Top Backend Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

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In-Office or Remote
Boston, MA
150K-225K Annually
Senior level
150K-225K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Healthtech • Insurance • Mobile • Financial Services
You will tackle AI challenges, develop scalable software and collaborate with teams to enhance healthcare navigation using AI solutions.
Top Skills: AIAPIsGpt-4Machine LearningSoftware Development
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Remote
Boston, MA
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Mid level
Mid level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
As a Backend Engineer, you'll improve Git and Gitaly by contributing features, bug fixes, and performance improvements, collaborating with the open source community, and participating in architectural discussions.
Top Skills: CGitGitalyGoLinux
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Remote
Boston, MA
90K-150K Annually
Mid level
90K-150K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Software
Design, build, and maintain backend services powering Clerkie's platform. Improve reliability, performance, scalability, observability, and support feature development. Participate in technical design, cross-functional collaboration, documentation, and own projects end-to-end in a fast-moving startup environment.
Top Skills: AWSEc2JavaScriptMongoDBNode.jsNoSQLS3
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Remote or Hybrid
Boston, MA
202K-238K Annually
Senior level
202K-238K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Information Technology • Insurance • Software
As a Staff Backend Engineer, you'll design and operate backend services, lead technical initiatives, ensure reliability, and mentor team members in a remote-first setup.
Top Skills: DockerGCPGoJavaKubernetesPostgresPython
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
150K-225K Annually
Senior level
150K-225K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Software • Generative AI
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will develop APIs, collaborate with various teams, and manage project priorities while ensuring communication is efficient and inclusive.
Top Skills: Amazon EksAWSCeleryDjango Rest FrameworkFastapiFlaskGitGithub ActionsJenkinsJsonnetKafkaPostgresPrometheusPythonRabbitMQRedisSentry
Reposted 16 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Boston, MA
211K-316K Annually
Senior level
211K-316K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Productivity • Software • Automation
As a Staff Engineer for Revenue, you'll shape technical vision and architecture for billing and pricing systems, ensuring correctness while enhancing cross-team collaboration.
Top Skills: APIsBilling SystemsPerformance OptimizationSubscription Management
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
136K-170K Annually
Senior level
136K-170K Annually
Senior level
Digital Media • Gaming • Information Technology • Software • Sports • Esports • Big Data Analytics
Lead architecture, development, and operation of scalable, secure backend systems and APIs for real-time, high-traffic applications. Own full lifecycle from design through production, enforce engineering best practices, mentor engineers, and drive reliability, performance, and cross-functional alignment.
Top Skills: APIsAutomated Testing (UnitAWSC#Distributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformIntegrationJavaPerformance)
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
120K-149K Annually
Senior level
120K-149K Annually
Senior level
Digital Media • Gaming • Information Technology • Software • Sports • Esports • Big Data Analytics
Build and maintain high-performance backend services in Go for a low-latency, high-throughput trading exchange. Design distributed systems, optimize performance, improve observability, and collaborate across Product, Data, and Ops to ensure resiliency and scalability.
Top Skills: APIsCloud-Native ArchitecturesFix ProtocolGoMicroservicesNosql DatabasesRelational Databases
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
209K-286K Annually
Senior level
209K-286K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead a portfolio of technology projects with a team of developers to create solutions for regulatory needs, collaborating on cloud-based projects while mentoring engineers.
Top Skills: Amazon SagemakerAWSCSSDatabricksDockerGoHTMLJavaJavaScriptKubernetesLuaMcpPythonSQLTypescript
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In-Office or Remote
Boston, MA
110K-175K Annually
Senior level
110K-175K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Design • Generative AI • Manufacturing
Build backend services and APIs that integrate commercial CAD platforms (Siemens NX, CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, Creo, Inventor) with cloud-native AI services. Translate CAD models into machine-readable data, automate engineering workflows in Python, manage assemblies, parts, configurations, and partner with research teams on Engineering AI.
Top Skills: Autodesk Inventor ApiC++CatiaCreo ToolkitDockerGithub ActionsGCPGrpcKubernetesNext.JsPostgresProtobufPythonReactSiemens Nx OpenSolidworks ApiSpinnakerTypescript
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
170K-230K Annually
Senior level
170K-230K Annually
Senior level
Fitness • Hardware • Healthtech • Sports • Wearables
Design and maintain backend services for WHOOP's healthcare platform, integrating advanced data insights and collaborating on feature development with cross-functional teams.
Top Skills: AWSJavaKafkaPostgres
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Remote
Boston, MA
Mid level
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Internet of Things • Software
The Backend Engineer will develop intricate backend systems, build performant APIs, and contribute to technology innovation at Entefy.
Top Skills: Node.jsNoSQLSQL
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Reposted 3 Days AgoSaved
Easy Apply
Remote
Boston, MA
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169K-240K Annually
Senior level
169K-240K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
The role involves designing and expanding backend systems, mentoring engineers, and executing technical strategies to modernize architecture and improve system performance.
Top Skills: AWSGrpcJavaKotlinKubernetesMySQLPythonSnowflake
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Remote
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
218K-257K Annually
Senior level
218K-257K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain • Fintech • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • NFT • Web3
The role involves owning the architecture and technical direction of Payment Rails infrastructure, designing high-reliability systems for global payment processing, and leading cross-functional collaborations to create efficient, compliant solutions. Responsibilities also include mentoring team members and enhancing operational excellence through AI-driven improvements.
Top Skills: Ai ToolsApi DesignBlockchain TechnologyDistributed SystemsFinancial InfrastructurePayment Gateways
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Remote
Boston, MA
80-80 Annually
Mid level
80-80 Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Software • Defense
As a backend engineer, you will enhance data collection systems to ensure reliability and scalability, working closely with engineering and mission teams.
Top Skills: Browser AutomationDistributed SystemsPythonReactTypescript
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Remote
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
218K-257K Annually
Senior level
218K-257K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain • Fintech • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • NFT • Web3
Lead architecture and technical direction for Payments platform, building scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems, defining roadmaps, ownership of production reliability, cross-functional partnership, and mentoring engineers to improve platform quality and scalability.
Top Skills: APIsDistributed SystemsGenerative AiMulti-Tenant ArchitectureObservabilityPayment SystemsSlos
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Remote
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
145K-200K Annually
Senior level
145K-200K Annually
Senior level
Cannabis • eCommerce • Enterprise Web • Logistics • Payments • Software • Database
Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs for commerce workflows using Python/Django. Improve reliability, performance, and observability, operate AWS deployments, work with PostgreSQL and event-driven architectures (SNS/SQS), modernize legacy systems, and support CI/CD, testing, and production troubleshooting.
Top Skills: Amazon SnsAmazon SqsAWSCi/CdDjangoDjango Rest FrameworkDockerEvent BusesKubernetesPostgresPython
Reposted 13 Days AgoSaved
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
150K-215K Annually
Senior level
150K-215K Annually
Senior level
Fitness • Hardware • Healthtech • Sports • Wearables
The Senior Software Engineer will lead the development of backend services and APIs, design system architecture, and collaborate closely with teams to evolve the Enterprise platform.
Top Skills: AWSJavaPostgresRestful Apis
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Remote
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
160K-180K Annually
Senior level
160K-180K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • eCommerce • Fintech • Payments • Retail • Software • Analytics
Senior backend-leaning full-stack engineer to design, build, and ship Rails + Hotwire features end-to-end. Own data modeling, PostgreSQL schema and performance, background job architecture, APIs, and scalability. Collaborate cross-functionally, conduct code reviews, and drive engineering best practices.
Top Skills: Background JobsGitHotwireJSONPostgresRuby on RailsRestful ApisRuby
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
140K-170K Annually
Mid level
140K-170K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Gaming • Machine Learning • Software • Virtual Reality • Cybersecurity
As a Backend Engineer, you will design, build, and scale APIs for Modulate's conversation intelligence platform, enhancing system performance and reliability while collaborating with product teams.
Top Skills: APIsPython
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Remote
Boston, MA
Mid level
Mid level
Consumer Web • Fitness • Healthtech • Wearables
Backend-focused engineer to develop and own core CRM and finance services end-to-end. Work in a fast-growth scaleup environment, shipping with agentic AI-assisted workflows, maintaining production Python/FastAPI services, owning testing and quality, and optimizing developer tooling and automation.
Top Skills: Agent FrameworksAi Coding AgentsApi DesignAsync PythonClaude CodeCursorFastapiOrmPythonSQL
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Remote
Boston, MA
Mid level
Mid level
Agency • Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain • Web3
Build and maintain API services for a decentralized exchange, design and implement trade routing logic for optimized cross-chain swaps, integrate features with cross-functional teams, monitor system performance and reliability, and troubleshoot trade execution and API issues.
Top Skills: Node.jsPythonRedisSQL
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Remote
Boston, MA
Mid level
Mid level
Blockchain • Fintech • Cryptocurrency • Web3
Design and implement scalable backend services and APIs for SwapRail, including routing engines, execution services, data pipelines, simulation/validation layers, and observability. Integrate on-chain and off-chain data sources, optimize for low-latency high-throughput execution, and collaborate with frontend and wallet teams.
Top Skills: GoIndexersNode.jsPostgresRedisRpc NodesRustThe GraphThird-Party ApisTypescriptWeb3
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Remote
Boston, MA
Junior
Junior
Renewable Energy
The Senior/Lead Backend Engineer will develop backend infrastructure for a renewable energy company, including real-time digital twin creation and energy app backend development.
Top Skills: Aws Cdk
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Remote
Boston, MA
Senior level
Senior level
Information Technology • Financial Services
The Backend Engineer will design, build, and scale Veda's backend systems, ensuring reliability and performance for DeFi applications.
Top Skills: AWSAzureC++DockerGCPGoJavaKubernetesMySQLPostgresPythonRust
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