Tawantech (Integrated Solutions Tawantech) is a Saudi financial technology and IT services provider headquartered in Riyadh, specializing in end-to-end digital banking, payment processing, and enterprise system integration. The company delivers solutions across payment infrastructure, cybersecurity, data storage, and transaction banking transformation for financial institutions and corporate clients.
HQ: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • Payments • Financial Services • FinTech
Senior • In office (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Java
SQL
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
Apache Kafka
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Kubernetes
OpenShift
Rest API
Junior • In office (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
Java
SQL
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
Apache Kafka
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Kubernetes
OpenShift
Rest API
Senior • In office (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Mindrift is an expert-sourcing and AI training platform owned by Toloka (a data services enterprise owned by Nebius Group, Nasdaq: NBIS), operating primarily out of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Launched by Toloka CEO and founder Olga Megorskaya to elevate crowd-sourced data generation into high-level human feedback, Mindrift operates on a B2B data-as-a-service (DaaS), custom enterprise AI training contract, and freelance expert marketplace model.
HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands • Professional Services • Data Entry & Processing • Cybersecurity • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2014
up to $74k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman) • Freelance • Senior • English: C1
JavaScript
Python
Python
Beautiful Soup
AI/ML
OpenRouter
LangChain
LLM
DevOps
AWS
Docker
GitHub
QA
Selenium
Sirdab is a Kuwaiti logistics technology company offering on demand warehousing and fulfilment to online businesses. Its software lets merchants manage inventory, orders and last mile delivery without operating their own facilities. The company grew out of the Kuwaiti startup studio scene and serves regional e-commerce sellers.
HQ: Kuwait City, Kuwait • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018
Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote (Saudi Arabia, Egypt) • Full-Time • Senior • English: B2
Ruby
Ruby
Hotwire
Ruby on Rails
Stimulus
DevOps
Rest API
Canonical is the publisher of Ubuntu, the world's most widely used Linux distribution, headquartered in London. Founded in 2004 by Mark Shuttleworth, the company provides enterprise-grade services, support, and security for open-source software, enabling organizations to deploy and manage workloads consistently across diverse environments. Their portfolio spans the entire compute spectrum - from public and private cloud infrastructure (OpenStack), container orchestration (Kubernetes/MicroK8s), and data center management to specialized edge and IoT computing.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2004
≈ $114k – $255k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote • Bachelor's Degree • Freelance • Staff
C++
Go
Python
Rust
DevOps
Ubuntu
≈ $114k – $256k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote • Bachelor's Degree • Principal
C++
Go
Python
Rust
TypeScript
SQL
DevOps
Ubuntu
Debian
Docker
gRPC
Kubernetes
OpenStack
≈ $66k – $172k per year (Estimated) • Junior • Remote • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Junior
Bash
C++
Go
JavaScript
Python
Rust
DevOps
Kubernetes
Ubuntu
Debian
Fedora
MinIO is an object storage company headquartered in Redwood City, California, and founded in 2014 by Anand Babu Periasamy and Garima Kapoor. The company develops a high performance, S3 compatible object store that organisations run on their own hardware, in private clouds, or at the edge, frequently as the storage layer for analytics and AI training data. It sells commercial licences and support around the software and is widely deployed in Kubernetes environments.
HQ: Redwood City, United States • AI Infrastructure • Data Management • Cloud Computing • Information Technology • Storage • Hardware • Data & Analytics • Est. 2014
Equity • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) • Senior
MinIO
AI/ML
AI Agents
Management
Jira
Digital marketing tools to grow your audience faster and drive revenue smarter. Backed by 24/7 award-winning support. Check it out now!
Sales & Marketing • Email Services & Providers • Email Marketing
$60k – $75k per year • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote (EMEA) • Contractor • Middle • English
JavaScript
PHP
SQL
Go
Node JS
Ruby
PHP
Laravel
Databases
Redis
ElasticSearch
Frontend
React.js
Vue.js
DevOps
Git
Design
Canva
Neo4j is the world's leading graph database platform, engineered specifically to store, query, and analyze highly connected data. Unlike traditional relational databases that rely on rigid tables and costly JOIN operations, Neo4j models data naturally using nodes (entities), relationships (connections), and properties (key-value attributes).
HQ: San Mateo, United States • Big Data • Information Technology • Database Management
Lead • 8+ years exp • Remote (EMEA) • Cofounder • Staff
Java
Databases
Neo4j
PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Knowledge Graph
LangChain
LlamaIndex
GraphRAG
Mobile
Clean Architecture
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
Senior • 8+ years exp • Remote (EMEA) • Cofounder • Senior
Java
Databases
Neo4j
PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Knowledge Graph
Mobile
Clean Architecture
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
RunPod is a cloud computing company headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, and founded in 2022. The company provides a specialized AI developer cloud featuring on-demand GPU instances, serverless GPU endpoints, and multi-node GPU clusters for training and inference. It operates a global infrastructure across more than 30 regions, serving over one million developers with scalable compute resources for machine learning and generative AI workloads.
HQ: Mount Laurel, United States • IT Infrastructure • LLM & Generative AI • Machine Learning • Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • AI Infrastructure • Information Technology • Cloud Computing • Est. 2022
$100k – $180k per year • Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (EMEA, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Go
JavaScript
Node JS
Python
SQL
Python
Django
Flask
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
LLM
PyTorch
RunPod
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Docker
Ubuntu
SportyBet is an international sports betting, gaming, and digital entertainment platform owned by Sporty Group. Founded by Sudeep Ramnani in 2013, the platform is a market-leading sports betting operator in Africa - with operations across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda - and has expanded internationally into markets like Brazil.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Gaming • Sports • iGaming & Gambling • Sports Betting • Est. 2013
≈ $90k – $219k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote • Senior
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Spring Cloud
Apache Tomcat
Netty
Databases
MySQL
Redis
ElasticSearch
RabbitMQ
DevOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Amazon CloudWatch
Grafana
Loki
Prometheus
Rest API
≈ $68k – $193k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote • Middle
Java
SQL
Java
Spring Boot
Spring Cloud
Databases
ElasticSearch
MySQL
Redis
DevOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Amazon CloudWatch
Grafana
Loki
Prometheus
Rest API
Haystack empowers engineering teams with real-time insights into their team’s performance, helping you remove bottlenecks and accelerate delivery.
Decision Intelligence • Project Management • Data Visualization • 11-50 employees
≈ $90k – $219k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote (Europe, Asia) • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Docker
GCP
Git
Management
Jira
≈ $89k – $218k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote (Europe, Asia) • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Docker
GCP
Git
Management
Jira
Salesforce is a global leader in cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) software, helping businesses connect with their customers in a whole new way. Its comprehensive Customer 360 platform provides integrated applications for sales, customer service, marketing automation, e-commerce, and analytics.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Software • Information Technology • Sales & Marketing • Media & Entertainment • AI Agents • Commerce • Books • Professional Services • Artificial Intelligence • Marketplaces • Marketing Automation • Cloud Computing • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • 1001-5000 employees
Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) • PhD • Full-Time • Senior • Arabic: C1
Apex
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
Databases
Databricks
Snowflake
AI/ML
Claude
Cursor
LangChain
LlamaIndex
Prompt Engineering
Agentforce
LLM Guardrails
AI Agents
DevOps
CI/CD
Marketing
Salesforce
Circle is a global financial technology company best known as the issuer of USD Coin (USDC) and EURC, two of the world's leading fully backed digital stablecoins. Headquartered in New York City, New York, the firm builds open financial infrastructure and developer APIs that enable internet-native payment settlement, treasury management, and blockchain integration. By bridging traditional banking networks with public blockchain systems, it allows businesses worldwide to store, send, and trade digital value seamlessly.
HQ: New York, United States • Financial Services • Stablecoins • Blockchain & Crypto • Est. 2013
$130k – $140k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote • Senior
Ruby
TypeScript
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
Tailwind CSS
Analytics
A/B Testing
$130k – $140k per year • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote • Senior
Ruby
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
LLM
RAG
Edge AI
Frontend
React.js
Analytics
A/B Testing
Tether is a digital asset company founded in 2014 that issues USDT, the largest stablecoin in circulation and the most heavily traded asset in crypto markets. Each token is intended to hold a one-to-one peg with the United States dollar and is backed by a reserve portfolio dominated by short-dated Treasury bills, with regular attestation reports published on the reserve composition. Headquartered in San Salvador, El Salvador, the group has expanded beyond stablecoin issuance into gold-backed tokens, Bitcoin mining, energy, peer-to-peer communications and local artificial intelligence infrastructure.
HQ: San Salvador, El Salvador • Crypto Payments • Data Centers • Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain & Crypto • Cryptocurrencies • Stablecoins • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2014
≈ $90k – $220k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote • Senior
Node JS
JavaScript
C++
AI/ML
Tokenization
Frontend
npm
Web3
Bitcoin
≈ $150k – $281k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • Remote • Architect • English: B2
Node JS
JavaScript
AI/ML
Tokenization
Web3
Bitcoin
Ethereum
Smart Contracts
Token Standards
≈ $150k – $281k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • Remote • Architect • English: B2
Node JS
JavaScript
AI/ML
Tokenization
Web3
Bitcoin
Ethereum
Smart Contracts
Token Standards
Customer.io, legally Peaberry Software, Inc., is a customer engagement software company headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and founded in 2012. The company provides a platform that enables businesses to automate personalized messaging across email, SMS, push notifications, and in-app channels based on real-time customer behavior and data. Serving over 9,000 brands globally, the organization operates as a remote-first company with a focus on data-driven marketing automation and artificial intelligence integration for B2B and B2C enterprises.
HQ: Portland, United States • Software • Customer Analytics • Data & Analytics • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Sales & Marketing • Email Marketing • Marketing Automation • Est. 2012
$150k – $200k per year • Senior • 7+ years exp • Remote (AMER, EMEA) • Senior
Go
TypeScript
JavaScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
$150k – $200k per year • Senior • 7+ years exp • Remote (AMER, EMEA) • Senior
Go
Databases
MySQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
AWS
GCP
LiveKit is an open-source real-time audio, video, and AI voice infrastructure platform headquartered in San Francisco. The company provides cloud and developer infrastructure designed to build ultra-low-latency video conferencing, live streaming, and interactive multimodal AI voice agents into web and mobile applications. Powered by flexible SDKs and scalable server orchestration, LiveKit is widely used by developers and enterprise teams to deploy real-time voice and video applications at global scale.
HQ: San Francisco, San Jose, United States • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Speech & Audio AI • Est. 2021
$135k – $300k per year • Equity • Remote (EMEA, North America) • Full-Time
Python
TypeScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
LLM
LiveKit
OpenAI
Marketing
Salesforce
$135k – $300k per year • Equity • Staff+ • Remote (EMEA, North America) • Full-Time • Staff
Go
Databases
ClickHouse
NATS
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
LiveKit
OpenAI
DevOps
gRPC
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
GitHub
etcd
$135k – $300k per year • Equity • Senior • Remote (EMEA, North America) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Databases
ClickHouse
NATS
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
LiveKit
OpenAI
DevOps
gRPC
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
GitHub
etcd
Opportunities for all Where you are shouldn't govern what you do. We're changing the way the world works—one brilliant remote hire at a time.
Austin • Toronto • Chicago • Charlotte • Denver • Professional Services • Human Resources
Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (EMEA) • Full-Time • Senior • English: C1
Ruby
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Datadog
Platform Engineering
Terraform
Heroku
QA
Sentry
Qiddiya Investment is an entertainment building offering sports, and arts in Arabia, focusing on Parks & Attractions, Sports & Wellness, Motion & Mobility, Arts & Culture, and Nature & Environment. Qiddiya Investment is located in Arabia.
HQ: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • Sports • Travel & Tourism • Theme Parks & Attractions
Senior • In office (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) • Full-Time • Senior
CI/CD
Incident Management
Senior • In office (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) • Full-Time • Senior
CI/CD
Incident Management
Delivery Hero is a leading global local delivery platform, headquartered in Berlin, that connects consumers with restaurants, grocery stores, and local retailers. Founded in 2011, the company operates across dozens of countries, providing on-demand food delivery and pioneering "quick commerce" services for household essentials. Through its extensive international network and advanced logistics technology, it facilitates millions of daily deliveries while aiming to provide a fast and seamless experience for customers worldwide.
Berlin • Frankfurt am Main • Dubai • Sofia • Plovdiv • Marketplaces • Transportation & Logistics • Delivery • 1001-5000 employees
Middle • 4+ years exp • In office (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) • Relocation • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Java
Python
Ruby
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
DevOps
Kubernetes
Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) • Relocation • Contractor • Senior • English
Java
Python
Ruby
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
Memcached
PostgreSQL
Redis
DevOps
Docker
GCP
Grafana
Kubernetes
New Era Technology is a global managed technology service provider and systems integrator. The company delivers digital transformation, IT infrastructure, and enterprise technology solutions to over 20,000 businesses, healthcare organizations, educational institutions, and financial entities worldwide.
HQ: Chicago, United States • Cloud Computing • Cybersecurity • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees
Remote
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
Apache Kafka
DynamoDB
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
CI/CD
Rest API
Amazon S3
API Gateway
Splunk
PlanetScale offers the world’s fastest and most scalable cloud hosting for Vitess and Postgres.
San Francisco • AI Infrastructure • Information Technology • Web Hosting
$120k – $290k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (EMEA) • Senior
C++
Go
Java
Python
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kubernetes
Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (EMEA, United States) • Senior
Python
Ruby
Rust
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kubernetes
$120k – $290k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • San Francisco • Remote (EMEA, United States) • Senior
Go
Python
Ruby
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kubernetes
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| Senior |
16 |
$140K |
$200K |
$290K |
| All levels |
23 |
$120K |
$200K |
$290K |
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 116 open Backend Developer jobs in Riyadh from 44 companies. 12 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 38 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
23 of these Backend Developer jobs in Riyadh state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $120K and $290K a year, with a median of $200K. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are Saudi Arabia (22), United Arab Emirates (2), France (2), Belgium (1), and Germany (1). 83% of the listings are fully remote, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Backend Developer jobs in Riyadh right now are Canonical (32), Speechify (9), Tawantech (5), Nagarro (5), Tether (4), and LiveKit (4). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Python (54), Kubernetes (46), Ubuntu (33), Docker (32), JavaScript (30), AWS (29), Go (28), and PostgreSQL (28). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Backend Developer jobs in Riyadh, 5 state visa sponsorship, 3 offer a relocation package, and 11 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
