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Yesterday
Remote
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
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
4 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Chicago, IL
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
Yesterday
Easy Apply
Remote
Chicago, IL
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
13 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
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
8 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
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
Reposted 10 Days Ago
Remote
Chicago, IL
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
13 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
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
Yesterday
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
89K-150K Annually
Mid level
89K-150K Annually
Mid level
Cloud • Fintech • Machine Learning • Analytics • Financial Services
Oversee design and implementation of products, manage risks, support junior engineers, ensure high reliability of technical solutions, and enforce IT standards.
Top Skills: APIsCucumberGitGradleJavaJenkinsJunitJwtKafkaKubernetesNexusOauthPostgresSonarqubeSpring BootSQL
Reposted 23 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
Senior level
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
6 Days Ago
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
72K-141K Annually
Senior level
72K-141K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Insurance • Professional Services • Analytics • Cybersecurity
The role involves leading and developing complex applications, system analysis, mentoring staff, and integrating vendor solutions. Requires extensive experience in full stack development and project management.
Top Skills: AWSAzureCloud Native PatternsGCPJavaJdk 11Jdk 17KubernetesNode.jsReactSpring 5+SQL
Reposted 2 Days Ago
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
Senior level
Senior level
Financial Services
This role involves designing and developing software solutions, ensuring technical stability, analyzing data for improvements, and contributing to agile team culture.
Top Skills: AngularJavaMicroservicesReactSpring Boot
3 Days Ago
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
121K-138K Annually
Junior
121K-138K Annually
Junior
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Collaborate with Agile teams to design and develop back end solutions, utilizing programming languages and cloud services, enhancing customer experiences.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDockerGCPGoJavaKubernetesNode.jsPythonScalaSQL
205K-257K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a diverse technology project portfolio, mentor engineers, and develop cloud-based solutions using various programming languages and tools to meet corporate regulatory needs.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDockerGoGCPJavaKubernetesNode.jsNoSQLOpen Source RdbmsPythonScalaSQL
7 Hours Ago
Chicago, IL
144K-299K Annually
Expert/Leader
144K-299K Annually
Expert/Leader
AdTech • Digital Media • Information Technology • Other
The Principal Backend Engineer will own engineering tasks for new features, improve existing code, debug issues, review code, and design/deploy products in a high-scaling platform environment.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdDistributed SystemsDocumentdbDynamoDBJavaLinux Shell ScriptingMicroservicesPostgresPythonRestful Apis
Yesterday
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
3 Days Ago
Remote
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
5 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
eCommerce • Software • Design • SEO
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll design and implement scalable backend services, manage access control, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring high-quality code and collaborating with product teams.
Top Skills: Amazon Web ServicesApolloEc2GraphQLJavaScriptKafkaLambdasMongoDBNode.jsS3Typescript
6 Days Ago
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
176K-221K Annually
Mid level
176K-221K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a team of developers in creating solutions using cloud technologies and distributed microservices, collaborating with product managers to deliver impactful results.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGoJavaKubernetesNode.jsPythonScalaSQL
4 Days Ago
Remote
Chicago, IL
Mid level
Mid level
Mobile • Sports • App development
Build scalable multi-player games and messaging features, ensuring solutions support millions of users while collaborating with the frontend team.
Top Skills: CassandraElixirErlangvmScylladb
6 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Mobile • Security • Software
Design and build backend systems, develop APIs, collaborate with teams on features, and enhance system performance and reliability.
Top Skills: APIsCaching SystemsRuby On RailsSQL
Reposted 3 Days Ago
Remote
Chicago, IL
Mid level
Mid level
Software
The Backend Engineer will build and enhance eCommerce systems, improve frontend infrastructure, and ensure performance and usability for branded resale platforms.
Top Skills: Apollo ClientAWSFirebase AuthGraphQLNext.JsNode.jsPostgresPythonReactReduxSQLTerraformTypescriptVercel
Reposted 7 Days Ago
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
115K-150K Annually
Senior level
115K-150K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Software • Financial Services
Design, architect, and engineer financial applications on the Halo platform, coordinating with teams and ensuring application performance and security.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdDockerGitlabKubernetesPostgresPythonRedis
4 Days Ago
Remote
Chicago, IL
Mid level
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity
Design and implement robust backend systems for an AI-driven platform, maintain scalable services and APIs, collaborate with teams, and optimize backend performance.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDockerGCPGoJavaKubernetesNoSQLPythonSQL
8 Days Ago
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
144K-165K Annually
Mid level
144K-165K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll develop, test, and implement tech solutions, collaborate with teams, and drive cloud-based product delivery.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGoJavaKubernetesNode.jsPythonScalaSQL
5 Days Ago
Remote
Chicago, IL
110K-175K Annually
Mid level
110K-175K Annually
Mid level
Healthtech • Mobile • Software • Pharmaceutical • Telehealth
As a Backend Engineer, you'll design and maintain APIs, develop scalable systems, optimize performance, and enhance automation to support company growth and client experience.
Top Skills: AmplitudeAWSLookerPostgresPython/DjangoReact NativeSegmentSnowflakeVue
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