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Reposted YesterdaySaved
Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
120K-135K Annually
Mid level
120K-135K Annually
Mid level
Big Data • Fintech • Information Technology • Insurance • Software
As a Backend Software Engineer II, you will develop web services primarily using Python and PostgreSQL, while collaborating closely with product teams to enhance the digital life insurance enrollment experience. You will ensure the quality of services and participate in planning product roadmaps.
Top Skills: DockerGoogle Cloud PlatformGrpcJavaKubernetesPostgresPythonRest
Reposted YesterdaySaved
Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
145K-190K Annually
Senior level
145K-190K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Information Technology • Insurance • Software
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will develop web services for the life insurance enrollment experience, collaborating with various teams to enhance the product roadmap and maintain service quality.
Top Skills: DockerGoogle Cloud PlatformGrpcJavaKubernetesPostgresPythonRest
Reposted YesterdaySaved
In-Office or Remote
Chicago, IL
200K-235K Annually
Expert/Leader
200K-235K Annually
Expert/Leader
Mobile • Real Estate • Software • Database • Analytics
The role involves architecting and developing a data platform, designing scalable APIs, maintaining infrastructure, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Top Skills: AWSCSSGCPGoGrpcHTML5JavaScriptKafkaKubernetesProtobufsPythonReactRed PandaRubyRustTypescript
Reposted YesterdaySaved
In-Office or Remote
Chicago, IL
200K-300K Annually
Mid level
200K-300K Annually
Mid level
Mobile • Software
The Backend Product Engineer will enhance the Radar platform, manage API traffic, engage with customers, and work across various backend technologies to drive product success.
Top Skills: AirflowAthenaAWSKubernetesMongoDBNode.jsPythonRedisRustS3ScalaTerraformTypescript
2 Days AgoSaved
Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
205K-257K Annually
Senior level
205K-257K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
The role involves leading technology projects, optimizing distributed systems, collaborating on cloud-based solutions, and mentoring others while leveraging various technologies to enhance services.
Top Skills: AWSCassandraDockerGoKafkaNode.jsOpensearchPostgresPython
2 Days AgoSaved
Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
144K-165K Annually
Senior level
144K-165K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Collaborate on Agile teams to develop cloud-based solutions using various programming languages and technologies, mentoring others and staying current on tech trends.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDockerGCPGoJavaKubernetesNode.jsNoSQLOpen Source RdbmsPythonScalaSQL
Reposted 11 Days AgoSaved
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Hybrid
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
170K-190K Annually
Senior level
170K-190K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Software • Financial Services
Design and maintain backend systems using Python, provide technical leadership, collaborate with various teams, and streamline operational processes.
Top Skills: Cloud FunctionsGkeGoogle Cloud PlatformLinuxPub/SubPython
Reposted 11 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
144K-181K Annually
Senior level
144K-181K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
The Senior Back End Software Engineer will design, develop, and support cloud-based technical solutions, collaborating with Agile teams and fulfilling customer needs.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDockerGCPGoJavaKubernetesNode.jsPythonScalaSQL
Reposted 2 Days AgoSaved
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Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
152K-190K Annually
Senior level
152K-190K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Healthtech • Professional Services • Software • Pharmaceutical
As a Principal Backend Software Engineer, you'll design and develop core modules for the elluminate platform, engage in all software development lifecycle phases, and provide technical guidance and support to the Engineering team.
Top Skills: AngularAsp.Net MvcAWSC#Distributed SystemsMicroservicesSQLSQL Server
12 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
Chicago, IL
120K-180K Annually
Senior level
120K-180K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Financial Services
The Senior Software Engineer will design, develop, and maintain robust back-end systems for trading, focusing on low-latency, high-throughput solutions in a team environment.
Top Skills: .NetC#KafkaRabbitMQRest ApisWeb Sockets
Reposted 25 Days AgoSaved
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In-Office or Remote
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
150K-250K Annually
Mid level
150K-250K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
Looking for a backend engineer to build and maintain infrastructure for trading operations. Requires experience in high-performance systems, APIs, and databases. Familiarity with AWS and stream processing is necessary, with potential experience in trading systems preferred.
Top Skills: AWSEcsGoKafkaPostgresRds
3 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
Senior level
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Productivity • Software • Automation
Join Zapier's Events Team as a Backend Engineer to enhance foundational event and queuing services, ensuring reliability and scalability. Collaborate with a tight-knit team, advocate for user experience, and manage tasks effectively while exploring new technologies.
Top Skills: AuroraAvroAWSGoKafkaLambdaPythonRedisS3SqsTerraformTypescript
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3 Days AgoSaved
Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
120K-149K Annually
Senior level
120K-149K Annually
Senior level
Digital Media • Gaming • Information Technology • Software • Sports • Esports • Big Data Analytics
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and develop scalable backend systems, delivering production-ready code and owning the software development lifecycle, while mentoring peers and resolving production issues.
Top Skills: AWSC#Google Cloud Platform (Gcp)Java
3 Days AgoSaved
Easy Apply
Remote
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will develop and maintain deployment infrastructure for GitLab's self-managed customers, ensuring secure and scalable operations across various environments.
Top Skills: GoGrafanaHelmKubernetesPostgresPrometheusRubyTerraform
Reposted 7 Days AgoSaved
In-Office or Remote
Chicago, IL
Senior level
Senior level
Fintech • Software • Financial Services
Drive design and implementation of product requirements, collaborate with teams, mentor engineers, and influence platform features and improvements.
Top Skills: GraphQLPostgresTypescript
Reposted YesterdaySaved
Easy Apply
Remote
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
Mid level
Mid level
Insurance
The Backend Engineer will develop infrastructure for product integration, create documentation for team training, and influence technology decisions.
Top Skills: C#,.Net,Sql,Git,Github
Reposted 3 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
140K-210K Annually
Senior level
140K-210K Annually
Senior level
Sales • Software • Automation
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, build, and launch backend systems and APIs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and improve scalability and performance of the CRM application.
Top Skills: AnsibleAWSDockerElasticsearchFlaskGraphQLKubernetesMongoDBPostgresPythonRedisTerraformWebsockets
Reposted 7 Days AgoSaved
In-Office or Remote
Chicago, IL
Mid level
Mid level
Marketing Tech
Develop and deploy smart contracts, ensuring security and efficiency, while collaborating with teams and maintaining documentation.
Top Skills: Ethereum Virtual MachineEthers.JsFoundryHardhatSolidityTruffleWeb3.Js
4 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
217K-293K Annually
Expert/Leader
217K-293K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Consumer Web • Productivity • Software • App development • Data Privacy
Lead a team of engineers focusing on optimizing activation and engagement flows. Contribute code, shape technical direction, and promote Agile practices.
Top Skills: Agile PracticesBack-End Development
4 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
134K-214K Annually
Senior level
134K-214K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Fintech • Food • Information Technology • Software • Hospitality
The Senior Software Engineer will work on high-impact projects, integrating systems, designing solutions, and ensuring software stability through testing.
Top Skills: JavaJavaScriptJSONKotlinNetSuitePulsarRestSalesforceSQLWorkatoXMLZuora Billing
5 Days AgoSaved
Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
Mid level
Mid level
Big Data • Cloud • Productivity • Software • Database • Analytics • Automation
The Backend Software Engineer will develop data ingestion pipelines, implement observability tools, and provide technical support while improving team collaboration.
Top Skills: Python
Reposted 9 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Chicago, IL
90K-175K Annually
Mid level
90K-175K Annually
Mid level
Other • Software
The Backend Engineer will develop backend features for a web app, engage with various technologies, and ensure code quality.
Top Skills: AWSFastapiKubernetesNext.JsOpenaiPineconePostgresPrometheusPythonReactRedisTailwindTypescript
Reposted 14 Days AgoSaved
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 for regulatory needs, leveraging cloud-based technology and mentoring others in a collaborative environment.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGoJavaKubernetesNode.jsPythonScalaSQL
Reposted 9 Days AgoSaved
In-Office or Remote
Chicago, IL
Senior level
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Healthtech
The Staff Backend Engineer will design backend systems, manage data workflows, enhance database architecture, lead technical projects, and mentor engineers, focusing on reliability and performance.
Top Skills: Connection PoolingContainersCsvEdiExcelHl7IndexingJSONPdfReplicationRest ApisServerlessSQLWorkflowsX12
6 Days AgoSaved
Easy Apply
Remote
Chicago, IL
Easy Apply
298K-350K Annually
Expert/Leader
298K-350K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain • Fintech • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • NFT • Web3
The Principal Software Engineer will oversee large engineering efforts, mentor other engineers, and influence product architecture strategies in the fintech sector.
Top Skills: AIAPIsBlockchainData StoresLarge-Scale SystemsPaymentsRisk
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