Backend Engineer jobs in United States

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Harvey

Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform

Harvey

Posted: 10/20/2026
Distributed SystemsFlaskKafkaMicroservicesNoSQLPythonRedisSQL
Duke Energy Corporation

Engineer III – Senior Engineer, Energy Storage Engineering

Duke Energy Corporation

Posted: 10/20/2026
Tillster

Senior Software Engineer – Back End

Tillster

Posted: 10/20/2026
AWSCloudDynamoDBJavaMicroservicesNoSQLPythonTypeScript
Tillster

Senior Software Engineer – Back End

Tillster

Posted: 10/20/2026
AWSCloudDynamoDBJavaMicroservicesNoSQLPythonTypeScript
Zenith Insurance Company (United States)

Java Developer

Zenith Insurance Company (United States)

Posted: 10/20/2026
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Global Payments Inc.

Senior Software Engineer – Backend

Global Payments Inc.

Posted: 10/20/2026
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Global Payments Inc.

Senior Software Engineer – Backend, .Net

Global Payments Inc.

Posted: 10/20/2026
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Caterpillar Inc.

Senior Software Engineer – Backend Engineering

Caterpillar Inc.

Posted: 10/20/2026
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Ford Motor Company

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Ford Motor Company

Posted: 10/20/2026
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AMERICAN SYSTEMS

Kubernetes Engineer – Top Secret, SCI, SAP Eligibility

AMERICAN SYSTEMS

Posted: 10/20/2026
AnsibleCloudKubernetesLinuxPerlPostgresPython
NetImpact Strategies Inc.

ServiceNow / API Engineer – ITSM Operations

NetImpact Strategies Inc.

Posted: 10/20/2026
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JBS Dev | Strategic Technology Experts

Senior Python Developer

JBS Dev | Strategic Technology Experts

Posted: 10/20/2026
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Capgemini Government Solutions

DevOps, API Developer

Capgemini Government Solutions

Posted: 10/20/2026
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Patreon

Software Engineer, Backend

Patreon

Posted: 10/20/2026
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Ramp

Senior Backend Engineer – Token Spend Management

Ramp

Posted: 10/20/2026
Ramp

Senior Backend Engineer – Accounts Receivable

Ramp

Posted: 10/20/2026
General Dynamics Mission Systems

Senior Software Engineer – Kubernetes, RHEL

General Dynamics Mission Systems

Posted: 10/20/2026
AnsibleCyber SecurityDockerJavaKubernetesLinuxPythonSpringSpring Boot+1 more
Affirm

Senior Software Engineer, Backend – Identity Data

Affirm

Posted: 10/20/2026
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LouisianaNOW.Jobs

RPA Platform Architect

LouisianaNOW.Jobs

Posted: 10/20/2026
AzureCloudITSMJenkinsRPAServiceNowSQL
Sardine

Senior Software Engineer, Backend – KYC

Sardine

Posted: 10/20/2026
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Harvey

Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform

Harvey
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $231,000 - $340,000 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates extensive experience in developing scalable backend systems and internal developer platforms, with a strong focus on API design, asynchronous I/O, and data processing. Proficient in Python and familiar with various web frameworks, databases, and CI/CD practices to enhance developer experience and system reliability.

Highest-signal resume keywords
8+ Years Software Engineering ExperienceProficiency In PythonDeep Knowledge Of APIsHands-On Experience With Flask/FastAPIExperience With CI/CD

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Distributed SystemsFlaskKafkaMicroservicesNoSQLPythonRedisSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Develop and maintain internal backend frameworks and libraries for API routing, service lifecycle management, caching, messaging primitives, and error handling
  • Create and improve APIs, service templates, and versioned interfaces for consistent service and feature development
  • Introduce and champion asynchronous I/O and streaming data processing for improved performance and scalability
  • Design Harvey-specific abstractions and domain-specific frameworks for authorization, streaming, data governance, and event processing
  • Build tracing, metrics, and automated tests to embed reliability and observability into the platform
  • Collaborate with the Model Infrastructure team on high-throughput model inference, streaming and long-running API interactions, retrieval, context handling, and prompt lifecycle
  • Collaborate with Developer Experience and Infrastructure teams to integrate platform components with CI/CD, build, release, deployment, and monitoring systems
  • Work with product engineering teams to gather feedback, promote best practices, and provide strong defaults and documentation

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience (post-BS/MS), including building scalable backend systems or internal developer platforms
  • Proficiency in Python or similar languages
  • Deep knowledge of APIs, data stores, concurrency, and distributed systems
  • Hands-on experience with web frameworks and service architectures, such as Flask/FastAPI, bounded context services, and microservices
  • Understanding of designing clean, versioned APIs
  • Familiarity with Redis, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL databases, vector databases, caching, and messaging technologies
  • Experience writing high-quality, well-tested code
  • Experience with unit/integration testing, static typing, and CI
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Passion for improving developer experience through tools or frameworks
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills
  • Experience contributing to or maintaining internal libraries/frameworks is a plus
  • Ability to work from the office three days a week in the hybrid in-office model
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States for any employer is requested in the application
  • Education is referenced as post-BS/MS experience, but no credential is explicitly stated as required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity plan
  • Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
  • Retirement benefits with 401(k) match up to 4%
  • Flexible PTO
  • Bonus eligibility

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Hard Skills
Backend DevelopmentAPI DesignAsynchronous I/OData ProcessingUnit/Integration TestingStatic TypingConcurrencyDistributed SystemsCachingMessaging Technologies
Soft Skills
Strong Problem-Solving SkillsExcellent Collaboration SkillsExcellent Communication Skills
Tools & Technologies
FlaskFastAPIRedisKafkaSQL DatabasesNoSQL DatabasesVector Databases
Industry Keywords
MicroservicesService ArchitecturesDeveloper ExperienceInternal Libraries/FrameworksHybrid Work Model