5+ years professional software engineering with significant backend focus; experience building and scaling production systems with Node and AWS; proficiency with TypeScript; strong ownership and…
5-12 years production backend engineering experience; TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, GCP; experience with high-value transactional systems; distributed systems fundamentals; secure API design…
6-8+ years Java development with API focus; expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Maven, JUnit, Git; RESTful API design; SQL; microservices; Agile; must be U.S. citizen or green card holder; ability to…
San Francisco or New York City or United StatesHybrid5+ yrs$180k–300k
5+ years building and operating backend or platform systems; strong Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis; experience with AWS, Kubernetes, APIs, data pipelines; understanding of distributed systems; ability to…
5+ years building scalable backend distributed systems; proficiency in Spring with Kotlin/Java; knowledge of observability practices; expertise in Agile delivery; excellent communication; team-first…
5+ years building scalable backend distributed systems; proficiency in Spring with Kotlin/Java; knowledge of observability, Agile, and strong communication; must be open to occasional travel.
4+ years software design and development experience; back-end languages like Go or Python; relational databases like PostgreSQL; containerization with Docker; Git; ability to work independently; U.S…
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent; 3+ years C/C++ systems programming on Linux; deep Linux I/O path knowledge; experience with storage…
Requires a science bachelor's degree with 2–5+ years of software development experience depending on level, active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, Java, REST APIs, microservices, Git…
5+ years financial services experience, 10+ years Java, strong multithreaded programming, fixed income pricing and analytics knowledge, credit market structure, BS/MS in Computer Science or related…
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; professional Java development experience; RESTful APIs, Spring Boot, SQL, Git; Agile collaboration; U.S. citizenship; ability to obtain Secret…
United States or San FranciscoOn-site5+ yrs$150k–240k
5+ years building production software at scale; deep JavaScript experience with a modern frontend framework; product-minded; comfortable with unclear problems; track record improving frontend…
United States or Argentina or Brazil or CanadaRemote5+ yrsSalary not disclosed
5+ years backend engineering experience with Node.js and JavaScript; strong experience with distributed systems, APIs, messaging, NoSQL, CI/CD, and automated testing; comfortable using AI-assisted…
Required: Java, SQL, Spring Boot. Preferred: Solr, JavaScript. Must be a team player, figure-it-out attitude, and able to work in a remote global team.
6+ years in platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering; AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform or AWS CDK, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, distributed systems, Go or Python.
7+ years of experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices; strong RESTful API and distributed systems expertise; database and testing knowledge; legally authorized to work in the US without…
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