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Remote
USA
150K-220K Annually
Mid level
150K-220K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Software • Conversational AI
Design and implement secure, robust backend services for speech processing, improve inference services, and optimize system performance in a fast-paced environment.
Top Skills: CC++PythonRustTorchUnix
Reposted 13 Hours AgoSaved
Remote or Hybrid
USA
120K-180K Annually
Mid level
120K-180K Annually
Mid level
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
As a Cloud Engineer III, you will develop cloud-native security solutions, focusing on UEBA and anomaly detection within a distributed system to protect against cyber threats.
Top Skills: C#DockerGoGrafanaJavaKafkaKubernetesOpensearchPostgresPythonRedis
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Remote or Hybrid
United States
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300K-375K Annually
Senior level
300K-375K Annually
Senior level
AdTech • Artificial Intelligence • Marketing Tech • Software • Analytics
As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will design and build optimized backend systems, develop microservices, and maintain streaming data infrastructure while leading technical projects and mentoring junior engineers.
Top Skills: Apache KafkaAWSCassandraDockerDynamoDBElk StackGoGrafanaJavaKubernetesMySQLPostgresPrometheusPythonRedis
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In-Office or Remote
2 Locations
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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
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Remote or Hybrid
USA
195K-290K Annually
Expert/Leader
195K-290K Annually
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
Lead and develop Agentic AI solutions, mentor team members, collaborate on AI applications, and tackle complex challenges in cybersecurity.
Top Skills: Amazon BedrockGoGoogle Vertex AiJavaMicrosoft Copilot StudioOpen AiPythonScalaServerless Architecture
Reposted 5 Days AgoSaved
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Remote
United States
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Senior level
Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
Lead the development and implementation of AI-powered coding tools, driving technical strategy and ensuring system performance across distributed applications.
Top Skills: Ai/Ml TechnologiesPythonRubyRustTypescript
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Remote
31 Locations
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98K-210K Annually
Mid level
98K-210K Annually
Mid level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
Implement and enhance product features, ensuring security and performance while collaborating with stakeholders. Engage with users for feedback and optimize workflows.
Top Skills: GoRuby On Rails
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Remote
31 Locations
Easy Apply
Mid level
Mid level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
Contribute to fullstack features using JavaScript, Ruby, and Python, collaborating with teams for development, bug fixes, and performance enhancement.
Top Skills: AWSGCPGraphQLJavaScriptPostgresPythonRestRubyRuby On RailsVue
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Remote or Hybrid
USA
Easy Apply
170K-221K Annually
Senior level
170K-221K Annually
Senior level
Food • Software
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll build, deploy, and monitor backend applications while collaborating across disciplines to improve quality and efficiency in development processes.
Top Skills: Ci/CdPythonSaaS
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Remote
United States
Easy Apply
166K-260K Annually
Senior level
166K-260K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise Web • Information Technology • Productivity • Sales • Software • Database
As a Staff Data Engineer, you will maintain and operate a data platform for ML workflows and analytics, develop data APIs, implement monitoring systems, and define data models while collaborating across teams.
Top Skills: AirflowFastapiHadoopKafkaPythonSpark
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In-Office or Remote
2 Locations
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142K-210K Annually
Junior
142K-210K Annually
Junior
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
As a Software Engineer II at Affirm, you'll develop backend systems, collaborate on product lifecycle, and ensure payment operations run smoothly.
Top Skills: AirflowAWSKotlinKubernetesMySQLSnowflake
Reposted YesterdaySaved
Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL, USA
156K-273K Annually
Senior level
156K-273K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • HR Tech • Information Technology • Productivity • Software • Automation
The role involves building and optimizing backend systems for ServiceNow's AI platform, focusing on scalability, performance, and reliability, while collaborating with teams to deliver high-quality software components and features.
Top Skills: AngularJavaJunitMariadbOraclePostgresReactSeleniumTestngUnixVue
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Reposted 7 Days AgoSaved
Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL, USA
156K-273K Annually
Senior level
156K-273K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • HR Tech • Information Technology • Productivity • Software • Automation
Design and develop software for operating PostgreSQL databases at scale, ensuring reliability and quality through collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and best practices in coding and architecture.
Top Skills: Ci/CdGoJenkinsKubernetesMariadbMySQLOraclePostgresPuppetPythonRuby
Reposted 22 Days AgoSaved
Remote or Hybrid
2 Locations
206K-257K Annually
Senior level
206K-257K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Fintech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software
Lead the design and development of reliable and scalable services for Xero's Payments Platform while mentoring engineers and solving complex fintech problems.
Top Skills: AWSC#C++GoJavaNoSQLSQL
22 Days AgoSaved
Remote or Hybrid
2 Locations
224K-302K Annually
Expert/Leader
224K-302K Annually
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Fintech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software
As a Principal Engineer, you'll define the technical direction and architecture for Xero's Payments Platform while mentoring teams and ensuring operational excellence.
Top Skills: AWSC#C++GoJavaNoSQLSQL
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Remote or Hybrid
4 Locations
Easy Apply
101K-306K Annually
Senior level
101K-306K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Productivity • Software • Generative AI
The Software Engineer will design and scale back-end systems, improve features, ensure system reliability, and collaborate across teams while focusing on performance and security.
Top Skills: GoGCPKubernetesPostgresPythonRedisTypescript
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Remote or Hybrid
USA
140K-215K Annually
Senior level
140K-215K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
As a Backend Software Engineer, you'll design high-volume services, working with distributed systems, network protocols, and performance optimization to enhance CrowdStrike's cybersecurity solutions.
Top Skills: AWSAzureCassandraElasticsearchGCPGoKafka
Reposted 24 Days AgoSaved
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Remote
United States
Easy Apply
98K-210K Annually
Senior level
98K-210K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design and develop security platform capabilities, architect greenfield projects, and create robust APIs, contributing to the infrastructure of enterprise security solutions.
Top Skills: ElasticsearchGitGitlab Ci/CdGraphQLNoSQLPostgresRest ApiRuby On Rails
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Remote
United States
218K-257K Annually
Senior level
218K-257K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain • Fintech • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • NFT • Web3
The Staff Software Engineer will architect distributed systems, lead projects, mentor peers, and implement foundational infrastructure for multiple products at Coinbase.
Top Skills: DockerGoPostgresRuby on RailsRubySinatra
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Remote
USA
160K-180K Annually
Senior level
160K-180K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • eCommerce • Food
The Senior Software Engineer will design and implement backend systems, including REST APIs and database changes, while mentoring less experienced engineers and maintaining code quality.
Top Skills: DjangoFlaskPythonRestful ApisSQL
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Remote
2 Locations
Senior level
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Productivity • Software • Automation
Join Zapier's Integration Quality team to enhance integration features and reliability, debugging systems, and mentoring engineers in a high-impact role.
Top Skills: APIsDatabricksLookerNode.jsTypescript
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Remote
United States
218K-257K Annually
Senior level
218K-257K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain • Fintech • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • NFT • Web3
The Staff Software Engineer - Backend will lead technical strategies for the Consumer Portfolio team, architecting and developing distributed systems for low-latency portfolio tracking, while mentoring team members.
Top Skills: ClickhouseGoKafkaMongoDBRedis
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Remote
United States
152K-179K Annually
Junior
152K-179K Annually
Junior
Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain • Fintech • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • NFT • Web3
The role involves developing and maintaining tools to enhance compliance and investigative capabilities against illicit blockchain activities. The engineer will collaborate across teams to improve Coinbase's security and reliability in handling blockchain transactions.
Top Skills: AWSDatabricksDockerGoMongoDBPostgresPythonRedshiftScalaStarrocks
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Remote
United States
Easy Apply
146K-164K Annually
Senior level
146K-164K Annually
Senior level
Insurance
Design, build, test and maintain backend systems for Openly's insurance platform, collaborating with partners to develop APIs and improve internal tooling.
Top Skills: ArcgisBigQueryCircleCICloud FunctionsComposerDatadogGCPGitGoJupyter NotebooksKafkaPostgresPythonRSQLTerraform
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Remote
United States
Senior level
Senior level
Healthtech • Other • Social Impact • Software • Telehealth
The Staff Software Engineer will lead backend development, focusing on AI integration and create frameworks to enhance mental health care through technology and innovation.
Top Skills: GraphQLNode.jsPythonRestTypescript
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