Backend Engineer jobs in United States
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Senior Backend Engineer
Horizon3.ai
Posted: 10/19/2026AWSAzureDockerETLGoogle Cloud PlatformGraphQLKubernetesPythonSQL
Backend Engineer – Freelance
Make - letsMake.com | A studio making world-class products, platforms & systems 💯
Posted: 10/19/2026JavaScriptNode.jsTypeScript
Backend Engineer – Freelance
Make - letsMake.com | A studio making world-class products, platforms & systems 💯
Posted: 10/19/2026JavaScriptNode.jsTypeScript
Staff Backend Engineer
Cube
Posted: 10/19/2026AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDjangoJavaScriptMySQLNumpyPandasPython+4 more
Senior Backend Engineer, Fintech
Nitra
Posted: 10/19/2026JavaScriptNode.jsPostgresRuby on RailsTypeScript
Market Risk Technology Specialist, Java/Python
Santander
Posted: 10/19/2026JavaPython
Senior Python Engineer
DeweyLearn, Inc.
Posted: 10/18/2026DockerPostgresPython
Software Engineer – BackEnd
Cisco
Posted: 10/17/2026AWSAzureDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJenkinsKubernetesMicroservicesPythonPyTorch+2 more
Backend Engineer
Matternet
Posted: 10/17/2026CloudIoTJavaScriptNode.jsTypeScript
Senior Software Engineer – Backend
Coterie
Posted: 10/17/2026CloudMicroservicesNoSQLSQL.NET
Senior Database Engineer
Datavail
Posted: 10/17/2026AWSAzureCloudPythonSQLSSIS
Systems Administrator III – Server Engineering
Cambia Health Solutions
Posted: 10/17/2026AnsibleAzurePackerTerraformUnixVMware
Principal AI Platform Architect
USAA
Posted: 10/16/2026AWSCloud
Engineer I – Energy Storage Engineering
Duke Energy Corporation
Posted: 10/16/2026PythonSQL
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Oscar Health
Posted: 10/16/2026Full Stack Engineer, Python
1-800 CONTACTS
Posted: 10/16/2026AngularAWSFlaskiOSJavaScriptMongoDBPythonReactRedis+1 more
Director – Platform Architecture
Zendesk
Posted: 10/16/2026AWSCloud
Database Engineer – Oracle, Cloud Platforms
Guidehouse
Posted: 10/16/2026AzureCloudMS SQL ServerMySQLOraclePostgresSQL
Senior Backend Engineer, Booking Integrations
Aescape
Posted: 10/16/2026AWSGo
Senior Backend Engineer, Golang
Kunai
Posted: 10/16/2026AWSCloudKafkaGo

Senior Backend Engineer
Horizon3.aiCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in designing and building scalable Python APIs, high-throughput data processing systems, and workflow orchestration. Proficient in AWS architecture, Kubernetes deployment, and technical documentation.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Python API DevelopmentWorkflow OrchestrationHigh-Throughput Data ProcessingAWS ArchitectureKubernetes Deployment
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAWSAzureDockerETLGoogle Cloud PlatformGraphQLKubernetesPythonSQL
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Design, build, and maintain features in the core Python API
- Design, build, and operate workflow orchestration for large-scale, long-running workloads
- Build orchestration that scales across concurrent workflows with visibility into progress, failures, and throughput
- Optimize and safely refactor complex SQL in production
- Build and operate high-throughput data processing and ETL pipelines
- Contribute to AWS datalake architecture, including storage layout, partitioning, schema evolution, and query performance
- Deploy and manage services on Kubernetes
- Participate in cluster operations, release management, and capacity planning
- Develop and extend GraphQL and graph-based APIs
- Own observability, uptime, and scalability, including metrics, tracing, alerting, and on-call participation
- Partner with frontend engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver user-facing capabilities
- Contribute to systems architecture decisions and write design documentation
- Collaborate with frontend team members to present data clearly and improve user experience
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience using modern object-oriented or functional languages
- Experience building and running workflow orchestration or distributed task-processing systems in production
- Hands-on experience designing and building high-throughput data processing systems and ETL pipelines
- Experience building applications on AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Ability to own and manage concurrent initiatives
- Reliability mindset for distributed work, including retries, partial failure, and recovery
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong technical writing for design docs, runbooks, and API documentation
- Ability to collaborate effectively with designers, developers, and product managers
- Only US persons can interview due to customer/vendor security clearance requirements
- Must be eligible for and successfully secure a US Federal Security Clearance as a condition of employment
Benefits
Comp & perks- Equity package in the form of stock options for all full-time roles
- Health, vision & dental insurance for you and your family
- Flexible vacation policy
- Generous parental leave
- Career development opportunities
- Inclusive and collaborative work culture
- Fully remote work model
- Up to 5% travel
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Hard Skills
PythonSQLETL PipelinesGraphQLDockerAWSAzureGCPDistributed SystemsObject-Oriented Programming
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsProblem-SolvingCollaborationTechnical WritingReliability Mindset
Tools & Technologies
KubernetesDockerAWS DatalakeMonitoring ToolsDesign Documentation
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceUS Federal Security Clearance Eligibility
Industry Keywords
Data ProcessingWorkflow ManagementCapacity PlanningRelease ManagementUser Experience