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2 Days Ago
New York, NY
Hybrid
260 Employees
178K-213K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
260 Employees
178K-213K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Machine Learning • Mobile • Other • Social Impact • Software • App development
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Hinge, you will design and maintain cloud-based services, build RESTful APIs, and develop microservices on Kubernetes. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will help shape technical strategy while ensuring system reliability and handling on-call responsibilities. Your role involves solving complex technical challenges and enhancing user experiences.
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401-K
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4 Days Ago
New York, NY
Hybrid
649 Employees
179K-212K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
649 Employees
179K-212K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Healthtech • Pharmaceutical • Telehealth
As a Sr. Backend Engineer at Ro, you'll design and build distributed services for Ro's healthcare platform, ensuring high performance and reliability. You will lead technical initiatives, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and refine the architectural vision to enhance patient-centric healthcare solutions.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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+50 More
7 Days Ago
New York, NY
350 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
350 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Healthtech • Kids + Family • Mobile • Music • Software
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design, develop, and maintain backend systems for Calm's applications, collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensure code quality, and mentor junior engineers. You are expected to gather requirements and lead the implementation of complex backend features, focusing on reliability, scalability, and security.
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401-K
Company Equity
Continuing Education Stipend
+32 More
11 Days Ago
New York, NY
160 Employees
5-7 Years of Experience
160 Employees
5-7 Years of Experience
Fintech • Mobile • Real Estate • Financial Services • PropTech
As a Senior Back End Engineer at Bilt, you'll design and implement back-end services for the mobile app and website, mentor junior developers, and optimize application performance. You'll work with microservices, enhance automation, and collaborate with engineering and product teams to drive best practices.
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+41 More
12 Days Ago
New York, NY
Hybrid
649 Employees
179K-212K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
649 Employees
179K-212K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Healthtech • Pharmaceutical • Telehealth
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will lead initiatives to design and implement identity and authentication solutions for Ro's healthcare platform. Responsibilities include innovating secure user registration and consent management, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and staying updated on regulatory requirements.
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401-K
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+50 More
13 Days Ago
New York, NY
40 Employees
5-7 Years of Experience
40 Employees
5-7 Years of Experience
Fintech • Information Technology • Software
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design and develop scalable software primarily using Java and Kotlin. You'll work closely with product and design teams to implement features, optimize applications for speed and security, and maintain production environments. You'll also have the responsibility to recruit and develop the engineering team as the product matures.
18 Days Ago
New York, NY
Remote
35 Employees
120K-180K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
35 Employees
120K-180K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
eCommerce • News + Entertainment • Retail • Social Impact
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Bookshop.org, you will build Go APIs and ETL systems for their ebook platform, optimize database queries, and design user-friendly services. Collaborating effectively in a small team, you will ensure system efficiency and contribute to launching and maintaining the platform.
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Commuter Benefits
Dental Insurance
Generous PTO
+8 More
19 Days Ago
New York, NY
Remote
165 Employees
180K-230K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
165 Employees
180K-230K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Big Data • Cloud • Software • Big Data Analytics
The Senior Backend Engineer will build cloud applications for Data Observability, focusing on backend services and APIs. Responsibilities include project ownership from inception to deployment, architecting solutions, testing code in production, and collaborating in a remote-first environment.
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401-K
Company Equity
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19 Days Ago
New York, NY
Hybrid
251 Employees
5-7 Years of Experience
251 Employees
5-7 Years of Experience
eCommerce • Information Technology • Marketing Tech • Social Media • Software
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will lead the development of the Creator Pay product, managing backend services and APIs for robust, scalable solutions. Responsibilities include integrating third-party payment services, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, optimizing performance under high transaction loads, and implementing best practices in backend development.
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+43 More
2 Hours Ago
New York, NY
55,000 Employees
201K-230K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
55,000 Employees
201K-230K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
As a Lead Back End Engineer, you will lead diverse technology projects, mentor team members, and collaborate with product managers to create effective cloud-based solutions. You will also stay updated on tech trends and occasionally engage in coding activities to meet regulatory needs and drive business value.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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+51 More
2 Hours Ago
New York, NY
55,000 Employees
165K-189K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
55,000 Employees
165K-189K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
As a Senior Back End Software Engineer at Capital One, you will collaborate with Agile teams to develop and support cloud-based solutions. You'll utilize technologies like Python, SQL, AWS, and container orchestration to solve complex financial problems and contribute to the company's technology transformation.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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+51 More
2 Hours Ago
New York, NY
55,000 Employees
165K-189K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
55,000 Employees
165K-189K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
The Senior Software Engineer, Back End - Card Tech will collaborate with Agile teams to design, develop, and implement cloud-based solutions, leveraging programming languages and tools to solve complex business issues. This role involves mentoring, staying updated with tech trends, and utilizing various databases and cloud services.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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+51 More
3 Hours Ago
New York, NY
Hybrid
100 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
100 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Software • Generative AI
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Kensho, you'll develop reliable APIs utilizing AI capabilities. Responsibilities include managing project priorities, collaborating with stakeholders for system architecture, and promoting technical development through code reviews and mentorship. You'll work within diverse teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
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401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
+52 More
18 Hours Ago
New York, NY
Remote
1,300 Employees
180K-250K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
1,300 Employees
180K-250K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Food • Information Technology • Payments • Software • Hospitality
As a Backend Engineer, you will build robust, scalable systems in a fast-paced startup, collaborating with product teams and SREs while mentoring junior engineers. You are expected to lead the development of software solutions that meet product requirements and help expand into new markets.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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+25 More
23 Days Ago
New York, NY
Remote
35 Employees
160K-210K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
35 Employees
160K-210K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Fintech • Insurance • Machine Learning • Software
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Kalepa, you will tackle challenging problems related to data pipelines, distributed systems, and machine learning. You will collaborate with a global team and utilize cutting-edge technologies to create scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure and data-driven microservices.
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401-K
401-K Matching
Company Equity
+14 More
2 Days Ago
New York, NY
Hybrid
260 Employees
143K-172K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
260 Employees
143K-172K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Machine Learning • Mobile • Other • Social Impact • Software • App development
As a Backend Engineer at Hinge, you'll design and build cloud-based services, write high-quality code, and develop RESTful APIs. You'll also participate in on-call rotations and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance product areas such as recommendations and user safety.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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6 Days Ago
New York, NY
Hybrid
400 Employees
170K-240K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
400 Employees
170K-240K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Fintech • Financial Services
The Software Engineer will build and scale mission-critical applications, enhance front-end and full-stack skills, liaise with users to define features, and gain a thorough understanding of the financial domain. As part of the Execution Management System team, the engineer will contribute to building a cloud-based trading platform with advanced capabilities.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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+37 More
10 Days Ago
New York, NY
54 Employees
165K-195K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
54 Employees
165K-195K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Mobile • Real Estate • Software • Database • Analytics
As a Senior Software Engineer at Perchwell, you will take part in all stages of product development, focusing on building client-facing features, driving complex projects, and enhancing existing tech platforms. You will oversee the quality assurance and release cycles of your work, while also mentoring team members through reviews and promoting a healthy development culture.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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+21 More
10 Days Ago
New York, NY
54 Employees
115K-150K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
54 Employees
115K-150K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Mobile • Real Estate • Software • Database • Analytics
As a Software Engineer at Perchwell, you'll develop client-facing features, tackle architecture challenges, and improve the tech platform. You'll collaborate with a small team, take ownership of projects from design to launch, and define a strong development culture with code reviews and QA practices.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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+21 More
10 Days Ago
New York, NY
Hybrid
400 Employees
170K-240K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
400 Employees
170K-240K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Fintech • Financial Services
You will build mission critical applications using a modern tech stack, improve your full stack engineering skills, collaborate with users to define features, and gain a deep understanding of the trading business domain.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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+37 More
12 Days Ago
New York, NY
Hybrid
100 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
100 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Software • Generative AI
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Kensho, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality APIs that utilize AI capabilities. Your role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams, managing project priorities, and promoting technical development through mentoring and code reviews.
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401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
+52 More
12 Days Ago
New York, NY
90 Employees
145K-220K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
90 Employees
145K-220K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Big Data • Fintech • Information Technology • Payments • Software
The Senior Software Engineer, Backend at Pinwheel will design, build, and evolve backend services for APIs, collaborate across teams to deliver features, understand customer needs, and mentor other engineers to enhance engineering standards.
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401-K
Commuter Benefits
Company Equity
+30 More
9 Days Ago
New York, NY
Remote
510 Employees
155K-190K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
510 Employees
155K-190K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
AdTech • Digital Media • News + Entertainment • Other
The Senior Backend Engineer at Axios will oversee the backend architecture and services, driving strategic initiatives and establishing technical standards while mentoring junior team members and collaborating with product and infrastructure teams to enhance platform stability and performance.
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401-K
Commuter Benefits
Company Outings
+45 More
12 Days Ago
New York, NY
Remote
500 Employees
150K-170K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
500 Employees
150K-170K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
AdTech • Big Data • Digital Media • Marketing Tech • Sales • Software • Data Privacy
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will build APIs for managing media audiences, collaborating with Data Science and Engineering teams to ensure data pipelines and APIs are reliable and responsive. Your role is crucial in enhancing how brands measure and transact advertising campaigns on the VideoAmp platform.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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+62 More
12 Days Ago
New York, NY
Remote
500 Employees
131K-190K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
500 Employees
131K-190K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
AdTech • Big Data • Digital Media • Marketing Tech • Sales • Software • Data Privacy
As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Audience team, you will build APIs for advertising campaigns, collaborating with data science and engineering teams to ensure reliability and performance. Your role will impact how brands plan and measure television and digital advertising, requiring extensive coding skills and problem-solving abilities.
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