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  • Mundelein, Illinois, United States Harnham Full-time $250,000 Contract

    Job DescriptionThe experience expected from applicants, as well as additional skills and qualifications needed for this job are listed below.Staff Backend Engineer (API & Distributed Systems)Location: New York City (4 days onsite per week)Pay: $250,000 Base + EquityNo Sponsorship OfferedAbout the OpportunityA high-growth technology company is seeking a Staff...


  • Marina del Rey, CA, United States Sift Full-time

    Sift Engineering RoleIn this role, you'll:Design, build, and operate backend systems that process and store large volumes of real-time telemetry data.Own features end-to-end, from design to post-launch improvement.Collaborate with frontend, design, and data teams to ensure features solve real customer problems.Optimize backend systems for performance,...


  • , , United States ASTRA Full-time

    Senior/Staff Backend Engineer Astra is a high-impact engineering team building mission-critical financial infrastructure. Our fintech platform powers payment processing, fraud detection, and financial compliance for businesses handling 100M+ in weekly transaction volume. We maintain 99.9%+ uptime, process complex cross-border payments, and coordinate with...


  • San Francisco, CA, United States Sift Full-time

    Sift Job OpportunitySift is the data infrastructure platform for hardware engineering teams. Sift turns high-frequency telemetry into engineering insights for mission-critical systems. Teams use Sift to build and operate rockets, satellites, autonomous vehicles, energy systems, defense platforms, and more. Founded by former SpaceX engineers who built the...


  • San Francisco, CA, United States Scribe Full-time

    About Scribe Scribe is where exceptional people come to do the best work of their careers. More than 94% of the Fortune 500 use Scribe to own their specialized intelligence: the unique way their teams work, decide, and get things done. Our Specialized Intelligence platform automatically captures how work happens and turns it into a living asset for people...


  • New York, NY, United States ProphetX Full-time

    Principal / Senior Staff Backend Engineer Application Deadline: 20 November 2026 Department: Engineering Employment Type: Full Time Location: Remote - USA Compensation: $200,000 - $250,000 / year Description We’re looking for a Principal / Senior Staff Backend Engineer (IC5) to shape the technical strategy of ProphetX as a company. You’ll be a recognized...


  • OR, United States Polymarket Full-time

    About PolymarketPolymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform. We enable individuals to express views on real-world events by trading on outcomes across politics, economics, sports, culture, and current affairs. Built as a peer-to-peer marketplace with no centralized "house," Polymarket aggregates diverse opinions into transparent,...


  • New York, NY, United States Gtm Week Full-time

    We are looking for engineers who enjoy going deep on hard problems and owning end-to-end outcomes. As a Staff Backend Engineer, you'll work at the intersection of AI and backend engineering and have major ownership and agency: design the systems, make architectural calls under ambiguity, and play a key role in setting the technical direction for the...


  • New York, United States Harnham Full-time

    Staff Backend Engineer (API & Distributed Systems)Location: New York City (4 days onsite per week)Pay: $250,000 Base + EquityNo Sponsorship OfferedAbout the OpportunityA high-growth technology company is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to lead the architecture and development of a business-critical external platform powering partner integrations, booking...


  • CA, United States Telemetry Today LLC Full-time $200,000 - $260,000

    Sift is the data infrastructure platform for hardware engineering teams. Sift turns high-frequency telemetry into engineering insights for mission-critical systems.Founded by former SpaceX engineers who built the tools behind Dragon and Starlink, Sift is building the data infrastructure to herald the AI era for physical systems. In This Role, You'll: Design,...


  • New York, NY, United States Alldus Full-time

    Our client is a fast-growing Series B fintech scale-up with over 2.5M users, hiring a Staff Backend Engineer to solve complex, high-throughput challenges at scale.You’ll join a team of nine, working in TypeScript, Go and a little Rust on:Trade execution and infrastructureOn-chain data ingestion and portfolio trackingRecommendation engines for the social...


  • New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Harnham Full-time

    Staff Backend Engineer (API & Distributed Systems)Location: New York City (4 days onsite per week)Pay: $250,000 Base + EquityNo Sponsorship OfferedAbout the OpportunityA high-growth technology company is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to lead the architecture and development of a business-critical external platform powering partner integrations, booking...


  • Remote, OR, United States Emerald Cloud Lab Full-time

    Staff Backend Engineer About the Role We are seeking a Senior Platform Software Engineer to join our platform team and help build the services that power the future of scientific research. You will develop and maintain critical APIs and services that enable scientists to orchestrate complex experiments remotely. This role offers the unique opportunity to...


  • CA, United States Telemetry Today LLC Full-time

    Sift is the data infrastructure platform for hardware engineering teams. Sift turns high-frequency telemetry into engineering insights for mission-critical systems.Founded by former SpaceX engineers who built the tools behind Dragon and Starlink, Sift is building the data infrastructure to herald the AI era for physical systems. In This Role, You'll: Design,...


  • San Francisco, CA, United States Telemetry Today LLC Full-time

    Sift is the data infrastructure platform for hardware engineering teams. Sift turns high-frequency telemetry into engineering insights for mission-critical systems. Teams use Sift to build and operate rockets, satellites, autonomous vehicles, energy systems, defense platforms, and more. Founded by former SpaceX engineers who built the tools behind Dragon and...


  • New York, NY, United States Gen Digital Inc. Full-time

    Staff Backend Engineer (Scala) Backend Core Enterprise Engine by Gen collaborates with leading financial institutions to deliver the most comprehensive and personalized financial product offers to consumers. As a Staff Engineer on the Backend Core Enterprise team, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping products that integrate seamlessly with existing...


  • San Francisco, CA, United States Unity Full-time

    Opportunity: Offerwall by Unity is a leading mobile advertising and monetization platform that empowers game developers to maximize revenue and engage users through rewarded experiences. For over a decade, we've connected millions of players with offers that provide tangible in-app value, and we're now building the next generation of that product. At the...


  • New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Talently Full-time

    A growing consumer marketplace is hiring a Staff Backend Engineer to lead the architecture and evolution of its core platform and external APIs.The company is expanding an established product into new categories, markets, and distribution channels. You’ll shape the technical foundation for that growth, make meaningful architectural decisions, and build...


  • TX, United States HighLevel Full-time

    We're hiring a Staff Engineer - Workflows (Engine) to own and evolve the orchestration layer that powers automation at scale within HighLevel. You'll rebuild the engine that drives 80M+ workflow enrolments per day and nearly 1 billion action executions per day at peak load with reliability, performance, and clarity at its core.You'll operate as a hands-on...


  • Boston, MA, United States Blitzy Full-time

    Blitzy is a Cambridge, MA based AI software development platform on a mission to revolutionize the software development life cycle by autonomously building custom software to unlock the next industrial revolution. We're transforming how enterprises build software, turning enterprise requirements into enterprise grade code with an agentic software development...