHibernateJavaPostgresRedisSpring
Reposted 10 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
142K-210K
Senior level
142K-210K
Senior level
Information Technology • Software
As a Backend Engineer, you will build features, design API methods, improve system performance, and collaborate with frontend engineers while maintaining high code quality and reliability.
Top Skills: GoJavaNatsPythonRedisRubyScala

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Reposted 15 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
3-5
Mid level
3-5
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Internet of Things • Software
Develop intricate backend systems, solve complex problems, and contribute to impactful technology for major companies at Entefy.
Top Skills: Continuous IntegrationNode.jsNoSQLSQL
Reposted 16 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
135K-150K Annually
Mid level
135K-150K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Legal Tech • Payments • Sales • Software
As a Backend Software Engineer at AffiniPay, you will deliver secure, high-availability APIs, mentor junior engineers, and develop solutions in a collaborative environment focused on quality and scalability.
Top Skills: Apache KafkaAWSAws RdsJavaKubernetesPythonRdbmsScalaSQL
Reposted 16 Days AgoSaved
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Remote
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
232K-310K
Senior level
232K-310K
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
This role involves defining technical direction for the Discovery domain, building large-scale systems, and collaborating across teams to enhance user engagement.
Top Skills: APIsData Processing PipelinesDistributed SystemsPythonWeb Application Frameworks
21 Days AgoSaved
Chicago, IL
171K-229K Annually
Senior level
171K-229K Annually
Senior level
Mobile • Social Media • Social Impact • Software
As a Staff Backend Engineer, you'll design, develop, and optimize Grindr's backend services, mentor team members, and enhance platform systems in a microservices architecture.
Top Skills: AWSJvmKafkaKotlinPostgresRedis
Reposted 11 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
210K-240K
Senior level
210K-240K
Senior level
Blockchain • Consumer Web • Fintech • Software • Cryptocurrency
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll architect scalable systems, lead technical projects, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive product initiatives within the cryptocurrency sector.
Top Skills: BigtableDockerFlaskGCPGraphQLHTMLPostgresPythonReactReact NativeRedisStyled-ComponentsTerraformTypescript
Reposted 7 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
185K-185K Annually
Senior level
185K-185K Annually
Senior level
eCommerce • Legal Tech • Professional Services • Software • Data Privacy
The Senior Software Engineer will design, implement, and maintain software systems while mentoring junior engineers and driving technical standards.
Top Skills: ActiverecordAWSJavaScriptRuby On RailsSQLVanilla Javascript
Reposted 23 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
145K-160K Annually
Mid level
145K-160K Annually
Mid level
Big Data • Fintech • Information Technology • Insurance • Software
Develop backend services using Golang and PostgreSQL, write tests, peer review code, and ensure software security and maintainability.
Top Skills: Ci/CdDockerGoOpenapiPostgresProtocol BuffersRamlSwagger
Reposted 25 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
Senior level
Senior level
Cloud • Insurance • Payments • Software • App development • Big Data Analytics
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will design and develop backend solutions primarily using Python, while also engaging in frontend development with React and TypeScript, supporting cloud architecture, and enhancing web applications for the insurance industry.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDjangoFastapiGCPGCPJavaScriptPythonReactTypescript
Reposted 3 Hours AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
Mid level
Mid level
Fintech • Payments • Software • Financial Services
As a Backend Software Engineer at Upflow, you will enhance the synchronization engine, integrate financial services, ship code daily, and take ownership of projects from specification to release.
Top Skills: CircleCIDatadogGCPGraphQLNode.jsPostgresReactRedisSentryTerraformTypescript
Reposted 17 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
186K-219K Annually
Senior level
186K-219K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain • Fintech • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • NFT • Web3
Develop and enhance low-latency backend services for trading, focusing on scalability and modern cloud technologies. Collaborate with teams to implement robust solutions and maintain production infrastructure.
Top Skills: DockerGoJavaKubernetesMongoDBNo-SqlPostgresRds PostgresSQL
Reposted 2 Hours AgoSaved
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Remote
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
174K-211K
Senior level
174K-211K
Senior level
Fintech • Social Impact
As a Senior Software Engineer II, you will enhance donor experiences by improving the platform through full-stack development, collaborating with various teams to implement impactful features and ensuring system reliability and maintainability.
Top Skills: ReactRuby On RailsTypescript
Reposted 12 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
50K-75K
Senior level
50K-75K
Senior level
eCommerce • Business Intelligence
The Backend Engineer will develop and maintain web applications, scale APIs, enhance algorithms, and integrate new products while mentoring juniors.
Top Skills: DockerElasticsearchElixirGCPGitGitKubernetesPhoenixPostgresRabbitMQRedisRuby On RailsSidekiq
Reposted 12 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
155K-190K
Senior level
155K-190K
Senior level
AdTech • Digital Media • News + Entertainment • Other
The Staff Backend Engineer will oversee backend architecture, drive platform initiatives, mentor team members, and enhance technical standards at Axios.
Top Skills: AWSGoPythonTypescript
Reposted YesterdaySaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
Senior level
Senior level
Information Technology
The Senior Backend Engineer for Billing will design, build, and maintain backend services for Docker's products, focusing on billing systems and improving user experiences.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGithub ActionsGoJenkinsKubernetesPostgresSQLStripeTerraform
13 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
168K-202K
Senior level
168K-202K
Senior level
Software
The Staff Backend Engineer will develop Grafana's storage layer, mentor team members, drive projects from ideation to operations, and ensure system reliability and performance.
Top Skills: GoKubernetes
Reposted 2 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
160K-200K
Senior level
160K-200K
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity
The Lead Backend Software Engineer will develop core features, design APIs, and maintain ETL pipelines, collaborating closely with other teams.
Top Skills: AWSAzureC++DockerGCPGoGraphQLKubernetesNeo4JPostgresPythonScalaSQLTypescript
Reposted 2 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
180K-200K
Senior level
180K-200K
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Software
Join Prepared's engineering team to develop backend systems, driving initiatives for stability and reliability while mentoring junior engineers.
Top Skills: GoRuby On Rails
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