BACKEND DEVELOPER JOB DESCRIPTION

Scalability failures cost companies users, revenue, and trust, and they almost always trace back to server-side decisions made too early or too casually. Backend Developers own those decisions: the API contracts, distributed data architecture, and service layer logic that determine how well a product holds up under real-world load. In B2B SaaS and enterprise platform environments, this means designing systems that integrate cleanly with third-party ecosystems while meeting the reliability standards that commercial clients demand. Scope is wide.

As the Backend Developer, you design and maintain the server-side systems, APIs, and data pipelines that power product delivery across engineering, product, and DevOps teams. You operate within an agile squad, collaborating on architecture decisions from initial specification through deployment while holding direct accountability for code quality and service performance.

Career Impact: Proven ownership of RESTful API design and microservices architecture in production environments builds the kind of domain credibility that opens senior engineering and technical lead roles in competitive software markets.

Business Impact: The reliability of customer-facing products depends directly on the service contracts and data handling decisions you write and maintain - degraded APIs translate immediately into lost transactions and client churn.

Growth Opportunity: Working across cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and agile delivery expands your scope toward platform architecture or engineering management, two of the highest-demand trajectories in enterprise software.

• Design and develop RESTful APIs and microservices to support scalable, reliable product delivery across mobile and web platforms.
• Architect data models and storage solutions spanning relational and non-relational databases to meet performance and scalability requirements.
• Implement automated testing strategies, including unit and integration tests, to maintain code quality and reduce regression risk.
• Review code submissions from peers and junior developers to enforce engineering standards and share technical knowledge.
• Integrate third-party platforms, external APIs, and cloud infrastructure components to extend product capability.
• Collaborate with product managers, frontend developers, and DevOps engineers to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in existing services to improve system throughput and reliability.
• Contribute to technical documentation, including design specifications and API references, to support maintainability across the team.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 3 or more years of backend software development experience, with demonstrated ownership of production-grade systems.
• Proficiency in at least one server-side language such as Java, Python, Node.js, Go, or C#, applied in a commercial environment.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs, including authentication, versioning, and error-handling conventions.
• Working knowledge of both relational and non-relational database systems, including schema design and query optimization.
• Familiarity with cloud deployment environments and infrastructure fundamentals, including networking, storage, and managed services.
• Demonstrated experience working within agile development practices, including sprint planning, code review, and continuous integration workflows.

• Experience implementing microservices architecture patterns, including service discovery, inter-service communication, and fault tolerance.
• Exposure to message queuing or event streaming systems in distributed, high-throughput environments.
• Background in security-conscious development practices, including API security, secrets management, or data privacy handling.
• Prior experience mentoring junior developers or leading the technical delivery of a discrete project.

• API uptime and error rate, measuring the reliability of services owned and deployed by this developer.
• Mean time to resolution for production incidents, reflecting how quickly service-level failures are identified and closed.
• Unit and integration test coverage percentage, tracing directly to the codebase sections this developer owns.
• Deployment frequency of reviewed and merged features, indicating throughput within the agile delivery cycle.
• Code review turnaround time, reflecting responsiveness to team submissions and adherence to engineering standards.
• Typical tools: version control (commonly Git via GitHub or GitLab); containerization (commonly Docker, Kubernetes).

• Base Salary Range: $95,000 to $140,000 annually, depending on experience and location
• Bonus: Annual performance bonus, typically 5 to 10% of base salary
• Equity: Stock options or RSUs offered at many growth-stage and public software companies
• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage; employer contribution varies by company
• PTO: 15 to 20 days annually; many software companies offer flexible or unlimited PTO
• Common Perks: Remote or hybrid flexibility, learning and development budget, home office stipend

Figures are estimates based on general US market benchmarks and may be outdated. Adjust based on location, company size, and seniority level.

Work authorization in the United States is required; employment is contingent on verified eligibility to work in the US and successful completion of a background check. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Reasonable accommodations are available to applicants and employees with disabilities upon request.

The Backend Developer builds and owns the overall architecture of tech solutions, supporting frontend developers with APIs and collecting data to enable informed business decisions, within a collaborative engineering organization. Reporting to technical leadership and working alongside frontend developers and business stakeholders, the Backend Developer delivers high-quality software systems that improve performance and service for both customers and internal users.

Key Responsibilities

• Improve performance and service for customers and business users.
• Create tools for the organization by analyzing needs, defining processes, and using tools to support those processes.
• Develop the overall architecture of the tech solution and ensure all pieces fit together and are easy to maintain.
• Support frontend developers with APIs to enable implementation of UX designs.
• Build a solid foundation for business decisions by collecting and reporting data.

Required Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, JavaScript or TypeScript, Git, MongoDB, C#, or PHP.
• Committed to creating high-quality software that exceeds user expectations.
• Ability to take responsibility for tasks and drive processes forward independently.
• Ability to communicate clearly and ensure expectations are understood by all parties.
• Must work well in teams and collaborative environments.
• Open to new solutions and keeps knowledge updated through continuous learning.
• Willing to share knowledge, help, and inspire colleagues to grow.

Embedded within a cross-functional product and engineering team, the Backend Developer designs and builds APIs using microservices frameworks to enable scalable and reliable systems for mobile applications. Working closely with product, design, and development teams, the Backend Developer delivers end-to-end ownership of projects from design through deployment within an agile Scrum environment.

Core Functions

• Design and build APIs using microservices frameworks to enable scalable and reliable systems for mobile.
• Collaborate with product, design, and development teams to understand and deliver what is needed.
• Take full ownership of projects from design through implementation and deployment.
• Work in an agile Scrum environment, participating from product design to product delivery.
• Produce and execute well-documented technical designs.
• Ensure software quality and performance by implementing unit, contract, and performance testing.
• Research and apply industry best practices in software design and integration.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a relevant science field.
• 2 or more years of professional experience in software development.
• Knowledge of mobile platform architectures, microservices, REST, and JSON.
• Experience with object-oriented development and agile practices, including TDD and CI/CD.
• Familiar with unit and integration test automation tools such as JUnit, Postman, or Newman.
• Experience using private or public APIs to integrate with mobile applications.

Reporting to technical leadership, the Backend Developer develops and maintains software systems and web applications, performing code reviews and providing technical support to meet business expectations. Partnering with junior and mid-level team members, the Backend Developer shapes team capability through mentorship while ensuring code quality and documentation standards across the organization.

Primary Duties

• Develop and maintain software systems and web applications.
• Read and understand technical specifications, analyze product requirements, and test software components.
• Perform code reviews and ensure code quality across the team.
• Create documentation including basic design, detailed design, and database design.
• Provide technical support for projects to meet business expectations.
• Train and mentor junior and mid-level team members.

Skills & Qualifications

• Experienced in core PHP development using frameworks such as CodeIgniter or Laravel.
• Experience in developing large-scale web-based applications.
• Familiar with design and architectural patterns such as MVC.
• Solid knowledge of object-oriented principles and relational or non-relational databases such as MySQL or Neo4J.
• Solid understanding of software development methodologies.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication, customer handling, and problem-sharing skills.

Sitting at the intersection of machine learning and enterprise backend engineering, the Backend Developer designs, develops, tests, and deploys ML-based products while creating automated frameworks to optimize model retraining and deployment. Operating across an agile environment and collaborating with other developers through code review and mentorship, the Backend Developer advances system productivity and velocity on cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.

Duties

• Design, develop, test, and deploy ML-based products.
• Create automated frameworks to optimize and reduce overhead in model retraining and deployment.
• Work in an agile environment to continuously increase productivity and velocity.
• Write code adhering to the highest coding standards.
• Perform code reviews and mentor other team members.

Requirements

• B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent, with M.Sc. considered an advantage.
• 4 or more years of experience as a full-stack or backend developer.
• Proficient in Java, C#, Go, Ruby, or Rust for server-side development.
• Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience developing and maintaining production-level enterprise systems on AWS or GCP.
• Familiar with front-end platforms and apply a data-driven and test-driven approach to problem-solving.
• Python experience is an advantage.

A key member of the engineering team, the Backend Developer develops and tests the REST API layer and designs scalable database and SaaS environments in support of financial products and services. Collaborating closely with leadership to gather and clarify requirements and integrating with third-party systems, the Backend Developer delivers technical documentation and solutions that enable reliable and secure financial operations.

Functions

• Work closely with leadership to gather and clarify requirements.
• Develop and test the REST API layer.
• Create and maintain client SDKs.
• Integrate with and automate third-party systems and technologies.
• Design and structure a scalable database and SaaS environment.
• Design, build, and release pre- and post-notification and event functions.

Experience & Qualifications

• Experienced in financial products or services environments.
• Strong knowledge of AWS and cloud platforms, Python, MySQL, and RDBMS.
• Skilled in API integrations, web services, SFTP, SSH, and SSL.
• Able to deliver comprehensive technical documentation and work with schema builders.
• Experience with SendGrid, Twilio, and GitLab.
• Familiar with agile methodologies and continuous improvement practices.
• Strong abstract reasoning, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Good teamwork skills.

Delivering new features from specification through development, QA, and final deployment is central to the Backend Developer role, which collaborates with the team to design large-scale, real-time distributed architectures across the full software development lifecycle. Based within an agile engineering environment, the Backend Developer brings hands-on experience with RESTful APIs, cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, and messaging systems to improve processes and development practices across multiple concurrent projects.

Accountabilities

• Collaborate with the team to design large-scale, real-time distributed architectures.
• Deliver new features from specification through development, QA, and final deployment.
• Participate in the full lifecycle of software development.
• Research new technologies and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Follow software development processes with emphasis on agile disciplines and principles.
• Contribute ideas to improve processes and development practices.

Technical Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology or computer science.
• 3 or more years of experience in software application development.
• Experience in developing RESTful APIs using Node.js, Python, Java, Spring Boot, C#, or Go.
• Knowledge of microservices, SOA, OOP, design patterns, multithreading, and distributed data architecture.
• Experience in designing backend APIs and services on Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Couchbase, Elasticsearch, or MongoDB.
• Knowledge of message queuing systems such as RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Apache Kafka, or Redis.
• Experienced with GitLab, GitHub, Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Knowledge of unit testing and TDD.
• Good logical thinking abilities.
• Strong communication skills with ability to read technical documents in English.

As the Senior Backend Developer, this role implements core web services systems to support live game operations and development for a blockchain game project, building APIs, dashboards, and server-side game logic at scale. The engineering and production team relies on this work to sustain large-scale online multiplayer experiences, integrating third-party platforms and improving coding quality guidelines, including unit testing and deployment automation.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Work with client-side developers to create efficient communication structures and ensure client-server synchronization.
• Work with the production team to create frameworks, APIs, and tools for large-scale online multiplayer casual games.
• Create web-based dashboards and tools to support live game operations, analytics, deployment, and testing.
• Write client and server-side code to integrate with third-party platforms including analytics, CDN, login, and matchmaking.
• Create server-side game logic for online social mobile games and support gameplay programmers integrating Unity to the backend.
• Improve coding quality guidelines and methods including unit testing, code analysis, and deployment automation.

Position Requirements

• Experienced with server frameworks such as Node.js or Express.
• Solid knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript, including AngularJS and React.
• Familiar with database technologies such as MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, and Redis.
• Experience in long-connection programming using TCP/IP, WebSockets, or Socket.io.
• Experience building scalable systems for large user bases, including load balancing and DB sharding.
• Experience integrating with third-party platforms such as payment, advertising, and social platforms like Facebook or WeChat.
• Experience with the Unity game engine and understanding of blockchain interaction bottlenecks and solutions such as L2 frameworks.

Backend Developer gathers requirements and participates in the design of a new software stack for an in-house data analysis and laboratory information system, collaborating closely with software developers and the data analytics team. Success in the position means contributing to a clean, testable, and well-documented codebase while supporting legacy software maintenance for both technical and non-technical stakeholders across a life sciences environment.

Activities

• Gather specifications from technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Participate in the design of a new software stack based on gathered specifications.
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate closely with other software developers on software design, architecture, and UI.
• Contribute to the maintenance of and user support for legacy software.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 or more years of relevant backend development experience, with 5 or more years preferred.
• Strong object-oriented design skills including SOLID principles, with a deep commitment to clean, testable, and well-documented code.
• Experience with document-based databases such as MongoDB and efficient handling of large data on multi-user systems.
• Experience with ontology-based data models.
• Willing to gain knowledge in cell biology, microscopy, image processing, cytometry, or immunology.
• Fluent in German.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical users.

The Backend Developer produces high-quality solutions for major enterprise clients by developing RESTful APIs and cloud-native data stores within a team focused on security, reliability, and maintainability. Working closely with Product Owners and DevOps to ensure continuous delivery, the Backend Developer advances the PayPense platform through strong Java engineering, microservice architecture, and a drive for innovative product development.

Operational Focus

• Create solutions for major enterprise clients.
• Collaborate across teams on overarching technical concepts and practices.
• Work closely with Product Owners and DevOps to ensure continuous delivery of high-quality solutions.
• Promote high-quality in areas including security, reliability, testability, and maintainability.
• Drive innovation by contributing new ideas for processes, tools, and technologies.

Professional Experience

• Proven hands-on Java software development experience.
• Strong knowledge of modern software engineering principles, including microservice and serverless architectures.
• Experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs and cloud-native data stores.
• Experience with relational and non-relational data stores.
• Exposure to fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Ability to work in a team with strong learning agility and enthusiasm for innovative products.
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written.

Embedded within a product team building a scalable mobile application for iOS and Android, the Backend Developer architects and develops products and infrastructure using a data-driven, security-first approach across cloud environments. Working closely with the product team and overseeing monitoring, alerting, and incident response, the Backend Developer develops secure, scalable systems that empower businesses to safeguard their brand, assets, and people.

Key Deliverables

• Architect and develop new and existing products, features, and infrastructure in collaboration with the product team.
• Design systems to scale using a data-driven and security-first approach.
• Integrate, build, and utilize infrastructure as code.
• Perform operations including monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
• Monitor and maintain team performance and quality standards.
• Champion the design of secure solutions using the easiest and safest methods available.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 3 or more years of relevant experience as a mobile or backend engineer.
• Proficient in Java and Kotlin with prior experience leading a development team through project completion.
• Experience in security-focused development.
• Familiarity with video management systems is an advantage.
• Comfortable working in an agile and autonomous environment.

Reporting to the engineering team, the Backend Developer supports the backend development of Liquipedia website initiatives and coordinates with frontend developers to ensure compatibility and usability across technology teams. Partnering with cross-functional collaborators through code review, planning, and retrospectives, the Backend Developer refines features and troubleshoots issues to improve user experience and platform performance for a global esports audience.

Areas of Ownership

• Support the backend development of website initiatives.
• Suggest and implement user experience improvements by collaborating with all technology teams to develop new features.
• Participate in code review, planning meetings, and retrospectives.
• Coordinate with frontend developers to ensure compatibility and usability.
• Compile and analyze data, processes, and code to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.

Background & Experience

• Solid understanding of database concepts including MySQL, MongoDB, and Docker.
• Experience using libraries such as Sequelize and Mongoose.
• Proficient in JavaScript, Node.js, Express, and TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with messaging products such as Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ, or IBM MQ.
• Experience with Redis and Golang.
• Experience developing microservices and writing unit tests using Jest, Mocha, or Chai.
• Excellent understanding of best practices for maintainability, performance, and security across coding languages.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.

Sitting at the intersection of software engineering best practices and product scalability, the Backend Developer develops new features, optimizes applications for high speed, and builds scalable, well-documented stacks that form the foundation for product expansion. Operating across engineering and product functions, the Backend Developer applies Golang and PostgreSQL expertise alongside tools such as Docker, Kafka, and Kubernetes to improve reliability, maintainability, and technology effectiveness across the organization.

Role Responsibilities

• Develop new features and optimize applications for high speed and scalability.
• Increase the reliability and maintainability of the codebase.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to define features and functionality that improve customer experience and add value.
• Build scalable, responsive, and well-documented stacks.
• Use a test-oriented approach to troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade software.
• Identify and implement better technology solutions across the organization to improve effectiveness and efficiency.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 3 or more years of relevant backend development experience.
• Demonstrable experience with Golang and PostgreSQL.
• Strong knowledge of Docker, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Kubernetes preferred.
• Understanding of large systems, complex codebases, and version control systems.
• Excellent collaborative and communication skills with fluency in English.

A key member of the AR/VR/MR team at Autodesk, the Senior Backend Developer researches and implements XR workflows and advances the cloud and microservices stack, connecting Autodesk cloud platforms to partner and customer ecosystems across the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry. Collaborating with product managers, technical leads, experience designers, and software developers while reporting to an engineering development manager, the Senior Backend Developer enables the delivery of spatial computing tools that expand Autodesk's reach into emerging XR markets.

Strategic Responsibilities

• Research and implement XR workflows in collaboration with product managers, technical leads, experience designers, and software developers.
• Implement the cloud and microservices stack for XR workflows, connecting Autodesk cloud platforms to partner and customer ecosystems.
• Design, prototype, implement, test, and troubleshoot XR workflows according to market requirements and product specifications.
• Continuously integrate, test, debug, and profile software and cloud services on supported XR devices.
• Develop new tools and applications for XR delivery.

Required Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field, with MS preferred.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in software development.
• Proficient in Go or Node.js for backend development and in SQL or NoSQL databases.
• Proficient in AWS services including EC2, Lambda, and S3.
• Experience in full stack models and cloud deployment.
• Familiar with Git, GitHub, CI/CD systems such as Jenkins or Travis, Docker, and basic Linux.
• Interest in AR, VR, and MR technologies, with basic knowledge of 3D math and modern graphics pipelines, and interest in Unity or Unreal Engine.
• Ability to work in a fast-moving startup-style environment.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.