Top Remote Backend Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

As an Intermediate Backend Engineer, you'll design and develop security management capabilities, build scalable services and APIs, and collaborate with teams to enhance GitLab's security platform.

Develop core services using Golang and PostgreSQL, resolve feature issues, ensure software quality, and promote CI/CD practices while collaborating with teams.

Design and implement secure, robust, and scalable backend services for speech processing. Debug complex system issues and partner with Product teams to drive feature development.

Develop and support web services for digital life insurance enrollment, collaborating closely across teams to enhance platform capabilities. Responsible for the quality and maintainability of services, utilizing Python and Java, among other technologies.

Lead the technical strategy for GitLab Secrets Manager, focusing on secure, multi-tenant secrets management architecture, integration with OpenBao, and collaboration across teams.

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

As a Software Engineer II in the Credit Decisioning team, you will design and develop backend systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and support project delivery and operations.

Build and scale backend and full-stack systems for enterprise customers: design APIs and platform services, improve observability and reliability, respond to incidents, integrate AI features, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver high-impact enterprise capabilities.

Design, build, and scale highly performant, highly available backend systems for advanced crypto trading instruments. Architect robust services supporting multiple instrument types, collaborate with product and design, and deliver high-value, observable features for traders worldwide.

Design and maintain backend systems for stablecoin payments, lead projects, collaborate with teams, and mentor junior engineers in a fast-paced environment.

Design and build partner-facing APIs and the Powered by Zapier platform, improve developer tools and docs, ensure scalability and reliability, collaborate cross-functionally, lead technical initiatives, and mentor teammates to support partner integration and embedded automation.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll design and build scalable data infrastructure, optimize data pipelines, and collaborate across teams to deliver effective streaming solutions, leveraging technologies like Kafka and Spark.

Lead a team of 15-20 engineers, shaping technical direction for consumer-facing product solutions while actively coding and mentoring to drive high-quality outcomes.

The Staff Product Backend Software Engineer will architect technical solutions, shape product direction, mentor engineers, and influence engineering standards while participating in on-call rotations.

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

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll architect and develop a next-generation book and records system, manage projects, mentor team members, and work collaboratively on technical vision implementation.

Design and develop a Go-based instrumentation service for GitLab, ensuring data integrity and supporting product development teams with analytics and instrumentation capabilities.

The Backend Engineer II will participate in the software development lifecycle, collaborate with teams, troubleshoot issues, and mentor junior members.

As a Back End Engineer, you will develop core financial systems, manage APIs, and optimize architecture while collaborating across teams.

As a Backend Staff Engineer, you will lead technical standards, mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and drive feature development in a fast-growing on-demand services environment.

The Senior Backend Software Engineer will build AI-driven products using Node.js, collaborating with various teams to ensure high-quality code and feature ownership.

Design, build, and scale backend infrastructure and services for a high-performance SaaS platform. Drive architecture decisions, improve DevOps and CI/CD automation, provide post-release support and post-mortems, and recommend tools and practices to enhance observability, reliability, and scalability.

Lead design and scaling of a high-performance, data-intensive storage layer for network telemetry. Co-own multi-year roadmap, collaborate with product/support/sales, and solve challenging distributed storage and query-performance problems at large scale.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll oversee the Secrets Manager's architecture and development, ensuring secure handling of credentials and collaborating on backend solutions.

Design, build, and operate backend services focusing on performance, scalability, reliability, and observability. Diagnose production issues, optimize data models and APIs, contribute to architecture and operational strategy, and collaborate across product, frontend, and DevOps to deliver mission-critical systems.