Updated Aug 31, 2026

Backend Developer Salary in Madrid

Backend Developer jobs in Madrid hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $112,301/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

Open positions
437
Companies
174
Salary range
$70K – $271K
Average salary
$152K

Salary range

Seniority Jobs 25% Median 75%
Senior 42 $114K $140K $200K
Staff 10 $161K $185K $220K
All levels 78 $110K $131K $200K

Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.

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Salesforce

salesforce.com
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.
salesforce.com • 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
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
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Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer

$62k – $142k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years expIn office (Madrid, Spain) • PhD • Full-Time • Senior
Apex
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
Databases
Databricks
Snowflake
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
Agentforce
AI Agents
Claude
Cursor
LLM
LangChain
LlamaIndex
Prompt Engineering
Marketing
Salesforce
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SGS

sgs.com
SGS is an inspection, verification, testing, and certification company. The company inspects agricultural products, minerals, petroleum and petrochemicals, motor vehicles, and consumer goods. SGS is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
sgs.com • HQ: Geneva, Switzerland • Professional Services • Biotechnology • Transportation & Logistics • 5000+ employees
HQ: Geneva, Switzerland • Professional Services • Biotechnology • Transportation & Logistics • 5000+ employees
Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago

LIMS Java Developer

$22k – $75k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Madrid, Spain) • Full-Time • Senior • English: B2
Java
SQL
Java
Spring Boot
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
Git
Kubernetes
Rest API
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 month ago

Full Stack Developer (.NET & Angular)

$38k – $86k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Madrid, Spain) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English: C1
C#
SQL
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
.NET
Blazor
Frontend
Angular
Vue.js
Mobile
Xamarin
DevOps
Azure
Azure DevOps
CI/CD
Git
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

.NET Developer (VB.NET, WebForms, SQL Server, Azure)

$33k – $92k per year (Estimated)Remote/Hybrid (Madrid, Spain) • Full-Time • Senior • English
JavaScript
SQL
C#
C#
ASP.NET Core
Frontend
JQuery
DevOps
Azure
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Talan

talan.com
Talan is an international technology and management consulting group headquartered in Paris, France. The firm specializes in guiding large enterprises and public institutions through digital transformation, leveraging cloud technology, artificial intelligence, data intelligence, blockchain, and IoT.
talan.com • HQ: Paris, Levallois-Perret, France • Data Management • Business Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Artificial Intelligence • IT Consulting • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Paris, Levallois-Perret, France • Data Management • Business Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Artificial Intelligence • IT Consulting • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees
Verified live · 2 hours ago 12 days ago

Semi Senior Java/C++ Developer

$42k – $142k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 2+ years expBogotá • Remote (Spain, Colombia) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Java
DevOps
AWS
Git
Marketing
Salesforce
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 5 days ago

Senior Java/Kafka Developer

Senior • 4+ years expAsunción • Remote (Spain, Paraguay) • Full-Time • Senior
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
Marketing
Salesforce
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Senior Java/Kafka Developer

$42k – $96k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 4+ years expCórdoba • Remote (Argentina, Spain) • Full-Time • Senior • English: B2
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
Marketing
Salesforce
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Kalepa

kalepa.com
Kalepa delivers critical risk insights and decision-ready quotes for every submission in minutes. Move faster, act decisively, and consistently select the most profitable risks - across every line you write.
kalepa.com • Warsaw • New York • Salt Lake City • Artificial Intelligence • Financial Services • Insurance • Est. 2018
Warsaw • New York • Salt Lake City • Artificial Intelligence • Financial Services • Insurance • Est. 2018
$100k – $185k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Remote (Europe) • Staff
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
LLM
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AWS
AWS Lambda
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$100k – $185k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Remote (Europe) • Staff
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AWS Lambda
AWS
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$80k – $165k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (Europe) • Senior
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AWS Lambda
AWS
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Palantir Technologies

palantir.com
Palantir Technologies is an American software company founded in 2003 that builds platforms for integrating, analysing and acting on large and fragmented datasets. Its Gotham platform serves defence, intelligence and law enforcement customers, Foundry brings the same data-operating model to commercial industries such as manufacturing, healthcare and energy, and the Artificial Intelligence Platform layers large language models over both. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado and listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 2020, the company is known for deploying forward engineers directly inside customer organisations.
palantir.com • HQ: Denver, United States • Information Technology • Software • Defense AI • Artificial Intelligence • National Security • Analytics Platforms • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2003
HQ: Denver, United States • Information Technology • Software • Defense AI • Artificial Intelligence • National Security • Analytics Platforms • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2003
$26k – $92k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 1+ year expIn office (Madrid, Spain) • Full-Time • Junior • Spanish: C1
C++
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
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Softtek

softtek.com
Softtek is a Mexican technology company founded in 1982 and headquartered in Monterrey. It provides software development, digital transformation and managed services worldwide. The company pioneered the nearshore delivery model from Latin America.
softtek.com • HQ: Monterrey, Mexico • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1982
HQ: Monterrey, Mexico • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1982
Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Desarrollador/a Java Proficient (Spring Boot)

$30k – $101k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Madrid, Spain) • Middle • Spanish: C1
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
Apache Kafka
DevOps
Dynatrace
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Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Desarrollador/a Java

$53k – $120k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Madrid, Spain) • Senior • Spanish: C1
Java
Java
Spring Boot
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Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Desarrollador/a Java Senior (Spring Boot)

$54k – $122k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (Madrid, Spain) • Senior • Spanish: C1
Java
Java
Spring Boot
Databases
Apache Kafka
DevOps
Dynatrace
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Zencargo

zencargo.com
Zencargo is a London company founded in 2017 that combines digital freight forwarding with supply chain software. Its platform gives importers visibility of shipments and recommends how to route and fund inventory. The company works with consumer brands and retailers moving goods from Asia into Europe.
zencargo.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Freight Forwarding • Supply Chain • Transportation & Logistics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2017
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Freight Forwarding • Supply Chain • Transportation & Logistics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2017
Verified live · 19 min ago 2 days ago

Forward-Deployed Engineer

Remote (Europe) • Full-Time
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Speechify

speechify.com
Speechify is a voice AI productivity company best known for its text-to-speech app. It lets users listen to articles, PDFs, books, and web pages, and also offers voice typing, AI summaries, and AI podcasts. The company was founded in 2017 and is centered on accessibility and productivity.
speechify.com • HQ: Miami, United States • Education • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • 5000+ employees
HQ: Miami, United States • Education • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • 5000+ employees
Verified live · 4 hours ago 2 years ago

Software Engineer, Platform - Madrid, Spain

$30k – $110k per year • In office (Madrid, Spain) • PhD
Text-to-Speech
DevOps
AWS
Azure
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Vercel
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$30k – $110k per year • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Madrid, Spain) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Python
AI/ML
Text-to-Speech
DevOps
Docker
GCP
Terraform
Vercel
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$30k – $110k per year • Senior • In office (Madrid, Spain) • PhD • Internship • Senior
C#
C++
C#
.NET
AI/ML
Text-to-Speech
DevOps
CI/CD
Vercel
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Wingtra

wingtra.com
Wingtra is a Swiss drone company founded in 2016 as a spin-off of ETH Zurich. Its WingtraOne vertical take-off aircraft maps large areas at survey-grade accuracy for mining, construction and agriculture. The company sells through a global distribution network across dozens of countries.
wingtra.com • HQ: Zurich, Switzerland • Electronic Components • Drones & UAVs • Hardware • Est. 2016
HQ: Zurich, Switzerland • Electronic Components • Drones & UAVs • Hardware • Est. 2016
Verified live · 6 hours ago 3 days ago

Software Engineer - GTM Products

$107k – $169k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Europe) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
Marketing
HubSpot
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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
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Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Identity International)

$192k – $257k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Remote (United Kingdom, Poland, Spain) • Internship • Staff
Kotlin
Python
Databases
MySQL
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
AWS
Kubernetes
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 3 days ago

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Identity International)

$104k – $182k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Remote (United Kingdom, Poland, Spain) • Internship • Staff
Kotlin
Python
Databases
MySQL
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
AWS
Kubernetes
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 3 days ago

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Identity International)

$86k – $179k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Remote (Spain) • Visa sponsorship • Internship • Staff
Kotlin
Python
Databases
MySQL
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
AWS
Kubernetes
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Signadot

signadot.com
Spin up lightweight Kubernetes sandboxes for every code change from developers or coding agents. Validate against real dependencies without duplicating infrastructure.
signadot.com • Granada • Cloud Computing • Information Technology • DevOps • 11-50 employees
Granada • Cloud Computing • Information Technology • DevOps • 11-50 employees
Verified live · 3 hours ago 4 days ago

Sr. Software Engineer (Backend)

$80k – $120k per year • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote (Spain) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Databases
MySQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
gRPC
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
CI/CD
Istio
Linkerd
Service Mesh
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Mindrift

mindrift.ai
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.
mindrift.ai • HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands • Professional Services • Data Entry & Processing • Cybersecurity • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2014
HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands • Professional Services • Data Entry & Processing • Cybersecurity • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2014
Verified live · 1 day ago 4 days ago

Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer (Freelance)

up to $80k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (Spain) • Freelance • Senior • English: C1
JavaScript
Python
Python
Beautiful Soup
AI/ML
OpenRouter
LangChain
LLM
DevOps
AWS
Docker
GitHub
QA
Selenium
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Deutsche Bahn

deutschebahn.com
Deutsche Bahn is the national railway company of Germany and one of the world's leading mobility and logistics providers. Headquartered in Berlin, the state-owned enterprise operates a vast rail network carrying millions of passengers and heavy freight across Europe daily. Beyond passenger rail, the company manages critical transport infrastructure and global logistics services through subsidiaries like DB Cargo and DB Schenker.
deutschebahn.com • HQ: Berlin, Germany • Logistics • Transportation & Logistics • Rail Transport
HQ: Berlin, Germany • Logistics • Transportation & Logistics • Rail Transport
$36k – $100k per year (Estimated) • Executive • Remote/Hybrid (Madrid, Spain) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Architect • English
Java
SQL
Databases
Oracle
Snowflake
DevOps
Platform Engineering
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Gradle

gradle.org
Gradle by Develocity is the open source build system for Java, Android, and Kotlin developers.
Verified live · 1 hour ago 4 days ago

Staff Backend Engineer

$114k – $237k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • Remote (Europe) • Staff • English
Java
Kotlin
Python
JavaScript
Java
Gradle
Maven
Micronaut
Quarkus
AI/ML
AI Agents
Context Engineering
Frontend
npm
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
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Alpaca

alpaca.markets
Alpaca is a developer-first financial infrastructure, clearing, and brokerage API enterprise headquartered in San Mateo, California. Founded in 2015 by Yoshi Yokokawa and Hitoshi Harada, the company has raised over $320 million in venture funding - including a $150 million Series D at a $1.15 billion valuation led by Drive Capital, alongside Citadel Securities, Portage, and Horizons Ventures.
alpaca.markets • HQ: San Mateo, United States • Cybersecurity • Blockchain & Crypto • Financial Services • FinTech • Capital Markets • Est. 2015
HQ: San Mateo, United States • Cybersecurity • Blockchain & Crypto • Financial Services • FinTech • Capital Markets • Est. 2015
Verified live · 1 hour ago 4 days ago

Software Engineer - Advisory Suite

Equity • Remote (Europe)
C++
Go
Java
Python
Rust
Scala
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
AWS
Heroku
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 6 days ago

Senior Software Engineer New Markets - EU

Equity • Senior • Remote (EU) • Senior
Go
Node JS
JavaScript
Node JS
Commander.js
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
OpenAI Codex
DevOps
gRPC
Management
Slack
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 14 days ago

Software Engineer - Market Data

Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (EU) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
Python
SQL
Databases
Google Bigtable
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
Docker
Kubernetes
AWS
Azure
GCP
Google GKE
Grafana
gRPC
Prometheus
WebSockets
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Canonical

canonical.com
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.
canonical.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2004
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2004
Open 296 daysVerified live · 10 hours ago 9 months ago

Ubuntu Engineering Lead

$114k – $255k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote • Bachelor's Degree • Freelance • Staff
C++
Go
Python
Rust
DevOps
Ubuntu
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Open 1073 daysVerified live · 10 hours ago 3 years ago

Senior/Staff/Principal Engineer

$114k – $256k per year (Estimated) • Lead • Remote • Bachelor's Degree • Principal
C++
Go
Python
Rust
TypeScript
SQL
DevOps
Ubuntu
Debian
Docker
gRPC
Kubernetes
OpenStack
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$66k – $172k per year (Estimated) • Junior • Remote • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Junior
Bash
C++
Go
JavaScript
Python
Rust
DevOps
Kubernetes
Ubuntu
Debian
Fedora
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Moniepoint Group

moniepoint.com
Moniepoint Inc. is a leading financial technology company that provides a seamless platform for businesses, their employees and customers, to accept payments digitally, receive credit and access business management tools that enable them to grow with ease. We are the parent company of TeamApt Ltd and Moniepoint MFB and we support over 1,800,000 businesses to process $12 billion monthly through our digital payment acceptance channels. For our work in making digital payment accessible to businesses in emerging markets, our Nigerian subsidiary was awarded the National Inclusive Payment Initiative Award by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
moniepoint.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Financial Services • Payments • FinTech • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2015
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Financial Services • Payments • FinTech • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2015
Verified live · 16 min ago 9 months ago

Generalist Engineer - R&D

$48k – $135k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Poland, Spain)
Java
Python
Rust
SQL
DevOps
Kubernetes
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Aircall

aircall.io
Aircall is a Paris company founded in 2014 that provides a cloud telephony and call centre platform for small and mid-sized businesses. Its product integrates deeply with customer relationship and helpdesk tools such as Salesforce, HubSpot and Zendesk. The company became a unicorn in 2021 and has offices in Paris, New York, Sydney and Madrid.
aircall.io • HQ: Paris, France • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2014
HQ: Paris, France • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2014
$55k – $125k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years expIn office (Madrid, Spain) • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
Python
Apex
Apex
Salesforce Flow
Databases
Google BigQuery
Snowflake
AI/ML
AI Agents
Prompt Engineering
LLM Guardrails
Model Context Protocol
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
WebRTC
Management
n8n
Zapier
Marketing
HubSpot
Salesforce
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 1 month ago

Senior Backend Software Engineer - Python

$55k – $125k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years expIn office (Madrid, Spain) • Senior • English: C1
Python
JavaScript
Python
Celery
FastAPI
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
LLM
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
Next.js
Tailwind CSS
Mobile
Clean Architecture
DevOps
AWS
GCP
Kubernetes
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 20 days ago

Senior Software Engineer

$55k – $126k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Madrid, Spain) • Senior
Node JS
Python
Ruby
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
DynamoDB
OpenSearch
PostgreSQL
Redis
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
Rest API
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Unisys Corporation

unisys.com
Unisys Corporation is a global information technology solutions firm that delivers enterprise computing, cloud, cybersecurity, and digital workplace services to major businesses and public sector organizations. Formed in 1986 through the merger of legacy computer pioneers Burroughs and Sperry, the company has transformed from a hardware manufacturer into an IT managed-services provider.
unisys.com • HQ: Blue Bell, United States • Cybersecurity • Cloud Computing • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Blue Bell, United States • Cybersecurity • Cloud Computing • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees
Verified live · 9 hours ago 5 days ago

Senior Full Stack Java Developer

$52k – $119k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Madrid, Spain) • Full-Time • Senior • Spanish: C1
Java
TypeScript
JavaScript
Kotlin
Java
Gradle
Hibernate
Maven
Spring Boot
Spring MVC
Spring Security
Kotlin
Mockito
Frontend
Angular
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
Azure
Docker
Git
Jenkins
Rest API
Cybersecurity
SonarQube
Management
Confluence
Jira
QA
Swagger
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Mozilla Corporation

mozilla.org
Mozilla Corporation is a prominent global technology non-profit organization and open-source software developer headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA. Founded in 1998 as an offshoot of Netscape Communications, the organization operates on an open-source software development, digital rights advocacy, privacy technology, and commercial digital services model led by Executive Director / CEO Laura Chambers.
mozilla.org • HQ: Mountain View, United States • Gaming • PC Games • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Web Development • Software • Internet Services • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1998
HQ: Mountain View, United States • Gaming • PC Games • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Web Development • Software • Internet Services • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1998
Verified live · 1 hour ago 1 month ago

Senior Software Engineer, Firefox Desktop

$49k – $112k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote (Canada, Spain) • Senior
C++
Rust
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Senior Software Engineer, Firefox Security

$51k – $116k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote (Germany, Spain) • Internship • Senior
C++
Rust
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Fully remote 81%
356
Hybrid 9%
40
On site 9%
41
Visa sponsorship 8%
34
Equity 23%
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How pay is distributed

78 of these Backend Developer Salary in Madrid state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $110K and $200K a year, with a median of $131K. By level, the median runs senior at $140K and staff at $185K. The step from senior to staff is worth about 1.3x on median pay. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.

The market right now

Alion currently lists 437 open Backend Developer Salary in Madrid from 174 companies. 52 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 146 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.

Where the work is

The largest concentrations of these roles are Spain (125), Poland (14), Netherlands (10), Serbia (8), and Bulgaria (6). 81% of the listings are fully remote and a further 9% are hybrid, 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 Salary in Madrid right now are Affirm (42), Workato (34), Canonical (32), Talan (21), Speechify (14), and Softtek (10). 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 (188), AWS (187), Kubernetes (171), JavaScript (132), PostgreSQL (122), CI/CD (119), Docker (115), and Java (113). 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 Salary in Madrid, 34 state visa sponsorship, 11 offer a relocation package, and 99 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.

Backend Developer Salary in Madrid
Frequently asked questions
How many Backend Developer Salary in Madrid are open right now?
There are 437 open Backend Developer Salary in Madrid on Alion from 174 companies. The list was last refreshed on August 31, 2026.
What do Backend Developer Salary in Madrid pay?
The median is $131K a year, and the middle half of the market falls between $110K and $200K. This is based on the 78 listings that state pay.
Are any of these roles remote?
356 of the 437 listings (81%) are fully remote, and you can filter the list down to them in one click.
Which companies are hiring?
The most active employers right now are Affirm, Workato, Canonical, Talan, Speechify, and Softtek. Each has its own page on Alion with the rest of its open roles.
Can I get visa sponsorship or relocation?
Yes - of the current listings, 34 state visa sponsorship and 11 offer a relocation package. Both are filters on the jobs page.
How do I apply?
Open any listing and apply on the employer's own board through the link on the page. No account is required to browse or to apply.