Backend Developer Jobs in Chicago

Backend Developer jobs in Chicago hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $206,366/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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TTEC Digital
ttecdigital.com
TTEC Digital is a customer experience (CX) technology and consulting firm headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, and is a division of TTEC Holdings, founded in 1982. The company provides AI-powered contact center solutions, CX strategy consulting, data analytics, and cloud platform integrations through partnerships with providers like Microsoft and AWS. It operates globally with over 1,500 professionals, serving enterprise clients across various industries to modernize their digital ecosystems and customer engagement operations.
ttecdigital.com • HQ: Greenwood Village, United States • Customer Analytics • Data & Analytics • Conversational AI • IT Consulting • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Software • Est. 1982
HQ: Greenwood Village, United States • Customer Analytics • Data & Analytics • Conversational AI • IT Consulting • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Software • Est. 1982
Verified live · 6 hours ago 5 months ago

AWS Sr. Developer Node.js/TypeScript
$115k – $135k per year • Senior • 7+ years exp • Austin • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Databases
Amazon Redshift
DynamoDB
AI/ML
AWS Bedrock
LLM
NLP
Prompt Engineering
Amazon SageMaker
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
CloudFormation
Incident Management
SLI/SLO/SLA
Amazon S3
Amazon CloudWatch
Management
Jira
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Verified live · 6 hours ago 9 months ago

Lead Software Engineer, Azure Solutions
$170k – $200k per year • Lead • 5+ years exp • Austin • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
C#
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
.NET
Blazor
Dapper
Entity Framework Core
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
Azure
CI/CD
Git
Gitflow
Platform Engineering
GitHub
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Open 468 daysVerified live · 6 hours ago 1 year ago

AWS MS Engineer (Typescript OR Node.js)
$55k – $75k per year • Junior • 1+ year exp • Austin • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Junior
JavaScript
Node JS
Python
TypeScript
DevOps
AWS
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DuckDuckGo
duckduckgo.com
DuckDuckGo is an independent American software company headquartered in Paoli, Pennsylvania. The company is private held with a team of passionate people from over 15 counties.
duckduckgo.com • Singapore • Search Engines • Est. 2008
Singapore • Search Engines • Est. 2008
$179k per year • Equity • Senior • 7+ years exp • Remote (United States, Canada, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Node JS
Perl
JavaScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
ChatGPT
Claude
Prompt Engineering
RAG
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Abridge
abridge.com
Abridge is an AI-powered clinical documentation platform that transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured, real-time medical notes. Designed to reduce administrative burden and clinician burnout, the platform integrates seamlessly into major electronic health record (EHR) systems like Epic. By leveraging specialized healthcare language models, Abridge enables medical providers to spend less time on paperwork and focus more on delivering quality patient care.
abridge.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Health Care • Medical AI • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Health Care • Medical AI • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees
Open 144 daysTop 25% pay 5 months ago

Senior Full Stack Engineer, Integrations Cerner
$211k – $248k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
Node JS
TypeScript
DevOps
GCP
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Open 320 daysTop 25% pay 11 months ago

Senior Full Stack Engineer, Integrations VistA
$211k – $248k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
Node JS
TypeScript
DevOps
GCP
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Fuse Energy
fuseenergy.com
Fuse Energy is a British household energy supplier headquartered in London, founded by former Revolut executives. It was the first new domestic energy supplier in Great Britain since the 2021 energy crisis and operates its own renewable generation assets.
fuseenergy.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Solar Energy • Energy & Utilities • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2022
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Solar Energy • Energy & Utilities • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2022
Open 145 daysVerified live · 9 hours ago 5 months ago

Senior/Lead Backend Engineer (Remote)
≈ $139k – $278k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote (United States, Germany, France, Netherlands, Poland) • Full-Time • Staff
AWS
AWS CDK
Robotics
Digital Twin
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TRM Labs
trmlabs.com
TRM Labs is a blockchain intelligence and financial crime prevention platform headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company provides law enforcement agencies, government bodies, regulatory organizations, and financial institutions with tools to monitor, detect, and investigate illicit cryptocurrency transactions and digital asset fraud.
trmlabs.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Cybersecurity • Blockchain & Crypto • Blockchain Analytics
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Cybersecurity • Blockchain & Crypto • Blockchain Analytics
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 5 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Data Product - US
$190k – $220k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Python
SQL
Databases
Apache Kafka
Google BigQuery
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Flink
Prompt Engineering
Semantic Search
Spark
Semantic Search
DevOps
Datadog
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Web3
TRM Labs
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 5 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend | Product Engineering - US
$210k – $240k per year • Equity • Senior • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Web3
TRM Labs
Management
Slack
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Allocate
allocate.com
Allocate is a financial technology company that operates an intelligent operating system designed to bridge the gap between private market asset managers and the wealth advisory sector.
allocate.com • Palo Alto • New York • Chicago • FinTech • Financial Services • Asset Management
Palo Alto • New York • Chicago • FinTech • Financial Services • Asset Management
Open 152 daysVerified live · 12 hours ago 5 months ago

Sr. Software Engineer II - Backend (Remote)
$145k – $175k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C#
Java
SQL
C#
ASP.NET Core
Dapper
Entity Framework Core
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
OpenAI
OpenAI Codex
DevOps
Git
Rest API
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
AWS
Docker
Docker Compose
Amazon ECS
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Danestreet
danestreet.com
Headquartered in Boston, MA, Dane Street is a national IME and Peer Review provider to the Workers Compensation, Disability, Auto and Group Health market segments. Thier nationwide panel of active-practice, board-certified health care professional...
danestreet.com • New York • White Plains • Dallas • Houston • Corpus Christi • Health Care • Financial Services • Insurance
New York • White Plains • Dallas • Houston • Corpus Christi • Health Care • Financial Services • Insurance
Open 165 daysVerified live · 24 min ago 6 months ago

Lead Senior Software Engineer
≈ $135k – $269k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote (United States) • Staff
Python
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Rest API
Amazon S3
API Gateway
CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes
Amazon ECS
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Marketing
Salesforce
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Easypost
easypost.com
EasyPost is a company that provides a comprehensive suite of shipping solutions designed to simplify and modernize parcel shipping operations. Their offerings include a powerful shipping API, which allows businesses to access over 100 carriers, automate shipping operations, and secure discounted rates. EasyPost also offers advanced analytics tools that provide insights into supply chain efficiency, carrier performance, and delivery tracking.
easypost.com • Artificial Intelligence • Transportation & Logistics • Logistics
Artificial Intelligence • Transportation & Logistics • Logistics
Open 167 daysTop 25% pay 6 months ago

Senior Software Engineer (Golang)
$156k – $205k per year • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Go
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
SQL
Databases
Apache Kafka
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
Azure
Git
gRPC
Kubernetes
Management
Confluence
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Remesh
remesh.ai
Remesh is a hybrid insights platform that allows you to run live dialogues with your audience - customers, employees, patients - at scale for deep human understanding faster than ever before.
remesh.ai • New York • Market Research • Sales & Marketing • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2014
New York • Market Research • Sales & Marketing • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2014
Open 179 days 6 months ago

Software Engineer
≈ $140k – $232k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Rust
TypeScript
Python
Django
AI/ML
AI Agents
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
Cursor
OpenAI
OpenAI Codex
RAG
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
GitHub
Docker
Kubernetes
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Codewars
codewars.com
Codewars is where developers achieve code mastery through challenge. Train on kata in the dojo and reach your highest potential.
codewars.com • Education • Database Management • Skill Assessment
Education • Database Management • Skill Assessment
Open 180 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 6 months ago

Staff Fullstack Engineer
≈ $183k – $380k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • Remote (Africa, North America) • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby
RSpec
Ruby on Rails
Sidekiq
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Heroku
Kubernetes
Web3
Rollup
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Mastercard
mastercard.com
Mastercard is a global technology leader in the financial payments industry, connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, and governments across the globe. The company processes electronic funds transfers through its expansive network, enabling credit, debit, prepaid, and commercial card transactions worldwide.
mastercard.com • HQ: Purchase, United States • Financial Services • Credit Cards • Payments • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1994
HQ: Purchase, United States • Financial Services • Credit Cards • Payments • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1994
Open 187 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 7 months ago

Go To Market Enablement - Team Lead
≈ $119k – $242k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 5+ years exp • In office (Chicago, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
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Vrchat
vrchat.com
vrchat.com • Tokyo • Gaming • Virtual & Augmented Reality • Metaverse
Tokyo • Gaming • Virtual & Augmented Reality • Metaverse
Open 189 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (API) – Economy
≈ $169k – $282k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
MySQL
Redis
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
WebSockets
Cybersecurity
GDPR
PCI DSS
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Open 201 dayVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Engineer - Trust and Safety (Mid Level to Staff Level)
≈ $172k – $287k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
JavaScript
C#
Databases
MongoDB
Redis
AI/ML
Human-in-the-Loop
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Game Dev
Unity
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Rescale
rescale.com
Rescale is a high performance computing company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2011. The company runs a platform that schedules engineering simulation and AI workloads across cloud providers and on-premise clusters, bundling hundreds of licensed simulation applications with cost and policy controls. It sells to aerospace, automotive, energy, and life sciences engineering teams that need burst capacity without managing their own clusters.
rescale.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • AI Infrastructure • Hardware • Industrial Engineering • Science & Engineering • Software • Simulation & Digital Twin • Information Technology • Cloud Computing • Est. 2011
HQ: San Francisco, United States • AI Infrastructure • Hardware • Industrial Engineering • Science & Engineering • Software • Simulation & Digital Twin • Information Technology • Cloud Computing • Est. 2011
Open 193 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Software Engineer, Backend Engineer
$115k – $159k per year • Junior • 2+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
HPC
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Ironclad
ironcladapp.com
Ironclad is a contract lifecycle management software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2014. The company offers a digital contracting platform that automates the creation, negotiation, approval, signature, and storage of business agreements, with AI features for extracting and reviewing contract terms. It serves legal, sales, and procurement teams at enterprises and technology companies, and is backed by venture investors including Accel, Sequoia Capital, and Y Combinator.
ironcladapp.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • LLM & Generative AI • Business Process Automation (BPA) • Professional Services • Artificial Intelligence • Document Management • Legal Services • Software • Est. 2014
HQ: San Francisco, United States • LLM & Generative AI • Business Process Automation (BPA) • Professional Services • Artificial Intelligence • Document Management • Legal Services • Software • Est. 2014
Open 202 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Staff Software Engineer
$210k – $235k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Seattle, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
GCP
Kubernetes
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Copilotkit
copilotkit.ai
The Enterprise-Ready Frontend Stack for Agents. CopilotKit lets you integrate LLMs or agents with real-time context, UI control, and full flexibility.
copilotkit.ai • Seattle • Web Development • Software • AI Agents
Seattle • Web Development • Software • AI Agents
Open 207 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago 7 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Partnerships & Integrations (Open-Source)
≈ $141k – $235k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • Seattle • Remote (United States, Canada) • Senior
Python
TypeScript
Python
Pydantic
AI/ML
LangChain
LlamaIndex
AI Agents
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OpenProject.org
openproject.org
Achieve great things together We empower project teams to achieve great things together for the good of society. OpenProject is targeted at organizations that want to positively impact the world.
openproject.org • Financial Services • Software • Project Management
Financial Services • Software • Project Management
Open 207 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
≈ $89k – $217k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote • PhD • Full-Time • Senior • German • English
JavaScript
Ruby
TypeScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Stimulus
Frontend
Angular
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
GitHub
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Included Health
includedhealth.com
Included Health is a company that provides health insurance and healthcare services to businesses. They offer a variety of plans and services, including:* Health insurance* Telemedicine* Mental health care* Wellness programs Included Health is committed to making healthcare more affordable and accessible for everyone. They have a team of experienced healthcare professionals and software engineers who are dedicated to providing their clients with the best possible care.
includedhealth.com • Modesto • New York • Washington • Health Care • Insurance • Digital Health
Modesto • New York • Washington • Health Care • Insurance • Digital Health
Open 216 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 8 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Product
≈ $169k – $281k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
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Open 371 dayVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 year ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend
≈ $140k – $233k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Docker
Kubernetes
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Compoundplanning
compoundplanning.com
About Compound Planning is your digital family office. Today, there is no Apple of wealth management–no leading service that every ambitious person uses because it delivers unparalleled quality.
compoundplanning.com • Milwaukee • Banking • Asset Management • Financial Services
Milwaukee • Banking • Asset Management • Financial Services
Open 216 daysVerified live · 9 hours ago 8 months ago

Staff Software Engineer
$120k – $200k per year • Staff+ • 6+ years exp • Milwaukee • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Node JS
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
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Syllable
syllable.ai
Build, run, and optimize voice, SMS, and chat AI agents on Syllable's Agentic Platform. Includes enterprise security, monitoring and multilingual support.
syllable.ai • Mountain View • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents
Mountain View • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents
Open 228 daysVerified live · 7 hours ago 8 months ago

Software Engineer II
≈ $104k – $189k per year (Estimated) • Middle • Mountain View • Remote (United States, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
C#
C++
JavaScript
Python
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Backend Developer Jobs in Chicago
Frequently asked questions
How many Backend Developer jobs in Chicago are available on Alion?
There are currently 153 active listings from 67 hiring companies on Alion, refreshed daily.
What salary do Backend Developer jobs in Chicago pay?
The average salary is around $206,366 per year based on the current listings.
Are remote options available for Backend Developer jobs in Chicago?
Yes, many of these roles offer remote or hybrid work, and you can filter listings by remote, relocation and visa sponsorship.
How do I apply for Backend Developer jobs in Chicago?
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