Top Remote Backend Engineer Jobs

Seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer focused on backend architecture to design, maintain, and mentor within an Agile environment, utilizing Java and .NET.

The Senior Software Development Engineer will develop applications using modern programming languages, provide leadership and mentoring, ensure software quality, and lead software improvement initiatives.

Lead and oversee full stack applications for Yahoo Search, ensuring architectural integrity and code quality while mentoring engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The Staff Backend Engineer will architect financial systems, lead technical decisions, mentor junior engineers, and optimize system performance in a complex fintech environment.

Build scalable backend systems in Go, ship frequently in short sprints, collaborate with product and design, engage users, improve code quality, work in a CI-driven environment, and extend end-to-end tests using Playwright.

Lead design and implementation of scalable backend services and member-facing APIs using Python/Django, PostgreSQL, BigQuery/dbt and GCP. Own infrastructure as code (Terraform), container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), async/event-driven systems, observability, and performance tuning. Mentor engineers, collaborate with Product and Data teams, and ensure secure, low-latency, AI-driven member experiences.

Lead development of Python-based web applications using Django and FastAPI, architect scalable solutions, and establish technical standards while mentoring developers and optimizing infrastructure.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will develop and support computing features, design APIs, and ensure system reliability and compliance. You will work closely with teams to innovate on solutions and manage resources efficiently.

Develop and maintain enterprise software applications, focusing on back-end development, API development, and ensuring application security while contributing to software improvement processes.

Design, build, and operate scalable backend integration services and APIs. Configure and manage Kong API Gateway via declarative YAML and CI/CD. Implement FHIR data facades, backend integrations (REST/gRPC/messaging), OpenAPI-driven lifecycle, automated testing, and secure service-to-service auth (OAuth2/OIDC). Deploy and operate containerized cloud services with observability and reliability patterns.

As a Founding Software Engineer, you'll design, develop, and maintain robust backend systems, create user-facing AI features, and collaborate with teams to enhance healthcare tools.

The Software Engineer will develop user-facing systems for Imply Lumi, collaborating with teams to deliver scalable features and conducting security audits.

Develop and maintain scalable web applications using Java API and React, optimizing RESTful APIs and utilizing Microsoft SQL Server for database management while collaborating with various teams.

Lead SRE pod and define reliability strategy. Scale ClickHouse and PostgreSQL for terabyte-level growth, optimize performance, build reliability patterns, automate operations, implement observability, and define SLOs and error budgets.

Lead design, development, and support of enterprise backend integrations. Build and enhance REST and SOAP APIs, evolve data/service models, develop scalable integration components, troubleshoot production issues, influence architecture, mentor engineers, perform design/code reviews, and collaborate with vendors and cross-functional teams to deliver reliable integrations.

Remote backend engineer role building web services and data pipelines using Scala and Java. Requires Akka/Pekko (streams, actors, clustering, persistence, HTTP), functional programming with Cats/Cats Effect, streaming/distributed system design, AWS services (Kinesis, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, API Gateway, IAM, KMS), SQL optimization, CI/CD, and hands-on high-availability architecture experience.

Design and implement backend APIs and performant database schemas (Postgres/SQL); build scalable, testable C# services; work in Agile cross-functional squads; incorporate AI-assisted development tools; and drive engineering maturity and efficiency.

Build and maintain the core backend product: design and implement features, take ownership of end-to-end outcomes, iterate and fix bugs without a QA team, collaborate with product on scoping, and contribute to company culture and hiring.

Design, build, and maintain backend systems, APIs, and data layers for secure data exchanges supporting a federal agency. Ensure reliability, performance, and federal security compliance. Advocate for CI/CD, automated testing, and good engineering practices. Analyze technical debt, propose improvements, and mentor other engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams and clients.

Design, build, and operate backend systems for a mortgage lending platform. Own backend responsibilities from design through production, focusing on scalability, performance, reliability, and multi-service architectures while collaborating with product and full-stack engineers.

Build and scale backend systems for a high-traffic donor CRM and payments platform. Own performant SQL and realtime querying, optimize payment flows, implement AI agents, and collaborate across product and design to ship resilient, production-grade features at scale.

Tier 3 Technical Support Engineer responsible for advanced troubleshooting of distributed trading/payment systems, collaborating with DevOps and backend teams, building automation tools, dashboards, and incident management processes, and supporting Java/Spring Boot microservices and blockchain infrastructure to ensure 24/7 platform stability.

Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-concurrency backend systems for a decentralized wallet. Develop distributed services, optimize JVM/multi-threading performance, integrate APIs and messaging systems, collaborate on architecture, and explore AI/LLM solutions.

Provide Tier 3 technical support for large-scale trading systems, troubleshoot distributed backend and blockchain issues, collaborate with developers/DevOps, build automation tools, dashboards, and monitoring, document root causes, and support 24/7 incident management for Binance's platform.

Design and build backend microservices for real-time fraud detection, transaction monitoring, and risk analysis. Integrate ML models and risk scoring engines, support scalable distributed systems, and leverage AI-assisted development and LLM/agent tools for risk automation.