Backend developer jobs in China: Java, Python, Go, .NET and Node.js roles

3,827 open backend and full stack roles at 380 companies in China: Backend engineering (3,767). None of them states a citizenship or security-check demand. 4 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 23 Oct 2026
open roles
3,827
companies
380
open to any nationality
100%
estimated median pay
$46k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
ByteDance1,102100%
Alibaba Group146100%
Baidu132100%
Tencent131100%
Xiaohongshu95100%
Xiaomi91100%
DiDi Global73100%
Meituan69100%
XPeng68100%
Ant Group66100%
Bosch58100%
DCITS41100%
Unisoc41100%
Dewu38100%
Foton Motor35100%

Newest roles

h3c.com • HQ: Hangzhou, Beijing, China • Telecommunications • Hardware • Cybersecurity • Network Security • Enterprise Storage Systems • Servers & Data Center Hardware • Network Equipment • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2003 • Trust C • Hiring 235, 3 new
HQ: Hangzhou, Beijing, China • Telecommunications • Hardware • Cybersecurity • Network Security • Enterprise Storage Systems • Servers & Data Center Hardware • Network Equipment • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2003 • Trust C • Hiring 235, 3 new
H3C (H3C Technologies) is a leading global provider of digital and AI infrastructure solutions, specializing in enterprise networking, cloud computing, storage, cybersecurity, and high-performance server systems. Headquartered in Beijing and Hangzhou, China, the company delivers comprehensive, full-stack IT solutions and technical services to major enterprise and public-sector clients across telecommunications, government, finance, healthcare, and education. Empowering organizations to modernize their core technology environments, the firm provides scalable, secure, and intelligent foundations tailored for complex data-intensive and artificial intelligence workloads worldwide.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 4 hours ago 9 hours ago Hiring now · 86%

安全网关资深技术架构师(J19065)

≈ $18k – $46k per year (Estimated) • In office (Hefei, China) • Architect • Chinese: C1
VPN
BGP
OSPF
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Verified live · 4 hours ago 7 days ago Likely open · 63%

C++(J17364)

≈ $18k – $50k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Chengdu, China) • Junior • Chinese: C1
C++
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Lenovo

lenovo.com
lenovo.com • HQ: Beijing, China • Smartphones • Servers & Data Center Hardware • Laptops • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1984 • Trust A • Hiring 474, 97 new
HQ: Beijing, China • Smartphones • Servers & Data Center Hardware • Laptops • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1984 • Trust A • Hiring 474, 97 new
Lenovo Group Limited is a global technology enterprise specializing in personal computing, smart devices, data center infrastructure, and enterprise IT services. Headquartered in Beijing, China, and Morrisville, North Carolina, United States - with its registered office in Hong Kong - the publicly traded corporation operates across three primary business divisions: the Intelligent Devices Group (IDG), the Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), and the Solutions and Services Group (SSG). Through an extensive product and services portfolio encompassing ThinkPad and IdeaPad personal computers, Motorola smartphones, ThinkSystem enterprise servers, edge computing hardware, and hybrid cloud solutions, the enterprise provides hardware, software, and managed IT services to commercial clients, public institutions, and retail consumers across more than 180 markets worldwide.
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 11 hours ago Hiring now · 86%

车载软件配置管理高级工程师 (SCM)

≈ $23k – $59k per year (Estimated) • In office (Shanghai, China) • Senior
HPC
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 89%

AUTOSAR软件开发工程师(AD域控)

≈ $23k – $59k per year (Estimated) • In office (Shanghai, China)
HPC
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Lilith Games

lilith.com
lilith.com • HQ: Shanghai, China • Gaming • Est. 2013 • Trust C • Hiring 28, 2 new
HQ: Shanghai, China • Gaming • Est. 2013 • Trust C • Hiring 28, 2 new
Lilith Games develops and publishes mobile strategy and role-playing titles. Several of its games have achieved sustained success in international markets. The company is known for long-running live operations on its franchises.
No named decision-maker yet.
Careers mailbox is known
Verified live · 4 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

服务器开发工程师(欧美现代slg)

≈ $20k – $56k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Shanghai, China) • Full-Time • Junior • Chinese: C1
C++
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Verified live · 4 hours ago 2 months ago Long shot · 7%

高级服务器开发工程师(欧美写实SLG-VT)

≈ $20k – $56k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Shanghai, China) • Full-Time • Senior • Chinese: C1
C++
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Kong

konghq.com
konghq.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Developer Tools • Integration & API Management • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2009 • Trust A • Hiring 86, 9 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Developer Tools • Integration & API Management • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2009 • Trust A • Hiring 86, 9 new
Kong builds API connectivity software, starting with the widely deployed open-source Kong Gateway and extending into a service mesh, an ingress controller and an AI gateway that governs traffic to language models. Its platform handles authentication, rate limiting, observability and routing for the interfaces that connect internal services, partners and customers across cloud and on-premise environments. The company began life as the API marketplace Mashape before pivoting to infrastructure, and now sells to large enterprises worldwide.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

Senior Software Engineer, API Gateway - Shanghai

≈ $36k – $95k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Shanghai, China) • Full-Time • Senior
Rust
Lua
Lua
LuaJIT
AI/ML
LLM
DevOps
Kong
Linux
Istio
Envoy
Nginx
+1
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HCLTech

hcltech.com
hcltech.com • HQ: Noida, India • Science & Engineering • Professional Services • Cybersecurity • Systems Integrators • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams • 5000+ employees • Est. 1976 • Hiring 3355, 1108 new
HQ: Noida, India • Science & Engineering • Professional Services • Cybersecurity • Systems Integrators • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams • 5000+ employees • Est. 1976 • Hiring 3355, 1108 new
HCLTech is a major Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Spun off from the original HCL Group in 1991, it ranks as one of India's largest technology companies alongside firms like TCS, Infosys, and Wipro.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

Senior Technical Lead

Lead • 8+ years exp • In office (Beijing, China) • Staff • Chinese: C1
C#
JavaScript
TypeScript
C#
ASP.NET Core
Frontend
Angular
React.js
DevOps
Rest API
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Management
Scrum
Agile
+4
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Alibaba Group

alibaba.com
alibaba.com • HQ: Hangzhou, China • Logistics • E-commerce Platforms • Foundation Models • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Marketplaces • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1999 • Trust A • Hiring 2225, 125 new
HQ: Hangzhou, China • Logistics • E-commerce Platforms • Foundation Models • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Marketplaces • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1999 • Trust A • Hiring 2225, 125 new
Alibaba Group is a Chinese technology conglomerate founded in Hangzhou in 1999 by Jack Ma and seventeen colleagues, built around commerce and cloud computing. Its domestic marketplaces Taobao and Tmall handle a large share of Chinese retail, while Alibaba.com, AliExpress, Lazada and Trendyol serve cross-border and international buyers, supported by the Cainiao logistics network. Alibaba Cloud is the largest public cloud provider in Asia and develops the open-weight Qwen model family, which has become one of the most downloaded foundation model series in the world.
Eddie Wu · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Joseph Tsai · Co-Founder & Chairman · decision-maker
Toby Xu · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Jack Ma · Founder · founder
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

平头哥-边缘AI芯片SoC架构师(芯片工程)-上海

≈ $31k – $81k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Shanghai, China) • Architect • Chinese: C1
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 90%

飞猪-AIGC全栈开发工程师-杭州

≈ $29k – $77k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Hangzhou, China) • Senior • Chinese: C1
C
C
FFmpeg
AI/ML
LoRA
ComfyUI
ControlNet
SDXL
Runway
Stable Diffusion
PEFT
DevOps
WebRTC
Robotics
GStreamer
+3
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Skills these roles ask for

C++ 1,194Java 894Python 874Redis 388Linux 291MySQL 287LLM 231AI Agents 199PHP 191Go 185RAG 168CI/CD 160Kubernetes 159Apache Kafka 155JavaScript 146Claude Code 138

Where the roles are

Beijing 1,285Shanghai 958Shenzhen 495Hangzhou 325Guangzhou 140Chengdu 118Suzhou 92Hefei 59Wuhan 50Nanjing 45

Backend roles that fit you

Tell us your stack once: new backend roles that fit it arrive in your matches every day.

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

3,827 of the 3,827 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which companies hire most backend developers?

ByteDance (1,102), Alibaba Group (146), Baidu (132), Tencent (131), Xiaohongshu (95).

Which roles count as backend developer jobs?

Every role whose work is the server side of software - backend, API, platform and full stack developers, staff engineers and technical leads - at any employer. A role is filed under a language when its title names one (Java, Python, .NET, Go, Node.js, PHP, C++, Ruby, Rust); a "Software Engineer" that names none is a backend engineer's.

How fresh is this?

Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.

Source: 3,827 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 23 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0