Top Remote Backend Engineer Jobs

Senior backend developer responsible for designing and building Java-based microservices using Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Docker and AWS. Work with Kafka/ messaging, REST APIs, OAuth security, JSON/XML, PL/SQL, and Unix/Linux environments. Collaborate in agile/scrum teams and communicate effectively across distributed teams.

Lead backend/full-stack role building APIs and services with Java and Spring Boot. Integrate GraphQL and Kafka, implement and optimize WebSocket endpoints (Tyrus/Netty, STOMP/MQTT), design secure auth for WebSockets, use Spring Data JPA. Angular and cloud experience are a plus.

Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java backend services and RESTful APIs. Collaborate with frontend, product, and stakeholders; write clean, tested code; troubleshoot and resolve issues; participate in code reviews; and improve systems, particularly for large-scale distributed environments.

Lead C# .NET Backend Developer to architect, build, and maintain scalable microservices and RESTful APIs using .NET Core. Drive CI/CD, containerization (Docker), Kubernetes orchestration, and Azure deployments. Mentor developers, ensure code quality and security, collaborate with QA and product teams, and champion agile practices.

Design, build, ship, and support backend services and end-to-end features focused on reliability, scalability, and performance. Debug production issues, write and debug SQL, follow testing best practices, collaborate in a remote team, participate in on-call, and contribute to architecture and roadmap decisions.

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.

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.

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.

Lead design and implementation of backend services and distributed systems for real-time AI automation. Build scalable, observable microservices, streaming data pipelines, and async event-driven architectures. Collaborate across frontend, product, and DevOps to ensure performance, reliability, and seamless integration at scale.

Build and own the graph layer and RAG architecture enabling agent reasoning over full patient context. Select graph DBs, design query patterns, and ensure temporal coherence. Implement event-driven Kafka pipelines for auditable, immutable agent workflows and enforce ReBAC permissions. Prioritize safety and scalable AI-assisted workflows, participate in spec and plan reviews, and drive architecture decisions.

Design, build, and maintain scalable PHP applications and APIs. Lead code reviews, set engineering standards, optimize performance and security, troubleshoot issues, mentor developers, and contribute to architecture and roadmap.

Lead and mentor engineers to design, build, and own scalable backend systems, APIs, and platform primitives for Vanta's Integrations Platform. Drive complex projects, set technical direction, collaborate across teams, and contribute to engineering culture while enabling integrations across cloud, identity, MDM, and HRIS ecosystems.

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs for millions of users. Collaborate with product and UX, implement automated testing, participate in on-call incident management, and mentor teammates while delivering complex distributed-system projects.

Lead architecture and implement core backend services and data models that manage account state, eligibility, and entitlements at scale. Collaborate with product, design, Payments/Wallet, and identity teams to ensure correctness, reliability, and extensibility. Drive cross-team architecture decisions, mentor engineers, run design reviews, and proactively identify and mitigate scalability, reliability, and data-integrity risks.

As a Software Engineer, you'll design and develop microservices using a cloud-native tech stack, with a focus on financial services and secure systems.

Seeking backend engineers to build and maintain APIs for payment processing, collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring peers.

Build and maintain production backend services at scale, develop new features and integrations, debug production issues, ensure API backward compatibility, implement efficient auto-scaling, improve tooling and engineering standards, and participate in on-call rotation.

Build and own backend surfaces for Plane: APIs, data models, migrations, real-time sync (CDC/event streams), caching, and query performance. Instrument, monitor, and debug production incidents; collaborate with product and frontend teams across locations.

Own and build Node.js/TypeScript backend services that power integrations, importers, queues, and developer-facing OAuth surfaces. Design reliable queue/worker systems (retries, idempotency, backpressure), integrate third-party APIs, collaborate with Django engineers, and repair partial failures to ensure safe, auditable data migrations and integrations.

Build and scale backend features for a B2B SaaS marketing attribution platform. Design and implement server-side functionality, troubleshoot architecture, work across the full development lifecycle, and ensure clean, secure, and scalable code in a collaborative remote team.

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs; deliver product features end-to-end; maintain integrations; diagnose and resolve performance and reliability issues; improve engineering practices and architecture; support large-scale data ingestion and unified data access layers.

Lead end-to-end backend architecture and implementation for AI memory systems and LLM agents. Design distributed data models, APIs, and tooling, drive high-impact features, and collaborate with founders to scale production systems for enterprise deployments.

The backend developer will build backend software focusing on reliable APIs, ensure high-quality output, and collaborate with teams.

Build and maintain backend services and infrastructure for ML and generative AI features. Develop scalable, resilient, high-performance Python services (async frameworks, streaming), deploy to Kubernetes, integrate RAG and LLM orchestration, instrument LLM observability, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver production-ready AI products.

Lead backend development to expand infrastructure and APIs for a scalable aviation maintenance planning SaaS. Design, build, test, and maintain high-performance services and microservices, work with product and business teams to turn ambiguous requirements into solutions, and occasionally support deployments and customer integrations.