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Typical responsibilities
- Design and build APIs and backend services
- Model data and manage databases and storage
- Ensure systems scale reliably under load
- Integrate third-party and model-serving services
- Own observability, performance, and on-call for services
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Backend Engineer salary range
Based on 86 Backend Engineer postings in our database that disclose a salary, the range runs from $65,000 to $315,000, with a median of $189,500. These are aggregate figures across disclosing postings only — individual offers vary by company, stage, and location.
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Open Backend Engineer roles
| Role | Company | Location | Posted |
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| Staff Backend Software Engineer - Portfolio Data Workflow | Addepar | Poland | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer | Aircall | Madrid Office | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope | Canada | Remote | Grafana Labs | Canada (Remote) | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope | US | Remote | Grafana Labs | United States (Remote) | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Senior Staff Backend Engineer | Mesh | Bangalore, India | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Backend Engineer, Monetization | Miro | Copenhagen, DK | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer, Enterprise | Synthesia | Europe | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Staff Backend Engineer, Voices | Synthesia | Europe | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer | Daylight Security | Tel Aviv | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Senior Back End Engineer | Abacum | Remote Spain | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, CloudKitchens - Mountain View, CA | CloudKitchens | Mountain View, CA | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Staff Backend Software Engineer | Databricks | New York | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Staff Backend Software Engineer- (AI Platform) | Databricks | San Francisco, California | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Backend Engineer | Together AI | Amsterdam | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Backend Software Engineer — Data Platform & AI Data Products | Together AI | San Francisco | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer, Inference Platform | Together AI | San Francisco | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer - Product | Mercury | San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) | Endor Labs | Bengaluru, India | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Senior/Lead Back End Engineer | RemoFirst | India | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer | Weave | San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Staff Backend Engineer | Weave | San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer | Abridge | SF Office | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer | BuildOps | San Francisco, CA | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer (Austin, Texas) | Torq | Austin, Texas, United States | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer (Boston) | Torq | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer (New York) | Torq | New York, United States | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer (Providence, Rhode Island) | Torq | Providence, Rhode Island, United States | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer (Washington) | Torq | Washington, United States | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer - Python | Filevine | United States | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Backend Software Engineer, ChatGPT ImageGen | OpenAI | San Francisco | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Backend Engineer | Sweet Security | Tel-Aviv, Israel | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer | Venn | Poland | Jun 8, 2026 |
| (Senior) Backend Engineer | bunch | Portugal | Jun 5, 2026 |
| (Senior) Backend Engineer (f/m/d) | bunch | Berlin | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Staff Backend Software Engineer - Portfolio Data Workflows | Addepar | Edinburgh, UK | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer - UK | Heidi Health | London | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Senior Backend Engineer - Ireland | Heidi Health | Ireland | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Backend Software Engineer, Collaboration Runtime | Miro | Yerevan, AM | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Senior Server Engineer, Identity Platform | Strava | Strava SF | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Senior Server Engineer II, Identity Platform | Strava | Strava SF | Jun 5, 2026 |