Backend Engineer jobs in United States

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Horizon3.ai

Senior Backend Engineer

Horizon3.ai

Posted: 10/19/2026
AWSAzureDockerETLGoogle Cloud PlatformGraphQLKubernetesPythonSQL
Make - letsMake.com | A studio making world-class products, platforms & systems 💯

Backend Engineer – Freelance

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Posted: 10/19/2026
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Posted: 10/19/2026
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Cube

Staff Backend Engineer

Cube

Posted: 10/19/2026
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Nitra

Senior Backend Engineer, Fintech

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Posted: 10/19/2026
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Santander

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Santander

Posted: 10/19/2026
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DeweyLearn, Inc.

Senior Python Engineer

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Posted: 10/18/2026
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Cisco

Software Engineer – BackEnd

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Posted: 10/17/2026
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Matternet

Backend Engineer

Matternet

Posted: 10/17/2026
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Coterie

Senior Software Engineer – Backend

Coterie

Posted: 10/17/2026
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Datavail

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Posted: 10/17/2026
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Duke Energy Corporation

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Oscar Health

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

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Posted: 10/16/2026
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Full Stack Engineer, Python

1-800 CONTACTS

Posted: 10/16/2026
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Zendesk

Director – Platform Architecture

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Posted: 10/16/2026
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Posted: 10/16/2026
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Aescape

Senior Backend Engineer, Booking Integrations

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Posted: 10/16/2026
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Horizon3.ai

Senior Backend Engineer

Horizon3.ai
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $199,750 - $235,000 per yearWebsite
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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 & technologies
AWSAzureDockerETLGoogle 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