Backend Engineer jobs in United States
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Software Engineer – Backend Platforms, Assistant Vice President
State Street
Posted: 10/19/2026Senior Staff Backend Engineer – Venmo Product
PayPal
Posted: 10/19/2026Staff Software Engineer, Backend – Payments Platform
Coinbase
Posted: 10/19/2026Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Mecka
Posted: 10/19/2026Senior Windows Server Engineer
Leidos
Posted: 10/19/2026Senior Engineer, Database Reliability
Zapier
Posted: 10/19/2026Software Engineer – Backend Platforms, Assistant Vice President
State Street
Posted: 10/19/2026Software Engineer – Backend
OpenAI
Posted: 10/19/2026Backend Engineer – Freelance
Make - letsMake.com | A studio making world-class products, platforms & systems 💯
Posted: 10/19/2026Senior Backend Engineer
Horizon3.ai
Posted: 10/19/2026Backend Engineer – Freelance
Make - letsMake.com | A studio making world-class products, platforms & systems 💯
Posted: 10/19/2026Staff Backend Engineer
Cube
Posted: 10/19/2026Senior Backend Engineer, Fintech
Nitra
Posted: 10/19/2026Market Risk Technology Specialist, Java/Python
Santander
Posted: 10/19/2026Senior Python Engineer
DeweyLearn, Inc.
Posted: 10/18/2026Software Engineer – BackEnd
Cisco
Posted: 10/17/2026Backend Engineer
Matternet
Posted: 10/17/2026Senior Software Engineer – Backend
Coterie
Posted: 10/17/2026Senior Database Engineer
Datavail
Posted: 10/17/2026Systems Administrator III – Server Engineering
Cambia Health Solutions
Posted: 10/17/2026
Software Engineer – Backend Platforms, Assistant Vice President
State StreetCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in designing and developing enterprise-grade software solutions with a focus on backend services, APIs, and cloud-enabled architectures. Proficient in Agile methodologies and committed to engineering excellence, security, and operational readiness.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAbout the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise-grade software solutions for the Wealth Custody & Clearing platform
- Build scalable backend services, APIs, integrations, and platform capabilities for custody, clearing, onboarding, trading, servicing, reporting, and advisor workflows
- Develop cloud-enabled and API-first solutions using modern engineering practices, secure coding standards, and strong software design principles
- Partner with Product, Architecture, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Contribute to technical design reviews, architecture discussions, engineering standards, and platform delivery decisions
- Support integration initiatives with external fintech, custody, clearing, broker-dealer, and market infrastructure providers
- Ensure performance, resiliency, security, observability, auditability, data integrity, and operational readiness
- Participate in Agile delivery, including estimation, sprint planning, development, testing, release readiness, deployment, and production support
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues, support root cause analysis, and contribute to continuous platform improvement
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent professional experience will also be considered
- 7+ years of software engineering, backend engineering, or application development experience with progressively increasing responsibility
- Experience delivering business-critical applications in Agile software development environments
- Hands-on experience with Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar technologies
- Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and enterprise integration patterns
- Experience with cloud-enabled development, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, automated testing, and modern software delivery tooling
- Experience with relational databases, NoSQL databases, messaging platforms, observability tools, monitoring, logging, and performance optimization preferred
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, or containerized application deployment preferred
- Financial services experience preferred; wealth management, brokerage, custody, clearing, trading, fintech, advisor platforms, or transaction processing experience considered a plus
- Comfortable working in an enterprise technology environment where accuracy, resiliency, security, controls, documentation, and operational readiness are critical
- Experience supporting highly available, fault-tolerant systems with strong data integrity and production support expectations strongly preferred
- Standard business hours, with flexibility required to support delivery milestones, production needs, and collaboration across locations
Benefits
Comp & perks- Retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
- Basic life insurance
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long-term disability coverage
- Optional additional insurance coverages
- Paid vacation leave
- Paid sick leave
- Short-term disability
- Family care leave/responsibilities support
- Employee Assistance Program
- Eligibility for annual performance-based incentive awards
- Inclusive development opportunities
- Flexible work-life support
- Paid volunteer days
- Employee networks
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