Backend Developer Jobs in Washington

Backend Developer jobs in Washington hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $224,089/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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ENS Solutions

ens-solutions.com
ens-solutions.com • HQ: Mitchellville, United States • Information Technology • Government • Digital Government • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Est. 2014 • Trust C • Hiring 43, 1 new
HQ: Mitchellville, United States • Information Technology • Government • Digital Government • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Est. 2014 • Trust C • Hiring 43, 1 new
Founded in 2014, ENS Solutions (Essential Network Security Solutions) is an IT consulting and technical services firm specializing in mission-critical solutions for U.S. federal government, defense, and intelligence clients. Headquartered in Mitchellville, Maryland, the veteran-owned enterprise delivers secure infrastructure engineering, program management, and IT modernization services. Its core capabilities include identity, credential, and access management (ICAM), cybersecurity architecture, systems engineering, cloud integration, and high-performance computing support tailored to classified public-sector environments.
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Application Developer - Active TS/SCI with CI Poly

≈ $118k – $254k per year (Estimated) • In office (Washington, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • TS/SCI
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
SQL
Databases
ElasticSearch
Redis
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
OpenAI
Management
SharePoint
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Swoop Technologies

swooptech.com
swooptech.com • HQ: Minneapolis, United States • Embedded Software & RTOS • Operating Systems • Trust A • Hiring 13
HQ: Minneapolis, United States • Embedded Software & RTOS • Operating Systems • Trust A • Hiring 13
Swoop Technologies is a US technology company building SwoopOS, a distributed operating system that organizes military and critical infrastructure equipment for distributed, autonomous and agentic AI systems. It offers an SDK called Valhalla and a browser called Surf, and hires embedded, backend and test software engineers. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
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Open 172 daysTop 25% pay 5 months ago Long shot · 5%

Software Engineer - Backend (Cleared)

$125k – $260k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • Hybrid (Minneapolis, Washington, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Python
Rust
Python
Django
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
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Kubernetes
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Open 311 daysTop 25% pay 10 months ago Long shot · 3%

Software Engineer - Backend

$125k – $250k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • Hybrid (Minneapolis, Washington, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Python
Rust
Python
Django
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Kubernetes
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GEICO

geico.com
geico.com • HQ: Chevy Chase, United States • Property & Casualty Insurance • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1936 • Trust B • Hiring 210, 16 new
HQ: Chevy Chase, United States • Property & Casualty Insurance • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1936 • Trust B • Hiring 210, 16 new
GEICO is one of the largest auto insurance providers in the United States, offering comprehensive coverage for vehicles, property, and business risks. Operating as a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, the company leverages a direct-to-consumer sales model along with local agents to serve tens of millions of policyholders. Headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, it maintains a nationwide network of regional offices to deliver accessible risk management and claims services.
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Open 175 daysTop 25% pay 5 months ago Long shot · 9%

Senior Staff Engineer - Financial Substantiation Platform *Hybrid*

$120k – $260k per year • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • Hybrid (Washington, Baltimore, Dallas, Seattle, Palo Alto, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
C#
Java
SQL
Python
Python
pySpark
Databases
Snowflake
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
Rest API
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Management
Agile
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Insomniac Design

insomniacdesign.com
insomniacdesign.com • HQ: Washington, United States • Digital Design • Creative Agencies • 51-200 employees • Est. 1999 • Trust B • Hiring 5
HQ: Washington, United States • Digital Design • Creative Agencies • 51-200 employees • Est. 1999 • Trust B • Hiring 5
Insomniac Design is a global digital agency founded in 1999, headquartered in Washington D.C. with offices in London, Bucharest, and Chisinau. We’re an agile, nimble and innovative team organized by functional areas of expertise — Creative, Technology, Strategy, and Management. With offices in the U.S. and Europe, we’re a global team with diverse experience and cultural backgrounds who consistently strive for excellence. We specialize in human-centered design — with projects and work that includes complex web and mobile builds, digital transformation, big data products, user experience strategy, visual design, and cybersecurity services.
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Open 194 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 6 months ago Long shot · 6%

CMS Full Stack Developer (cloud certified)

≈ $124k – $215k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years exp • Washington • Remote (United States) • Contractor • Senior
PHP
JavaScript
SQL
PHP
Drupal
DevOps
Rest API
Git
AWS
Management
Waterfall
Scrum
Agile
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MaintainX

getmaintainx.com
getmaintainx.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Field Service Management Software • Manufacturing & Industrial Software • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 159, 19 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Field Service Management Software • Manufacturing & Industrial Software • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 159, 19 new
MaintainX is an American software company founded in 2018 that builds mobile maintenance and asset management software for industrial and facilities teams. Its argument is that computerised maintenance systems have historically been designed for planners at desks rather than technicians on a plant floor, and that a phone-first tool with offline support and a low training burden gets used where older systems were routinely abandoned. Headquartered in San Francisco and backed by growth investors at a multi-billion dollar valuation, it serves manufacturers, food producers, property operators and fleet businesses.
Hugo Dozois-Caouette · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Stefan Turlica · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Byron Deeter · Director
Charles Reim · Director
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Top 25% payVerified live · 20 min ago Visa sponsor 8 months ago Long shot · 17%

Senior Software Developer, Compliance and Multi-Region

$117k – $209k per year • Senior • Hybrid (San Francisco, Washington, Denver, Raleigh, United States) • Full-Time • Senior • English
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
DevOps
Terraform
CI/CD
AWS
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
Shift-Left Security
SOC 2
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Saildrone

saildrone.com
saildrone.com • HQ: Alameda, United States • Drones & UAVs • Military • Naval Systems • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2012 • Trust B • Hiring 44, 5 new
HQ: Alameda, United States • Drones & UAVs • Military • Naval Systems • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2012 • Trust B • Hiring 44, 5 new
Saildrone builds wind and solar powered uncrewed surface vessels for ocean data collection. Its fleet maps the seafloor, monitors fisheries and gathers weather observations. Defence and scientific agencies charter the vehicles for long missions.
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Open 259 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 8 months ago Long shot · 10%

Staff Software Engineer, Security

$189k – $243k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • In office (Alameda, Washington, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Nationals only • Staff
TypeScript
C++
Python
DevOps
Puppet
Ansible
Terraform
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-171
ISO 27001
FedRAMP
PKI
Defense
CMMC
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Nitra

nitra.com
nitra.com • HQ: New York, United States • Financial Software & Embedded Finance • Patient Access & Booking • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2021 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 55, 1 new
HQ: New York, United States • Financial Software & Embedded Finance • Patient Access & Booking • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2021 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 55, 1 new
Nitra is a New York-based healthcare fintech company that gives independent medical practices one platform for spending, capital, back-office work and patient engagement. Its products include the Nitra Card, the NitraMart medical supply marketplace, lending, equipment financing, insurance factoring, bill pay and accounting tools and an AI front-desk assistant called Trina, and it reports more than 700 practices as customers and backing from Andreessen Horowitz and NEA. It hires backend, frontend and QA engineers, including in Seoul and Taipei, alongside product managers, account executives, sales development representatives, accountants and marketing staff.
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Senior Backend Engineer

≈ $124k – $231k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 2+ years exp • Hybrid (Washington, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
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Keystone

keystone.com
keystone.com • HQ: Boston, United States • Financial Advisory, Valuation & Restructuring • Management Consulting • 201-500 employees • Est. 2003 • Trust A • Hiring 24, 1 new
HQ: Boston, United States • Financial Advisory, Valuation & Restructuring • Management Consulting • 201-500 employees • Est. 2003 • Trust A • Hiring 24, 1 new
Keystone is an economics, technology and strategy consulting firm that advises technology companies, Fortune 100 firms, their legal counsel and governments on business, economic, litigation and regulatory questions, with its largest office in Boston. It operates from offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, London, Dubai and Sydney, combining economists, technologists and strategy consultants on antitrust, valuation and transformation work. It hires consultants and associates from graduate and MBA programs, economists, summer technologists, engineering and product leaders, and staffing and talent development staff.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 9 months ago Long shot · 12%

Technical Strategist (Python fluency)

$140k – $198k per year • In office (Boston, New York, San Francisco, Washington, United States) • Bachelor's Degree
Python
AI/ML
Machine Learning
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Knight Division Tactical

knightdivisiontactical.com
knightdivisiontactical.com • HQ: Washington, United States • Defense Manufacturing • 1-10 employees • Est. 2023 • Trust D • Hiring 13
HQ: Washington, United States • Defense Manufacturing • 1-10 employees • Est. 2023 • Trust D • Hiring 13
Knight Division Tactical is a United States defense contractor that supports military and strategic programs with manufacturing, engineering, construction and maintenance units. Its job ads cover manufacturing technicians who produce defense components, fixed and rotary wing pilots, account executives and programmers. The company operates from Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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Programmer

≈ $115k – $248k per year (Estimated) • In office (Washington, United States)
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Aristotle

aristotle.com
aristotle.com • Washington • Provo • Washington • Digital Government • Data Providers & Datasets • Trust A • Hiring 12
Washington • Provo • Washington • Digital Government • Data Providers & Datasets • Trust A • Hiring 12
We Power Democracy. Providing technology, data, and strategy for your campaign and public affairs needs.
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Open 337 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 11 months ago Long shot · 6%

Senior Full-Stack Developer

$130k – $170k per year • Equity • Senior • In office (Washington, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C#
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
ASP.NET Core
Databases
MS SQL
AI/ML
NLP
Machine Learning
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
Rest API
Azure
CI/CD
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Gameplantech

gameplantech.com
gameplantech.com • HQ: Reston, United States • Systems Integrators • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Likely startup • Trust D • Hiring 11
HQ: Reston, United States • Systems Integrators • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Likely startup • Trust D • Hiring 11
Gameplantech is a technology company that runs a government contracting business and a growing SaaS product line called Playbook. It hires accountants, security engineers, cloud infrastructure engineers, program managers, data scientists and data engineers. The company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, United States.
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Backend Software Engineer

≈ $117k – $252k per year (Estimated) • Washington • Remote (United States)
Go
Python
DevOps
Rest API
Git
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
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OpenAI

openai.com
openai.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Code Intelligence • Generative Video • Conversational AI • AI Research Labs • Foundation Models • LLM & Generative AI • 5000+ employees • Est. 2015 • Trust B • Hiring 773, 46 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Code Intelligence • Generative Video • Conversational AI • AI Research Labs • Foundation Models • LLM & Generative AI • 5000+ employees • Est. 2015 • Trust B • Hiring 773, 46 new
OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence research and deployment company founded in 2015 with the mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It develops the GPT family of large language models and turns them into consumer and developer products, including the ChatGPT assistant, the Sora video model, the Codex coding agent and a commercial API used by millions of developers. Structured as a public benefit corporation controlled by a non-profit foundation, the company is backed by Microsoft and SoftBank and operates from San Francisco.
Greg Brockman · Co-Founder & President · decision-maker
Sam Altman · Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Jakub Pachocki · Chief Scientist · decision-maker
Brad Lightcap · Chief Operating Officer · decision-maker
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Open 374 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 8%

Backend Software Engineer, Gov

$207k – $385k per year • Staff+ • 9+ years exp • Hybrid (Washington, San Francisco, Seattle, United States) • Full-Time • Nationals only • Staff
JavaScript
Python
AI/ML
ChatGPT
OpenAI
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Terraform
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Innovative Solutions

innovativesol.com
innovativesol.com • Dubai • Rochester • Boca Raton • Atlanta • Washington • Managed IT Services (MSP) • 51-200 employees • Est. 1989 • Trust B • Hiring 7
Dubai • Rochester • Boca Raton • Atlanta • Washington • Managed IT Services (MSP) • 51-200 employees • Est. 1989 • Trust B • Hiring 7
Our mission is to enable every small to mid-size business to recognize and leverage the power of the cloud. Our vision is to help every company become a technology company.
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Open 377 daysVerified live · 29 min ago 1 year ago Long shot · 8%

Software Architect

$150k – $200k per year • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • Hybrid (Rochester, Atlanta, Washington, Nashville, Buffalo, United States) • Architect
Go
Node JS
Java
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
FastAPI
Django
Java
Spring Boot
Node JS
Express
Databases
Apache Kafka
Frontend
Vue.js
Angular
React.js
DevOps
AWS CDK
CloudFormation
Amazon EKS
AWS Lambda
Amazon ECS
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon EventBridge
AWS Step Functions
API Gateway
Prometheus
Grafana
Terraform
Kubernetes
CI/CD
AWS
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
HIPAA
Management
Scrum
Agile
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Method Security

method.security
method.security • HQ: New York, United States • Cybersecurity AI • Homeland Security • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Trust B • Hiring 7
HQ: New York, United States • Cybersecurity AI • Homeland Security • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Trust B • Hiring 7
Method Security delivers cyber resilience to the United States government and critical enterprises by building autonomous, AI-driven defense solutions. The company hires forward deployed, backend, product and security engineers in Washington and New York. The company is based in the United States.
Daniel Kelly · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Samuel Jones · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
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Open 569 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

Backend Engineer

$140k – $190k per year • In office (New York, Washington, United States) • Full-Time
Java
DevOps
Docker
Kubernetes
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Software Engineer, Product

≈ $129k – $279k per year (Estimated) • In office (New York, Washington, United States) • Full-Time
TypeScript
Java
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
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Spear AI

spear.ai
spear.ai • HQ: Washington, United States • Edge AI • C4ISR • Defense AI • 51-200 employees • Est. 2020 • Trust D • Hiring 10
HQ: Washington, United States • Edge AI • C4ISR • Defense AI • 51-200 employees • Est. 2020 • Trust D • Hiring 10
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Spear AI is a defense technology company specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning software for national security and maritime operations. The company develops edge-ready software platforms - including its Horizon AI data processing system and Forerunner threat assessment suite - that automate tactical sensor analysis, passive acoustic signal processing, and operational decision-making across cloud, classified air-gapped networks, and underwater edge environments.
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Full-Stack Engineer

≈ $117k – $252k per year (Estimated) • Washington • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Top Secret
TypeScript
Node JS
JavaScript
SQL
Python
Python
Mypy
Databases
Redpanda
MySQL
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Webpack
GraphQL
Tailwind CSS
Next.js
Vite
React.js
Zustand
Redux
ESLint
Prettier
Zod
Valibot
Mobile
State Management
DevOps
GitHub
Rest API
Docker Compose
Pulumi
GitLab
GitHub Actions
Terraform
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD
AWS
Analytics
ETL/ELT
QA
Sentry
Vitest
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AEVEX

aevex.com
aevex.com • Washington • Tampa • Fort Lauderdale • Baltimore • Dayton • Defense AI • Military Drones • 501-1000 employees • NYSE: AVEX • Trust C • Hiring 49, 6 new
Washington • Tampa • Fort Lauderdale • Baltimore • Dayton • Defense AI • Military Drones • 501-1000 employees • NYSE: AVEX • Trust C • Hiring 49, 6 new
AEVEX designs and delivers autonomous precision strike systems, unmanned aerial systems and other defense technology, along with high-end program support services. It hires business development, contracts, electrical engineering and 3D printing staff for sites in Tampa, Baltimore and Washington. The company is based in the United States.
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Applications Developer

≈ $116k – $251k per year (Estimated) • In office (Washington, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • TS/SCI
Bash
TypeScript
JavaScript
Kotlin
Java
Java
Apache Tomcat
Spring Boot
Kotlin
Mockito
Databases
MySQL
AI/ML
OCR
Frontend
JQuery
Angular
React.js
DevOps
GitLab
Jenkins
GitHub
Rest API
Linux
AWS
Web3
Solana
Management
Agile
QA
Swagger
Postman
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Backend Developer Jobs in Washington
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