Lead Backend Developer Jobs

Lead Backend Developer jobs hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $216,250/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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ALSO

also.com
ALSO is a leading European technology provider and B2B distributor headquartered in Emmen, Switzerland. The company connects IT vendors with thousands of resellers and system integrators, offering products, solutions, and cloud services across more than 30 European countries and selectively worldwide. Through its proprietary cloud marketplace, ALSO facilitates the digital supply chain by providing "As-a-Service" IT management, logistics, financing, and platform software to enterprise and retail customers.
also.com • HQ: Palo Alto, United States • Commerce • Software • Wholesale • Information Technology
HQ: Palo Alto, United States • Commerce • Software • Wholesale • Information Technology
Top 25% payVerified live · 4 hours ago 2 months ago

Engineering Technical Lead – Engineering Triage

$170k – $210k per year • Lead • 8+ years expIn office (Palo Alto, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
C++
Python
DevOps
Incident Management
CI/CD
Rest API
RTOS
Vector
GitHub
GitLab
IoT
MQTT
Management
Confluence
Jira
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SBT Global

sbtglobal.com
SBT Global is an enterprise technology and global commerce company headquartered in Texas. The organization specializes in technology procurement and distribution, software development, and the export of pre-owned electronics and gadgets. Through its strategic investments, logistics networks, and e-commerce platforms, the company works to bridge North American supply chains with emerging international markets.
sbtglobal.com • HQ: Irvine, United States • Information Technology
HQ: Irvine, United States • Information Technology
up to $100k per year • Lead • 5+ years expIn office (Savannah, United States) • Contractor • Senior • Korean: C2
JavaScript
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Spring Framework
Databases
Oracle
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Yobi

yobi.ai
Yobi is a behavioral artificial intelligence company headquartered in New York City and founded in 2019. The company builds models over large consented consumer behaviour datasets so advertisers can predict audience response without handling personally identifiable information. It licenses those signals to agencies, demand side platforms, and advertising technology partners, and has worked with Microsoft on enterprise predictive behavioural models.
yobi.ai • HQ: New York, United States • Predictive Analytics • Customer Analytics • Data & Analytics • Advertising • Sales & Marketing • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Est. 2019
HQ: New York, United States • Predictive Analytics • Customer Analytics • Data & Analytics • Advertising • Sales & Marketing • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Est. 2019
$225k – $300k per year • Equity • Lead • New York • Remote (United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Staff
C++
Go
Java
Rust
Scala
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
LLM
Recommender Systems
DevOps
CI/CD
Web3
Rollup
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Open 301 dayTop 25% pay 10 months ago

Tech Lead / Software Engineer - Yobi Ad Platform

$225k – $300k per year • Lead • Remote (United States, Canada) • Full-Time • Staff
C++
Go
Java
Rust
Scala
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
LLM
Recommender Systems
DevOps
CI/CD
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Zup Innovation

zup.com.br
Zup Innovation is a software engineering company headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and founded in 2011. The company builds digital products, platform engineering tooling, and developer experience systems, and maintains open source projects including the Charles release orchestration tool. It has been part of Itau Unibanco since 2019 and supplies much of the engineering capacity behind the bank's digital channels.
zup.com.br • HQ: São Paulo, Brazil • DevOps • FinTech • Financial Services • Web Development • IT Consulting • Information Technology • Software • Est. 2011
HQ: São Paulo, Brazil • DevOps • FinTech • Financial Services • Web Development • IT Consulting • Information Technology • Software • Est. 2011
Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Pessoa Tech Lead Backend Java

$49k – $129k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote (Brazil) • Internship • Staff • Portuguese: C1
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AWS Bedrock
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
DevOps
Amazon EKS
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
Git
GitHub Actions
Grafana
Kubernetes
New Relic
Prometheus
Terraform
Amazon ECS
Amazon S3
GitHub
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Lexer

lexer.io
How retailers unify all their customer data, understand their customer, create segments, acquire new customers, and grow lifetime value.
lexer.io • Melbourne • Data & Analytics • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Customer Analytics • Est. 2012
Melbourne • Data & Analytics • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Customer Analytics • Est. 2012
$84k – $221k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 8+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Melbourne, Australia) • Principal
Python
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
AI Agents
Context Engineering
LLM Guardrails
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
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Kickdrum

kickdrum.com
Headquartered in the US, Kickdrum is a team of software professionals that helps large enterprises deliver dramatic results. Collectively, they have worked with over 100 of the Fortune 500 companies.
kickdrum.com • Bengaluru • Professional Services • Information Technology • Software • Est. 2012
Bengaluru • Professional Services • Information Technology • Software • Est. 2012
2 months ago

Technical Lead

$29k – $76k per year (Estimated) • Lead • In office (Bengaluru, India) • Staff
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
Python
FastAPI
Databases
Cassandra
DynamoDB
MySQL
Oracle
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
LLM
Frontend
Angular
Bootstrap
Material UI
React.js
DevOps
Ansible
AWS
Azure
Docker
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Terraform
QA
Cypress
Jest
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2 months ago

.NET Lead

$28k – $75k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 12+ years expIn office (Bengaluru, India) • Contractor • Staff
C#
SQL
TypeScript
JavaScript
Go
C#
ASP.NET Core
Dapper
gRPC for .NET
xUnit
Go
Dapr
Databases
Apache Kafka
Azure Cosmos DB
ElasticSearch
OpenSearch
Redis
PostgreSQL
DynamoDB
MS SQL
pgvector
Pinecone
AI/ML
AWS Bedrock
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
Cursor
LangChain
llama.cpp
Ollama
RAG
Ray
Semantic Kernel
AI Agents
LLM Guardrails
OpenAI
Frontend
Angular
React.js
Next.js
Storybook
Vite
Webpack
Mobile
Clean Architecture
DevOps
AWS
Azure
Grafana
gRPC
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Amazon EKS
AWS Lambda
Azure AKS
Azure DevOps
Bicep
CI/CD
Docker
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Terraform
Vector
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon S3
GitHub
Cybersecurity
OWASP ASVS
Analytics
A/B Testing
QA
Swagger
Cypress
Jest
Pact
Playwright
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FinBox

finbox.in
FinBox lets consumers track their spending, with automated categorization of transactions, interactive visuals on spending, and bill payment reminders. Users can integrate multiple debit/credit cards into the app.
finbox.in • Bengaluru • Financial Services • Personal Finance • FinTech • Est. 2016
Bengaluru • Financial Services • Personal Finance • FinTech • Est. 2016
2 months ago

Lead Software Engineer

$30k – $79k per year (Estimated) • Lead • In office (Bengaluru, India) • Staff
Go
JavaScript
Node JS
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Terraform
GitLab
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Effect

effect.website
Effect (Effect-TS) is an open-source, production-grade TypeScript ecosystem and library designed to build robust, highly scalable, and predictable software. Originally inspired by effect systems from other functional programming languages (such as ZIO in Scala), Effect provides a unified meta-language for TypeScript that addresses core native limitations in error management, asynchronous concurrency, and dependency injection.
effect.website • Milan • Barcelona • London • Amsterdam • Luxembourg City
Milan • Barcelona • London • Amsterdam • Luxembourg City
Verified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Lead Backend Engineer - Consumer Growth

$59k – $77k per year (gross) • Equity • Lead • 5+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Milan, Italy) • Relocation • Full-Time • Staff
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
ElasticSearch
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
Amazon EC2
AWS Lambda
Amazon ECS
Amazon Kinesis
Amazon S3
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Open 166 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 6 months ago

Backend Tech Lead - Business Domain

$59k – $77k per year (gross) • Equity • Lead • 5+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Milan, Italy) • Relocation • Full-Time • Staff
Java
DevOps
AWS
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Omakase Robotics

omakase.ai
Omakase Robotics, a division of Zeals, is building Omakase OS, a software and systems stack that makes robots practical and reliable in human environments. We combine software, hardware, autonomy, and operations to deploy robots in real-world settings like hospitals, hospitality, and retail.
omakase.ai • Tokyo • Robotics AI • Robotics • Service & Hospitality Robotics
Tokyo • Robotics AI • Robotics • Service & Hospitality Robotics
$40k – $107k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Tokyo • Remote (Japan) • Full-Time • Staff
ROS
ROS2
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Common App

commonapp.org
The Common Application is a not-for-profit member organization committed to the pursuit of access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. Each year, more than one million students, one-third of whom are first-generation, apply to ...
commonapp.org • Omaha • Arlington • Higher Education
Omaha • Arlington • Higher Education
$135k – $149k per year • Lead • 6+ years expArlington • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
C#
JavaScript
TypeScript
Databases
DynamoDB
MySQL
Frontend
Angular
Mobile
Dependency Injection
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AWS
AWS Fargate
AWS Lambda
CI/CD
CloudFormation
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Amazon ECS
Amazon S3
AWS Step Functions
GitHub
Cybersecurity
OWASP Top 10
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Symbotic

symbotic.com
Symbotic is a global provider of integrated supply network automation solutions for warehouses and distribution centers. Our Symbotic Employees build hardware and software solutions that will change the way the world distributes product from manu...
symbotic.com • HQ: Wilmington, United States • Warehousing • Robotics • Logistics & Warehouse Robotics • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Wilmington, United States • Warehousing • Robotics • Logistics & Warehouse Robotics • 1001-5000 employees
$180k – $248k per year • Lead • 12+ years expIn office (Wilmington, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
Apache Kafka
RabbitMQ
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Zynga

zynga.com
Zynga is a global developer and publisher of mobile and web-based social games, operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive. Founded in 2007 by Mark Pincus and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company pioneered social network gaming on platforms like Facebook with hit titles such as FarmVille, Words With Friends, and Zynga Poker. Following its $12.7 billion acquisition by Take-Two Interactive in 2022, Zynga acts as the core mobile publishing umbrella for the parent enterprise.
zynga.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Gaming • Mobile Games • Est. 2007
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Gaming • Mobile Games • Est. 2007
Verified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago

Principal Software Developer - Full Stack (Unity, C#)

$114k – $164k per year • Equity • Lead • 6+ years expIn office (Austin, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
C#
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
DevOps
AWS
Datadog
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Game Dev
Unity
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 5 months ago

Principal Software Developer - FinOps

$119k – $169k per year • Equity • Lead • 8+ years expIn office (Austin, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
Python
SQL
AI/ML
NumPy
DevOps
CI/CD
FinOps
AWS
Datadog
Splunk
Analytics
Tableau
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EveryMatrix

everymatrix.com
EveryMatrix is a gaming technology company founded in 2008 and headquartered in St Julian's. It supplies casino, sportsbook, payment and platform software to operators. The group employs well over a thousand engineers.
everymatrix.com • HQ: St. Julian's, Malta • Sports Betting • Gaming • iGaming & Gambling • 11-50 employees • Est. 2008
HQ: St. Julian's, Malta • Sports Betting • Gaming • iGaming & Gambling • 11-50 employees • Est. 2008
Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Full Stack Technical Lead

$94k – $188k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote/Hybrid (London, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Staff • English: B2
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
ClickHouse
PostgreSQL
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
Git
Kubernetes
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Scopely

scopely.com
Scopely is a leading American video game developer, publisher, and interactive entertainment company headquartered in Culver City, California. Founded in 2011, the company specializes in free-to-play mobile games and live-ops game management across mobile, web, and PC platforms.
scopely.com • HQ: Culver City, United States • Game Development • Gaming • Mobile Games • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2011
HQ: Culver City, United States • Game Development • Gaming • Mobile Games • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2011
Verified live · 3 hours ago 2 months ago

Principal Sofware Engineer (Unity)

$29k – $78k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 8+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Bengaluru, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Principal
C#
DevOps
CI/CD
Game Dev
Unity
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IQ-EQ

iqeq.com
IQ-EQ is a global investor services group headquartered in Luxembourg that provides fund administration, corporate governance, asset servicing, and regulatory compliance solutions. Operating across dozens of jurisdictions worldwide, the firm works closely with alternative asset managers, multinational corporations, family offices, and private wealth clients. It combines technical expertise with proprietary technology platforms to help institutions manage complex fund structures, cross-border investments, and global reporting requirements.
iqeq.com • New York • Frisco • Dallas • Boston • Fort Worth • Cybersecurity • Security Compliance • Financial Services • Asset Management • 5000+ employees
New York • Frisco • Dallas • Boston • Fort Worth • Cybersecurity • Security Compliance • Financial Services • Asset Management • 5000+ employees
Verified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Technical Lead - Night Shift

$19k – $49k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 5+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Pasig, Philippines) • Full-Time • Senior
PowerShell
DevOps
Azure
SLI/SLO/SLA
Windows Server
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Entra ID
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Agoda

agoda.com
Agoda is an online travel agency founded in 2005 by Michael Kenny and Robert Rosenstein, which built its position by concentrating on Asian accommodation supply that Western booking sites covered poorly. Acquired by Priceline, now Booking Holdings, in 2007, it kept its own brand, engineering organisation and regional focus rather than being absorbed, and remains headquartered in Singapore with its largest office in Bangkok. The platform lists millions of properties from international hotel chains down to small family guesthouses across Asia, and has expanded from accommodation into flights, airport transfers and activities.
agoda.com • HQ: Singapore • Air Transport • Commerce • Travel Agencies • Travel & Tourism • Travel Technology • Hotels & Resorts • 5000+ employees • Est. 2005
HQ: Singapore • Air Transport • Commerce • Travel Agencies • Travel & Tourism • Travel Technology • Hotels & Resorts • 5000+ employees • Est. 2005
Verified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Backend Lead Software Engineer (Level 5) | Gurugram based

$28k – $74k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 11+ years expIn office (Gurgaon, India) • Staff
Go
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Databases
Aerospike
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Hadoop
DevOps
CI/CD
Incident Management
AWS
GCP
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Lead • 10+ years expIn office (Bangkok, Thailand) • Relocation • Staff
Amazon EKS
Kubernetes
AWS
Cybersecurity
GDPR
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 3 months ago

Lead Software Engineer (Level 5) | BackEnd (Gurugram based)

$28k – $74k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 11+ years expIn office (Gurgaon, India) • Staff
Go
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Databases
Aerospike
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Hadoop
DevOps
CI/CD
Incident Management
AWS
GCP
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Xorainnovation

xorainnovation.com
Xora Innovation is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Singapore and backed by Temasek Holdings. Founded in 2020, the firm focuses on investing in transformative deep tech, AI infrastructure, applied artificial intelligence, and climate technology startups. It primarily provides Seed and Series A funding along with long-term operational support to help founders commercialize breakthrough technologies globally.
xorainnovation.com • HQ: San Diego, United States
HQ: San Diego, United States
$96k – $253k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 10+ years expIn office (Singapore) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
Python
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Function Calling
Structured Outputs
Hybrid Search
Knowledge Graph
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The Motley Fool

fool.com
The Motley Fool has been providing investing insights and personal finance to millions of people for over 25 years. Learn how we make the world Smarter, Happier & Richer.
fool.com • Blockchain & Crypto • Capital Markets • Financial Services • Est. 1993
Blockchain & Crypto • Capital Markets • Financial Services • Est. 1993
Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Tech Lead (Fool.com and Motley Fool Money)

$138k – $276k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 7+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Relocation • Staff
Python
JavaScript
Python
Django
AI/ML
LLM
Frontend
React.js
Next.js
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Datadog
GitHub Actions
Rest API
GitHub
QA
Playwright
Sentry
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Attain

attain.ai
attain.ai • Chicago • Redwood City • New York • Boston
Chicago • Redwood City • New York • Boston
Verified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago

Lead Backend Engineer

$123k – $247k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 6+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Redwood City, United States) • Staff
Rust
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
GraphQL
Mobile
React Native
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
gRPC
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Open 203 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 7 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Technical Lead – Merryfield

$95k – $251k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 6+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Chicago, United States) • Staff
Go
Node JS
JavaScript
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
AWS
GCP
gRPC
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Skan AI

skan.ai
Skan AI uses computer vision on employee desktops to build a picture of business processes without integrating into each system. Founded in 2015 in California, it produces process maps and time analytics that reveal where work stalls. Insurance and banking operations teams are its main users.
skan.ai • HQ: Menlo Park, United States • Financial Services • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2015
HQ: Menlo Park, United States • Financial Services • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2015
Verified live · 6 hours ago 2 months ago

Lead Software Development Engineer (Python)

$30k – $79k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 8+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Bengaluru, India) • Full-Time • Staff
Python
Python
Alembic
Django
FastAPI
Flask
Databases
PostgreSQL
StarRocks
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes
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Lead Backend Developer Jobs
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