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3 Days Ago
Remote
Colorado, CO
Mid level
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • eCommerce • Food
The Backend Software Engineer will develop and maintain backend web applications, focusing on performance, security, and code quality, while collaborating cross-functionally.
Top Skills: AWSCircleCIDjangoGithub ActionsJavaScriptJenkinsPlaywrightPythonReactSQLTravis
7 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Colorado, CO
110K-180K Annually
Mid level
110K-180K Annually
Mid level
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
As a Backend Engineer III, you'll lead backend engineering for the Falcon Forensics product, enhance monitoring, resolve performance issues, and automate operations in collaboration with UI engineers and UX designers.
Top Skills: AWSC++CassandraDockerElasticsearchFalcon LogscaleGitGoJavaJenkinsK8SKafkaPythonRedisSlack
2 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Colorado, CO
Senior level
Senior level
HR Tech • Information Technology • News + Entertainment • Professional Services • Sales • Software
The Backend Engineer will focus on backend development, software design, and scalable architecture, requiring experience in C#, Java, or Scala, and cloud technologies like AWS.
Top Skills: AWSAws GlueC#JavaMySQLPostgresPysparkScala
Reposted 4 Days Ago
Remote
Colorado, CO
115K-180K Annually
Mid level
115K-180K Annually
Mid level
Insurance • Legal Tech • Social Impact
As a Backend Engineer, you'll design and operate Atticus' APIs, collaborate with teams to enhance features, and focus on backend systems' reliability and performance.
Top Skills: AWSCircleCICockroachdbDockerGCPGitGoGoogle SpannerGraphQLHadoopJavaJavaScriptMapreduceNode.jsPythonRestRubyScala
7 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Colorado, CO
110K-180K Annually
Mid level
110K-180K Annually
Mid level
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
As a Backend Engineer III, you will design scalable backend services, develop command-line utilities, support integrations, and work on securing cloud workloads.
Top Skills: AWSAzureCassandraDockerElasticsearchGCPGitGoGrafanaHclKafkaKubernetesPagerdutyPostgresPrometheusRedisRestful ApiSplunkTerraform
23 Days Ago
Remote
Colorado, CO
200K-240K Annually
Senior level
200K-240K Annually
Senior level
Digital Media • Kids + Family • Mobile • Software • Sports
The Staff Backend Engineer will lead video pipeline development, enhance live-streaming capabilities, mentor teams, and architect scalable solutions for user-generated content.
Top Skills: AWSC#C++FfmpegGoKotlinNode.jsPythonReactRustSwiftTypescript
Reposted 15 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Colorado, CO
Easy Apply
98K-210K Annually
Senior level
98K-210K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will lead the development of a scalable authorization system, implement custom permissions, and influence technical decisions for performance and security while mentoring team members.
Top Skills: AbacCedarLdapOauthOpaPostgresRbacRebacRuby On RailsSAMLScimZanzibar
Reposted 4 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Colorado, CO
135K-180K Annually
Mid level
135K-180K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Mobile • Social Impact • Financial Services
The Software Engineer - Backend will develop features and scale the consumer finance platform, focusing on optimizing APIs for user experience, database performance, and integrating 3rd party services. Responsibilities include algorithm implementation for risk and transaction evaluations and enhancing internal automations.

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4 Days Ago
Remote
Colorado, CO
140K-190K Annually
Senior level
140K-190K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Software
Design and implement secure, scalable backend services for Deepgram's AI products, focusing on speech processing and system optimization.
Top Skills: CC++PythonRustUnix
Reposted 17 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Colorado, CO
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
eCommerce • Software • Design • SEO
The Staff Backend Engineer will architect and implement scalable access control systems, drive collaboration across teams, and mentor engineers, ensuring high-quality software development.
Top Skills: AWSMongoDBNode.jsTypescript
17 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Colorado, CO
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Big Data • Healthtech • HR Tech • Machine Learning • Software • Telehealth • Big Data Analytics
As a Staff Backend Engineer, you'll architect scalable data pipelines, ensure user privacy, mentor engineers, and support production operations.
Top Skills: ArgoKubernetesPostgresPythonSQL
22 Days Ago
Remote
Colorado, CO
Senior level
Senior level
Hospitality
Lead the backend development for an innovative home swapping platform, scale systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with co-founders and product designers.
Top Skills: AWSBackend Software DevelopmentCi/CdCloud ServicesContainerizationHeroku
2 Days Ago
Colorado, CO
144K-299K Annually
Expert/Leader
144K-299K Annually
Expert/Leader
AdTech • Digital Media • Information Technology • Other
Design and implement Yahoo Calendar's backend infrastructure, ensuring high performance and scalability while collaborating with teams to deliver new features.
Top Skills: ApacheAWSC++DnsGCPHTTPJavaJettyJSONKubernetesLinuxNode.jsOopPerlPHPPythonRubyTcp/IpTestngTomcatUnix
Reposted 4 Days Ago
Remote
Colorado, CO
164K-220K Annually
Senior level
164K-220K Annually
Senior level
Digital Media
As a Staff Backend Engineer, you'll design and enhance the platform supporting remote work, addressing performance and stability while mentoring engineers.
Top Skills: ReactTypescript
20 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Colorado, CO
180K-225K Annually
Senior level
180K-225K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Information Technology • Insurance • Software
Develop core backend services using Golang and PostgreSQL, resolving issues, writing tests, and collaborating with cross-functional teams for a life insurance platform.
Top Skills: Ci/CdDockerGoPostgres
Reposted 7 Days Ago
Remote
Colorado, CO
146K-210K Annually
Junior
146K-210K Annually
Junior
Blockchain • Consumer Web • Fintech • Software • Cryptocurrency
Join CoinTracker as a Backend Engineer to build features and scalable systems for cryptocurrency tracking. Collaborate effectively within a distributed team, contribute to high-impact goals, and help interview new engineers while embracing an early-stage startup environment.
Top Skills: BigtableDockerFlaskGCPGraphQLPostgresPostgresPythonPython RqRedisTerraform
23 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Colorado, CO
Easy Apply
90K-210K Annually
Mid level
90K-210K Annually
Mid level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
As a Backend Engineer at GitLab, you will enhance authentication strategies, improve access management, and support secure user access through innovative tools and methodologies.
Top Skills: IamLdapRbacRuby On RailsSAMLScimSso
9 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Colorado, CO
185K-185K Annually
Senior level
185K-185K Annually
Senior level
eCommerce • Legal Tech • Professional Services • Software • Data Privacy
The Senior Backend Developer will create scalable API systems, collaborate with teams, and enhance the domain registration process.
Top Skills: APIsJSONRuby On RailsXML
24 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Colorado, CO
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Financial Services
As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will design and implement scalable backend systems, develop APIs, optimize databases, and mentor teams, driving technical solutions across the organization.
Top Skills: AWSCatsCats-EffectCirceDatadogDockerDoobieHttp4SKafkaKubernetesMskPlayPlay JsonPostgresScalaSkunkSlickTerraform
2 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Colorado, CO
121K-257K Annually
Mid level
121K-257K Annually
Mid level
Consumer Web • Coupons • Healthtech • Social Impact • Pharmaceutical
Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Go and Python. Collaborate with teams to modernize architecture and ensure service reliability through best practices and mentoring.
Top Skills: AmplitudeAWSCloudwatchDatadogDockerGCPGoKubernetesLookerPythonSegmentTerraform
2 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
Colorado, CO
135K-215K Annually
Senior level
135K-215K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
Lead backend engineering for CrowdStrike’s authentication services, emphasizing design, implementation, and operational ownership across large-scale cloud systems.
Top Skills: AWSCassandraElasticsearchGitGoGraphQLKafkaOauthPostgresPythonRedisZmq
2 Days Ago
Remote
Colorado, CO
140K-210K Annually
Senior level
140K-210K Annually
Senior level
Sales • Software • Automation
Join a cross-functional team as a Senior Software Engineer to design, launch, and scale backend systems, collaborate with teammates, and improve product features.
Top Skills: AnsibleAWSCi/CdDockerEksElasticcacheElasticsearchFlaskGraphQLKubernetesMongoDBMskPostgresPythonRdsRedisTerraformTwilio Api
2 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Colorado, CO
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
Lead the development of capacity management and load testing solutions at Affirm, collaborating with teams to enhance technical strategy and frameworks for peak load scenarios.
Top Skills: Capacity ManagementCluster ManagementLoad TestingSoftware Engineering
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise Web • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Software • Conversational AI • Automation
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you'll enhance backend systems, improve developer experience, and collaborate across teams to ensure system performance and security compliance.
Top Skills: Aws CloudElasticsearchGoJavaScriptMongoDBNode.jsReactRedis
3 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Colorado, CO
Easy Apply
175K-200K Annually
Senior level
175K-200K Annually
Senior level
Cannabis • eCommerce • Enterprise Web • Logistics • Payments • Software • Database
The Senior Backend Engineer II will design, refine, and build eCommerce workflows and APIs, lead architectural decisions, and mentor team members in a rapidly growing B2B cannabis platform.
Top Skills: DockerKubernetesNode.jsTypescript
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