Top Backend Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

As a Staff Backend Engineer, you'll design and scale backend systems for financial products, implement APIs, and maintain high code quality in a collaborative environment.

Design and scale backend services for Klover's payment systems. Build microservices, implement APIs, and ensure data integrity while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

You will tackle AI challenges, develop scalable software and collaborate with teams to enhance healthcare navigation using AI solutions.

Design and implement scalable backend systems using Node.js, integrate payment gateways, and collaborate with AI and frontend teams.

As a Staff Backend Engineer, you'll design and operate backend services, lead technical initiatives, ensure reliability, and mentor team members in a remote-first setup.

The Principal Software Engineer will design and optimize backend applications/services, improve payment integration, and oversee code quality within AWS.

Lead a team of developers to deliver cloud-based solutions, solve complex business problems, and mentor junior engineers while staying current with technology trends.

The Marketing Backend Developer will build and maintain backend services and APIs for marketing operations, ensuring reliable data flow and system integrations, with a focus on performance and scalability.

The Senior Software Engineer will lead and support a team in developing reliable and scalable backend systems, collaborating on product development, and improving infrastructure for secure communication between services.

The Senior Software Engineer will design and develop scalable applications, enhance DevOps practices, and drive continuous improvement within infrastructure and systems.

Lead a team of developers in creating solutions for regulatory needs, collaborate with product managers, and deliver cloud-based solutions using various programming languages and technologies.

Lead diverse technology projects and a team of developers to create solutions for regulatory needs. Collaborate with product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions that enhance customer experiences.

Build and operate ML training and serving infrastructure by designing, developing, and launching backend systems. Collaborate across teams to decompose projects, support operations and on-call, create monitoring and metrics, perform code reviews, and contribute to developer velocity and platform reliability.

As a backend engineer, you will enhance data collection systems to ensure reliability and scalability, working closely with engineering and mission teams.

Lead architecture and technical strategy for an internal platform that provides operational visibility into high-volume fund movements. Drive AI-first tooling, build fault-tolerant search and remediation systems, align cross-functionally, and elevate engineering quality through mentorship, design reviews, and process improvements.

The Backend Engineer will develop intricate backend systems, build performant APIs, and contribute to technology innovation at Entefy.

The role involves designing and expanding backend systems, mentoring engineers, and executing technical strategies to modernize architecture and improve system performance.

The Backend Software Engineer will develop data ingestion pipelines, implement observability tools, and provide technical support while improving team collaboration.

The role involves owning the architecture and technical direction of Payment Rails infrastructure, designing high-reliability systems for global payment processing, and leading cross-functional collaborations to create efficient, compliant solutions. Responsibilities also include mentoring team members and enhancing operational excellence through AI-driven improvements.

Build and improve frontend experiences for login, signup, OAuth, account security, and multi-user/org support. Contribute to migrating main views to React Native, design high-performance React/TypeScript UIs, collaborate with backend engineers and product teams, and write well-tested, reliable code to maintain low-latency user surfaces at scale.

Lead long-term technical vision and roadmap for the Overseer platform to ensure correctness across Coinbase fund flows. Own architecture, design and delivery of real-time detection, invariant frameworks, and partner APIs. Drive cross-team alignment, set engineering standards, mentor engineers, lead P0 initiatives, and apply generative AI responsibly to scale automated guardrails and enforcement capabilities.

As a Staff Software Engineer at Coinbase, you'll build systems for crypto trading, mentor other engineers, and ensure product excellence by architecting robust, highly available services.

Design APIs, build scheduling algorithms for GPU utilization, create resource management systems, and collaborate with frontend engineers for AI infrastructure.

Lead technical implementation of custom web projects, focusing on WordPress back-end development, while ensuring quality, security, and collaboration with teams.

The Lead Back-End Developer will oversee backend development initiatives, mentor the backend team, and collaborate with frontend teams to ensure robust backend infrastructure and optimal user experience.