Top Backend Engineer Jobs in NYC, NY

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New York, NY
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232K-310K Annually
Senior level
232K-310K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
The Senior Staff Software Engineer will architect Affirm's lakehouse analytics platform, lead data governance efforts, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to optimize data solutions using Snowflake and other big data tools.
Top Skills: Apache IcebergDbtPythonSnowflakeSparkSQLTerraform
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Remote or Hybrid
New York, NY
176K-220K Annually
Senior level
176K-220K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Software • Analytics • Business Intelligence • Big Data Analytics
Build enterprise-grade authentication, authorization, and identity features across the full stack. Design and implement RBAC, provisioning (SCIM), SSO/OAuth integrations, secure public APIs, and admin workflows for auditing and compliance. Own end-to-end product changes, collaborate on architecture, and mentor engineers to deliver scalable, reliable systems for enterprise customers.
Top Skills: Audit LogsMfaOauthPublic ApisRbacScimSso
12 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
New York, NY
197K-246K Annually
Mid level
197K-246K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a portfolio of technology projects, building applications in Golang and Kubernetes, collaborating with product managers to deliver cloud-based solutions, and mentoring team members.
Top Skills: AWSCSSDockerFoundation Model GatewaysGoHTMLJavaJavaScriptKubernetesPythonSQLTypescript
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Remote
New York, NY
136K-204K Annually
Senior level
136K-204K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Consumer Web • eCommerce • Information Technology • Software
The Senior Software Engineer will develop scalable backend applications, enhance DevOps practices, drive architectural solutions, and improve system infrastructure in a collaborative environment.
Top Skills: Ci/CdDockerGoJavaMemcachedMySQLPHPPythonRedis
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In-Office
New York, NY
Senior level
Senior level
Enterprise Web • Information Technology • Software
As a Senior II Backend Engineer, you'll design and implement systems for data governance and privacy, lead technical projects, and mentor engineers while delivering high-quality features for enterprise clients.
Top Skills: AWSAzureBigQueryDjangoDockerFastapiFlaskGCPKubernetesMongoDBMySQLPostgresPython 3RedisSnowflakeTerraform
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Remote or Hybrid
New York, NY
160K-250K Annually
Senior level
160K-250K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
The role involves leading backend engineering efforts to build scalable distributed systems, enhance APIs, and troubleshoot production issues. Candidates should possess expertise in backend languages and cloud engineering principles.
Top Skills: Aws CloudCassandraGitGoJavaKafkaOpensearchPostgresPythonRedis
Reposted 12 Days AgoSaved
Remote or Hybrid
New York, NY
140K-215K Annually
Senior level
140K-215K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
Design, build, and maintain globally distributed, fault-tolerant backend microservices and data pipelines. Integrate and refine Large Language Models, collaborate cross-functionally, ensure high-quality code, testing, monitoring, and mentor other engineers while owning features end-to-end.
Top Skills: AWSCassandraDockerEc2ElasticsearchGitGo (Golang)IamKafkaKubernetesLarge Language Models (Llms)PythonRedisS3
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In-Office
New York, NY
224K-284K Annually
Expert/Leader
224K-284K Annually
Expert/Leader
Food • Logistics • On-Demand • Software
The Staff Backend Engineer will architect and scale backend systems for real-time logistics, lead complex initiatives, and mentor engineers at Picnic.
Top Skills: GoJava
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Hybrid
New York, NY
179K-246K Annually
Mid level
179K-246K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a team on diverse technology projects, deliver cloud-based solutions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product managers.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDockerGoGCPJavaKubernetesNode.jsNosql DatabasesOpen Source RdbmsPythonScalaSQL
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Hybrid
New York, NY
190K-250K Annually
Senior level
190K-250K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Software • Financial Services
The Software Engineer, Backend will develop scalable distributed systems, build REST APIs, and ensure high-quality software delivery while collaborating with teammates and stakeholders.
Top Skills: AWSAws LambdaNext.JsPythonReactRest ApiSnowflakeTypescript
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In-Office
New York, NY
Mid level
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Software
As a Backend Engineer, you'll build backend services for candidate-job matching and marketplace workflows, focusing on APIs, data models, and operational systems.
Top Skills: ElasticsearchGoKafkaKubernetesPostgresPythonRedisTerraform
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In-Office or Remote
New York, NY
126K-179K Annually
Mid level
126K-179K Annually
Mid level
Music
Develop and maintain the data analytics platform and backend services, optimize data infrastructure, and collaborate with teams to enhance analytics capabilities.
Top Skills: BigQueryClickhouseDruidGrafanaJavaKubernetesPinotPrometheusSnowflakeTerraform
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Reposted 7 Days AgoSaved
In-Office
New York, NY
197K-345K Annually
Senior level
197K-345K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Software
The Principal Software Engineer will design and scale backend systems for Salesforce's AI-driven supply chain workflow engine, collaborate with teams, lead engineers, and ensure operational excellence and best practices in development.
Top Skills: GoGraphQLPostgresRedis
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Remote
New York, NY
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: .NetC#GitGitSQL
Reposted 13 Days AgoSaved
Remote or Hybrid
New York, NY
176K-220K Annually
Senior level
176K-220K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Software • Analytics • Business Intelligence • Big Data Analytics
As a Software Engineer on the Compute team, you will build and optimize systems for data processing, SQL querying, and improve the performance of code execution. You will tackle complex engineering challenges spanning backend data systems to frontend applications, ensuring efficiency and usability.
Top Skills: Apollo GraphqlAWSExpressHelmKubernetesPostgresPythonReactRedisReduxSQLTerraformTypescript
14 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
New York, NY
230K-286K Annually
Senior level
230K-286K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
The Senior Lead Software Engineer will lead diverse tech projects, mentor developers, and deliver cloud-based solutions using various programming languages and technologies.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGoGCPJavaKubernetesAzureNode.jsPythonScalaSQL
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Remote
New York, NY
179K-179K Annually
Senior level
179K-179K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology
As a Senior Backend Engineer at DuckDuckGo, you'll lead backend projects, mentor engineers, and develop AI-enhanced features for the company's privacy-centric product line.
Top Skills: Ai ToolingGoNode.jsPerlRag Pipelines
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Remote
New York, NY
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142K-210K Annually
Mid level
142K-210K Annually
Mid level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
Develop and enhance backend systems, collaborate with teams for project execution, and improve engineering standards and processes.
Top Skills: AWSGrpcKotlinKubernetesMySQLPythonSnowflake
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Hybrid
New York, NY
Senior level
Senior level
Sharing Economy • Cryptocurrency
Manage and scale the backend infrastructure team, ensuring reliable systems for Web3 payments while mentoring engineers and leading technical solutions.
Top Skills: APIsBlockchain IntegrationsCloud StackDefi ProtocolsDistributed SystemsSmart Contracts
Reposted 8 Days AgoSaved
In-Office
New York, NY
Junior
Junior
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software • Generative AI
The Backend Engineer will design and scale systems for an AI-driven research platform, contribute to product decisions, and enhance system reliability and performance.
Top Skills: Next.JsPostgresTypescript
Reposted 14 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
New York, NY
Mid level
Mid level
Software
The role involves developing backend systems and APIs on a Kubernetes infrastructure, ensuring performance, scalability, and operational excellence, while mentoring other engineers.
Top Skills: AWSAzureCloudFormationGCPHelmKubernetesTerraform
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Remote
New York, NY
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200K-275K Annually
Senior level
200K-275K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
The Staff Software Engineer will lead technical strategy, ensure system availability, and develop backend systems at scale, collaborating across teams to drive capacity modeling and operational quality.
Top Skills: AuroradbAWSDynamoDBElasticcacheKotlinKubernetesMySQLPythonSpark
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Remote or Hybrid
New York, NY
165K-235K Annually
Senior level
165K-235K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Cloud • Productivity • Software • Database • Analytics • Automation
The Senior Backend Engineer will design and implement key SaaS features, focusing on data modeling and API performance, while collaborating with a senior development team to enhance engineering operations.
Top Skills: AWSDjangoPython
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Remote
New York, NY
175K-210K Annually
Senior level
175K-210K Annually
Senior level
Software
Drive technical strategy and architecture, lead cross-functional projects, ensure system reliability and performance, mentor engineers, improve operational practices, and communicate effectively across teams.
Top Skills: CC++GoGrafanaIacKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesPrometheusPythonRust
Reposted 15 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
New York, NY
150K-180K Annually
Entry level
150K-180K Annually
Entry level
Artificial Intelligence • HR Tech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software • App development • Industrial
Collaborate to build backend systems for WorkWhile's platform, enhancing reliability, performance, and scalability while embracing a collaborative mindset and continuous learning.
Top Skills: Python
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