Backend Developer Salary in Germany

Backend Developer jobs in Germany hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $126,657/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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HappyRobot

happyrobot.ai
Autonomous AI workers that communicate, coordinate, and operate at scale across the real economy.
happyrobot.ai • Logistics • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Est. 2023
Logistics • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Est. 2023
$65k – $146k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 1+ year expGermany • Remote (Germany) • Full-Time • Junior
Node JS
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
AI/ML
LLM
Frontend
React.js
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Topdesk

topdesk.com
TOPdesk helps organizations to improve their services with user-friendly standardized software. Our starting point is the needs of the organization, the people who will be using the software and the customers they will support. Collaboration is es...
topdesk.com • Delft • Budapest • Kaiserslautern • Antwerp • Manchester • Technical Support • Information Technology • IT Management • 501-1000 employees
Delft • Budapest • Kaiserslautern • Antwerp • Manchester • Technical Support • Information Technology • IT Management • 501-1000 employees
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Senior Software Engineer

$80k – $90k per year • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (Kaiserslautern, Germany) • Full-Time • Senior • English
Java
SQL
TypeScript
Databases
MS SQL
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Aider
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
Model Context Protocol
DevOps
Azure
Kubernetes
Terraform
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Senior Database Engineer

$58k – $88k per year • Senior • 5+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Kaiserslautern, Germany) • Full-Time • Senior • English
Java
SQL
Python
TypeScript
Java
JOOQ
Databases
Azure SQL Database
MS SQL
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Azure
Terraform
Kubernetes
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Cadence

cadence.com
Cadence is a leading EDA and Intelligent System Design provider delivering hardware, software, and IP for electronic design.
cadence.com • Munich • Belo Horizonte • Wireless • Hardware • Data Science
Munich • Belo Horizonte • Wireless • Hardware • Data Science
2 months ago

Software Engineer II

$66k – $186k per year (Estimated) • Middle • Remote (Germany, Brazil) • Visa sponsorship • Master's Degree • TS/SCI • Middle
C++
Python
DevOps
Azure DevOps
Azure
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$56k – $135k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Middle • 2+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Munich, Germany) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
C++
TCL Scripting
Verilog
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
DevOps
GitHub
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Bjak

bjak.my
Bjak is a Malaysia-based insurtech company founded in 2019. It operates Southeast Asia's largest online insurance platform, letting users compare, buy, and renew insurance policies digitally. The company is headquartered in Petaling Jaya and focuses on making insurance more accessible and convenient.
bjak.my • HQ: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia • Financial Services • FinTech • Insurance • Est. 2019
HQ: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia • Financial Services • FinTech • Insurance • Est. 2019
2 months ago

Full Stack Engineer

$71k – $165k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Germany) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree
JavaScript
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
Vue.js
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Chrono24

chrono24.com
Chrono24 is an online marketplace focused on buying and selling luxury watches. It helps solve a set of practical problems that come with high value items, namely trust, discovery, and the complexity of cross border transactions. For buyers, the platform brings together a large catalogue of new and pre owned watches in one place, with tools to compare listings and assess sellers.
chrono24.com • Berlin • Karlsruhe • Miami • Los Angeles
Berlin • Karlsruhe • Miami • Los Angeles
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(Senior) Java Developer (m/f/d)

$68k – $141k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote (Germany) • Full-Time • Senior
Java
SQL
Java
Gradle
Maven
Databases
MySQL
DevOps
CI/CD
GitLab CI
GitLab
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iwoca

iwoca.co.uk
iwoca allows small businesses to access the type of short-term funding previously only available to their larger peers. From taking advantage of new trade opportunities to bridging cashflow gaps, we believe flexible access to finance is crucial to...
iwoca.co.uk • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Financial Services
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Financial Services
$135k – $169k per year • Equity • Staff+ • Remote/Hybrid (Berlin, Germany) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
Python
SQL
Python
Django
FastAPI
Flask
Databases
MS SQL
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
dbt
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Destinus

destinus.com
Destinus is a European defense manufacturer with a particular focus on scalable strike and air defence systems for European and allied armed forces. Interceptors, cruise systems, deep strike missiles for layered defence.
destinus.com • HQ: Zurich, Switzerland • Missiles • Military • Air Defense
HQ: Zurich, Switzerland • Missiles • Military • Air Defense
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UAV Software Engineer

$71k – $165k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (Munich, Germany) • Full-Time • Middle
C++
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
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Valeo

valeo.com
Valeo is an automotive supplier, partner to all automakers worldwide. As a technology company, Valeo proposes innovative products and systems that contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and to the development of intuitive driving. In 2019,...
valeo.com • Shanghai • Braunschweig • Autonomous Driving • Manufacturing • Automotive Manufacturing
Shanghai • Braunschweig • Autonomous Driving • Manufacturing • Automotive Manufacturing
Junior • Shanghai • Remote (China, Germany) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
LLM
AI Agents
DevOps
RTOS
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Grafana Labs

grafana.com
Grafana Labs is a company that specializes in open-source observability technologies and solutions. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools for logging, metrics, tracing, and profile management with products like Grafana, Loki, Tempo, and Mimir.
grafana.com • HQ: New York, United States • Information Technology • Data & Analytics • Log Analytics • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: New York, United States • Information Technology • Data & Analytics • Log Analytics • 1001-5000 employees
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Senior Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope | Germany | Remote

$113k – $135k per year • Equity • Senior • Remote (Germany) • Senior
C++
Go
Java
Python
Rust
AI/ML
AI Agents
Claude
Gemini
Anthropic
GPT-5
LLM
DevOps
Grafana
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Pyroscope
Prometheus
Marketing
Salesforce
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$112k – $140k per year • Senior • Remote (Germany) • Senior
C++
Go
Python
Rust
AI/ML
Claude
Anthropic
OpenAI Codex
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Grafana
Kubernetes
Loki
Mimir
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Pyroscope
Docker
Marketing
Salesforce
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$101k – $207k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • Remote (Germany) • Staff
Databricks
Snowflake
AI/ML
AI Agents
Prompt Engineering
Anthropic
Model Context Protocol
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Grafana
Analytics
Power BI
Tableau
Marketing
Salesforce
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Camunda

camunda.com
Camunda is a software company headquartered in Berlin, Germany, that was founded in 2008. The company develops an open platform for process orchestration designed to coordinate AI agents, human workflows, and technical systems using industry standards like BPMN and DMN. It operates globally, serving more than 750 enterprise customers including major financial institutions and technology firms through its cloud-native and self-managed automation solutions.
camunda.com • HQ: Berlin, Germany • Cloud Computing • Information Technology • Middleware Software • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Software • Business Process Automation (BPA) • 201-500 employees • Est. 2008
HQ: Berlin, Germany • Cloud Computing • Information Technology • Middleware Software • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Software • Business Process Automation (BPA) • 201-500 employees • Est. 2008
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend

$144k – $232k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years expLondon • Remote (United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Czech Republic) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Java
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Chaos Engineering
Grafana
Helm
Kubernetes
Prometheus
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Neural Concept

neuralconcept.com
Meeting the challenges faced by today's engineering organizations requires making computer-based intelligence the central paradigm of design processes. Neural Concept's software exploits the power of deep learning to assist leading engineering tea...
neuralconcept.com • Munich • Lausanne • Tokyo • Seoul • Bengaluru • Virtual Events • E-learning • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2018
Munich • Lausanne • Tokyo • Seoul • Bengaluru • Virtual Events • E-learning • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2018
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Forward Deployed Engineer - Germany

$70k – $164k per year (Estimated)Remote/Hybrid (Munich, Germany) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • German: C1 • English: C1
Python
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Enode

enode.com
Enode's APIs enable you to instantly connect users' energy devices - including EVs, solar inverters, home batteries and thermostats - to your app. You can surface data, and then take action with it. Our out-of-the-box algorithms allow you to contr...
enode.com • Oslo • Hardware • Internet of Things • Energy & Utilities
Oslo • Hardware • Internet of Things • Energy & Utilities
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Senior Software Engineer (Home Energy)

$68k – $192k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote (Europe) • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
TimescaleDB
DevOps
AWS
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago

Software Engineer (Connect Platform)

Remote (Europe) • Full-Time
JavaScript
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
Platform Engineering
AWS
CloudFormation
Docker
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Senior Software Engineer (Connect Platform)

$69k – $195k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote (Europe) • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
CI/CD
Platform Engineering
AWS
CloudFormation
Docker
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LiveKit

livekit.io
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.
livekit.io • HQ: San Francisco, San Jose, United States • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Speech & Audio AI • Est. 2021
HQ: San Francisco, San Jose, United States • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Speech & Audio AI • Est. 2021
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

$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
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 3 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

$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
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 6 months ago

Senior Software Engineer - Reliability, Infrastructure, and Tooling

$135k – $300k per year • Equity • Senior • Remote (EMEA, North America) • Full-Time • Senior
CockroachDB
NATS
Apache Kafka
ClickHouse
AI/ML
AI Agents
LiveKit
OpenAI
DevOps
Kubernetes
Incident Management
Marketing
Salesforce
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JetBrains

jetbrains.com
JetBrains is a software company founded in 2000 that builds integrated development environments and team tools for professional programmers. Its IDE family covers most major languages, including IntelliJ IDEA for the Java virtual machine, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, CLion and Rider, all sharing a code-intelligence engine that gave the company its reputation for refactoring and static analysis. Headquartered in Prague with development offices across Europe, it also created the Kotlin programming language, now Google's preferred language for Android, and ships team products such as TeamCity, YouTrack and its AI coding assistants.
jetbrains.com • HQ: Prague, Czech Republic • Project Management • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Code Intelligence • Productivity Software • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2000
HQ: Prague, Czech Republic • Project Management • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Code Intelligence • Productivity Software • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2000
Verified live · 3 hours ago 2 months ago

Senior Software Engineer (Qodana Core)

$61k – $97k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (Berlin, Germany) • Relocation • Senior
C#
C++
Go
JavaScript
Kotlin
Python
Rust
TypeScript
C#
.NET
AI/ML
LLM
DevOps
CI/CD
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 3 months ago

Senior Graphics/JVM Software Engineer (JVM Runtime)

$64k – $99k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 4+ years expBelgrade • Remote (Germany, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia) • Relocation • Senior • English
C++
Java
Kotlin
Objective-C
C++
OpenGL
Java
OpenJDK
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 5 months ago

Senior Software Engineer (AppGlass)

Senior • Amsterdam • Remote (Germany, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Netherlands) • Senior
Java
Kotlin
Python
C#
C#
.NET
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Kubernetes
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Raisin

raisin.com
Raisin is a Berlin company founded in 2012 that operates a cross border savings marketplace. Its WeltSparen and Raisin platforms let savers open deposits at banks across Europe through a single account. The company has channelled tens of billions of euros in deposits and expanded into the United States.
raisin.com • HQ: Berlin, Germany • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2012
HQ: Berlin, Germany • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2012
$73k – $147k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Berlin, Germany) • Senior
Go
JavaScript
Node JS
SQL
C#
Java
C#
ASP.NET Core
Java
Spring Boot
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
QA
Jest
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Affirm

affirm.com
Affirm is a U.S. fintech company founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco. It offers buy now, pay later and installment payment products that let consumers split purchases into transparent, fixed payments. The company also provides merchant tools and a consumer app to support checkout financing and payment management.
affirm.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Financial Services • Lending • FinTech • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2012
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Financial Services • Lending • FinTech • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2012
$82k – $115k per year • Senior • 4+ years expWarsaw • Remote (EU, Europe) • Full-Time • Senior
Kotlin
Python
Databases
MySQL
DevOps
AWS
Kubernetes
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$82k – $115k per year • Senior • 5+ years expWarsaw • Remote (Europe) • Full-Time • Senior
Kotlin
Python
SQL
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
dbt
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Kubernetes
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Verified live · 4 hours ago 2 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Back-end (Fraud)

$82k – $115k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (Europe) • Internship • Senior
Kotlin
Python
SQL
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
dbt
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Kubernetes
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Apheris

apheris.com
Apheris enables federated machine learning so that models can be trained across organisations without moving the data. Founded in 2019 in Berlin, it focuses on pharmaceutical and industrial consortia that cannot pool proprietary datasets. Its governance layer defines exactly what computations each party permits.
apheris.com • HQ: Berlin, Germany • Pharmaceuticals • Artificial Intelligence • Biotechnology • Est. 2019
HQ: Berlin, Germany • Pharmaceuticals • Artificial Intelligence • Biotechnology • Est. 2019
$91k – $221k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (Germany) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English: C1
Python
AI/ML
Prefect
DevOps
Docker
Argo Workflows
AWS
CI/CD
Kubernetes
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CURSOR Software AG

cursor.de
CURSOR Software AG is a German software company headquartered in Gießen, Germany, specializing in enterprise Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Business Process Management (BPM) solutions. Founded over 30 years ago, the firm provides tailored, GDPR-compliant CRM platforms - including CURSOR-CRM, EVI, and TINA - specifically engineered for energy providers, financial institutions, and mid-to-large-scale industrial enterprises. Its modular software suite centralizes sales, marketing, and customer service operations while automating complex business workflows and energy sector compliance processes.
cursor.de • HQ: Giessen, Germany • Business Process Automation (BPA) • Software • 501-1000 employees
HQ: Giessen, Germany • Business Process Automation (BPA) • Software • 501-1000 employees
Verified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago

RVP, Forward Deployed Engineering - EMEA

$89k – $169k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 8+ years expLondon • Remote (EMEA) • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
AI/ML
Cursor
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 3 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer - EMEA

$82k – $184k per year (Estimated)London • Remote (EMEA) • Full-Time
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
AI/ML
Cursor
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SportyBet

sportybet.com
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.
sportybet.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Gaming • Sports • iGaming & Gambling • Sports Betting • Est. 2013
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Gaming • Sports • iGaming & Gambling • Sports Betting • Est. 2013
Verified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago

Backend Software Engineering Team Lead

$82k – $218k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 8+ years exp • Remote (Europe) • Staff
Go
Java
Node JS
Python
JavaScript
Java
Apache Tomcat
Netty
Spring Boot
Spring Cloud
Databases
ElasticSearch
MySQL
Redis
DevOps
ArgoCD
AWS
CI/CD
Grafana
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Loki
Prometheus
Rest API
Amazon CloudWatch
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 8 months ago

Python Engineer

$48k – $163k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (Europe) • Middle
JavaScript
Python
Mobile
Clean Architecture
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
Git
Jenkins
Kubernetes
GitHub
QA
Pytest
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 9 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

$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
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Trellix

trellix.com
Trellix is a global cybersecurity company headquartered in Milpitas, California, and was established in 2022 following the merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye. The company provides an open and native extended detection and response (XDR) platform that integrates endpoint, cloud, network, and data security to protect organizations from advanced cyber threats. Operating as a private entity under Symphony Technology Group, it serves thousands of enterprise and government customers worldwide through a comprehensive portfolio of automated security solutions.
trellix.com • HQ: Milpitas, United States • Cybersecurity AI • Network Security • Cloud Security • Endpoint Security • Threat Intelligence • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2022
HQ: Milpitas, United States • Cybersecurity AI • Network Security • Cloud Security • Endpoint Security • Threat Intelligence • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2022
Verified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago

Software Engineer

$70k – $164k per year (Estimated)Remote/Hybrid (Paderborn, Germany) • Full-Time • German: C1
C++
Perl
Python
Cybersecurity
AlienVault OTX
VirusTotal
Zero Trust
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Backend Developer Salary in Germany
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What salary do Backend Developer jobs in Germany pay?
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Are remote options available for Backend Developer jobs in Germany?
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