Last updated: 2025-06-06

34 Backend Software Engineering jobs in Boston.

Hiring now: Staff Engineer @ Air Space , Sr Software Engineer @ Veeva Syst, Research Scientist Systems And Infrastru @ Meta, Back End Software Engineer @ Altana, Intermediate And Sr Developers @ Lightspeed, Software Engineer Authorization Access M @ Datadog, Distributed Systems Software Engineer Pu @ Salesforce, Sr Software Engineer @ Simplisafe, Site Reliability Engineer @ Klaviyo, Search Engineer @ Material B. Explore more at at jobswithgpt.com

🔥 Skills

Python (15) Java (10) Go (9) AWS (8) Kubernetes (6) distributed systems (6) Kafka (5) Docker (4) Distributed Systems (4) PHP (4)

📍 Locations

Boston (27) Cambridge (3) Burlington (1) Waltham (1) North Andover (1)

Air Space Intelligence

ASI enables success for the world's most complex operations. From critical infrastructure to defense, we serve major airlines and U.S. and allied government or…

Staff Engineer

Boston

  • Skills: software development, Python, JavaScript, Typescript, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, time-series data, geospatial data
  • Experience: Strong software development skills, experience building infrastructure, leadership skills
  • Type: Full-time

Veeva Systems

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the…

Senior Software Engineer

Boston

  • Skills: cloud technologies, open source technologies, enterprise applications, clinical trials, regulatory compliance, distributed systems, secure systems, database replication, backend services, massive scalability
  • Type: Full-time

Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Ap…

Research Scientist, Systems and Infrastructure (PhD)

Boston

  • Skills: Research Scientist, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Infrastructure Systems, Programming Languages, Data Warehousing, Networking Systems, Security and Privacy
  • Experience: PhD degree or completing a postdoctoral assignment in Computer Science or relevant technical field. Experience programming in relevant languages and building large-scale infrastructure systems.
  • Type: Full Time
  • Salary: $56.25/hour to $173,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Altana

Altana applies AI to the world’s largest organized body of supply chain data to power a more resilient, more secure, and more sustainable model of global comme…

Back End Software Engineer

Boston

  • Skills: AI, APIs, Python, Cloud-hosted environments, Data-driven software, Engineering excellence, Clean code, Mentorship, Kubernetes, Docker
  • Experience: 7+ years of real-world professional experience
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $134,000 - $200,000 USD

Lightspeed

Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and p…

Intermediate and Senior Developers

Boston

  • Skills: Golang, Java, PHP, C#, C++, Ruby, Python, Elixir, React, Vue, Angular
  • Type: Full-time

Datadog

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve …

Software Engineer - Authorization & Access Management

Boston

  • Skills: Authorization, Access Management, distributed systems, Go, Python, code simplicity, performance, architecture, low latency, user experience
  • Experience: 3+ years
  • Salary: $130,000 — $300,000 USD

Salesforce

Salesforce is a leading cloud-based software company that provides a customer relationship management platform and applications focused on sales and customer s…

Distributed Systems Software Engineer - Public Cloud (Mid/Senior/Lead/Principal)

Burlington

  • Skills: Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure, Automation Tools, Resilient Systems, Java, Golang, Python, Agile Development, Infrastructure-as-Code, Microservices
  • Experience: 3+ years backend software development experience
  • Type: Full time
  • Salary: $137,100 - $334,600 in California; $125,700 - $306,600 in Washington

SimpliSafe

We’re a high-tech home security company that’s passionate about protecting the life you’ve built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. We’ve created a …

Senior Software Engineer

Boston

  • Skills: software design, backend, customer identity, access management, scalable applications, web services, CIAM, DevOps, Nodejs, Rust
  • Experience: Experience shipping complex, highly scalable applications
  • Type: Hybrid

Klaviyo

Klaviyo empowers creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable.

Site Reliability Engineer

Boston

  • Skills: Python, Go, Bash, Django, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, MySQL, Apache Pulsar, Redis
  • Experience: 5+ years of responsibility operating & scaling complex distributed systems
  • Salary: $152,000 - $228,000 USD

Material Bank

Material Bank is the world’s largest material marketplace for the architecture and design industry, providing the fastest and most powerful way to search and s…

Search Engineer

Boston

  • Skills: Search engine technologies, Elastic Search, Open Search, Lucene, machine learning, database ERD designs, PostgresSQL, algorithm design, Golang, recommendation systems
  • Experience: 5+ years

Lilt

Lilt is the leading AI solution for enterprise translations, focusing on business outcomes instead of outputs. Our technology stack includes a Contextual AI En…

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Boston

  • Skills: Full Stack Engineering, APIs, Python, PHP, C#, large-scale software systems, NLP, enterprise translations, machine learning, database knowledge
  • Experience: 3+ years of experience building responsive/adaptive APIs; 3+ years of experience writing applications using Python, PHP, or C#; 2+ years of experience working on large-scale, distributed software 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

Boston

  • 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

Elastic

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of busin…

Senior Java Engineer

Cambridge

  • Skills: Java, algorithms, concurrency, scalable, features, open source, community, data structures, problem-solving, software engineering
  • Experience: 3+ years of programming in core Java.
  • Type: Full-time

Material Bank

Material Bank is the world’s largest material marketplace for the architecture and design industry, providing the fastest and most powerful way to search and s…

Senior Backend Software Engineer

Boston

  • Skills: Go, Python, Java, AWS, API development, PostgreSQL, Kafka, GraphQL, scalable architecture, software development
  • Experience: 5+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on backend and systems engineering.

SimpliSafe

We’re a high-tech home security company that’s passionate about protecting the life you’ve built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure.

Software Engineer II

Boston

  • Skills: software, cloud-based, backend systems, AWS, Agile, performance optimization, real-time control, high-quality software, reliability, distributed systems
  • Type: Hybrid

Klaviyo

Klaviyo empowers creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable for personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond.

Software Engineer

Boston

  • Skills: Python, AWS, software development, big data, SQL, Kafka, Django, mentoring, Terraform, distributed systems
  • Experience: 6 plus years of experience in software development life cycle.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $152,000 - $228,000 USD

Tolemi

Tolemi is a fast-growing gov-tech company with strong partnerships in 100+ state & local governments. We help the public sector harness data to enhance service…

Senior Backend Engineer

Boston

  • Skills: Backend development, Data integration, Elixir, TypeScript, Cloud infrastructure, RESTful APIs, GraphQL APIs, SQL, Performance optimization, Scalability
  • Experience: 6+ years
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $130K - $180K

Zus

Zus is a shared health data platform designed to accelerate healthcare data interoperability by providing easy-to-use patient data via API, embedded components…

Senior Engineer

Boston

  • Skills: healthcare, data interoperability, Operational Data Store, AWS, Fargate, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, RESTful services, Go

Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management

Backend/API Engineer

Boston

  • Skills: API, GraphQL, Azure Functions, Python, Serverless, Data pipelines, Data sources, Backend systems, API security, Collaboration
  • Type: Full-time

SimpliSafe

We’re a high-tech home security company that’s passionate about protecting the life you’ve built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. And we’ve create…

Staff Software Engineer - Enterprise Information Systems

Boston

  • Skills: e-commerce, API, backend services, microservices, AWS, React, REST, GraphQL, CI/CD, scalability
  • Experience: 7+ years of industry experience

Recorded Future

Recorded Future is the world’s most advanced, and largest, intelligence company with over 1,900 clients worldwide.

Senior Full Stack Developer

Boston

  • Skills: threat intelligence, full stack development, schemas, parsers, project ownership, Linux, Go, ReactJS, Python, cloud platforms
  • Experience: 6+ years

Qlik

Qlik transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes with a focus on AI/ML capabilities and real-time analytic…

Software Engineer (Clojure)

Waltham

  • Skills: Data pipelines, AI/ML, Functional Programming, Clojure, Microservices, Cloud Technologies, Docker, Kubernetes, Web Development, Real-time Analytics
  • Experience: 5+ years
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $135,000 - $150,000 USD per year

Chewy

At Chewy, it is our mission to become the most trusted and convenient online destination for pet parents and our partners – vets and service providers – alike.…

Software Engineer II

Boston

  • Skills: Java, Spring Boot, Micronaut, event-driven architecture, Kafka, microservices, CI/CD, cloud-native, scalability, API design
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': None, 'max': None, 'period': '', 'currency': ''}

The Weather Company

The Weather Company is the world’s leading weather provider, helping people and businesses make more informed decisions and take action in the face of weather.…

Aviation Back End Software Engineer

North Andover

  • Skills: GoLang, C#, Python, SQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, Kubernetes, Kafka, RabbitMQ, CI/CD
  • Type: other
  • Salary: {'min': None, 'max': None, 'period': '', 'currency': ''}

DraftKings

We’re defining what it means to build and deliver the most extraordinary sports and entertainment experiences. Our global team is trailblazing new markets, dev…

Lead Software Engineer

Boston

  • Skills: C#, .NET Core, APIs, ServiceStack, Distributed Systems, SQL Server, AWS, Infrastructure Automation, CI/CD, AI/ML
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 136000.0, 'max': 170000.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Axon

At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and clou…

Software Engineer II

Boston

  • Skills: cloud services, backend APIs, design reviews, system design, Java, Scala, Go, SQL, NoSQL, Azure
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 130500.0, 'max': 180800.0, '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 III, Infrastructure, Spanner

Cambridge

  • Skills: C++, concurrency, multithreading, distributed systems, database internals, performance analysis, debugging, software test engineering, system health, project management
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 141000.0, 'max': 202000.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}