Last updated: 2025-06-06

49 Backend Software Engineering jobs in Los Angeles.

Hiring now: Backend Engineer @ Sleeper, Sr Software Engineer Backend @ Metropolis, Sr Software Engineer @ Primer, Sr Software Engineer @ Telgorithm, Sr Software Engineer Ground Software @ Vast, Backend Engineer @ Whatnot, Software Engineer @ Ziprecruit, Staff Software Engineer @ Viant, Sr Eng Manager @ Raya, Sr Software Engineer Backend @ Coco. Explore more at at jobswithgpt.com

🔥 Skills

distributed systems (13) Kubernetes (13) Python (8) Golang (8) software development (7) APIs (6) AWS (6) Kafka (5) PostgreSQL (5) machine learning (5)

📍 Locations

Los Angeles (32) Santa Monica (5) Hawthorne (4) Pasadena (2) Long Beach (2) Irvine (2) Aliso Viejo (1)

Sleeper

A rapidly growing platform for sports fans with messaging at its core.

Backend Engineer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: multi-player games, messaging, scalable solutions, Elixir, ScyllaDB, distributed systems, infrastructure, practical decisions, ambiguity, ErlangVM
  • Experience: 3+ years of engineering experience
  • Salary: 150K - 225K

Metropolis

Metropolis is an artificial intelligence company that uses computer vision technology to enable frictionless, checkout-free experiences in the real world. Toda…

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Java, Scala, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, Redis, MySQL, Kubernetes, Kafka, microservices, real-time data processing
  • Experience: 8 years of experience in backend development, preferably within platform or core services.
  • Type: Full-time

Primer

Primer exists to make the world a safer place by providing trusted decision-ready AI to the world's most critical organizations.

Senior Software Engineer

Pasadena

  • Skills: Python, Object-Oriented language, Flask, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, Redis, data ingestion, natural language processing, machine learning, agile environment
  • Experience: 5+ years of shipping production grade software
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: US $160,000 to US $230,000

Telgorithm

Telgorithm is a cutting edge messaging API provider specializing in 10DLC text messaging, enabling software providers to send high-volume business text message…

Senior Software Engineer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: 10DLC, messaging API, software development, web services, asynchronous programming, distributed systems, event-driven systems, Domain Driven Design, performance code, security
  • Experience: Hands-on experience in web services development with ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, SQL databases (Microsoft SQL, Postgres), message brokers (RabbitMQ)
  • Type: Contract

Vast

Vast is building artificial gravity space stations for long-term stays in space. Our initial crewed space habitat, Haven-1, is scheduled to launch into low ear…

Senior Software Engineer, Ground Software

Long Beach

  • Skills: software development, full-stack applications, data modeling, APIs, micro-services, DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, React, GraphQL
  • Experience: 6+ years of software development or relevant industry experience
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $155,000 — $190,000 USD

Whatnot

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by…

Backend Engineer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Logistics, software engineering, Python, Elixir, JavaScript, problem solver, global carrier integrations, shipping experience, payment systems, high-growth company
  • Experience: 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $185,000/year to $205,000/year

ZipRecruiter

ZipRecruiter is a leading online employment marketplace. Powered by AI-driven smart matching technology, the company actively connects millions of all-sized bu…

Software Engineer

Santa Monica

  • Skills: software development, cloud-based technologies, Kubernetes, data processing, ML infrastructure, distributed systems, programming languages, coding, algorithms, data structures
  • Experience: 5+ years of experience in software development
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $105,000-$145,000

Viant

Viant is a digital advertising technology company specializing in programmatic media buying.

Staff Software Engineer

Irvine

  • Skills: Staff Software Engineer, high-volume application, low-latency, bid optimization, scalability, performance optimization, fault-tolerance, design discussions, code reviews, Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • Experience: 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Type: Full-time

Whatnot

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re building the future of ec…

Software Engineer, Recommendation Systems

Los Angeles

  • Skills: livestream shopping, recommendation systems, scalable solutions, backend engineer, machine learning, cloud computing, low latency, consumer scale data, remote co-located team, ecommerce
  • Experience: 5+ years
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $185,000 - $245,000/year

Raya

Raya is a technology company focused on providing utility through a membership-based app for discovery and access to exciting people, events, opportunities, an…

Senior Engineering Manager

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Senior Engineering Manager, Node.js, Golang, cloud architectures, project management, distributed systems, software development, team leadership, business impact, membership-based community
  • Experience: At least 4 years in managing software development teams
  • Type: Full-time

Whatnot

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by…

Software Engineer of Data

Los Angeles

  • Skills: cloud data stores, distributed systems, real-time processing pipelines, stream processing, AWS, Google Cloud, API-driven applications, monitoring, alerting, incident management
  • Experience: 3+ years
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $158,000/year to $245,000/year

Coco

Coco is dedicated to perfecting the last-mile delivery experience through robotics, operating hundreds of sidewalk robots and committed to creating a sustainab…

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Golang, Typescript, Postgres, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog, software development, backend services
  • Experience: 3+ years with Go; Strong SQL database fundamentals; 3+ years architecting business-critical services.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $175K – $230K

First Resonance

First Resonance accelerates the speed and reliability of hardware development for companies manufacturing the next generation of hardware products. This includ…

Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Los Angeles

  • Skills: GraphQL, relational databases, Postgres, APIs, Git, JWT, unit testing, SaaS, distributed architectures, Agile
  • Experience: 6+ years of relevant technical experience
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $145K – $165K

Northwood Space

Northwood is on a mission to transform connectivity between earth and space and bring the benefits of space to the masses through innovations in space communic…

Software Engineer - Backend

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Distributed Systems, data and control plane, scalable systems, cloud environments, Telemetry, Tracking, Control, data processing pipelines, network programming, high-performance computing
  • Experience: 6+ years of professional software development experience
  • Type: Full time

Splunk

Splunk helps security, IT and DevOps teams keep their organizations securely up and running.

Lead Software Engineer - Observability Infrastructure Monitoring

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Observability, Infrastructure Monitoring, Golang, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Microservices, Cloud Native, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems
  • Type: Full-time

Suno

At Suno, we are building a future where anyone can make music. You can make a song for any moment with just a few short words. Award-winning artists use Suno, …

Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Los Angeles

  • Skills: infrastructure, cloud services, Kubernetes, Docker, infrastructure as code, scalable, security best practices, operational excellence, backend skills, music
  • Experience: 7+ years infrastructure experience preferred
  • Type: Full time
  • Salary: $170,000 - $240,000

HeyGen

At HeyGen, our mission is to make visual storytelling accessible to all. Over the last decade, visual content has become the preferred method of information cr…

Backend Engineer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Backend systems, API Development, Database Management, Performance Monitoring, Code Quality, Cloud platforms, Microservices architecture, Python, Golang, Java
  • Experience: 4+ years of experience in backend development
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $170,000 – 220,000 annually

Athlete to Athlete

Athlete to Athlete is a fast-growing, venture-backed start-up based in Los Angeles that offers Athletic Mentorship Programs for youth athletes. In our programs…

Backend Engineer

Santa Monica

  • Skills: backend development, APIs, database management, server-side logic, Python, Django, Postgres, cloud providers, Linux servers, React
  • Experience: 5-10 years of Software Engineer experience
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $160,000 - $180,000 a year

Northwood Space

Northwood is on a mission to transform connectivity between earth and space and bring the benefits of space to the masses through innovations in space communic…

Staff Engineer - Backend

Los Angeles

  • Skills: cloud-based services, APIs, distributed systems, resource allocation, scheduling systems, billing systems, monitoring solution, customer-facing platforms, Kubernetes, satellite communications
  • Experience: 6+ years of professional software development experience
  • Type: Full-time

Nominal

Nominal is a venture-backed company focused on building software and data solutions for organizations that test and validate complex systems in aerospace and d…

Software Engineer - Storage & Compute

Los Angeles

  • Skills: distributed systems, performance, reliability, cloud services, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, real-time data, telemetry, storage solutions
  • Experience: 4+ years building and maintaining distributed systems
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $120,000 - $180,000 a year

Serotonin

Our client is the first Bitcoin security-equivalent Layer2 solution based on BitVM approach. Their core objective is to address the trade-off between security …

Senior ZK Rust Engineer (External)

Los Angeles

  • Skills: ZK proof system, Bitcoin, cryptographic innovations, blockchain protocol engineering, asset management, privacy, security, Rust, C++, decentralized digital assets
  • Type: Full-Time

Q-CTRL

Founded in 2017, Q-CTRL has grown to become the global leader in quantum. We’re using control to solve the hardest problems facing quantum technology, improvin…

Software Engineer, Back end (Boulder Opal)

Santa Monica

  • Skills: Backend development, Python, High-performance systems, Cloud infrastructure, Experience with gRPC, Data processing, Collaboration, Distributed systems, Algorithm design, Quantum computing
  • Experience: Up to 5+ years of experience in backend software development
  • Type: Full-Time
  • Salary: $115,000 - $213,000 a year

Splunk

Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer and more resilient digital world with an end-to-end full stack platform made for a hybrid, multi-cloud world. Lead…

Principal Software Engineer, Observability (Backend)

Los Angeles

  • Skills: backend systems, Java, Go, OAuth, SAML, authentication, authorization, user level security, leadership, mentoring
  • Experience: 12+ years related experience
  • Type: Hybrid Remote

Tala

Tala is on a mission to unleash the economic power of the Global Majority – the 4 billion people overlooked by existing financial systems. They provide lending…

Senior Backend Engineer

Santa Monica

  • Skills: microservices, AWS, REST API, scalability, cloud infrastructure, design patterns, team mentorship, Agile, database, financial services
  • Experience: 5+ years in backend software engineering
  • Type: Full-time

Genies, Inc.

Genies is an AI avatar and games technology company powering the next generation of digital experiences. The company's technology stack is rooted in empowering…

Senior Backend Engineer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: backend microservices, ML infrastructure, APIs, distributed NoSQL, cloud platforms, microservices patterns, load optimization, security, automation, scalability
  • Experience: 3+ years professional experience as a software engineer
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $175,000 - $215,000

Calm

Calm is a leading consumer mental health company dedicated to supporting mental health and well-being through content and tools, available in multiple language…

Senior or Staff Backend Software Engineer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: backend systems, scalable, secure, API, microservices, security, cloud, CI/CD, performance, collaborative
  • Experience: 8+ years for Senior, 12+ years for Staff
  • Salary: $159,000 - $259,700

Gusto

Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. They offer full-service payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, exp…

Senior Software Engineer - Developer Productivity (Async team)

Los Angeles

  • Skills: developer productivity, asynchronous processing, background jobs, infrastructure, Ruby, Rails, Kafka, Sidekiq, scalable systems, background processing
  • Experience: 8+ years of Software Development Experience
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $160,000 - $220,000 per year (depends on location and experience)

Splunk

Splunk's purpose is to build a safer and more resilient digital world by helping security, IT and DevOps teams keep their organizations securely up and running.

Senior Software Engineer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: software engineering, data processing, Kubernetes, Java, Go, DevOps, cloud native, API design, streaming data pipelines, system design
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': None, 'max': None, 'period': '', 'currency': ''}

PlayStation

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The Pla…

Senior Software Engineer

Aliso Viejo

  • Skills: network routing, switching, Linux, Cloud Gaming, TCP/IP, network protocols, MPLS, BGP, eBPF, DPDK
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 172100.0, 'max': 258100.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Axle Health

Axle Health builds scheduling and workforce management software to empower in-home healthcare providers to deliver exceptional, personalized care right where p…

Senior Software Engineer, Interoperability

Santa Monica

  • Skills: EHR integrations, API integrations, Electronic Health Records, healthcare interoperability, Django, Python3, React, GraphQL, AWS, Git
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 170000.0, 'max': 200000.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Nominal

Nominal is a venture-backed company with offices in Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City. We build software and data solutions for organizations, testing and…

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Los Angeles

  • Skills: Site Reliability Engineering, Distributed Systems, Incident Response, Release Automation, CI/CD, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Kafka, MongoDB, OLAP Databases
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 150000.0, 'max': 180000.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Splunk

Our purpose is to build a safer and more resilient digital world. Every day, we live this purpose by helping security, IT and DevOps teams keep their organizat…

Lead Software Engineer - Observability Infrastructure Monitoring

Los Angeles

  • Skills: observability, monitoring, Golang, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, microservices, Kubernetes, cloud native, backend systems
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': None, 'max': None, 'period': '', 'currency': ''}

Freeform

Freeform is deploying software-defined, autonomous metal 3D printing factories around the world, bringing the scalability of software to physical production. O…

Senior Software Engineer (Rust)

Hawthorne

  • Skills: rust, linux, 3D printing, data acquisition, machine learning, real-time systems, industrial automation, embedded systems, high-rate telemetry, control algorithms
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 140000.0, 'max': 250000.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

SpaceX

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today Spa…

Software Engineer, Computer Vision

Hawthorne

  • Skills: computer vision, Python, machine learning, OpenCV, Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, React, PostgreSQL, Prometheus
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 120000.0, 'max': 145000.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Google

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one …

Software Engineer, Chrome Desktop

Los Angeles

  • Skills: software development, programming languages, data structures, algorithms, infrastructure, distributed systems, networking, AI features, open-source, user experience design
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 141000.0, 'max': 202000.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Twitch

Twitch is the world’s biggest live streaming service, with global communities built around gaming, entertainment, music, sports, cooking, and more.

Back End Distributed Systems Developer

Los Angeles

  • Skills: interactive video, video distribution, distributed systems, traffic delivery, CDN, back end services, Golang, AWS infrastructure, technical leadership, media protocols
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 151300.0, 'max': 261500.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}